New Homebrew club

[DBbrewing]

I am starting a new homebrew club and our first meeting is this saturday, any ideas on topics to discuss. I know HOMEBREWING! What would any of you want to be discussed?

 

[aryoung1980]

It's hard to say without knowing the types of brewers in your club. Right now I'm focused on mash pH and acidifying sparge water. That could possibly be a topic of interest to others.

 

[timrox1212]

My Homebrew club covers 1 bjcp style and its sub styles every month. The club president goes and gets 2-3 commercial examples of each and we all taste them and compare them. Good way to be able to try a bunch of different beers of a style to get new brewing ideas.

 

[IkeKrizzule]

It's your first meeting. Discuss what each of you want out of the club, share some beer and have a great time.

 

[1977Brewer]

My club is me and some dudes drinking beer. Ladies welcome but only in packs.

It's a bar.

 

[LandoLincoln]

Come up with a brew club name. Elect a President, VP, Secretary. Decide on how you're going to collect money for the club and how much.

 

[LandoLincoln]

I'd also discuss why you want to start a homebrew club that isn't M.A.S.H.

What, is M.A.S.H. getting too big?

 

[TheHappyHopper]

It's your first meeting. Discuss what each of you want out of the club, share some beer and have a great time.

+1 to this. For the first meeting, I don't think I would do anything too technical...unless of course you already know everyone that will be attending.

Some other ideas for topics:
- At my club we did a homebrew "show and tell", so people brought in different DIY projects that they had made related to homebrewing.
- Choose a specific style for everyone to brew and do a blind tasting contest.
- Have everyone brew a simple recipe, but each use a different hop variety, so everyone can get to know the differences/similarities.
- If anyone has any infected beers (or beers with bad off flavors), have everyone taste them and try to guess what it is and caused the problem.