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| Monthly Meeting: Thursday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m. Click to join Sensory Analysis Happy Hour: Thursday, August 26 at 8 p.m. Click to join President’s Message  Join us at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 19 to hear Josh Weikert speak about homebrew recipe formulation. **Note that this month’s meeting will be on Thursday the 19th instead of Tuesday the 17th** Josh Weikert took up homebrewing in 2007 as a way to stay sane during graduate school. He is a founding member of the Stoney Creek Homebrewers, has medaled in every BJCP beer category, is a BJCP Grand Master Judge and Certified Cicerone, and was twice the Eastern Pennsylvania Homebrewer of the Year. His writing is featured in several brewing publications including Beer Connoisseur, Brew Your Own and Craft Beer & Brewing. The more than one hundred fifty recipes of his “Make Your Best” series for Craft Beer & Brewing continue to provide recipe design guidance to brewers at all levels, and more than a dozen versions of his recipes have won commercial brewing awards. Josh is a regular speaker and presenter on a wide range of beer and brewing topics at conferences, homebrew club meetings, and backyard barbecues (whether invited or not). Josh is a professor of politics and lives in Philadelphia, PA with his wife, Barbara (also an award-winning brewer). Join our Monthly Meeting via Zoom Our Sensory Analysis Happy Hour is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 26. This month we will be tasting three witbiers that are perfect for the warm summer weather: – Ommegang Witte – Allagash White – Bull ‘n Bear Wit-Collar Crime Join our Sensory Analysis via Zoom Get Your Beer Judged by a BJCP Judge One of the perks of being a MASH member is having access to a long list of accomplished BJCP judges. If you would like some anonymous and objective feedback on your beer, conact Board Member Eric Blaine, to arrange to have one of our BJCP judges evaluate your beer and provide you with a scoresheet and feedback. A Note About Virtual Meetings Over the past year, we have used both Zoom and Google Meet to host our club meetings, happy hours, and sensory analysis. Most recently the club has been using Goolge Meet, which was being offered for free by Google. As of March 31, Google stopped offering Meet for free and so the board decided to switch back to using Zoom for all club meetings, as we felt that Zoom provided a better user experience and we had less technical glitches and challenges connecting to Zoom and Meet. In an effort to make our digital lives as simple as possible, we will be using the same Zoom meeting info for all club functions. This should make keeping track of links and joining events easier and less error prone for our members. We welcome your feedback on your experience so that we can continue to improve the way in which we connect and collaborate together. The official MASH zoom meeting info for all MASH functions is as follows: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5120245789?pwd=bUtKdFhRQnd3R3BONEVaVkxhd0tHZz09 Meeting ID: 512 024 5789 Passcode: GoMASHGo COMPETE Upcoming Homebrew Competitions – NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition Best of Show Judging – August 7th – Malt Madness – August 14th – Valhalla: The Mead-ing of Life – October 2nd – Motown MASH – November 6th at Ashton Brewing. Stay tuned for further details Perks for Being a Mule Reminder that MASH will pay a set per-entry reimbursement to any club member for each entry (besides their own) that they mule to a competition drop off point on behalf of other club members. Just snap a photo of the entries you are dropping off and send the photo, competition name, and members you are dropping off on behalf of to [email protected].  It’s not too late to renew your 2021 Membership. Dues remain $25 for AHA members and $30 for those who haven’t joined yet. While you don’t have to be a member to attend our monthly meetings, members get exclusive perks, including membership to our Mash New Jersey Slack, our running chat of all things homebrew and beer. And stay tuned for the reveal of our 2021 membership glass! “Member up” using this form. You can then send payment via MASH’s Paypal at [email protected] or via Venmo to Board Treasurer Micha Stark @starkm1. 2021 MASH Mugs  It’s that special time of year when the annual MASH vessel’s arrive. This year’s cup is an enameled camp mug. All members in good standing are entitled to a mug. To arrange to pick up your mug, contact Micha Stark via Slack. |