Symposium 14/05/22

1. Attendance 

John Daniel, John Dzelme, Louise Dzelme,  Mark Galloway, Bharat Mistry, Phil Pawley, Chris Willars, Paul Wood.

Apologies 

Paul Browne.

2. Beer 

Beer was based on a St Austell Proper Job at 6.0% ABV. An IPA with sweet malt start & a resinous hop hit on the finish. 

3. Money

Balance £74.13. We may need to put in more next time. Consider a refractometer. 

4. Location of Next Symposium 

The next symposium would be held at Phil’s house.

5. The Next Beer

The next brew will be chosen by Phil. 

6. Date of Next Symposium

The next symposium will be held on 13 or 20/08/2022. Hopefully 13th

Brewing will take place on 25/06/2022 at Phil’s.

7. AOB 

The weekend in Chester in March was a great success.

Cider symposium happened. The cider was vaguely drinkable. 

Dzelme barbecue is 02/07/22.

Trip to Porto proposed for September. It would be focused on port rather than beer. We will discuss dates when football fixtures are out. 

Apple pressing will be 24 or 25 September 2022. 

Fran will be back in the group. 

Walk to Coalville & Ashby or Bingham area on 29/07/22.

Agreed to scrap the money for food from next symposium. 

Symposium 19/02/22

SYMPOSIUM 19/02/22

1. Attendance 

John Daniel, John Dzelme, Louise Dzelme,  Mark Galloway, Bharat Mistry, Phil Pawley, Chris Willars, Paul Wood.

Apologies 

Paul Browne.

Fran Tiplady has retired from BAD. 

2. Beer 

Beer was a 6.5% ABV Belgian Blonde. A cloudy, sweetish, vaguely Belgian beer. Far too easy drinking. 

3. Money

Balance £61.89. We may need to put in more next time. Consider a refractometer. 

4. Location of Next Symposium 

The next symposium would be held at Bharat’s house.

5. The Next Beer

The next brew will be chosen by Bharat & will be a St Austell Proper Job clone. 

6. Date of Next Symposium

The next symposium will be held on 14/05/2022.

Brewing will take place on 02/04/2022 at Bharat’s.

7. AOB 

We met at Christmas for a drink in Two Tailed Lion.

A weekend in Chester is arranged for March. 12-14 March 2022. £55pp for accommodation. 

A walk took place on 14/01/22 from East Midlands Parkway to Castle Donnington. No one had catastrophic equipment failure this time. 

Chris is going to indie Beer Feast in Sheffield on 05/03/22 and Nottingham Craft Beer Festival on 18/06/22. He invited the BAD group to join him.

16/04/22 is the Phil Hoskins Memorial Day at the Ale Wagon. 

Dzelme barbecue is likely to be 02/07/22.

Trip to Porto proposed for September. It would be focused on port rather than beer.  

Investigating a Cluedo mansion weekend. 

Walk would be on 08/04/22.

Cider symposium 23/04/22 at Chris's. 

 

Symposium 13/11/21

I can’t get the old symposium notes to publish so here are the latest ones as a post.

1. Attendance 

John Daniel, John Dzelme, Louise Dzelme,  Mark Galloway, Bharat Mistry, Phil Pawley, Chris Willars, Paul Wood.

Apologies 

Paul Browne, Fran Tiplady.

2. Beer 

Beer was a 5.5% ABV Wheat Porter. It was really smooth with a sweetness & pronounced chocolate notes. 

3. Money

Balance £73.97.

We bought a new tap for our keg. 

4. Location of Next Symposium 

The next symposium would be held at JD’s house.

5. The Next Beer

The next brew will be chosen by JD & will be a Belgian blonde. 

6. Date of Next Symposium

The next symposium will be held on 19/02/2022.

Brewing will take place on 08/01/2022 at Chris’s.

7. AOB 

Most of 2020 & half of 2021 was cancelled. First brew since 7 March 2020.

Walk 29/10/21 was from Great Glen to market Harborough. Chris had a footwear failure at the start but rejoined at Harborough. 

A weekend in Chester in March. 12-14 March?

Christmas get together. Details tba. 17/12/21.

Walk 14/01/22. 

Tried first sample of our Xmas beer (7.2% ABV chocolate orange spiced beer) & John Dzelme’s blackberry wheat beer. 

 

Christmas Beer

I spent yesterday bottling our Christmas beer. It’s an 8.7% Bourbon vanilla porter. At least I think it’s 8.7%, it was 8% before I chucked half a bottle of Jim Beam into it. It is pretty good even before it comes into condition.

BAD Brew Day

Brewing has commenced. A wildly inaccurate version of Stay Puft. 

Christmas in July

First test of the Xmas beer. It’s not as lively as I would like (it’s still got 5 months) it but it’s rich, very alcoholic & full of the flavours of liquorice, aniseed & sweet spices. 

Brew Day

Brew day. A stupidly overhopped IPA using only Citra. It could be great or a disaster. Only time will tell.