Greetings Members, This is a friendly reminder that our May meeting will be this coming Monday, May 18th at 7pm. This month's presentation will be on Session Beers by Geoff Groff. Also, if you brewed a SMaSH Beer, please bring 6 to 12 bottles of your brew to this meeting for our SMaSh Beer Exchange.
Lots of IMPORTANT stuff below: MALT HOUSE VISIT, BUS TRIP, GREAT TASTE TICKETS!!! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
MALT HOUSE VISIT: Pilot Malt House is a brand new craft malt house that using locally grown malt. Erik May, the owner, has kindly invited KLOB for a tour of the new facility on Saturday, May 23rd, 12-2pm. Pilot Malt House is located at 1000 100th St SW, Suite E/F, Byron Center, MI 49315 Google Map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/1000+100th+St+SW,+Byron+Center,+MI+49315/@42.7826345,-85.6912737,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8819c9fd867fc655:0x68b5fd9fb9cd7021
Carpool: Although we have been assured there is ample parking, if anyone wants to carpool, please meet at Boatyard Brewery at 11am. Plan to leave by 11:20am to make it on time to Pilot Malt House by 12pm. Old Mill Brewery: On the way back home to Kalamazoo, Old Mill Brewery has invited us to stop in for a pint or seven. We're planning on arriving at Old Mill between 2:30-3pm if you would to join.
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BUS TRIP: June 13th is our KLOB Bus Trip tour of Grand Rapids and surrounding area breweries. This is an all day event, plan on leaving around 10am from Kalamazoo and getting home around 9pm. We will be stopping by a few breweries & having lunch on the way to Grand Rapids, spending a few hours exploring downtown GR & getting dinner, then heading back south to another brewery or two, then heading home. We will have more details and a complete itinerary soon. We have a 50 person limit for the trip, paying for your ticket at the meeting reserves you a seat. Members are allowed to invite guests on the trip. Cost will be $25 for members, $30 for guests. You may purchase tickets at the May meeting, or at Tempo Vino Winery, downtown Kalamazoo, 260 E. Michigan ave. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
GREAT TASTE OF THE MIDWEST: Ticket Raffle @ the May Meeting. The Great Taste of the Midwest is one of the premier beer festivals in the United States. The Great Taste features over one hundred fifty of the Midwest’s finest craft brewers at beautiful Olin Park overlooking Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Event is August 8th. http://greattaste.org/
The organizers of the GTMW graciously allow our club an allotment of 25 tickets to give to our members. The cost is $60/ticket. We usually have more members wanting tickets than we have tickets. To make it fair, we hold a raffle if there are more than 25 people interested in going. If you would like to be entered in for a ticket, you must: 1- Be a member in good standing (paid for 2015). 2- Be present at the May Meeting. 3- Pay for your ticket at that time. If we have fewer than 25 people interested, additional tickets may be purchased by members.
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If you signed up for KLOB at the April meeting, we will have your membership cards available at this meeting. Hungry? The Tamale Guy Catering will be at Boatyard during our meeting, serving up his delicious menu.