We are super excited to kick off 2021 with Brian Rooney (BKS Artisan Ales) and Nick Mader (Alma Mader Brewing) leading a discussion during our Zoom Meeting on Friday, January 15, 2021. The discussion will be divided into two parts. For the first part, Nick and Brian will discuss their paths to owning/operating a brewery and the challenges involved in getting through startup and into sustainable operation. This discussion will be particularly interesting since Nick and Brian come from different brewing backgrounds (professional vs homebrewer). After that, we will have an informal Q&A session so get your questions about brewing IPA, stout, lager, sours etc. ready for Brian and Nick!!

The schedule for the evening will be as follows:

6:30 – Social Time
7:00 – Club Business
7:30 – DIY Corner: Yeast Bank with Eric Martin
7:45 – Break
8:00 – BKS/Alma Mader Presentation (with Q&A to follow)

As noted above, we will have a Q&A session with Nick and Brian. Please submit questions for them in advance at the following link (but there will also be a chat available for any new questions that you think of during the event):

https://forms.gle/Xancu4HCNqyNPVLPA

Also, BKS was generous enough to donate approximately 500 ounces of hops to fuel brewing for our KCBM members in 2021!! We have Simcoe, Rakau, Nelson Sauvin and Sorachi Ace available! Complete the following form no later than 5PM on January 10 to express an interest in a share of these hops:
https://forms.gle/fBFBdCsQgYHizkSW8

ZOOM Information is provided below:
Topic: KCBM January 2021 Meeting
Time: Jan 15, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84204122329?pwd=N3pTQWZseFJ5K3Myc1ZsYkxualNHQT09

Meeting ID: 842 0412 2329
Passcode: 947666