WHAT’S INSIDE

P.1 Black Husky P.2 President & VP letters P.3 Treasurer report, Officer’s Meeting, Online Groups P.4 Bert’s & Brewing Museum P.5 Urban Harvest, Code of conduct P.6 Spike Brewing P.7 Hemken Honey, Board Members and Shops and Discounts

The Monthly Publication of the Beer Barons of Milwaukee Cooperative

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BARON MIND August 2016 www.beerbarons.org

President’s Letter

Hello from my patio. It’s a nice place to sit and reflect after a long day of work. I’ve a refreshing can of Bitburger by my side and am hoping that my Pilsner fermenting away in the basement will be nearly as delicious.

As I sit here and think about the world’s current hot-topics (politics, social unrest, scandal), I am gratefully reminded of our interesting and wonderful group of brewing enthusiasts. I enjoy that we come together with a positive sense of purpose: having fun, doing good, and learning together. We are more than a social club and outlet for beer nerds to gather around. We openly and humbly share our knowledge and passion, and in doing so, we make our community a better place.

So raise your next glass to the Barons. Think about why our club is important to you, and what you want to see us do as we continue to grow. Surely we will remain a fun place to enjoy and learn about fermented things, but let’s also focus on being the place that brightens a person’s day, week and month.

If you’d like to share your thoughts will us, join the Board for our next meeting. You’ll find us at Bert’s Bar in St Francis (3907 S Lake Dr) on September 7th at 7:00pm. Come on by and enjoy a drink and some conversation while we talk about important club business and issues.

I am looking forward to seeing you along with our guests from Black Husky soon. Keep brewing and don’t forget to share!

Prosit,

Jon

What a great meeting last month! I can’t thank Baron member, Jonathan Ettlie, enough for arranging the Denny Conn meeting in July. Denny’s beer evaluation presentation was perfect for the many club activities we participate in throughout the year. Thank you, Denny, for taking time out of your schedule to join us for memorable club meeting! Denny and Drew have signed some books for us and they will be available to win as picnic and Christmas raffle items. Our August meeting will be another great one. Tim and Toni Eichinger, founders and head brewer of Black Husky will be visiting to talk about the recent move to Milwaukee and new brewery which opened just a couple of weeks ago. Until recently, Black Husky has had fairly limited distribution throughout Wisconsin so this will be a great opportunity to sample Tim’s outstanding beers and talk shop with one of the best commercial brewers in the Midwest. We’ll once again be looking for homebrews for the August meeting. Please email me at stru0087@gmail.com in advance of the meeting if you’d like to have your homebrew on tap. We should have plenty of room on the jockey boxes for this meeting. If you supply a homebrew, we ask that you to give a small description of your beer at the meeting so members can sample it and provide feedback. The usual $20 reimbursement applies. Cheers! Josh

Vice President’s Letter

Interested in attending the next Officer’s Meeting?

The Board meeting is open to all members, and after the meeting stick around for a social time. Come out and try a new place to drink and see what’s on Tap. Next Location is

Bert’s Bar (3907 S. Lake Dr, St. Francis) Guest Member’s from the last meeting: 1. Jared Sutliff 2. Simon McConico 3. Dan Schlosser 4. David and Carolyn Stanton 5. Mike Schwartz 6. Patrick McHugh Thanks for joining us. 7pm Sharp for meeting.

