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OTMP – June Meeting 6-16-21 – May Meeting Recap

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Club Update: 
As the adventures roll on for the club so does the evolution of the club in how our meetings are organized and run. As all of us arrived at Voss Farms, whether on bike or car, we knew a treat was in store. Andrew had the evening to showcase his amazing hosting skills as well as show off his hard work on his “HA, HA” hut. Not only did the venue provide us with plenty of space to bullshit about homebrew, it also conjured up scenes from a one room schoolhouse in rural Kansas. A different approach was taken this meeting with the addition of the white board, we could document beers and also take a tally of our opinions of the brews sampled. The late night hot dogs treats proved to be an effective tool for some of us sober some of us up from the liquid bread treats. It was an amazing meeting, Thank You! Andrew!, for your hospitality, efforts and overall comedic skills last month. 
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Lost and Found:
 Attention,….would the owner of a small blue cooler please report to guest relations right away, you left your shit at Voss's house and he wants it gone. Contact Andrew Voss at vossfarmscolorado@yahoo.com
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To Can Seamer, or not to Can Seamer, that is the question:
In a thread over on the forums the topic was reminded to us about some conversation at the last meeting. There has been interest in the club jointly purchasing a can seamer. There does seem to be some good knowledge regarding this purchase from some in the club. A few brands were mentioned as well as some individuals that were interested in pitching on for the purchase. Oktober was a brand mentioned worth looking at, it seems that most of these come in consumer and professional grades which greatly affects the cost. If you are interested bring your thoughts and opinions to the next meeting, otherwise if you wont be making to the nest meeting reply here or over on the forums to the thread. 
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Thread link:
Oktober Can Seamer Shop:

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Deep Dives on Beer – Ryan Pachmayer
Ryan Pachmayer, likely the most active OTMP member and the guy that always knows what is up and coming and fresh on the Craft beer scene shares another article of his. 

Deep Dive on Brewing Bohemian or Czech Style Pilsners
Every single pilsener beer of today traces its roots back to a single point of origin in Pilsen, the Bohemian town where Josef Groll brewed the first pale lager in 1842. Every single pilsener beer in the world has been inspired, directly or indirectly, by that ur-beer. Even today, the name pilsner has so much admiration in the Czech Republic that only beers brewed in the town of Pilsen are allowed to be called pilsner (with one ‘e’). This respect can extend outside the borders as well, where many brewers in Germany and beyond will call their beer pilsener or pils, an appreciative nod to the Czech OG.

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The Special Sauce – Jim Spaulding:
None other than the amazing, Jim Spaulding, has offered his insights and genius to us plebeians. Sit up, and listen up, as this veteran homebrewer walks us along on his totally insane path of homebrew dominance.


Meeting Info:

Where: Charles Bland's House

Location:

6038 Balsam St. Arvada 80004

Date:

6-16-21

Time: 7:00pm


Future Meeting Locations: (If you can offer a location for a future slot please reach out)

July 21st: Sam Lemons' House (Littleton)

August 18th: Chuck Schick's House (Arvada)

September 15th: Aaron Bandler's House (Arvada)

October 20th: Jim Spaulding's Beer Barn (Arvada)

November 17th: Charles Bland's House (Arvada)

December 22nd: Jim Spaulding's Beer Barn (Arvada)

2022 – January 19th: Colter Wilson's House (Arvada)

2022 – February 16th: Chris Levesque's House (Lakewood)

2022 – March 16th: Evan Sherlock's Brewery (Arvada)

2022 – April 20th: needing a host


April Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Andrew, Robin, Taylor (special engineer guest), Mick, Charles, Jim, Sam, Chuck, Ryan, Chris, Aaron, Jeff, Gordon, Evan, and Colter

Meeting Recap:

Like any town hall meeting there was shouting, laughing, much beer consumed and nothing really accomplished worth reporting about. 

Beers:

Aaron – Hot Pils – Same as last month, it seems a light Cider profile has began to develop on this crazy chemistry experiment. Rated  – 2 1/2 ★'s

Colter – Not as Hot, Pils – Opshage Pils, pressure fermented. This beer came across as clean and clear with an old hop or slightly burnt nose to it. 
Rated  – 2 1/2 ★'s

Aaron – Gose – “Gose Fuck Yourself” – This beer carried subtle sour notes with a slightly brackish water profile , seltzer colored as well as a very fruity nose to it. 20% Wheat. 
Rated  – 3★'s

Jeff – Kottbusser – Brewed on Luki perboiled wort with a second mash completed adding oats, lyles syrup. This beer rang in at 7 1/2% with a nose of honey, berries and the palate that was milkshake 

like. Brewed on Lolsch yeast WY029. 
Rated  – 4 ★'s

Jim – Mountain Steam – An Anchor Steam inspired brew, brewed with Northern Brewer and American 2-row and cold conditioned. 
Rated  – 4 ★'s

Charles – Wild Saison – Brewed with wild yeast from apple juice, grown up to make cider, then propagated again to finish out this saison recipe. Brewed with Pils malt and Sorachi Ace Hops. At 5.8% this showcased a cider like quality that was light and refreshing with subtle saison flavors.  
Rated  – 3★'s

Charles – Wheat Wine Blend – This was a “custom” bland from Charles, the word may never understand its bizarre powers and ingredients. 
Rated  – 3★'s

Ryan – Helles Lager – Pils malt, 20% cold smoked Applewood malt, 100% Pils malt. Dubbed “The Smoked Throat Lozenge”    Rated   4 1/2★'s

Charles – Lichtenhainer – With 13% smoked malts and at 3.75% this beer featured a wild nose, mild smoke profile with a nice fruity background. This wheat based beer with sour notes coming from the Philly Sour Yeast and additional lactic acid added. 
Rated   3★'s

