Humboldt Homebrewers Monthly Meeting

- June 2022 -

 

Thursday, June 2nd, is our monthly meeting.  We will meet at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room in Blue Lake on their outdoor patio areaCurrently the taproom closes at 9:00 pm, but our current agenda is shorter than usual.  We will continue to meet in person for those comfortable with doing so.  Of course, please stay home if feeling sick.

Meeting is from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Mad River Brewing Company and Taproom

101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake, CA 95525

 Agenda Items include:

  • Update on fund raisers & community events
  • Update on potential collaboration with HBW for an Arts Alive night, logistics
  • Update on potential collaboration with MRB & Two Feathers
  • Sampling of Homebrew (allowed in designated area only)
 

Please show up on time so you can support Mad River Brewing and we can get the meeting underway. Remember to bring a mask for entering and moving about the taproom. We will continue to meet in person as long as we can safely.

Humboldt Homebrewers Communities of Interest Guidelines

As a nonprofit organization, the Humboldt Homebrewers (HHB) are part of a multifaceted community. While our focus is on sharing the art, science, and culture of the brewing and fermentation crafts, we also strive to support and promote other organizations (including businesses) in our community. This guidance document defines our communities of interest and provides examples of how the club may use them.

1. HHB recognize the following levels of Communities of Interest

     A. The local community includes organizations in Humboldt.

     B. The area community includes organizations in the surrounding counties (Mendocino, Trinity, Del Norte, & Curry)

     C. The regional community includes organizations within ~150 mi radius from Eureka.

     D. Organizations outside these areas would generally be considered of national or international interest as appropriate.

2. HHB may use these defined communities, but is not limited to, in the following ways:

     A. For fundraising and donations; HHB will focus on the local community but will consider area community as deemed appropriate by a majority

     B. Board members monitoring Facebook posts or email:

          1. ‘local’ businesses or organizations can typically post with little review, if does not violate any prior club criteria.

          2. ‘area’ businesses or organizations can post if relevant to brewing or HHB

          3. ‘regional’ businesses or organizations can post if are part of the brewing community & are not just posting an ad to sell items

          4. ‘outside’ organizations can post after consensus from 2 or more Board members that is relevant to HHB

     C. For events:

          1. Promote local and area events related to brewing

          2. Promote regional or national homebrew competitions and similar events

  

Humboldt Homebrewers Monthly Meeting

- January 2022 -

 

Thursday, January 6, is our monthly meeting.  We will meet at the Mad River Brewery Tap Room in Blue LakeCurrently the taproom closes at 8:00 pm, so we will adjust our meeting time accordingly. We will continue to meet in person for those comfortable with doing so.  Of course, please stay home if feeling sick.

Meeting is from 6:30 pm - 8:00pm at

Mad River Brewing Company and Taproom

101 Taylor Way, Blue Lake, CA 95525

 Agenda Items include:

  • Community of Interest guideline
  • Ideas for promoting Brave Noise
  • Options for doing brewery tour
  • Homebrewer of the Year
  • Sampling of Homebrew (allowed in designated area only)
 

Please show up on time so you can support Mad River Brewing and we can get the meeting underway. Remember to bring a mask for entering and moving about the taproom. We will continue to meet in person as long as we can safely.

Beer can sledding

Thursday, December 2, is our monthly meeting.  We will meet at the Redwood Curtain Brewery Myrtletown taproom in Eureka.  We will continue to meet in person for those comfortable with doing so.  Of course, please stay home if feeling sick or if uncomfortable meeting in public at this time. Note that the event posted on Facebook has a start time of 6:30 pm; this was due to confusion on the current taproom hours with closing time listed as 8 pm on the website. The taproom is open until 10 pm.  Thus at least one person will be there at 6:30 in case anyone shows up then, but we will hold off on starting the meeting until most people can get there. The President apologizes for the confusion.

Meeting location:

Redwood Curtain Brewing - Myrtletown Taproom
1595 Myrtle Ave, Ste B

Agenda Items include:

  • Defining our community of interest
  • Homebrewer of the Year - nominations
  • Jan bottle share
  • Brave Noise in the beer community
 
To ensure the safety of all our members, the following guidelines will be observed to maintain a safe environment at meetings and club events.
• Monthly homebrewer meetings shall be held in outdoor spaces when possible
• Current State and County mask policies will be followed
• Please wear a mask when not seated and/or eating/drinking
• Every effort to avoid the 3 C’s will be taken: spaces that are closed, crowded, or involve close contact
• Hand sanitizer will be provided at each meeting and sanitizing procedures will be followed if any items, including but not limited to bottles and tasting glasses*, will be handled by more than one group member
*At this time, it is requested members bring their own tasting glasses to meetings if they wish to participate in sharing homebrew
beer glass hopsThursday, October 7th is the Humboldt Homebrewers October Meeting.
Meeting Location: Madrone Taphouse, 421 3rd St, Eureka, CA
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Agenda:
* Club Funds
* Nonprofit Donation
* Collaboration Brew
bigfoot drinking hatJoin the Humboldt Homebrewers for our monthly membership meeting. Graciously hosted at The Bigfoot Taproom.
 
The Bigfoot Taproom is located at 1750 Central Ave McKinleyville.

Bring that homebrew you've been cellaring for the year to share with your fellow homebrewers! But not until after the business.
 
Agenda for business include:

-Welcome back and goodbye to Chris, second baby on the way any day now...
-Membership Dues pay online this month in order to vote.
-Officer Nominations ASAP and Voting by September
-Sampling of Homebrew
-Raffle
 
Accepted Officer Nominations thus far:
President Pete Carlson
VP ???
Membership Director ???
Secretary ???
Treasurer ???
PR Joshua Gruver
Webmaster ???
Cellar Master ??
 
As you can see we have many vacancies on the Officer Corps. If you have any inclination to help with the club please let us know, it can be a slow easing in process but we need your help to get the club back up and running post COVID. Especially as the beer festivals start back up again we'll need the mechanics of the club to be running smoothly to get our names out there for pouring our lovely beverages to do good for our community that these events are fundraisers for.
We look forward to seeing you in person!
Remember this is all done at your own comfort zone. Qant to wear a mask? Go for it, might make sampling beverages more difficult but hey, you do you.
Don't want to drink, that's fine too!
Want to sit 6 feet away from others, you can do that too!