Welcome to all of the new members who joined us for the January meeting – we had a great turnout with 45 attendees and 18 homebrews to taste!
A few upcoming events were discussed:
-Since we met one week later than usual this month, we will also move out Thirsty Third Thursday meetup back one week and celebrate Firsty Fourth Fursday at Original Gravity in San Jose for the release party for Santa Clara Valley Brewing’s New Almaden Imperial Red Ale.
-New events are being added every day to the calendar for SF Beer Week from February 7 to February 16
-Mike Conant is planning a brewery bus trip to the Santa Cruz coast on March 8 – stay tuned for details
Due to the large number of attendees and homebrews, the discussion of brewing software was postponed until the February meeting.
Sudzers CFO Nick provided the annual financial report, detailing all of the major income sources (memberships, t-shirt sales, BBQ beer competition event) and expenditures (summer club party, rare bottle tasting, t-shirts, Dark Matter ingredients). The club’s revenues slightly outpaced expenditures, so the financial picture for the club is good (especially with the 32 memberships paid for 2014 at the meeting!)
Homebrews evaluated and enjoyed included:
Frank’s Hefeweizen
Frank’s Maibock
Paul’s Dunkel
Rob’s Hoppy Blonde
James’ AAPL Pale Ale
Charles’ Avante Garde
Doug’s Amber Ale
David’s Prickly Pear Saison
James’ Some Kind of Honey Porter
Sam’s Troubled Porter
Mikael & Bill’s Magnum Bucks Porter
Jim & Jason’s Breakfast of Champions Oatmeal Milk Stout with Cinnamon and Toasted Coconut
Mikael & Bill’s Torpedo Clone
James’ Last Day IPA Pliny Clone (!)
Nic’s Pliny Clone (!!)
Jim & Jason’s Pliny Clone (!!!)
Adam’s Barleywine
Derek’s 2 year old Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine