Also let me remind everyone that dues will be required again in January 2015. John Kelly will start taking these in the December 2014 meeting, so bring cash or a check. Current dues amount = $20.00 per year. Please write all checks out to Overmountain Brewers. Thank you, Donna On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Wild Child <wildchild75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Overmountain Brewers! > I just wanted to remind everyone there is the December 2014 Meeting on > this coming Monday at Bonefire. Hope you have been able to brew lots and > lots! At the meeting we will be focusing on the filling out of a BJCP > Score sheet and judging a beer. Hope you have brewed or will be the first > up comp beer for 2015. As a reminder I have re-listed the information from > a previous email to the club below, and have listed some homework if you > can review before our meeting. > > Additionally, the nominations for officers were made. > The Nominees for the 2015 panel of officers are: > > President - Donna Dingus > Vice President - Ben Cowan > Treasurer - John Kelly > Secretary - > Membership Director - Justen Dick > > As you can see we did not have a Secretary nominated for this year. If > you are interested or have a nominee who would be able to attend all > meetings to take notes, please let us know before or at the meeting. > Otherwise this hat will be shared with another office. > > Now for the homework in order to prepare for Monday's meeting. I am > including various links that can be found on the BJCP site. These would be > great for you to review before the meeting. > > How to judge a beer: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/How_to_Judge_Beer.pdf > > > > Scoresheet Coversheet: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_CoverSheet.pdf > > > > Beer Scoresheet: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BeerScoreSheet.pdf > > > Simple Beer Checklist: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Beer_checklist.pdf > > Simple Beer Checklist instructions: > http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Checklist_instructions.pdf > > > If you know someone interested in craft brewing of any kind bring them > along and introduce them to this great hobby and our club. > > Meeting Info: > Date: Monday, December 8, 2014 > Time: 7:00 pm EST > Location: Bonefire Smokehouse at the Hardware, 260 West Main St. in > Abingdon VA > > Hope to see you there. > Thank you, > Donna Dingus > > _________________________________________________________ > From a previous email: > > 2015 Club Only BJCP Competitions > > During the November 2014 meeting there was a large amount of discussion > around how BJCP competitions are judged and how one learns to judge. In > order to fully examine these questions we have decided that we will be > doing Club Only BJCP comps in 2015. > These comps are going to be planned for every other month and we will be > judging/discussing the style as part of the meetings. To prepare for this > adventure, in the December meeting we will be discussing a BCJP score sheet > and seeing how judging is actually done. > > We encourage members to brew the selected style, and on the set comp days, > participate in the judging of the beers 'entered' into the comp. These > comps will also help members focus on styles that they may not typically > brew. > > We want everyone in the club to understand the judging process and to > participate as they can either by entering, judging, or both if possible. > Each person interested in learning to judge a BJCP comp will be paired up > with an experienced judge. > > This is to be a learning experience, so if you brew a style, please try to > limit your beer's exposure to other club members in order to keep it as > anonymous as possible. > > Entries must be in standard capped 12 oz brown glass bottles that are void > of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. > Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely. > > John Kelly will be the person coordinating the beers and entry numbers, so > upon arriving at the set meeting, provide him with your entries. You must > declare the style category your beer is to be entered in. > > John McGill will serve as the Steward, and will be receiving the beer from > John Kelly and then providing it to the judges as they select the order. > > The first two styles are as follows and we will discuss what is upcoming > at the December meeting: > > Jan 12, 2015 > > 10 American Ale > > > > 10A – American Pale Ale > > > > 10B – American Amber Ale > > > > 10C – American Brown Ale > > March 9, 2015 > > 12 Porter > > > > 12A – Brown Porter > > > > 12B – Robust Porter > > > > 12C – Baltic Porter > > If you would like to view information related to these styles please see > the style guidelines at this following hyperlink: > http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php > > If you have any questions about the 2015 BJCP Club Only Competitions, > please let me know. >