We had 111, which included 7 new members and 3 guests, in attendance for the last month’s general meeting. Comparatively speaking we exceeded July ’15 meeting attendance, which were 100. I’ll say again, keep up the very strong summer attendance; our presenters and membership alike enjoy the dynamic of a full meeting. With the new members, we have nearly crossed the 200 club members’ threshold, with 199 registered / paid members for 2016. All of the Great Taste tickets have sold. As of August 1st, 39 tickets have been collected for a $3,060 total. 19 tickets have yet to be paid for. July we deposited $3,410, which includes the aforementioned Great Taste money and $350 from meeting fees / membership renewals. The general checking account as of August 16, 2016 is a healthy $8,969.81. Last, thanks to a fellow Baron, Tim Minger, I have begun discussions with a CPA. The CPA is volunteering his time and therefore is feedback will be in the form of a report and not a formalized audit, which has a different connotation. I have reviewed the initial draft from the CPA and have provided comments, which will result in a report update. The final report may be available as soon as next month’s officer meeting; however, it may be a safer bet to target the October officer meeting. When the report is complete, I will summarize in my Treasurer notes for the month and will be happy to share with all those that are interested. I will however share some of the preliminary comments from the CPA. (1) “[Our club] does an excellent job of maintaining transparency in the area by publishing meeting attendance and revenues in the [Baron Mind.]” (2) “[R]ecorded receipts appear reasonable when compared to [revenue.]” I am actively working with the CPA to refine the club's documentation practices. Last, in terms of current action items recommended: we need more consistently backup QuickBooks, and enter expenditures at time of payment rather than at time of bank account recognition. Prost!

Jason

Treasurer’s Report

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Beer Barons - Code of Conduct Our goal is to improve our members’ knowledge of home brewing and its enjoyment. Please show your respect and courtesy to the people you have elected to do the business of this club and the guest speakers that are graciously giving their time to come and put on a presentation for you by being QUIET during the meeting.

Nothing is to be removed from this room that YOU did not bring in (That means the club beers stays). Please leave all un-opened beer for others to enjoy at other events

NO outside food is allowed to be brought into the meeting that was not purchased at Clifford’s

Only exception is for snack items to enjoy with your beer

Pretzels, popcorn, nuts

Chips & dip

Cheese, sausage & crackers

Smoked or canned fish items Please being your own glass and

clean up after yourself

Everyone must check-in with the treasurer, show your membership card, and pay your meeting fee to receive a wristband

BOARD MEMBERS

President Jonathan Greene Vice-President Josh Strupp Treasurer Jason Meyers Secretary Jason Rohloff Sergeant at Arms Steve Williams Member at Large Tim Minger Member at Large Michael Sande

Contact the Board via email at officers@beerbarons.org

Or in writing at Beer Barons of Milwaukee Cooperative

P.O. Box 270012

Milwaukee, WI 53227

Club Links

Website: beerbarons.org Twitter: twitter.com/beerbaronsMKE www.worldofbeerfestival.com twitter.com/WorldOfBeerFest brewsandbites.beerbarons.org twitter.com/BrewsBitesMKE midwinterhbc.beerbarons.org twitter.com/MidwinterHBC Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeerBarons BrewBlog: brewblog.beerbarons.org/ www.facebook.com/WorldOfBeerFestival Forums: forums.beerbarons.org/ www.facebook.com/brewsandbites Yahoo! Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/MilwBeerBarons/

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HOMEBREW SHOP

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*Brew & Grow,

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*Purple Foot

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Brews Wine and Spirits, 1256 Capitol Drive offers a 5% discount to Members!

Rock Bottom, 740 N. Plankinton offers a 10% discount on food to Members!

Milwaukee Ale House, 233 N. Water offers a 10% discount to Members!

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Baron Mind is published by the Beer Barons of Milwaukee Cooperative, a non-profit organization. If you have an article or information that you would like to contribute to the newsletter, You can email it to the secretary or mail it to the club’s mailing address.

BEER BARONS OF MILWAUKEE COOPERATIVE P.O. Box 270012 Milwaukee, WI 53227

Please Support

Clifford’s Supper Club Famous For Their Friday Fish Fry

10418 W. Forest Home, Hales Corners (414) 425-6226

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Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners, Baptisms, Birthdays, Showers, Anniversaries, Funerals, and Family Gatherings Wed. Karaoke Wally’s 25 Cent Wings Karaoke Every Wed, Fri, & Sat-9:30pm Clifford’s offers the use of their banquet room to the Beer Barons at a reduced rate. Our support will show our appreciation.

UPCOMING BEER BARONS MEETINGS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, August 24th: Monthly Meeting @ Clifford’s, Black Husky Brewing WEDNESDAY, September 7th: Officers ’ Meeting @ Bert’s Bar, St. Francis WEDNESDAY, September 28th: Monthly Meeting @ Clifford ’s, Sour Blending Night

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For more info www.beerbarons.org

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