Mick – American Ale – Brewed with Chinook and Hallertau at 4.8% this beer featured a malty and sweet profile. Partial-mash and brewed on Safale 05.  
Rated  – 4 ★'s

Sam – Dark Mild – This beer wins the title of “Beers to have at a Pancake Breakfast” This beer was brewed with Pils, Victory, Carafa III and fermented on Windsor yeast and Laurel Hops . At 3.5% this beer fetched up comments about its “Bitter snap” and “It offers a deep complexity with the malt bill”. 
4 ★'s

Jim – Old Hookhoner – English Strong – 8.3% This beer offer up notes of toffee and cherries with a smooth carbonation. 
4 1/2★'s

Jim – Golden Strong – Faustein – At 8.5% this yeast driven experience was like a tour of Belgium in an exotic European sports car, featuring a spicy, slightly hot profile that offered a balanced and effervescent experience. 
4 7/8 ★'s

Chuck – American IPA – Same Luki base that used in Jeff's beer. Featuring Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo and also dry hopped. This copper blonde colored beer had highlights of the rind of fruit and a bubblegum quality, brewed on Propagate Juicy IPA yeast.  3 1/2 ★'s

Aaron – Haze “Hazy Baby” – 5.5% This beer featured a slightly grassy and basil flavor of the Mosaic and Galaxy Hops this beer was made with no boil hops. Comments from the club noted this beer was very “Fuckable”.  3 ★'s

Chris – Northern English Brown – This beer offered a sweet profile with a great amount of toasty flavor, brewed with EKG and fermented on WL007. 
4 ★'s





OTMP – May Meeting 5-26-21 Voss Farms – April Meeting Recap

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Club Update: 
If there was ever any indication that the club needed comradery and sense of normalcy I believe last meeting was the indicator. Being the host for the first large get-together for the club since last October; many of us thirsty gentlemen were ready to break out of the feelings of an isolated winter we were wanting to leave behind. 
By cramming all 10 of us into my small basement pub we were offered a reminder of how it should be. OTMP meetings should be a bit cramped and a little loud, we need the jokes and the shit talking. We need a sense of being close to one another to share our passions, knowledge and of course a thick layer of bullshitting all served up with a frothy white head on our beers. 
I am not quite sure how it ended up being 1am before cleaning up the bar. What I do know is none of us wanted to let go. There was a real feeling of exuberance in the air. We all remember how it felt to be part of the good times and we were making new good times. We were all left thirsty for more of these connections and of course, great beer. 

Items for newsletters wanted: 
Want to share an article, recipe or write up on virtually anything related to homebrewing, send them along to the club at oldetownmashpaddlers@gmail.com


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Deep Dives on Beer – Ryan Pachmayer
Ryan Pachmayer, likely the most active OTMP member and the guy that always knows what is up and coming and fresh on the Craft beer scene shares another article of his. 
ICE BEER, BEYOND BUD
Remember Bud Ice, that line of Budweiser whose label came adorned with a zippy typeface that seemed to say I’m chill without outright saying it? Most of the ’90s teenagers who made Bud Ice and its brethren (Busch Ice, Keystone Ice, Natural Ice) house party companions probably never knew why the word “ice” even appeared on the label. But that moniker denoted a method of freezing and concentrating the beer, a process known as icing (or eising, in German), to increase flavor. continue reading here

Deep Dive on Brewing German Pilsners
German pilsner is a marriage of simplicity and depth. Often using just a single type of hop and malt, these beers achieve a fairly wide variety of depth and flavor by using specific, high quality ingredients and multi-step mashing regimes. But the most important ingredient of all in German pilsners is time. The time for the yeast to do its work in the beer, for the flavors of the hops and malt to harmonize, and for the beer to clear up. The result is a crisp, generally hop forward beer with an unmistakable snappy cracker-malt flavor. The beauty of these beers starts even before the taste. This pale yellow beer is brilliantly clear. An army of bubbles marches toward a pillowy, white, fluffy head in the heavens above. This is truly a simple, yet sophisticated beer. continue reading here

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The Special Sauce – Jim Spaulding:
None other than the amazing, Jim Spaulding, has offered his insights and genius to us plebeians. Sit up, and listen up, as this vetran homebrewer walks us along on his totally insane path of homebrew dominance.
A guide to Krausening your Lagers: In this write up Jim outlines what makes krausening an important feature of his brewing process and gives up a step by step guide in how he accomplishes this technique.

Hop Rhizome Give-a-way:
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Is digging around in the dirt your idea of some fun. Have you ever wanted to cover your garage floor in pollen? Does your homebrewing hobby also need a hobby of its own? Do you have a garden of old hops that have been there for 20 years and they don't produce any longer and you need to rip them out and replace them?  You might have the deal of a lifetime coming to you right now. 

For the low, low, price of free you can come pick up some hop rhizomes to start your own hop field of your very own. 

Thanks to our urban farming brew friend, Andrew Voss, he is giving you the opportunity to grow your own future. He has provided the club with tons of rhizomes to distribute. If you have interest in picking some up, contact Evan, via the club email, respond to this message, or text, 720-480-2124. Available most evenings with advanced warning. 

