[JAB@thebarn.com message] JABruary Update!

Hey all,   Hope all your holidays have been fun and fruitful!  Here is a brief update on the coming month for JAB.  After the January meeting's officer elections the new club officers will be meeting to come up with our coming year's events.  If anyone has ideas for events or wants to help out by doing a presentation at a meeting please respond here or send me an e-mail at jackofallbrews(a)yahoo.com.  The club works because of you members, but we need feedback and folks to help us run things!   January Meeting info:  New member, Eric will spend the evening sharing his knowledge about cask conditioning ales.  Cask conditioning is much like bottling, but with a few key differences.  The serving mechanism is what gives cask conditioned ales their frothy texture and allows you to taste each ingredient…something you can’t do with bottles or kegs.  We’ll cover a little history, some homebrew techniques and of course, tasting.  This month, he’ll have a holiday mint chocolate stout to try.  CO2 need not attend this meeting, beers will all be hand pulled.   7325 Amberwood Ln Savage, MN 55378 612.432.1237 This may be a bit of a trek for some of us, but should be a fun topic and worth the drive!   We are cancelling the scheduled Prohibition field trip on Jan 4 (though you can still go on your own if you want!)  I ended up on call that day with my new year's schedule and we haven't had a huge interest.  I will work on rescheduling it for Jan sometime.    February meeting will likely be at the Rahr Bierstube again thanks to Chris German...more details as we get closer.   --Eric