Present: Ryan Jilek, Dean Byrd, Jerry Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Jon Stika, Virginia Lloyd (Jon’s daughter), Dale Sattler, Alan Church and Dave Lehman.<\/p>\n
Rocky reported on his experimental batch of beer utilizing wild hops picked near his home east of Dickinson.\u00a0 He said the flavor and aroma of the wort seemed good and he is fermenting the batch with an ale yeast.\u00a0 Ryan shared a poster for Hoppy the 13th event sponsored by the Prairie Homebrewing Companions of Fargo, ND.\u00a0 Discussed a trip to the Maple River Winery in Casselton, ND or the Beaver Creek Brewery in Wibaux, MT.<\/p>\n
Alan brought two Belgian sour beers Saison no. 4 and Guerre de Etoiles, a Flemish sour ale fermented with Wyeast Saison yeast.\u00a0 Jon brought the Patersbier brewed by Alan that was left over from the club picnic on the 11th, which was fermented with Wyeast Schelde Special Reserve yeast.\u00a0 Each of the beers was very good and very unique.\u00a0 The group preferred the sour beers over the Patersbier.\u00a0 The Guerre de Etoiles was maltier than the Saison no. 4.\u00a0 Discussion ensued about using the Wyeast Saison to brew a Berliner Weisse beer.\u00a0 Alan reported after the meeting about a 3191-PC Berliner Weisse yeast\/bacteria blend that could also work well for the Berliner Weisse style.<\/p>\n
Dale brought a cranberry\/rhubarb wine which was very flavorful and balanced.\u00a0 Ryan brought a barley wine and hops concentrate strong ale that he brewed.\u00a0 He is considering entering one or both in an upcoming competition.\u00a0 The group preferred the barley wine over the hops concentrate and commented that the hops concentrate should mellow with age.\u00a0 Dean brought an Oktoberbeer that he added honey and cinnamon to.\u00a0 The beer was light and crisp with a subtle cinnamon finish.\u00a0 Jerry brought some CopperHook from RedHook brewing which was a slightly sweet red ale which would make a good session beer.<\/p>\n
Jon Stika
\nSecretary<\/p>\n
Present: Ryan Jilek, Dean Byrd, Jerry Ford, Rocky Stoltz, Jon Stika, Virginia Lloyd (Jon’s daughter), Dale Sattler, Alan Church and Dave Lehman. Rocky reported on his experimental batch of beer utilizing wild hops picked near his home east of Dickinson.\u00a0 He said the flavor and aroma of the wort seemed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heartriverhomebrewers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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