Varieties offered:
Chinook
Mystery X (limited quantity)
Hallertau 
Analia
Neo 1 (very limited quantity)


Meeting Info:


Where: Voss Farms

Location:

13870 West 72nd Avenue Arvada 80005 

Date:

5-26-21

Time: 7:00pm

Future Meeting Locations: (If you can offer a location for a future slot please reach out)

June 16th: Charles Bland's House

July 21st: Sam Lemons' House

August 18th: Chuck Schick's House

September 15th: Aaron Bandler's House

October 20th: Jim Spaulding's Beer Barn

November 17th: needing a host

December 22nd: Jim Spaulding's Beer Barn

January 19th: needing a host

April Meeting Recap: 

Attendants: Chris, Evan, Sam, Cody, Aarong “Young Hazy”, Robin, Chuck, Gordon, Ryan, Charles, and Gretchen

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Meeting Recap:

“I have forgotten how great and exciting it is to see half the club taking a homebrew shower, all with our clothes on.”- Anonymous OTMP member

Beers:

  • Colter: Instapot Kolsch – Brewed on some futuristic technology we don't understand yet; sent to us from 2029 in a DeLorean and packaged in a Franzia box wine bag this brew was in fact beer made by a robot. It conjured up such comments as “Yes, this is Kolsch”, and “Sure, I would drink this.”. Brewed on a BEERMKR this brew was done in a one gallon batch and served right out of the vessel it was brewed in. An interesting system and an interesting process to easily achieve beer at home. 
  • Aaron – Keviek Pils – Some beer as last month. Highlighting a fruity nose and an early bite on the tongue. Fermented at 102° this beer rang in at 5%. 
  • Chris – Brown – This beer featured a chocolaty nose which was warm and inviting. Brewed with EKG, pale chocolate and fermented on #007 at 53 days old this beer was extra smooth and silky. 
  • Charles – Beire De Garde – Made with Special B., Pil and Munich Malts with Saaz and T-58Belgian Ale yeast this beer was clean with subtle peppery notes and a touch of spice. 
  • Chuck – Belgian Dubbel – This Westmalle Clone was accompanied by the inspiration to complete the side by side comparison. Chuck's version was a low nose version but featured many of the highlights of the original, such as; raisin, plumbs and yummy maltiness. Chuck brewed this beer 2 years ago for the Belgian competition for the club.  In comparison the Westmalle beer – The commercial example had a much stronger nose and more fruit flavors up front, it was much more spicy and maltier. As far as a comparison Chuck's version may have passed its prime. This was a fun comparison for Chuck to do for his beer and hopefully gave him the feedback he was looking for. 
  • Chris – Milk Stout – This really extra smooth beer was a homerun for a milk stout. 1 lb of lactose for a 5 gallon batch brewed with EKG and Magnum on Chicho yeast. 
  • Robin – American Pale Ale – Brewed with Chinook Hops and Nugget on US05 with a 90 min boil. This beer rang in high in bitterness and spiciness. 
  • Ryan – Imperial Stout with Tahitian Vanilla Bean – 5 beans used in a 2.5 gallon batch. This super rich and strong brew still came across as balanced. A real treat. Dubbed by the guys “Millli Vanilli”. 
  • Ryan / Aaron – 10 Day Stout – This 10% beer was fermented out in 10 days with the ageing from the whisky oak chips. Fermented on Propagate Oslo yeast and then transferred into a Sous Vide with the whisky chips for 6 hours to age the beer then bottled on day 10. This beer featured characteristics that I wouldn't expect out of such a young beer and still came across as bright but not green. Very interesting process. 
  • Aaron – Hazy – Brewed on US33 – This bright yellow beer featured Galaxy and Azaica. This beer was a little more subdued than his normal Hazy beers, a nice brew to share.  

OTMP – April Meeting 4-21-21 – March Meeting Recap

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 In this edition you can look forward to such articles as:

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Hop Rhizome Give-a-way:
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Is digging around in the dirt your idea of some fun. Have you ever wanted to cover your garage floor in pollen? Does your homebrewing hobby also need a hobby of its own? Do you have a garden of old hops that have been there for 20 years and they don't produce any longer and you need to rip them out and replace them?  You might have the deal of a lifetime coming to you right now. 

For the low, low, price of free you can come pick up some hop rhizomes to start your own hop field of your very own. 

Thanks to our urban farming brew friend, Andrew Voss, he is giving you the opportunity to grow your own future. He has provided the club with tons of rhizomes to distribute. If you have interest in picking some up, contact Evan, via the club email, respond to this message, or text, 720-480-2124. Available most evenings with advanced warning. 

Varieties offered:
Chinook
Mystery X (limited quantity)
Hallertau 
Analia
Neo 1 (very limited quantity)

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Brewing Books
If you have any interest in the titles below these books are up for the taking from Dean. He will ship them out to whoever wants them. Reply to this email and we can get you in touch with Dean if you don't know him.
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Club Update (Info on May Meeting): 
As we now thaw out of the winter and begin heading full steem into the summer we can take a moment to think about what it means to have friends to share a beer with. The summer is easily filled with BBQ's, camping trips, fishing, building, evening walks and summer shade where you can enjoy a cold beer. Unwinding from the day with a beer is one thing but unwinding with a beer and a friend is another. It is a moment where the focus is on the experience, the conversation, the jokes and the time spent together to make the experience the best it can be; your beer is always there to melt into the situation, and make your senses tingle even more as it provides the stage for all of the evening's events. 
It does appear that more and more club members are notifying each other of vaccination. This is good news as we look forward to how this club comes out on the other side of things. We might not ever have a victory flag showing us that things are normal again or that we are all free and clear, but we do have faith in knowing that some of us can get together to share a beer in comfort again. The club meeting this month will purposefully be smaller and not online. We are planning on a very large meetup in May. Andrew Voss is going to host a garage meeting on May 26th from 7:00-9:30pm in his garage (Note this is a week later than normal). We are looking for anything to make this event more memorable as this has potential to be the real first meeting back as a club. 
The club is also actively looking for some members to offer to host meetings in the coming months; June, July, August and September. We have had offerings for backyard, garage, and patio meetups from Andrew, Evan, Aaron, Chuck, and Jeff A. If you think that this is something that you would like to help out with let us know. We are going to have to thrive on the generosity of club members' homes/patios/backyards and garages for warm weather meetups. 

Meeting Info:


Where: Evan brewery

Location:

Evans House – 6525 Independence St. 80004 (Enter through the backyard by the trailer) (RSVP if you plan on making it out)

Date:

4-21-21

Time: 7:00pm

Link:

no online this month


March Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Aaron, Mick, Gondon, Evan, Charles, Ryan

Meeting Recap:

Can we as a club start a 501(c)(3) organization to educate about the homebrewing process, we could avoid taxes and write off the brewing process on our taxes. Anyone in the club know how to do this? 

