Rocky Stoltz in Jon Stika’s (not pictured) workshop pumping beer out of the club barrel into members buckets, carboys and kegs. Over 60 gallons of member-contributed Imperial Stout was aged in the used wine barrel from August 5th, 2015 to November 28th, 2015.
Present: Rocky Stoltz, Ellery Dykema, Alan Church, Nate Shilman, Derrick Fox, Glen Bruhschwein, Joel Emter and Jon Stika. Discussed current barrel beer (Imperial Stout). Jon and Rocky will pump the beer out of the barrel and into each brewers vessel on Saturday, November 28th. The barrel will be cleaned and Read more…
Present: Rocky Stoltz, Jerry Ford, Derrick Fox, Ellery Dykema, Glen Bruhschwein and Jon Stika. Sampled beer from the club barrel. The consensus was that the beer should be withdrawn from the barrel by the end of 2015 and replaced with a double IPA. Ellery brought the club-sponsored Chinook IPA beer Read more…
Present: Ellery Dykema, Glen Bruhschwein, Derrick Fox, Joe Natwick, Nate Shilman, Tanner Stika and Jon Stika. Sampled barrel beer and found it satisfactory and agreed it should remain in the barrel for another month. Jon brought the club share of the Petite Saison kit. Discussed future participation in Alive@5, Douple Read more…
Present: Jerry Ford, Casey Ritz, Shannon Bertelsen, Joel Emter, Nate Shilman, Alan Church, Glen Bruhschwein, Ellery Dykema, Ryan Jilek, Trevor Dykema and Jon Stika. Discussed barrel beer. Jerry brought a batch of Imperial Stout to be used to top up the barrel to keep it full as it ages and Read more…
Present: Jerry Ford, Ryan Jilek, Michael Kreitinger, Joel Emter, Derek Fox and Jon Stika. Jon reported on the barrel beer project. The barrel has been hydrated and swelled water tight. Jon will treat the barrel with Barrel Kleen to ready it for filling with beer. Discussed Alive@5 participation. Consensus was Read more…
Present: Jerry Ford, Casey Ritz, Ellery Dykema, Nate Shilman, Rocky Stoltz and Jon Stika. Discussed possible participation by the club in Alive@5 event in downtown Dickinson during the summer. Rocky will follow-up on information regarding Alive@5. Discussed wort aeration, wine-making, hop growing and mead-making. Jon Stika Secretary
Present: Jerry Ford, Alan Church, Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz, Glen Bruhschwein, Ellery Dykeman, Nate Shilman and Jon Stika. Discussed brewing of Imperial Stout for the barrel. Rocky, Joel, Glen, Tyler and Jon have their pledged shares brewed. Others are planning to brew their shares soon. Tentative deadline to brew batches Read more…
Present: Jerry Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Steve Klicker, Nate Shilman, Glen Bruhschwein, Ellery Dykeman, Ryan Jilek and Jon Stika. Discussed collective brewing to fill the new wine barrel. Rocky, Joel (Empter), Glen, Tyler (Benson), Nate, Steve, Ellery, Jerry, Ryan and Jon will brew Imperial Stout to fill the barrel. Jon will Read more…
Present: Tyler Benson, Nate Shilman, Glen Bruhschwein, Ryan Jilek and Jon Stika. Discussed brewing beer of the month kits to be shared with members. Glen and Ryan will each choose a kit and brew it and be reimbursed from the club at at later date. Jon has brewed the Halcyon Read more…