UMPQUA VALLEY BREWERS GUILD MAY 10, 2014 MEETING MINUTES Present: President Diane Griffin, Steve Bahr, Leon Dixon, Tom Kaufmann, Bob Nickels, Cory Nichols, Debbie Price, Loyd Price, Chris Somers, Al Walker, Trudy Walker & Sean Vincent. Guests & New Members: Mark & Lyclia Nunnelee and Patrick & Dale Ball. [* indicates an email was sent directly to the club member to confirm and/or follow through with their involvement/donation/commitment. This meeting I forwarded the minutes to everyone] Confirmed Details for May 17th Habitat Brewhaha: Confirmed that Diane Griffin, Chris Somers, John Wakefield, Chad Northcraft and Al Walker are donating beer. Confirmed that: Loyd & Debbie Price are setting up and working the booth from 12:00 to 3:30 Trudy Walker & Cory Nichols from 3:00 to 7:30 Rick Abbott & Jason Peralta from 7:00 to tear-down 11:00 Diane Griffin & Al Walker will do their presentation at 1:00 We invited members to help pour the sample beers. Diane Griffin will inquire about rules for pouring. Page 1
We agreed to offer the Dream Date raffle again, since it was so well received at the Home & Garden Show. Chris Somers volunteered to be the host of the Dream Date, but since he is already doing a Dream Date brew with another winner, it would be nice if someone else volunteered. Special Events: May 17th is the Habitat for Humanity Brewhaha. This is a one day event and the club has agreed to provide a booth and donate home brew. We are asking all club members to stop by and man the booth for a little while (restroom and food breaks for those that are assigned.) We also need volunteers to pour beer. May 22 nd is the date beers for the all ale home brew competition are due for the Growler U Competition. A BBQ/Celebration will be held on May 24th at Growler U, in Eugene. More information is available on the website calendar. May 23rd through 25th: this is an unofficial coastal trip. The Mill Casino is hosting the BBQ, Blues and Brews festival THE SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH MEETING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JUNE 21st. June 21 st, our monthly meeting will be held at Jason & Emily Peralta s home. The Peralta s plan to host a pig roast and we will coordinate a pot luck and car pool. Jason has requested that anyone with some extra cinder blocks for the barbeque contact him. We will need an accurate body count on this event since it is a fair amount of work and investment which we have to share for Jason to do the pig. Email contact will also be made for the benefit of members not present. Beer and sides will be needed for this event. Debbie Page 2
Price will coordinate potluck items. July 26 th, monthly meeting: Chad Northcraft has volunteered to host this meeting. More information will be forthcoming at the next meeting. July 13 17 th, this is an unofficial coastal camping trip. At this time Diane & Peter Griffin, Loyd & Debbie Price, Al & Trudy Walker, Ron & Karen Weese & Chris Somers & Jennifer Drumright plan to take a camper & tent camping trip to Bettendorf State Park, in Charleston to clam, pick mussels, walk on the beach and eat well. Anyone is invited to attend and must make your own reservations. Book around site 50. Once we determine who is confirmed, we will assign meal assignments. Club Update: Diane Griffin stated that the beer has been bottled for the two winners (and spouses) from the Home & Garden Show raffle. Diane Griffin needs a couple of volunteers to write an article for the News Review. We have a placement in the paper on the fourth Tuesday of every month. David Campbell has resigned from his position as Guild Vice President. A nomination was made to anoint Al Walker with this prestigious position. Al received 10 yeas No nay s and 1 unstained (Trudy Walker). Debbie Price (Event Coordinator) asked if the club would like to schedule Page 3
another garage crawl for August. Steve Bahr will check with Larry Durst to see when he would be able to host his set-up. This will be followed up. Debbie Price is putting together a tee and zipper hoodie club logo order. She has received orders Cory Nichols, John & Rosie Wakefield, Emily Peralta and Pat & Dale Ball. Presentation: Diane Griffin discussed the history of the monastery breweries. The modern day view may find it unusual that a monastery brews beer. Yet this can be explained more easily when we take a look at the history of monasteries. In former times, the brewing of beer, just like the baking of bread for example, was part of the daily household chores. This was true among the more rural cultures in the south of Germany. Beer was brewed either for their own consumption at home or jointly in the village brewery. Some of these village breweries are still operating today, especially in Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. Also a monastic community is a large, joint household in economic terms. It stood to reason that the monks also brewed beer for their own consumption. It can be safely assumed that the seven Benedictines who were sent to the new Andechs monastery from Tegernsee in 1455 also brought with them extensive knowhow in brewing technique. The monastery s largest business enterprise is the Andechs monastery brewery. It is the exclusive property of the Benedictine monks of St. Boniface in Munich and Andechs. Page 4
Monasteries have always been spiritual, cultural, and economic centres in active communication with their environment. The Benedictines work according to the Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia, which can be condensed into their guiding precept of Ora et labora. Through their business enterprises, the monks of St. Boniface and Andechs fund the pastoral, cultural, and social commitments of Munich and Andechs Abbey. This is all the more important because the monastery does not receive any contributions from church tax. Like all other business enterprises, the monastery brewery operates on an earnings related basis. At the same time, it is dedicated to upholding the monastery s precepts for organic and sustainable growth. The operations at the monastery brewery are a clear demonstration: the brewery s infrastructure at the Holy Mountain ( Heiliger Berg ) is not aligned to profit maximization, but to preserving the monastic identity. The monastery beers brewed in Andechs therefore represent the successful marriage of Benedictine brewing tradition and ultra-modern brewing technology. Meeting adjourned at 2:35 Page 5