Membership Guide

Membership Guide

Updated January 21,2019

1. Meetings
   1. General meetings (third Tuesday of every month)
      1. Special guests
      2. Educational presentations
      3. Homebrew sharing
   2. Members Only meetings (quarterly)
2. Members
   1. Facebook
   2. Officers and Board
   3. Committees
   4. BJCP judges and information
3. Membership perks to Discuss
   1. Schwag (such as a HOPs beer glass)
   2. Beer evaluation
   3. Club discounts
   4. Group buys
   5. Club merchandise
   6. Barrel projects
   7. Annual road trip to visit multiple breweries
   8. Members Only Meetings
   9. Enter in Club Only Competitions
   10. Google Hangouts
   11. Ability to join committees
   12. Mule services for homebrew competition drop-offs
4. Club brewing activities
   1. Barrel projects
   2. Brewers Duel Challenges
   3. Club Only Competitions
   4. Big Brew for National Homebrew Day/HOPs campout or day trip
   5. Learn to Homebrew Day
   6. Club competitions
   7. Club only competitions (three times a year)
5. Friends of HOPs (HopHeads)
   1. Other local clubs we coordinate or collaborate with
   2. Local businesses and breweries
6. Useful links
   1. HOPs website (https://www.powellbrewers.com/)
   2. Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/powellbrewers/)
   3. By-Laws
   4. Calendar (https://www.powellbrewers.com/events/)
   5. American Homebrewers Association (https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/)

Welcome to the Homebrewers of Powell, or HOPs! We are a group of homebrewers and lovers of beer who formed HOPs as a way to gather with friends, promote homebrewing and to raise the level of our brewing together. You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/powellbrewers/, and on our website at www.powellbrewers.com.

We meet monthly at various craft beer bars or breweries in and around Powell, Delaware County, and Central Ohio. It is free to attend monthly meetings. Please feel free to invite friends and family (over 21 please) to come by. Bring a homebrew to share and enjoy some homebrew from your fellow brewers.

We invite guest speakers to our meetings, from some of the brewers from local breweries as well as other experts and professionals. We also have show-and-tell meetings where members bring equipment or beer and show new gear and brews they love or are looking for suggestions to improve (or both).

We also have a paid membership level ($25 a year). Paid members also can attend quarterly Members Only meetings and participate in our Club Only homebrew competitions. There are also other benefits of paid membership. If it’s a day that ends in “y”, there is a good chance that a HOPs member is brewing, shopping for, or drinking beer somewhere. Throughout the year we plan to make bulk purchases, from fresh pressed cider to gallons of honey, at prices that you can’t find anywhere. We are also working with local stores and suppliers for member discounts. Stay tuned for more.

Paid members also get to annually vote for the HOPs Board of Directors who plan the various meetings and events for everyone. The Board for 2019 will be established at our February 19th meeting in 2019. Got a question or random idea? Grab one of us at any time. We respond to email at hello@powellbrewers.com.

We also have group brewing events for paid members. Members also will host mentor brew days where other people are invited to brew with them (you will probably learn something every time, even if you are supposedly “teaching” someone else). Want to transition to all grain? Best way to learn. Want to learn about various mash techniques? Better than YouTube and you get to drink.

Bring a bottle to share at a meeting and get feedback and advice from some of the best.