[MKOB] FW: Club Only Competitions

[JCoop704 at bellsouth.net]

Mike sent me the original email on the competitions and I stand corrected. But I did take over and did'nt have the orginial list to refer back to. 
But we really don't have the time for a competition this month, we need to have elections and discuss the Christmas party.
Sorry just didn't work out.
MIKE MITCHELL FOR PRESIDENT, HE'S THE ONE THAT KNOWS ALL.




-----Original Message----- 
From: msm113 at charter.net [mailto:msm113 at charter.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:31 PM 
To: Michael Mitchell 
Subject: Fwd: [MKOB] Club Only Competitions 

> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:05:00 -0600 
> From: Russ Clayton 
> To: mkob-announce at swampgas.com 
> Subject: [MKOB] Club Only Competitions 
> 
> Dear fellow olut heads, 
> 
> After a long arduous process, I've taken all the suggestions and 
> limited down our beers for the upcoming 2007 lineup for club only 
brews. 
> 
> Drum roll please... 
> 
> First Quarter Beer ... which we will talk about in January and 
> will brew there-after for the March meeting. 
> *(Brown Ale) -- This can be American or English, your 
choice. 
> 
> *Second Quarter Beer ... which we will talk about in April and 
> will brew there-after for the June meeting. 
> * (IPA/APA) -- Choose either an IPA or an APA.* 
> 
> Third Quarter Beer ... which we will talk about in July and will 
> brew there-after for the September meeting. 
> * (Irish Dry Stout/English Porter) -- Choose either an 
> Irish Dry Stout or English Porter. 
> 
> *Fourth Quarter Beer ... which we will talk about in May and will 
> brew there-after for the November meeting. 
> *(Strong Ale) -- Choose Belgian, English or American. 
> 
> * To explain the choices above. The Brown Ale was far and away the 

> single most popular style submitted. IPA and APA were tied for 
second. 
> Dry Stout and Porter were also tied. And the next most popular style 
> that I saw was Strong Ale. A variety of strong ales were submitted, 
> so I figured we would lump them into one category. 
> 
> I also received suggestions saying that we should open up the 
> categories a bit and not be so precise. So I believe I've done that 
> without being too broad, and still allowing for a good set of 
> guidelines to judge each beer. 
> 
> Also note that the Fourth Quarter beer will be talked about in 
> May, to allow for brewing and maturation for the November meeting. 
> 
> If you feel that you have a good handle on one of these styles, 
> and would like to make a presentation at one of the meetings, please 
> let me know. I will also ask George to talk about the style for a few 
minutes 
> and give us the rundown of what the style or styles require. To make 

> this work, it would be best to have a variety of people involved. Jim 

> is still working on the matter of having a prize available for each 
judging. 
> 
> I believe the most popular idea of judging was to let everyone 
> score the beers and then add up the scores. Before each judging I 
> will ask George to talk for a bit about the style or styles we are 
> getting ready to taste. He will give us the main tasting points we 
> should be looking for and main defect points we should also be looking 
for. 
> 
> Each beer submitted should be in plain brown 12 oz. bottles for 
> the sake of judging fairly. To assure that everyone gets a sample, 
> please bring 4 bottles, just in case there are a lot of people 
> present. I will bring saltines to clear our taste buds between 
> samples. The judging will be done first after the main meeting part 
> is done. After the judging is done for the competition, the floor 
> will be open for other types of beer that may have been brewed and 
brought to the meeting. 
> I'll tabulate the results and figure who the best of show was. In 
> case of a tie, the tie will be broken by a secondary tasting by George 

> and 2 random people that want to judge. 
> 
> If I have forgot to mention something please let me know. 
> Otherwise, I hope everything goes well. If you want to brew your 
> entry for a category before the date that we will talk about it for 
> the first time to allow for more aging, please feel free. This is why 

> I wanted to get this email out before the end of Dec. 
> 
> ~russ 
> 
> 
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