November Meeting

By Nick Wiseman, Editor and Tom Dixon, President

The second last meeting of the year was held last earlier this month with the committee address focused on the December’s AGM.

Craig ‘Stagger’ Webber kindly accepted the role of returning officer to run the 2013 committee elections as well as the Craig Robinson, Clubman of the Year Trophy.

Nominations for the 2013 committee should be sent to Stagger via private message.

Nominations close November 25 and the following day they will be advertised to allow absentee votes prior to the AGM in December.

 The Committee nominations are a critical function of our club and we need volunteers to step up and continue to grow and strengthen our club. Please get your nominations in.

Nominations for the Craig Robinson, Clubman of the Year Trophy should be sent by private message to Stagger and include a description of why you think that member should be considered for the award.

Nominations will also close on November 25 to allow judging and then the presentation of the award at the December meeting.

More information can be found in the following forum posts:

2013 Committee – http://bit.ly/RQkZAV
Craig Robinson Trophy – http://bit.ly/TNA57J

The Brewers Showcase was well received with many members listening in as Malcolm ‘Heston’ Scholes presented his Tsingtao rice lager clone and Pete ‘Pedro’ Collins presented his American Brown Ale.

Heston described the process for making the beer which included cooking rice and adding it the mash.

Stagger recommend the use of flaked rice to get the same result without the extra effort.

Pedro’s American Brown Ale was well received and was Jamil’s ‘Dirty Brown Water’ recipe from ‘Brewing Classic Styles’ – a book that Pedro described as a must have for all all-grain brewers.

Thanks to both of these members for stepping up to run the showcase.

Our social secretary Bruce Arnold advised everyone that the Manly trip had been postponed to January and it’s hoped more people will be able to take advantage of the quiet time of year to come along.

He also spoke about the upcoming family Christmas party on December 2 and has asked that people jump on the forum and put their names and numbers of guests down.

Education Officer Ben Harmer provided a beer filtering demo with thanks going to Joel Baines who supplied the beer.

Remember to start thinking of who you want to lead 2013 and make your vote count.