Beers:

Aaron – Norwegan Farmhouse Pilsner – Brewed on Kveik yeast. Showcasing a clean appearance this straw colored brew also had hints of a subtle funk. Nice job of showing what 
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Charles – Pre Prohibition Lager – 5.4% – This crisp, clear, clean beer was made with Proximity Pils and Munich malts. This beer was a really bold lager with its bready and malty profile. 

Charles – Kentuck Common – “Kiss my grits!” Made with grits and highlighting a light and toasty flavor to round out the sweetness. 

Mick – Dark English Ale – 5.6% – Done with a brew in a bag technique this medium brown colored beer was light and clean. 

Aaron – Double IPA – A Pliney clone – Brewed with 26 oz of hops in a 10 gallon batch. This beer punched you in the face with its aromatics as well as the complex bittering hop profile. 

Gondon – Special Unidentifiable Beer #1 – Dark beer with a bit of roast to it and some special floaties in it.   

Gondon – Special Unidentifiable Beer #2 – Maybe this beer was an amber? Not sure. 

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The Special Sauce – Jim Spaulding:
None other than the amazing, Jim Spaulding, has offered his insights and genius to us plebeians. Sit up, and listen up, as this vetran homebrewer walks us along on his totally insane path of homebrew dominance.
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OTMP – March ☘️ St. Patrick’s Day Meeting 3-17-21 – February Meeting Recap

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Club Update: 
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As much as I hate restating extremely obvious information here, there is excitement brewing. As it stands, we do have information to suggest that more and more members are becoming vaccinated. This means good things with regard to all of us gathering again. Each of us come to the table with different: family concerns, personal concerns and beliefs. It is my true hope that this turn of events can begin to define the new normalcy of being a club. I know, I am ready, to get rid of this mask like a white girl at a wet t-shirt contest in July. 
The question now becomes who is comfortable, who is vaccinated, who doesn't care? And,… do HIPAA guidelines need to be followed in a homebrew club? It would be nice to get a pulse on the club to best accommodate the members and the future of the club. If you care to share please respond. I for one am going to be fully vaccinated before this meeting, I am all in for contact with any and all homebrewers; I will mention that I likely still have cooties. 
My dream is that I am brewing with all of you in a sunny field on a Saturday in July. We are all crushing some amazing Pilsners Jim and some Hazy's from Aaron, all talking shop 'bout brewing and checking out some of the finest offerings from Voss to include in the brew we are making this day. This might seem like a dream sequence from a bad Adam Sandler film, but it is my dream. I will be damned if this Summer I don't get to frolic in a hop field while slightly drunk amidst my fellow homebrewing brethren. 
 
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The same as last month, Colter is offering to assist in the beer trade. Beers need to be dropped off at his house that Monday, March 15th; watch for more information over on the forums at: https://otmp.club/forums/forum/general-chat/. We should have a link open shortly to include information on brews and to align ourselves however needed to get the brew across town. We should be able to pick up beers the day of the meeting or possible prior, check for details in the club forums. 
Get beers to Colters house on Monday at:  6391 Brooks Drive Arvada CO 80004
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The Extra Special Sauce – Jim Spaulding Sauce:
None other than the amazing, Jim Spaulding, has offered his insights and genius to us plebeians. Sit up, and listen up, as this vetran homebrewer walks us along on his totally insane path of homebrew dominance and the knowledge it takes to be a “homebrewery” in the fullest sense of the accomplishment. We all know this guy as “Jim” but he is more than a great great guy to talk to at a beer meeting he is also a wealth of information on top of possibly being one of the nicest guys to ever bike ride to a homebrewers meeting. 
Meeting Info:
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Where: All of Ireland 🍀 Flag: Ireland on Google Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop 🍀& Evan's House, Aaron's House, and Online throughout the world

Location:

Online (No reservation required)

Evans House – 6525 Independence St. 80004 (I will offer an “Irish meal” and Guinness to anyone interested in joining myself and me people in celebrating this day; plus a possible screening of “Darby O'Gill and the Little People” might be involved, please RSVP early if you want to “Celebrate” we can start at 6:00pm if it is easier.) (Enter through the backyard by the boat) (Reservation required)

Aarons House – 6398 Jellison Way 80004 (Enter through the side gate on Brooks Drive) (Reservation required)

Date:

3-17-21

Time: 7:00pm

Link:

click here to join the meeting!!!

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February (Online) Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Chris, Jeff A., Charles, Sam, Robin, Evan , Ryan, Aaron, Colter (super god damn late, BTW), Cody, Scott Jackson (who is this guy?)

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Meeting Recap:

We had some amazing beers in the meeting this month. As much as I tried to catch it all, I know I fell short. I didnt sample all the beers, nor did I catch all the conversation on the beers, but that is not in the style of OTMP. We will always be distracted by each other and by beer. We are here for the good times, the great oldies, and the camaraderie knowing that there are other apes out there so god damn driven in the pursuit of brewing amazing beer. 

Beers:

  • Charles – American Stout – brewed with whole nugget
  • Chris – was drinking some Cider that was aged on oak 
  • Aaron – NZ Cream Ale (Is this a fucking style?) 
  • Charles – Session Hazy – 5% brewed on London III
  • Sam – Amber – Used Red X malt – This was continued into a discussion about Red Malts and their coloring
  • Sam – IPL – brewed on 30/70
  • Robin – IPA
  • Evan – Milk Stout 
  • Jeff A. – Russian Imperial Stout

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OTMP – Reminder – February Meeting 2-17-21

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Beer Swap Info:

https://otmp.club/forums/topic/feb-club-meeting-beer-swap/

Must be logged onto the forums for the page to view the page.

