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December 2008 Meeting Minutes

Present: Rocky Stoltz, Paul Ellerkamp, Jeremy Jahner, Todd Solem, Dale Sattler, Ryan Jilek, Dennis Froemke, Jon Stika, Mike Anderson and Todd Dorval.  Welcome to new members Mike Anderson and Todd Dorval!  The beer of the month supplied by Town & Country Liquors was Leinenkugel’s Fireside Nut Brown lager.  Fireside is a deep amber colored lager with prominent maple sweetness, hazelnut and chocolate flavors and a clean crisp finish.  Fireside is likely the most flavorful beer available Read more…

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November 2008 Meeting Minutes

November 20, 2008 Meeting Minutes of the Heart River Home Brewers Present: Todd Solem, Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz, Paul Ellerkamp, Dennis Froemke, Dale Sattler and Jon Stika. Paul reported on the Beaver Creek Brewery in Wibaux, MT that brews and sells beer locally in Wibaux. Ryan brought some Chokecherry Stout which has very well balanced. Jon brought some Belgian Wit. Dennis brought a few bottles of his first beer, an Irish Red Ale, which was Read more…

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October 2008 meeting minutes

Present: Dale Sattler, Jon Stika, Dennis Froemke, Todd Solem, Ryan Jilek, Jeremy Jahner, Rocky Stoltz, Paul Ellerkamp, Kelan Luptak* and Jeremy Kruse*. *New members Old Business: Ryan raised a question about including all the mash and sparge water up-front in a single infusion mash, and the consequences of conducting such a mash. Stika offered to research a response to the question. Jon offered the following: A thin mash that included all of the typical mash Read more…

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August 28th Meeting Minutes

Present: Paul Ellerkamp, Rocky Stoltz, Ryan Jilek and Jon Stika. President Ellerkamp called the meeting to order at 6:30PM at Custom Data. The group discussed a summer picnic and decided that the event would be held at Jilek’s on Saturday September 13 at 4:30PM. Ryan offered to grill beer-can chicken and the rest of the members would bring pot-luck items. This month’s contribution from Town & Country Liquors was Bass Pale Ale brewed by the Read more…

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July 2008 Meeting Minutes

July 24, 2008 Meeting of the Heart River Homebrewers Present: Paul Ellerkamp, Rocky Stoltz, Dale Sattler, Jon Stika and Tanner Stika. Meeting held at Custom Data. President Ellerkamp called the meeting to order at 6:30PM. The group briefly discussed a summer picnic. No motion was made but a group consensus indicated September would be a preferred time to have the picnic. This month’s contributions from Town & Country Liquors were two Sam Adams Long Shot Read more…

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May 2008 Meeting Minutes

HRHB meeting minutes – May 22, 2008 Custom Data Dickinson, ND Present: Paul Ellerkamp, Dale Sattler, Dennis Froemke, Ryan Jilek, Rocky Stoltz (at 9PM) and Jon Stika. President Ellerkamp called the meeting to order at 7:40PM. Motion to change the starting time of regular monthly meetings from 7:30PM to 6:30PM that was tabled at the last meeting was discussed. Sattler called for a vote on the motion and the motion passed. Starting with the June Read more…

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April 2008 Meeting Minutes

Present at the April 24, 2008 meeting were; Ryan Jilek, Todd Solem, Rocky Stoltz, Dale Sattler*, Dennis Froemke and Jon Stika. In the absence of President Ellerkamp, Vice President Jilek called the meeting to order at 7:30PM. *Dale Sattler is a new member recruited by Paul Ellerkamp. Ryan informed the group that he had made an arrangement with Town & Country Liquors of Dickinson that T&CL would provide the club with a different beer for Read more…

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December 2007 meeting notes

Present at the December 27, 2007 meeting held at Custom Data were Ryan Jilek and Jon Stika. Ryan and Jon sampled “Hop Ottin’ IPA from Anderson Valley Brewing Co. of Booneville, CA, “Firebrick” Vienna style lager from August Schell Brewing of New Ulm, MN, and Spaten German Lager from the Spaten brewery of Munich, Germany. The Hop Ottin’ IPA was indeed very hoppy and well made. The Firebrick was a good Vienna style lager slightly Read more…

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