March 2026 Meeting Minutes

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Central Arkansas Fermenters March 2026 Meeting at Professor Bowl

  • Call to meeting by Bonz
      1. No old business
      2. February meetings was successful, new members announce
      3. Up to 62 active members
  • Social Events Report
      1. Trying to get places at Pro AMs
      2. April is Fassler Hall
        1. Picnic Saturday of Gravity’s Pro Am
      3. May is Diamond Bear
      4. July is Point Remove Morrilton
      5. August is Rogue Roundabout
      6. Oktoberfest 2026
        1. Argenta Plaza with Dogtown Throwdown last year, very successful
        2. This year, the Plaza is under construction in the grassy area where the food trucks were
        3. We have contact info for the construction and Dogtown Throwdown
        4. Rented only half of plaza due to racers, going to try to rent whole plaza this year
  • Competitions Report
      1. Pro Ams
        1. April- Berliner Weiss at Gravity BrewWorks
        2. May- Stone’s Throw wants West Coast Pilsner….not BJCP recognized but is for Brewer’s Association—similar to New Zealand but think West Coast hops instead
        3. June- Cereal Alcohol Club Competition
        4. July- Point Remove Altbier
        5. August- Rogue Czech Pale
        6. September and October may not have Pro Ams due to October
      2. Winner of Szwarchbier 2025 was Bo Bennet, Dalton 2nd, and Woods 3rd
  • Education Report
      1. Education of the night is Berliner Weiss
        1. Sour European Wheat Beer from Berlin, Germany
        2. Popular in 18th and 19th Century
        3. Style is 23A in BJCP, went through style characteristics
          1. Main notes: High Carbonation, can be cloudy, little to no hops, refreshing, IBUs 3-8, very low ABV
          2. 50-50 Pilsner and Wheat Great, Hallertau Hops
          3. Mixed fermentation with yeast and bacteria
            1. kettle sour (boil like normal, then chill to 90-100 and add bacteria for 24-48 hrs, bring back to boil
            2. Use an acid yeast–Philly sour
          4. No funk, refreshing, high lactic, clean and lemony,dry–not sweet, no acetic/vinegar, something light not warhead in tartness/sourness
      2. Don’t crush grain next to fermenters or it can be 
  • Secretary’s Report
      1. Minutes from last month
      2. New Members
      3. Pay dues and Sign in
  • Treasurer’s Report
      1. 10443.63 in bank
  • New Business
      1. Bluebonnet
      2. Master Homebrewer Program
        1. Building a new Web App–Brewfather like
      3. BJCP logistics after Bluebonnet to learn how to judge
        1. Tests seem to be intimidating–learn how take the tests
        2. May do example questions next month
        3. Can get a 3 pack of tests, can take as many as you want, open book test
          1. Do not need to answer all the questions to pass
          2. Study resources on club website https://www.centralarkansasfermenters.com/
        4. Costs about 1000 for bringing in a master judge
  •  New Members
    1. Zachary Sparks,
    2. LeighAnn Fountain
    3. Sierra Gustafson
    4. Tyler Davis