Hear Ye, Hear Ye, The November meeting of the Trubmeisters is called to
order. What beer would you like to order?

Good meeting last night. We had a wide range of brews. A couple of
Octoberfests on tap, and a Barley Wine also on tap. There was some
Raspberry Something beer. (Sorry, I should write this down instead of
trying to remember it the day after.) And a couple other homebrews.
All were good. None of the homebrew required something to wash it down.
No soapy beers, nothing! Just good ones.

We had quite a few commercial beers also. There were some ales, and
stouts. Also some Utterly good beer (Moo!) There was one ale that
George said was not so great, so I decided not to put any in my glass.
Speaking of George, he dared to bring some clear glass 32 oz bottle of a
Miller looking product. It actually was drinkable. It was suppose to
be 8.1% alcohol. There must have been some brews I forgot about too. I
brought a 94 Thomas Hardy Ale and a 93 Old Crustacean Barley wine to
sample.

Speaking of crustaceans, there was a fish tank with a lot of hermit
crabs. I heard there is cure for that now. ;-) We were entertained by
watching the feeding of the crabs. No wonder they itch. You should see
them fight over their snacks. He had a lonely fish in the tank that
just appeared without any fish ever being introduced to the tank. So we
named him Jesus.

Rick (our gracious host for the evening) provided us with home made
corned beef. The horseradish sauce was reasonably mild without causing
a 911 call. Also served were some BBQ sauces. I am not sure, but I
think I heard that the bread we ate was also home made. Very well done
all around. Excellent corned beef. We also had some cheese and
crackers.

There was some lively discussion about computers and an attempt to
impeach our new president. But the attempt failed. There was talk of
the Coup that took place last when she was voted in. We talked about
raising $100,000 to take a club trip to Europe. The President of Vice
turned down an offer to hold the money for us. He said he could only
promote vice within the club. Since no one wants to be treasurer, we
will have to forgo the collection of the $100,000. (Anybody have
$100,000 they are willing to donate?)

The meeting was finally called to order, and since there was no new
business or old business the meeting was closed. (I think that is the
first time the terms new and old business have ever been brought up
before.)

No one made fun of Steve. Interesting! I think we hit all the required
meeting subjects. You know, Sex, Drugs, Religion, and Politics! Same
old conversations. You know the drill.

We had door prizes too! Everyone put their name on a piece of paper.
The names were wadded up in someone's hand. Betty drew a name out and
since the winner was in the john, we proceeded to draw another name. ;-)
The same person's name was drawn again! (RIGGED RIGGED!) Ok, so we
let her have a door prize anyhow. (What luck, and who put her name in
there twice?) Betty then drew another name, (can't let the same person
win twice). One of the newer people won. Both of you have to post
thank you speeches to the group! Oh yeah ... for those who weren't
there, George donated a couple of glasses from his collection as the
door prizes. (George, can you donate the $100,000 too? Maybe we can
get a beer grant from Miller. :-)

I think we had a couple new people a this meeting. Since we are getting
bigger and bigger crowds, we no longer sit around a single table. I
didn't get to find out the names of the people I have never met before.
(Maybe I met them before. But, you know my friend Alt Zheimer!)

Saturday is Brew With a Friend Day. Even if Steve isn't your friend, he
has opened his brewery (home) to us to brew. He is making some kind of
beer. ;-) I don't know what kind. Stop by while the sun is shining,
and bring a bottle of your favorite malted beverage. (See the message
he sent a couple days ago for details.)

Enough for now. Thank You Rick for letting us trash your house. I am
not sure who gets next month. It seems like we had someone scheduled,
but I forget who. Whoever you are, remind us!

WHOA!!!!! Stop the presses! It just occurred to me that this is the
first meeting in over a year that we did not have anything to drink
except beers! No wines. No meads. Not even any liquor or even
liquors. What is happening to this club. George gets overthrown, and
suddenly we are back to a just beer club. :-)

Some day we need a reunion. Get Scott, Kelly, AB, and Bob (the guy
who's carpet we burned a ring into) and they can see what the old half
dozen of us around a folding table has turned into! We are quite a
crowd now days. Almost 50 registered members, and almost 50% membership
turn out at meetings. Those are very good statistics.