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.