Info: Drop off day will be the 15th pick up date will be the 16th. Then we do not need to worry about the early people not getting beer. Things we learn haha.

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Sorry I got this out late. We might have to make 2 stops by his house to get it all worked out right if you want to do the beer samples. 
You can also add information on your beers on the forum so other members can see your grain bill and other stats. 



Where: Multiple Locations as well as Online

Location:

Online (No reservation required)


Evans House – 6525 Independence St. 80004 (Enter through the backyard by the boat) (RSVP required)

Attendants:

  • Evan
  • Gordon
  • Jeff O.
  • Robin


Aarons House – 6398 Jellison Way 80004 (Enter through the side gate on Brooks Drive, by the garage) (RSVP required)

Attendants:

  • Aaron
  • Colter
  • Ryan
  • Nathan
  • Jim S.


Date:

2-17-21

Time: 7:00pm

Link:

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Side Note:
Ryan Pachmayer has free, empty, brand new cases of bombers to give away. A local brewery moved to cans and he filled up his vehicle with bombers to share with everyone. Take a case or 4, just contact him ryan.ryryp13@gmail.com if you'd like to grab any off of him.
Respond if you have any questions about the meeting. See you there, either in person or online. 

OTMP – February Meeting 2-17-21 (In person and online – response required)- January Meeting Recap

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Club Update: 
As the months keep rolling like an over boiling batch of homebrew some of us may be wondering when normal beer drinking with the fellas will resume. There are many of you that have stayed safe and not been to a meeting in nearly a year or more, I am thinking about you. My brewing mind will stray thinking about what brews some of you are working on, what brewing practices and techniques some of you have dove into lately as well as what has changed in your personal lives. 
This month we are going to try something new. The video calls have been a decent band-aid over the months that we have been restricted. The thought came to me last meeting after seeing Aaron and Colter hanging out and doing the call together. How cool is it that both of them could drink beers together as well as be in attendance at the club meeting? So, the thought was, what if we have a few locations for people to go to and we can also do a call? I (Evan) am willing to host as well as Aarons. We are both going to host  a small gathering (4 or 5 brewers) and also complete the virtual call. I will be hosting indoors in my brewery, Aaron will be hosting in his backyard with fire pits and outdoor heaters and maybe a moment to warm up in the garage if one of you starts crying, only the brave should attempt, sort of like an Everest expedition. An RSVP to this email is required for attendance at both locations (RSVP to this email), I will be writing you back if you respond in time as well as a later email informing you where you will be attending the meeting. Everyone else is welcome to attend virtually and join in on the fun. 
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The other innovation I have to credit to is Colter for starting the beer swap last month. It seemed a perfect fit for getting feedback on beers as well as participating in the meeting. I know one of my favorite parts of the OTMP is that this is a main focus of our meetings. Colter is willing to organize the beer share this month again for us. So no matter if you are going to join us in person or if you will be remote, we would love to sample your beers and have you share in the experience, especially if you can pick up beers. You can post your information on your beers and interest in doing a beer share over here on the club forums, Thanks again to Colter for keeping this effort going, this is a great system you got started here. 

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Member Shout Out:
A huge shout out to long standing member, Ryan Pachmayer, with his recent contribution to Zymurgy Magazine. His article will be published on the 17th of February (sounds like a toast will be in order at the meeting). His article will circle around the practices of brewing clean beers using Kevik yeast. If anyone has spent time with Ryan there is no doubt that his beer knowledge, skills as a brewer, and determination have paid off with this accolade in his cap. We all look forward to reading the article and congratulations on achieving this incredible goal.   
A calling for all opinionated members that can string sentences together: 
I am looking for members that would like to do small write ups surrounding; brewing techniques, beer styles, local beer scene, historical beer, experimental beer, brewing comparison results, and basically anything relating to the craft beer and homebrewing atmosphere. These do not need to be complex or even that well written, just looking to add a new dimension to the newsletters. If you have ideas or thoughts about something that has been on your mind or things that you know you could share please reach out. Any and all write ups will be entertained. You can even just fire off some drunk ramblings to this email and you are likely to be featured in the next newsletter. 
Meeting Info:

Where: Multiple Locations as well as Online

Location:

Online (No reservation required)

Evans House – 6525 Independence St. 80004 (Enter through the backyard by the boat) (RSVP required)

Aarons House – 6398 Jellison Way 80004 (Enter through the side gate on Brooks Drive) (RSVP required)

Date:

2-17-21

Time: 7:00pm

Link:

meet.google.com/ugm-mfyy-fab


January (Online) Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Chris, Evan, Ryan, Colter, Aaron, Jeff A., Sam  

Meeting Recap:

As mentioned above we were able to pull off a beer swap thanks to Colter. Because of the beer swap Jeff A. was able to sleep tight that night knowing that he shared the greatest beer of the night, a Scottish Ale. Other beers shared were Sam's Chocolate Chili Porter, Ryan's Rum Barrel Aged beer; sorry I didn't write all the beer shares this month, I was way too busy slamming down some cold refreshing LaCroix's. 

Other highlights included all the stories about homebrew stores that sucked and what led to their demise. Way too many stories were shared about Terry the “happiest” brewer in the world, good old Stomp them Grapes, and Barley Haven. 

Ryan gave all of us a schooling with his recent research into Kevik Yeast and other similar strains for his up and coming article. 

The Low Oxygen topic came up again and we touched on a bit of the technique and how some of the components are slightly controversial. The information from www.themodernbrewhouse.com came up and we talked about some of their practices outlined. One specific topic was water and removing chlorine and how long it takes chlorine to naturally burn off; as well how long it can take oxygen to dissolve from the water sitting out, or how many days it takes to get the oxygen down to a reasonable level to brew with. Ah, the debates always rage on in the homebrewing technique world. 

