[Trubmeisters] April Newsletter Date: Today 12:59:27 From: "Jeff Kane" To: Trubmeisters@yahoogroups.com Reply to: Trubmeisters@yahoogroups.com April beer parties May bring beer drinkers. Isn't that the old saying? Must be right, because last night was a great gathering of the Trubmeisters. Much thanks to Dan and Lisa for taking us into their home. And thanks to Sue for coming out late to take care of Lisa. It seems Dan has done a little re-decorating since he is home alone most of the time now days. It was very depressing and dark. The cheerful part was all the baby seals laying around. Made me wish I had a club in my hands. ;-) The bathroom was decorated in US Flags including the paint on the walls! All red, white, and blue. He's done a great job. Then the women started talking about Roman Orgies or what ever they call those window trimming things from Romania. Whatever! I just didn't understand what they were talking about. I thought the bulky material was worn around the shoulders, but they said it was next to the window. It's all Roman/Greek to me! Dan's Mom made corned beef for us again. Looked like about 20 lbs of the stuff. I was concerned when I saw how think it was sliced. But one bite into it, and I understood. If it were cut any thinner, it would fall apart. So tender and juicy. It was fantastic! There was other food, beer, wine, and mead for our enjoyment. I decided to not do an individual report on each item this month. The only comments I got for feedback for the past few months meeting notes style were all about how they are getting boring. Someone once told me that a picture is worth 1,000 words. I didn't believe them, but we'll try it this month. On the web site you will find (after I get them posted tonight) about 20,000 words in a link near the bottom. Look for the link at http://trubs.kane1.com. Of special interest are 2,000 words describing the beer bottles, and an another 2,000 giving livid details of the food in all it's splendor. One special mention of the non-labeled beers was the pitcher of Dan's Half-Wit. Since Jeff "Half" Wit was not in attendance this month, we drank it without him! Dan offered tours of his abode including the fermenting mead in his basement. The cherry was very good even while it bubbled away. It'll be fantastic later this year. I look forward to tasting it again. :-) Dan also has a beer fridge to give to a good home. If you are interested, let him know. There was a call to order for an official meeting. MJ gathered final names for reservations to Galioto's Vintage Grille for the April 16th dinner out. Be there at 6:30 PM sharp, or earlier if you tend to be late. We also covered a few housekeeping issues, and then disorder broke free once again. The natives just can't be tamed. I still have tickets to the World of Beer Festival for May 2nd. We had 7 members sign up for the bus trip to Chilton from that "other" beer club. That makes 9 Trubs this year. It'll be great! I'll try to bring a few more thousand words back for you to see. We had a new member (who posted his intent to show up ahead of time) last night named Tom. He brought along a Red Ale and a Lager. Both were very good. Tom didn't seem all that shocked as the night went along and the debauchery began to take effect. It took a lot of guts on his part to take the abuse you can get from our club members and stay until the very end. It turns out Tom is a web page person by trade! He was volunteered ... er ... I mean he volunteered to help us with the club web page. I look forward to seeing his work in the coming months. We decided to register a new web site. It will be www.janetsass.com. If the .org, .net, .tw, .biz, and .gov are available, we'll get them all. People have already donated money to pay for the registration just to see what shows up on that site. Mind you, this is NOT www.janetsbreast.com. That web site was registered 2 days before the Super Bowl last winter. George brought a keg of beer called Nicholas Craddy. Next time you see Janet, ask her to describe what Nicholas looks like. She just couldn't quite come up with it last night. Speaking of Janet, I learned one should never ask her to moon the room. It was quite dark, and we thought a little moon would brighten things up, and we were right. But the Dirty Dick's Stout beer right behind her blocked much of the view. For another couple thousand words on this, see the web page. Speaking of shiny things. Did you know Steve has a spot on his body without hair? Turns out MJ likes to give Steve a little head every now and then. She takes her fist and rubs it on the top of his head. It has polished a spot now that reflects the flash from a camera so much that anyone above him gets blinded. Another new member showed up named George. Due to his name, we immediately voted him President. He declined, but we didn't let him give it up that easily. Then he left, and we quickly looked for another victim .. er .. I mean volunteer. Turns out Tom was not aware of the club tradition of making all new members President so they can pay the dues for everyone else for the year. Anyhow, he did accept the position. So thank him next time you see him. Your dues are free for the rest of the year. Back to George. He made some beer from a kit his daughter bought him. Welcome to home brewing George! He was pretty sure it came from the Frugal Homebrewer, but I am not so sure about that. It tasted great. Good job on making that beer. He bottled in plastic with screw tops. One word of warning to you is to drink it fast. The screw top plastic is not a great long term storage device. The beer will oxidize sooner than in glass. April Beer Parties really do draw out the strangest people. Seems a young woman named Mary was driving by with her father, Tom. They saw Dan's giant American Flag on the pole out front and noticed the Beer flag flying right under it. (See the web page for a couple thousand more words on this. The light was poor, sorry for the low quality.) They saw the cars out front also, and put 2 (flags) and 8 (cars) together to come up with beer (2+8=BEER). Next thing we know they decided to crash the party. Welcome to Mary and her Dad, Tom. Nice to have new members to the beer club. I don't think I got their email addresses, but who knows. Maybe next month they'll just find us again. After Mary left, she scurried back in and left us with a bottle of home made kolouha. It was really very good. Janet liked it, but thought it would go better with a little cream on top. Dan offered to get her some. He headed to the back of the house, not the kitchen. Not sure where he keeps his cream, but Janet quietly finished her drink with a smile. I have some sad news to report. Sue and Jim lost their oldest to cancer a couple weeks ago. Our sympathies go out to you. Your 5 year old mead was FANTASTIC. Thanks for making the long trip up to see us. The conversation quickly turned to pets everyone has. Janet said George had a rule for their first 3 German Shepards. They were not allowed in the bed. But this one they have now not only gets in bed with them, but has the longest tongue Janet has ever seen! Diana quickly remembered an event that happened to her. She said her husband would lie in bed next to her petting her cat! No matter how hard she tried, the group wouldn't stop laughing for her to complete the story. After 15 minutes of laugher that brought tears to the eyes of some, she finally finished the story. It turns out her husband said he didn't really like her cat, so he posted a message at work on a bulletin board "Pussy - free to a good home." If that were not enough, he got 7 responses offering to pet the cat for him. Wow! I ain't wrote a newsletter this long in quite a while. Sorry for the drivel. Looking forward to seeing quite a few of you at Galioto's on the 16th. Can we bring our own wine and beer? Even if you aren't going to dinner out, be sure to come next month. See you in Larry & Donna's Hot Tub! Everyone is to wear bikinis. Janet promised to wear a one piece bikini. We're undecided which piece we want her to wear. A Good Beer To All, And To All A Good Beer! Jeff Kane