START TIME: 7:35
END TIME: 9:45
HEADCOUNT: 21 in person, 3 via Zoom
GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: Alain, Audrey
TREASURER’S REPORT
- ~$1,500 in the bank, mostly in PayPal
- 31 Paid Members
PREVIOUS EVENTS
- Big Brew Day: May 1st, 2021 at LA Homebrew
- Boot Brew Fest: April 10th, 2021 at Lakeview Park and Beach in Eunice
- Homebrew only festival. Will be held again next year around the same time
- Paul is looking for any photos of the event for promotional purposes
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Brewoff
- When: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at noon
- Where: LA Homebrew
- Cost: Free
- Styles: Fruit Beer and Cereal Beer
- Food: BBQ provided. Encourage people to bring sides and desserts
CRAFT BEER NEWS
- Agile Brewery –
- Targeting to open this summer
- 1,500 square feet for taproom
- Still working on permits
- Gnarly – Release set for Mother’s Day
- Cypress Coast –
- Istrouma Brewery – Hops & Octane set to release on May 15, 2021
- Rally Cap –
- Le Chein –
- Gilla –
- Fighting Hand Brewery – Alexandria (Tiffany Lindsey)
HOMEBREW COMPETITIONS
- Boot Brew Fest
- RSB scored 27 points, and won best tent
- David Whigham, Bruce Baker, Joe Thibodeaux, Jeremy Waters, Paul Pitre, Kevin Cowan, and Mike Newman all received medals.
- For People’s Choice at the fest, Greg Rozas received silver, and Joe Thibodeaux received bronze.
- Joe Thibodeaux won bronze Iron Brewer with 5 kegs
- Clash of Carboys (entries due end of July)
- David and Goliath (end of summer?)
CLUB NEWS
- Some club t-shirts are available for purchase at LA Homebrew
- Upcoming Styles:
- June: Belgian Golden Strong (25C)
- July: Cream Ale (1C)
- August: American IPA (21A)
TECHNICAL TIDBIT
- N/A
MONTHLY STYLE German Pils (5D)
- Commercial Examples
- Crooked Stave
- Prost Pilsner
- Becks
- Veltin
- Warsteiner
- Homebrew Examples
- Charlie Milan
- Bruce Baker
- Gerald Baumgartner (Helles)
