Nick joined us to talk about the 8 beers we sampled from their portfolio. St. Feuillien Saison, St. Feuillien Grand Cru, Urthel Hop-It, La Trappe Dubbel, La Trappe Oak Aged Quadrupel (very rare), Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet, Bockor Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge, and Brouwerij Lupus Wolf 7.
Tag: 2013
Meeting Podcast – Shawn Coombs – Rushmore Meadery
Shawn, who is starting Rushmore Meadery, started making mead 20 years ago after joining the Urban Knaves of Grain. He joined us to talk about mead making techniques and tell us a little more about himself and his meadery. We tried several of his meads as well as a few other commercial examples.
Meeting Podcst – Lydia Marks – Great Lakes Brewing Company
Lydia from GLB talked to us about their brewery and beers. There’s a little buzz in the background on this.
Meeting Podcast – Mike Schwartz – Beer Barons
Brief discussion about calibration of hydrometers, refractometers, and thermometers.
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Meet the Baron: Tim Minger
Age: 57
How long have you been a Baron? Since 2008
What style do you brew most often? I always have an Amber Ale on tap as friends and neighbors like that one. I also like to have a Pale Ale on tap.
What got you into brewing? I got into brewing because of David Glazewski. We work together and he brought some homebrew to a company picnic and I thought it was awesome.
How often do you brew? I brew when my supply starts to run low, maybe 4 to 5 times a year. I usually do 10 gallon batches. Unless it is a high gravity brew, then only 5 gallons because my mash tun is too small. I don’t brew as often as I would like to, not enough people come over to drink my beers. Especially in the summer. During Packer season a lot more gets consumed at Packer parties than during the rest of the year. I wish I knew people that liked to drink beer. If anyone knows somebody like that I’m willing to share. 😉
Do you brew solo or with other people? I am a solo brewer, sometimes I have somebody to come over to watch and drink beer while I brew.
What is your favorite style and why? I don’t know if I have a favorite style. I do like Belgians, Stouts, Porters, Pale and IPAs. It depends on what I am in the mood for. I enjoy most styles of beer, mead, cider, wine, whiskey, brandy, schnapps, and Aqua Velva anything with alcohol. I am of German and Irish ancestry, enough said.
What is your favorite brewery and why? Omergang, Tyranena, Lakefront, Founders, and New Holland
What is your commmercial to homebrew consumption ratio? 1 to 1 or close to it.
Have you ever entered a competition? The competitions that I have entered were State Fair in 2010, I won 1st place for a Oktoberfest, 1st place for Best of the German beer categories and was runner up for best of show. Even though my beer was an ale not a lager. I won a silver medal in the Midwinter Comp.; I think it was 2011 for a pale ale. And just recently I won 1st place for my Hefeweizen, that beer also took best of show. I was very surprised, that is a beer style that does not seem to win best of show very often.
What has been your favorite Baron meeting? Besides the November Belgian nights, I enjoy when we have knowledgeable speakers, whether they are commercial or a Baron i.e. Dave Campbell’s talk about some of his gadgets.
What is your day job? My vocation is machinist. I have been working as a machinist since I was a sophomore in high school. I currently work for a contract machine shop. We machine a variety of products from aerospace, mining, oil exploration, food production equipment and the rollers that make M&M’s, Skittles and Reese’s Pieces.
Meeting Podcast and Slides – Bruce Buerger – Beer Barons
Bruce leads us through how, why, and when to cask our beer rather than standard kegging or bottling.
Meeting Podcast – Marina Miller – UWM Graduate School
Marina and a group from UWM did a Masters Thesis on this topic. They interviewed several Barons as part of the research. She presented the results at our meeting.