The next meeting will be held at my home in Taylor on Wednesday, July 22nd. The meeting will begin around 6pm.

Directions to my house: Take Telegraph south to Goddard Road Right on Goddard (heading West) Go one mile to Beech-Daly (1st light) Right on Beech-Daly (heading North) Go two streets on Right to Melody Right on Melody (heading East) Go two streets on Left to Greenlawn Left on Greenlawn (heading North) Second driveway (red brick colonial) on left, 25680 Greenlawn, Taylor, 313-291-3812.

• A glockenspiel at King and Benton streets depicts the fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The 23-bell carillon plays several times a day.
• Twin city with Waterloo.
• Kitchner Farmers Market.
• Downtown has an Eaton's and a variety of smaller shops.
• Population 139,700.

Yay! Our long awaited jockeybox (similar to the one pictured at the right) is off backorder and sitting pretty in my living room (well, it sat there for a while until Eileen made me put it in the garage).

There are still a few fittings and connectors I'm waiting for, but it should be fully plumbed for Coke, Pepsi, Sanke and Hoff-Stevens style kegs in time for the meeting. I'm making a splitter for Co2 lines so that if you haven't already split your Co2 line from a single to a double, you'll still be able to use this.

I highly recommend that if you have a barbed fitting for your Co2 line instead of a threaded fitting that you replace that, threaded fittings are much more versatile.

The cooler/Jockey Box will eventually reside at Tyler Barber's home after the next meeting, but if you need it before then, contact me directly. There is no cost for borrowing the box (what do you think your dues paid for??) but you are responsible for the safety and well being of this equipment. The total package cost around $500 so if you check it out, be VERY careful with it!!

It is a 80qt cooler (pretty big!!) with 2 stainless steel coils inside for cooling purposes. The club does NOT have a communal CO2 tank at this time to go along with the cooler, so you are on your own for that if you don't have one. BUT if some kind soul donates a tank, I'm sure the club would splurge for a regulator.

Last month's competition was "Wiess is Nice", an AHA competition. This was a contest of the AHA major category "German-Style Wheat Beer" (19) including "Berliner-Style Weisse" (19a), "German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier" (19b), "German-Style Dunkelweizen" (19c) and "German-Style Weizenbock" (19d). The beer was judged as part of the Beer Judge Practice Session hosted by Bill Holmes of the Ann Arbor Brewers' Guild on July 14th. The winners are:

September's competition is Fruit and Lambic beers. This would include AHA style categories 21, "Fruit and Vegetable Beer", and 3a through 3c, "Belgian- Style Lambic", "Gueuze Lambic" and "Fruit Lambic".

The government is "alarmed" by the problem, and President Clinton has authorized scientists to spend $26 million on research programs designed to control the vomitoxin fungus, which is also known as "scab." Agricultural researchers will also try to develop scab resistant strains of grain within the next five years.

Bass received complaints from customers throughout Great Britain that something was amiss with their beer. The complaints began an investigation that quickly led to a faulty chiller at the Bass Cape Hill brewery in Birmingham, England. That brewery (one of eight) brews Carling Lager, Caffrey's Irish Ale, Worthington Draught Bitter and Tennent's Gold Beer, all of which were involved in the recall.

This summer there happens to be a lot of Michigan-made light, summer beers (or lawnmower beers) available. I chose six that I hadn't tried before and brought them over to Crispy's house. While Chris, Doug Geiss, Kathy Loftus, and I finished bottling the last 4 carboys (out of 8) of beer from Crispy's "Little Brew '98", we also enjoyed tasting and evaluating these Michigan-made products...

The Beers:		Aroma, Appearance & Flavor:	Rating:
	Gaslight Gold Ale Bear River Brewing Company Petoskey, MI	A nice golden color with just a slight protein/chill haze and low head retention. There is a light, husky, malty aroma. This beer has a light body and is very effervescent. It has a light malt flavor with a mild, bitter aftertaste. It is crisp, clean, and refreshing... the perfect "lawnmower" beer!	39/50
	Forecaster Pale Ale Roffey Brewing Company Holland, MI	This beer has a medium golden color with a slight orangish tint. The aroma consists of citrus and grapefruit from Cascade hops? There is also a slight corn aroma (DMS). This pale ale is light-bodied and contains a slight diacetyl/buttery flavor. It also has a really nice grapefruit/citrus hops flavor.	32/50
	Ghettoblaster Motor City Brewing Works Detroit, MI	This beer is very light brown in color. The nose is dominated by a fruity, malty profile. This medium-bodied beer starts out with a light, spicy, clean, hops bitterness, then continues on to a husky/grainy malt flavor and then ends with a slight burnt aftertaste.	30/50
	Old Mission Lighthouse Ale Traverse Brewing Company Williamsburg, MI	This beer is golden in color with a slight haze. The bouquet is fruity with a spicy/peppery aroma. This beer is light in body with a tangy, bitter flavor and a spicy/peppery aftertaste. It finishes watery and also has a slight diacetyl/buttery problem.	29/50
	Atwater Pilsner Atwater Block Brewery Detroit, MI	The usually superb, gold-medal-winning brew doesn't come through in the bottled product. It is very crystal clear with a light golden color. There is a definite diacetyl/buttery aroma along with some spicy hops and sweet malt aromas. It has a light effervescent feel along with a crisp, spicy hops flavor. Unfortunately, there is a definite diacetyl and oxidation problem.	24/50
	Wing-Over Ale Duster's Microbrewery Lawton, MI	This beer has a nice, rich golden color with just a very slight haze. There are some sweet malt and spicy hops aromas. We also detected some cidery aromas. Upon tasting it, we detected sour cider/vinegar flavors that overwelmed all other flavors. This beer is usually much better than this.	22/50

"Of beer, an enthusiast said that it could never be bad, but that some brands might be better than others." -A. A. Milne

1. It's an incentive to show up.
2. It reduces stress.
3. It leads to more honest communications.
4. It reduces complaints about low pay.
5. It cuts down on time off because you can work with a hangover.
6. Employees tell management what they think, not what management wants to hear.
7. It helps save on heating costs in the winter.
8. It encourages carpooling.
9. Increase job satisfaction because if you have a bad job, you don't care.
10. It eliminates vacations because people would rather come to work.
11. It makes fellow employees look better.
12. It makes the cafeteria food taste better.
13. Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they are wasted.
14. Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable.
15. Suddenly, burping during a meeting isn't so embarrassing.
16. Employees work later since there's no longer a need to relax at the bar.
17. It makes everyone more open with their ideas.
18. Eliminates the need for employees to get drunk on their lunch break.
19. Employees no longer need coffee to sober up.
20. Babbling and mumbling incoherently will be common language.