RE: March 1 Meeting at RockBottom

Anyone interested in carpooling to RockBottom on Saturday? Parkings pretty $ downtown. I live in Eden Prairie. Kirby -----Original Message----- From: Rick Oftel [mailto:Rick.Oftel@toro.com] Sent: Fri 2/21/2003 4:49 PM To: mba(a)thebarn.com Cc: Subject: March 1 Meeting at RockBottom I'm a man, I can change, if I have to, I guess. Some of you may remember this phrase from the Red Green® show on PBS. Red is one of the guys that I always chuckle about and lately, some of his contraptions and antics remind me of making beer in my small brewery. Greetings fellow homebrewers. Rick here with a few club announcements. You remember the Brew-a-Rama right? We have another participant planning on opening his brewery up for inspection. Mike Valentiner decided to join the B-A-R although he isn't exactly sure of the date. Last evening when he announced this, we were finishing the BJCP "training" and I am not exactly sure what he is planning on brewing but I would believe it may possibly be a Siason, Belgian, Wit, or Lager. Mike will announce date, time, location etc so stay tuned. Mike has a GIANT brewery sporting a working FLOOR DRAIN, GIANT FERMENTER, HUGE KETTLE, and a bunch of other cool and groovy stuff. Make sure you stop by for a bit and say hi. Ever stop and think how fast time flies? I just realized we need to get together for a few meetings before the campout and initially tried to reserve the NorthStar room at Rock bottom and am still trying. With all of the BJCP meetings and beer events that have been occurring lately, it seems like we have an over abundance of club gatherings and then March arrived "like a lion." My suggestion is simple - Unless anyone has a better idea and turns it into text, I will continue to try to reserve Northstar room for Saturday, March 1 at 1:00. If we can't get the room, we still meet in the bar towards the back end (East). Let's call it a social meeting without pressure or any major agenda. One of the main points of this meeting will be to discuss and decide on future events and locations. Unless this meets with a major conflict, let's meet in the early afternoon (around 1:00) on March 1. Major conflicts and flame wars are always encouraged but the board has been fairly quiet lately. Hope to see many of you next Thursday at Midwest and more of you on Saturday at Rock Bottom. Take care. Now go have a beer! Rick O