9 May
2006
9 May
'06
3:59 p.m.
The BIGGEST 'thank you' of all goes to Rick and Dawn for hosting our motley
crew! The club appreciates all your efforts, and everyone had a wonderful
time.
Thanks also go out this week to Mike Behrendt for putting together the
terrific April meeting and grain tasting, and also to Wayne Theuer for
hosting the first-ever Friday Before the Fhirst, and to Paul Dienhart for
organizing it!
Gera Exire LaTour is also deserving of thanks for all the work she has put
into running the BJCP classes. According to reports and results, her two
recent classes are some of the most-prepared judges ever!
The reason this club works so well is that various folks step up, initiate
ideas, and see them through. If there were only one person who did it all,
we wouldn't have many activities, as it is just too much work. When
everyone is willing to take charge once in a while, many great events
happen!
Thanks everyone,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Oftel" <Rick.Oftel(a)toro.com>
Rick here with a quick "Thank You" to the
participants, assistants,
onlookers, food and beverage providers, and brewers at our Big Brew
event. If I left a category out, please add it in. The event went very
well although Mr. and Mrs. Yours Truly were a little busy. The shared
food was excellent as always. I think we heated about 80 gallons of
water in the basement and the kitchen and likely produced just as much
bitter wort in the back yard.
We hope you had a good time and learned a bit or met a few folks. I
learned a bunch about that monster-mash system and think the owners may
allow us to possibly use this equipment at future events! Personally, I
really like the way it shows off the simplicity of all grain brewing and
enjoyed the "J" stroke needed when mixing the mash.
The only thing we discovered is a spare rectangular Pyrex container and
white cover. Send me an e-mail and I will send you the container.
What I forgot to do was to tally up all the brews and enter them into
the internet site. If you could be so kind, please send me a message
about your total volume.
Thanks again for your participation and for ordering up such great
weather.
Sincerely,
Rick Oftel
MHBA Brewer at Large