OTMP – Virtual meeting for January Meeting 1-20-21

evan.sherlock



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Club Update: 
Ryan here again. I have now completely overturned Evan's presidency. I stormed his house last week and was successful. In all seriousness, I'm just filing in again for January.

As we jump into the new year, I do want to talk about a popular topic: Dry January. Why do people do a dry January? My theory is that the hard partying of December is regretful and people feel the need to overcorrect for January. Bars, breweries and in particular liquor stores are slammed in December, then trickle along into January. Gyms are absurdly crowded for the first few weeks of January, when everyone decides they'll work out for the first time in decades because a calendar year has changed and the pressure from society tells them that they must have a noble goal to better themselves. I've noticed breweries are playing into this as well. Wiley Roots released “Almost Dry” a 3.x% abv light lager. Dry Dock is releasing N/A (under .5% abv) Apricot Blonde. That's basically just carbonated fruit juice at that point, right? Quit the alcohol, but don't worry about the sugar! In any case, I hope I did not offend too many people with my little rant. If you need a break from alcohol, whether temporary or permanent, absolutely take one. But don't do it because it's the 1st of a month/year, do it because it's right for you.
This month we'll be online again. We've discussed doing an outdoor meeting in the near future if the cases don't spike/weather warms up in the coming months. It'll be a decision made far closer to Feb or March's meeting date, so we can assess weather and health rules.
And finally, I want to throw a shout out to Mash Paddler Colter's homebrewing podcast: Homebrewing DIY. Colter just did his 70th episode this week with a friend of mine named Dan Moore. Dan is a former professional brewer who is piloting some warm, pressure fermented lagers for a potential future brewery. It's a really interesting show. Great job on 70 episodes Colter. You can just google Homebrewing DIY to find his podcast, or look anywhere where podcasts are hosted. It's completely free, though he won't turn down new Patreons (and they get some cool perks too).
Cheers to a better 2021. Oh no, I'm falling for the new year/new me stuff too!
   
Meeting Info:

Where: The World Wide Web

Location: The Internets


Date:

1/20/21

Time: 7:00 pm


Beer Trade for this months meeting:

Brewers wanting to participate in a beer trade for the meeting can jump on the forums and orchestrate how the trades go. Thanks Colter for getting this conversation going.

https://otmp.club/forums/topic/beer-swap-for-this-months-remote-meeting/


Meeting Link:

https://meet.google.com/wnb-nndg-hmt


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OTMP – Early meeting time – October Meeting 10-21-20 -September Recap

evan.sherlock


“Like a good neighbor, beer club is there” -Voss


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Club Update: 
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As discussed at the last meeting we have opened options for ourselves to main the club acting with in person meetings over for the future. If we can continue to find other locations, in addition to the options we currently have we will be able to maintain through the winter without much issue. 

The short list of places that have been offered to the club are as follows:
  • Gordon (Inside/Outside)
  • Evan (Outside/Inside if he gets off his ass and cleans the garage; or much less space in the brewery) 
  • Chuck (Outside) 
  • Jim S. (Outside) 
  • Voss (Outside/ maybe inside if the HAHA Hut gets finished)
  • Aaron (Outside/Inside)
  • Colter (Outside)
  • Jeff A. (Inside/Outside…and thanks for the tour of it all and the beer! you have a sweet place) 
We have 4 indoor places to meet up currently and are looking for more in hopes to survive the winter. If you have a garage you can empty for an evening and throw some chairs or card tables in, we are looking at you, let us know. 

I certainly have access to chairs if needed and also have a folding table in my garage, I am sure others have similar offerings they could pack up and bring. I have both a clean indoor burning propane heater as well as an electric heater if needed for a space; I am happy to offer these up. I am sure others have similar offerings. Or as was mentioned we could just start hosting bonfires and do tastings that way if needed, calling Arvada Fire in the morning about burn permits for this scale of fire…also seeking massive amounts of old pallets. 

It is very much appreciated by the club that we have enough of these resources handy and offered up by our fellow club members, we wouldn't be meeting without people offering up their own homes. It goes without saying that these members are floating the club along during these times. Please make sure all efforts are kept up by members to thank our new hosts for their space and use of their homes for these meetings, as well as respecting the time frame they are making these offerings.

As for our time at SPE we warmly thank them for the many years they hosted our club and allowed use of their facility; we did watch them grow up a bit and come into their own over time. I appreciate that so many of the OTMP members that supported them during the shut down and did their best to maintain a connection to the brewery; unfortunately the restrictions placed on them at this time do not align with what is possible for our club. We wish them the best in the future with their business.
Speaking of popcorn….  
 
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Popcorn machine, if you have one we need one, apparently? don't ask questions, or who will take care of it, or the necessity of it all. This is strictly homebrew tasting  conversation heavily coated in extra drunken sauce. But if this can be sourced for a meeting the drunkenness will thank the popcorn gods. And quite honestly, I (Evan) already have a line on one; for what it is worth. 

Andrew Voss also noted he had interest in doing Brewery field trips on the 1st Wednesdays of the month. Not much else was determined but if you want to get in touch with Andrew about these adventures we can discuss where we might go first. 
Meeting Info:
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Where: Jim Beer Barn

Location:

6113 Marshall St. Arvada, CO 80003  

Date:

10/21/20

Time: 6:30pm – 9:15pm (hard end time, gotta leave and drink your booze elsewhere, you drunk)

Other Details:

  • Please RSVP to the meeting by replying to this email, I will announce when the meeting is full
  • Capacity is capped at 10
  • Please bring a tasting glass
  • Dont attend if you have the 'rona


The what is up for next month:

Planning a meeting at Jeff Aikman's house, he has a great setup for us. 

