Jayme Nawrocki

BARON MIND

The Monthly Publication of the Barons of Milwaukee Cooperative FEBRUARY 2013 www.beerbarons.org

President’s Letter Vice President’s Letter

It is hard to believe that February is nearly over already. The I would like to thank Dave Campbell for a great Midwinter HBC has come and gone and with 800 entries it presentation at the January meeting of all the was quite the success and quite a feat to pull it off. gadgets he has created. Dave suggested this meeting to Congratulations to everyone who took home some hardware! A the board and if you enjoyed the meeting, all the big ‘Thank You’ to the committee members, judges, stewards compliments go to Dave for coming up with the idea and and the office for all of your hard work yet again, and also executing a fun and interesting presentation. With the Mike Rice, Clifford’s and Revere’s for providing judging large size of our club, I hope more people come forward locations. What were your thoughts on Revere’s tavern? How and share any good ideas they have. was the space for judging, stewarding, the food and the speakers? Did you forget about your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day?

I am still in need of a few volunteers, 1-2, for the Hales If you did, it is not too late. The February meeting will be Corners Library and Food event on Thursday, March 7th. $10 and will feature a presentation on pairing beer with This event is fun and the Barons have the only beer present – chocolate. Our guests will be Julie Waterman, owner of which is great for introducing some people to homebrewing Indulgence Chocolates and Joan LaRosa, Founders and talking about our hobby. Last year I brought 4 growlers representative and Certified Cicerone. There will be four and ended up taking more beer home than I was hoping. 15- different chocolate delicacies paired with Founders 18 beers or 2-3 growlers are all you need to bring. Please let along with additional beers for you sample. me know during this month’s meeting so I have an idea of how many beers we all need to bring. The March meeting will be a style night and will feature brown . There will be 9+ brown ales available to As Bryon Baker has been promoting the last handful of sample and we will review the brown subcategories in months, The Women’s Soccer Club High Stakes Night is the BJCP guidelines. coming up. March 9th is the event starting at 7pm and the beer is from homebrewers. Please let Bryon know if you would If you bring a (or enough bottles to share with the like to bring a keg to have on display. The beers being served club) to the meeting and email the board in advance to let will be judged by popular vote and the three highest voted us know what you are bringing, we will give you $10 for beers take home a cash prize. The beer prizes have changed your ingredients. The beers will be judged by the members from $150, $75 and $25 to $300, $150 and $75 plus beer and based on popular vote; the winner will receive a $20 entrants receive two free tickets to the event. gift certificate to the store of your choice. (Cont. page 2) Please e-mail [email protected] in advance to let us know what you are bringing so we can have adequate WHAT’S INSIDE serving equipment on hand. P.1 President’s Letter, Vice President’s Letter P.2 Treasurer's report; President’s Letter (cont); Siebel Program; Club Only Competition P.3 Chocolate & Beer Pairing, AHA Governing Voting Check out the New & Improved Baron Website: P.5 Financial Report; Membership Info; Midwinter Winners P.6 AIGA/Label Press Release WWW.BEERBARONS.ORG P.7 Club Links, Board Members and Shops and Discounts

UPCOMING BEER BARONS MEETINGS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, February 23rd: Chocolate & BEER Pairing! Monthly Meeting @ Clifford’s, 10418 W. Forest Home, Hales Corners, 7:30 PM. $10 meeting for members.

WEDNESDAY, March 6th: Officers Meeting @ Rock Bottom , 740 N Plankinton Ave #1, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 . Open to all members, followed by social hour—Meeting @ 7 pm sharp. Treasurer's Report February 2013

First I would like to thank our sponsors of our December raffle. Without them we wouldn't have had nearly as good of a raffle! So thank you:

Beechwood Sales and Service-Northern Brewer-Discount -Purple Foot-White Labs-Briess

Also, I would like to remind anyone who has not paid online or at the January meeting that all 2012 memberships are now expired! Discounts at local home-brew shops are only good for active members. If you want your discounts after that date you will need to renew your membership and pick up your new membership card at the February Meeting. Online payments for renewals are being accepts now from the Beer Barons website, http://beerbarons.org/index.php/about/payments or under the “About” tab click “Payments”.

Also, the Beer Barons now have a very empty YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfcn8bQzJXIlEXeKQgjE6A?feature=mhee

so if you have any past or present you would like to upload to the channel,

please contact me at [email protected]

Lastly – our new website is up and we are encouraging everyone to help make our site better. To start I would like to make a “Frequently Asked Questions” page with the help of our members! If you have any good Questions/Answers for this page (in development) please e-mail them to me as well at President Letter Continued For more information to the event night check out - http://www.womenssoccerclub.com/pages/onecolumn_2.php?t=High%20Stakes%20Night%202013 I know a whole keg seems like a bunch but the prize is pretty good but if you don’t want to submit beers, come out and vote for your favorite!

For those interested in the Siebel Institute Advanced Homebrewing Program, the officers are taking applications. The Advanced Homebrewing Program runs July 22nd through July 26th. Please include the following in the application: Name, contact information, brewing experience / background and why you should be the one to go. In addition to sending the recipient to the course, the recipient is also responsible for preparing a presentation to share the experiences with the other Baron members at a future meeting. The Barons will be paying for tuition ONLY; the recipient is responsible for everything else. The recipient’s responsibilities include but are not limited to: food, drinks, transportation, housing, etc. More information can be found at the Siebel site here: http:// www.siebelinstitute.com/courses-a-programs/courses-in-english/home-brewing/details/80-siebel-institute-advanced- homebrewing-program Now back to the good part! Prosit! — Jared

AHA Club Only Competition Winners of the Club-Only Competition earn points for their homebrew club on a 12-8-4 basis for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Points from placing in the COC get Barons closer to becoming the AHA Homebrew Club of the Year!

To enter, bring 3 bottles to the Barons monthly meeting at Clifford’s. Bottles must be brown or green and 10-14 ounces or the entry will be disqualified. We’ll use one bottle to judge our local round, and send two bottles of the winning entry on to the national COC round. The Beer Barons will take care of shipping, entry fees and refund that meeting’s entry fee to our local winner. The winning Baron must provide a recipe along with the entry. Enter your beer in the Barons BrewBlog and you can easily print your recipe.

For further details visit www.homebrewersassociation.org and click on competitions to get to the Club-Only option or send an email to [email protected]

Next Competition: April 2013 – Extract Beers Indulgence Chocolatiers of Milwaukee, WI and Founders Brewing Co. of Grand Rapids, MI are working together to host a delicious evening of beer and chocolate pairings. Featuring Founders' flagship beer Dirty Bastard, sexy, silky Porter, and many other delicious beers expertly paired with exclusive hand-crafted luxury chocolates, this is a meeting you don't want to miss! The representative from Founders will give a brief presentation on the brewery and the beers and will be available to answer any questions.

Owner and Chocolatier Julie Waterman began Indulgence Chocolatiers in 2007 with the goal of introducing fine artisan chocolate to the Milwaukee area's burgeoning culinary scene. In addition to her appreciation for classic flavor combinations, Julie's travels around the world have inspired her to reach beyond traditional flavors and experiment with globally inspired ingredients. All the while, Julie is careful never to detract from the main event; the simple pleasure of the chocolate itself.

Your AHA Governing Committee representatives play a critical role for YOUR Association. The AHA Governing Committee helps develop the benefits and programs of the AHA and provides direction for the AHA Staff.

There are two (2) available seats.

ELECTION GUIDELINES: 1. Read the candidate statements by clicking the names below. 2. Vote for up to two (2) candidates. 3. Fill in your name, membership number, and contact information. 4. Ballots must be submitted no later than 11:59PM Pacific Time, March 31, 2013. 5. Only one ballot per member will be accepted.

Fred Bonjour Bruce Buerger Justin Crossley Matt Johnson Troy, MI Waukesha, WI Pacheco, CA Reno, NV

Martin Brungard Steve Cook Chris Hummert Carmel, IN Warrensburg, MO Salem, OR

Memberships February 2013 Financial Report Here are the options for 2013 memberships:

INCOME Individual Membership ...... $20 Individual Membership Membership Fee - Dues $3,710.00 w/ Newsletter Mailed ...... $25 Meeting Fee $430.00 Individual Membership Schooner Event $702.00 w/Gold Card ...... $100 Individual Membership Merchandise $3.00 w/Gold Card & Newsletter Mailed ...... $105 Newsletter (Snail Mail) $30.00 TOTAL INCOME 4,875.00 Family Membership ...... $30 Family Membership

w/ Newsletter Mailed ...... $35 EXPENSES Family Membership Meeting Expenses $819.30 w/1 Gold Card ...... $110 Meeting Hall $113.00 Family Membership Printing and Shipping $257.76 w/1 Gold Card & Newsletter Mailed ...... $115 Family Membership Officer's Meeting $113.50 w/ 2 Gold Cards ...... $170 Picnic $217.00 Family Membership QuickBooks Online $40.42 w/ 2 Gold Cards & Newsletter Mailed ...... $175 Google Store Fees $73.55 TOTAL EXPENSES $1,634.53 Online payments for renewals are being accepted now from the NEW Beer Barons website: January Attendance 113 http://beerbarons.org/index.php/about/payments