September Meeting Recap: 

Attendants: 

Voss, Ryan, Mike, Jeff A., Aaron, Colter, Evan 

Meeting Recap:

Beers:

  • Evan: Irish Red – 5% – light in color, little boozy, and very under carbonated. Does this guy need to learn to brew, any help for this sad soul. 
  • Voss: An old Arvada Beer Company Red Ale Kit from 2014 – All solid DME and Safale-04 (an old kit from year old) aded Mystery X hops to the kit; brewed a clear red ale the result was a clear dark copper colored ale with a slight banana clove taste to it. 
  • Ryan: Whitebeir – Belgian beer that carries some “Sunshine in a Bottle”; with a bright yellow color to it. Bubbly, shiny, and a bright yellow color to it. Saaz hops, T5 and a bright yellow color. 
  • Jeff A: Dunkel Lager – 5.3% – 20 IBU, Brewed on Saflager 34/70; also made with Tettnang, Munich II, Carafa II, Victory, Pils; a beer that ended in an aromatic malts; The beer carried a toasty and nutty aeromatic with a nice dry quality to it.  
  • Ryan: Saison – This bottle conditioned creature really set off the taste buds with its very bubbly and very aromatic appeal; like a party in my mouth and everyone's invited.
  • Colter: Gluten Free IPA –  Made with Sorghum DME . This free range, organic, vegan, rastafarian beer came as an interesting surprise with its straw colored brew that kicked in many fruit tastes. Brewed with Columbus hops this beer did have an odd finish, some described as metallic. Interesting brew nonetheless. 
  • Aaron: Juicy Hazy IPA – This is the 4th attempt at this beer from Aaron and it shows his powers are growing stronger. Brewed on Safale 33 Belgian yeast. This 10 gallon batch of brew boasted an amazing 20 oz of hops. This beer came in big with its tropical fruit flavors. Aaron explained how he achieved this pillowy soft profile was his use of chlorides combined with a high attenuation. As noted in the tasting “This tastes like a down fabric softener sheet”.
  • Jeff A.: Wet Hop IPA – Brewed on Safale 05 with Brewers Gold and homegrown Nugget hops as well as Columbus, Cascade, Citra, Neo (homegrown), and Munich I, Honey Malt, Crystal 60 and 2-row. This beer boasted a pungent nose, golden copper color, as well as a well rounded mellow complexity. Highly enjoyable! 
  • Aaron: Experimental IPA  – Dubbed the Process Oriented IPA this was the first brew on his new electric system. He used a kilo of fresh/frozen cryo hops in a great mail disaster story that cannot be encapsulated here. This clearish yellow colored beer had a super cranked up hop profile and low bitterness with a clean finish on it. 
  • Colter: Session Mead – 7%, This wild flower honey and water combo fermented out into a transparent yellow and virtually tasteless drink.
  • Aaron: Double IPA – 7% this beer boasted a sharp and sweet profile with large malt flavors. This was an attempt at an old school IPA and was made for a friend that really enjoys this flavor profile. It was really a throw back to the days of when Stone IPA was all the rage with the IPA geeks. 
  • Jeff A.: Smoked Peach Lichtenhainer -A Sour wheat ale –  This 5% creation boasted 8 IBU's and was brewed on LActo 5335; featuring smoked wheat, Vienna, pils malts and 5 lbs of smoked peaches. The peaches were smoked by Jeff on alderwood. This is a German farmhouse style beer. As noted in the tasting “This is something special and different” a real crowd pleaser. 
  • Jeff A.: Cider – A citra hopped cider with acid. A very faint yellow color and a nice combination of cider and hops flavors. 

OTMP – September Meeting 9-16-20 (In person)

evan.sherlock

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Club Update: 
As the months keep rolling on and the need for normalcy in life charges forward, we as a club have hit a crossroads. Our club (for the time being) is now homeless. Like an abandoned greyhound after a bad race we are now left to fend for ourselves. 

The official stance from SPE is as quoted:

At this time, we will not be able to host OTMP meetings at the brewery.   Ryan and I are making this decision for a couple reasons.   One is the obvious COVID 19 restrictions that we have in place.   We are only allowing up to 6 people at a table inside.  Furthermore, our inside capacity is limited to 50% so any seats we are filling we need people buying beer.  Unfortunately, the OTMP do not tend to buy many beers when they meet at the brewery.  Furthermore, since March when we could only offer take out and even when we opened up again, we have seen very few of OTMP's coming to the brewery to support us and make sure we stayed open so there is a place to meet.     I am sure you can understand why we would not want to offer our space if the support is not mutually beneficial.

It also seems that this will likely be the stance from any other brewpub/brewery/restaurant we approach. As they have many restrictions placed on them, we likely don't fit their needs as typical customers or as fitting inside their models of making a profit and remaining open. 

Gordon and I spoke at length regarding this issue we face (Thanks for the beers Gordon!). We have arrived at a few facts:
  • The club must find its own answers to this problem, in house. 
  • This problem cannot be solved by one person or a few people.
  • We need to do what we can to maintain being an active club with good membership.
  • We need to support SPE when we can, if we want to maintain this relationship on the other side of things. 
I feel that these bullet points are a good opening for the next meeting, maybe prior to sampling. For myself, this club is one of the few extracurricular activities that I am involved in and I want to maintain an active club. We just need more heads in on these decisions to find our path. 

We need to identify locations for the next 5 months (10/21,11/18,12/16,1/20, 2/17), cold months are the hardest to address. We have had a few members offer to host, we just need to nail down the who's who. If we can nail down the next 5 months we can ensure a path forward.

I have faith we will discover solutions, we just need to find them.
-Evan Sherlock 
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Meeting Info:

Where: Evans Backyard – Come through the gate by the boat on 65th Ave, the lights in the backyard will be on.

Location: 6525 Independence St.  (Northwest corner of 65th and Independence)

Date:

9/16/20

Time: 7:00pm


Meeting Information (please read):

This is a no guarantee of social distancing type meeting. Please, if you feel ill, have symptoms, have a fever, been in contact with vagabonds, loose women, stray dogs or had ebola recently please dont attend. Also, please keep in mind I have a family and a bedtime myself.