Beer Baron’s that won at Midwinter MMXIII Place Brewer Style 1st Bruce Buerger Cyser 2nd Paula Cartwright Common 2nd Tom Sisson Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) 2nd Victor Williams Southern English 2nd Dan Schlosser Flanders Red Ale 2nd Matt Youngblut Belgian Dubbel 2nd David Stanton Classic Rauchbier 2nd Andy Hemken Cyser 3rd Rick Schultz Northern English Brown Ale 3rd Tom Sisson Metheglin 3rd Craig Kuehl Southern English Brown Ale 3rd Ken Megal American IPA

Club Links Website: beerbarons.org Twitter: twitter.com/beerbaronsMKE www.worldofbeerfestival.com twitter.com/WorldOfBeerFest brewsandbites.beerbarons.org twitter.com/BrewsBitesMKE midwinterhbc.beerbarons.org twitter.com/MidwinterHBC

Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeerBarons BrewBlog: brewblog.beerbarons.org/ www.facebook.com/WorldOfBeerFestival Forums: forums.beerbarons.org/ www.facebook.com/brewsandbites

Yahoo! Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/MilwBeerBarons/

BOARD MEMBERS SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HOMEBREW SHOP *10% off starred locations with BB membership card President Jared Sutliff Vice President Jayme Nawrocki *Brew & Grow, *Northern Brewer Treasurer Joseph Wichgers (262) 717-0666 414-935-4099 Secretary David Stanton 2246 Bluemound Rd, Waukesha 1306 S. 108th St. West Allis

Sergeant at Arms Richard Weink Member at Large Erin Anderson Hop to It *Purple Foot Member at Large Ken Megal (262) 633-8239 (414) 327-2130 234 Wisconsin Ave., Racine 3167 S. 92nd St, Milwaukee Contact the Board via email at Smokin’ Brew

[email protected] (262) 729-3001

9 S. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn Or in writing at Beer Barons of Milwaukee Cooperative Brews Wine and Spirits, 1256 Capitol Drive offers a 5% discount to Members! P.O. Box 270012 Rock Bottom, 740 N. Plankinton offers a 10% discount on food to Members!

Milwaukee Ale House, 233 N. Water offers a 10% discount to Members! Please Join Us At The Following Events . . . Mark Your Calendars! May 11th for a bus trip to The National Brewery Museum in Potosi, lunch and Minhas Brewery tour. For more information contact Darrell Smith at The Museum of [email protected]. Beer & Brewing wishes to extend

their thanks and nd gratitude to the May 22 Hess Cooperage Presentation at the Miller Beer Barons of Inn, 3931 W. State Street, Milwaukee at 6 p.m. The Milwaukee for their Hess presentation will be held in conjunction with the continued support. museum’s Annual Meeting.

Want to know more? Visit us at www.brewingmuseum.org Please Support Ray’s Tasting Room Events

Clifford’s Supper Club of Portugal - Not Just Famous For Their Friday Fish Fry Port Anymore Thu. 3/7 @ 6:30pm ($20) Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners, Baptisms, Birthdays, Showers, ABC’s of Wine Tasting - March Anniversaries, Funerals, and Family Sat. 3/16 @ 5:30 ($15) Gatherings Premium California Wed. Karaoke Wally’s 25 Cent Wings 8930 W. North Avenue Chardonnay Karaoke Every Wed, Fri, & Sat-9:30pm Milwaukee, WI Thu. 4/11 @ 6:30pm ($25) 414-258-9821 “Old World Beer Throwdown: Clifford’s offers the use of their www.rayswine.com banquet room to the Beer Barons at a Meantime vs. La Trappe” Wed. 4/17 @ 6:30pm ($25) reduced rate. Our support will show Ray’s supports the

our appreciation. Barons by providing 10418 W. Forest Home, Hales Corners space for BJCP training Reservations can be made by (414) 425-6226 and judging. calling Ray’s at www.cliffordsfinefood.com 414-258-9821

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