Remember to bring a glass to taste out of; beers if you have them. I have seating for 14 at tables, plus a few other places that you might be able to slightly distance yourself from the 'rona. If you plan on making the meeting please RSVP to this email prior to Wednesday so we have a count.


Hope to see you then, I look forward to some good times!

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OTMP – August Meeting (Online) 8-18-20 Tuesday – July recap

evan.sherlock

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Club Update: 
As current times have made it difficult to schedule regular meetings we hit a snag this month. We will be doing an online beer meetup this Tuesday in place of the regular 3rd Wednesday in person. Colter will be hosting the Tuesday meeting! Jump online and grab a beer for some great homebrew talk. It was amazing that last month we were able to do a meetup,I hope that that can be figured out for next month. For myself, I have some personal scheduling issues this next week on top of school opening again and classes resuming. It seems that many of the club members are currently busy with wrapping up the summer, with vacations, camping trips, home projects, among many other things. 
If you have availability to host the club next month or any of the meetings for the following months please speak up. We will likely be looking at limited availability for meetings in the future as well as staying outdoors for meetings. If you think that this is something that you can offer to help with let me know. We are looking into going back to SPE in the future; we just have to begin navigating how this arrangement works for us and them with regard to attendance numbers, seating, and current regulations.  

Cheers! Hope to drink you guys soon. 
-Evan Sherlock 
Meeting Info:

Where: Online – Google Meets

Location: The Internet

Date:

8/18/20 (TUESDAY!)

Time: 7:00pm

Link:

http://meet.google.com/ebe-awjd-dqg


July Meeting Recap: 

Attendants:

Evn, Ryan, Cody, Voss, Jim S., Gordon, Nicholas, Chuck, Karen  +  Gretchen, Hurley 

Meeting Recap:

Gordon shared some of the information he had questions about in the book “The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing”. In the book they listed “POF -/+”. He had never seen this information before and wondered if others in the club had seen this before. As no one had heard it before we looked it up and found; this is commonly labeled for yeasts that have a natural mutation to block phenolic production.

Cody wondered if anyone else brewed the Club competition beet that was announced way back in February. I can say for myself, I forgot all about this event that we were hoping to complete a tasting of this summer. Any other club members out there that brewed it? We could still arrange for this at a future meeting.  

Beers:

Voss: 2 year old Pale ale. Clean and a nice citrus profile that was subdued with time.  

Nicholas – German Pils – 5% – A clean beer brewed on L13 – Imperial Global Yeast. A clean lager that is perfect for summer. 

Cody – Belgian Golden Strong – At its 15th tasting for club meetings this beer showcased its dry candy backend dryness. This brew has improved over its time but might have diminishing returns at this point. 

Jim – Mountain Steam – A clean brew fermented on 2112 California Lager Yeast. Made with domestic pale malt, crystal 55, all Northern Brewer Hops. Kraeusened and cold conditioned in the same way that Anchor Steam is finished. 

Evan – Imperial Milk Stout – 3 years old and smoothing out more with time. 11% beer, the lactose really comes through now with age. 

Nicholas – Stout – Brewed with Magnum and EKG this 6% beer was aged with charred oak which really comes through pleastently among the roasted malt profile. 

Jim S.- Classic Pale Ale. Using Marris Otter and British Crystal 45. All EKG whole cones, and West Yorkshire yeast “Timothy Taylor”. A clean ale that brings you back for more. 

Chuck – Double – Brewed on Abby yeast. This beer was from the last July competition. The flavors have mellowed and come into their own. 

Voss – Feb 2019 Belgian IPA – 10.2% – Brewed with Mystery X, Chinook. Come in with a huge hop nose. “He hit a double and has runners in scoring position; a great brew!” as noted. 

Nicholas – 7% beer with a boatload of hop additions; I have no notes on what style of beer this was, sorry. Brewed on 5/16 this beer featured Chinook, Cascade, and Summit hops and fermented on 1056 American Ale yeast. Featuring a new school west coast flavor profile. This beer was crystal clear and beautiful. 

Ryan – Farmhouse Saison – At 9.7% this beer has a nice HAze to it and a sexy farmhouse nose to it. 

Gonrdon – Barrel 471 Breckenridge Double IPA. Great boozy beer. 

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Beer Talks Online:

Dear Members of Olde Town Mash Paddlers,

 

The remarkable history of beer and homebrewing will be explored in two virtual programs in September hosted by the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures in Fort Collins.

 

Thursday, Sept. 3, 6-8 pm

Re-Creating the Past:  The Archaeology of Beer will be presented by Travis Rupp, known as the Beer Archaeologist.  Rupp will survey the beginnings of beer in the ancient Near East through its development and stylization throughout Europe.  He will explain how beer production and consumption were at the core of ancient cultures and imperial expansion.   Rupp is the Innovation & Wood Cellar Manager at Avery Brewing Company.

 

Thursday, Sept. 17, 6-8 pm

Charlie Papazian, considered the Father of Homebrewing, will present A Century of Homebrewing.  Papazian is the author of The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, first published in 1984 and now in its 4th edition (2014).  An American nuclear engineer, brewer, and author, Papazian founded the American Homebrewers Association in 1978 and the Great American Beer Festival in 1982.  In 1983, Papazian founded the Association of Brewers which merged with the Brewers Association of America in 2005.

 

Each program is $5 per Zoom connection, and reservations and payment can be made at globalvillagemuseum.org.  A check, including an email address, can also be mailed to GVM, 200 West Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, 80521.  Zoom connection information will be sent to registrants on the day of the program.

 

We hope you will sign up, and please feel free to forward this information to others who may be interested.

 

Thank you,

Leisa Taylor

  
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