Bubblings From the Fermenter
By Dave Perez

Well, it's that time of year again. The Statewide competition schedule is in full swing and the Medieval Faire is upon us. While all of this is going on I feel a violent coup brewing in the fermenter. That's right it is election time for the Hogtown Brewers!

I know what you are thinking. "Why the hell do I have to take on the responsibility of an officer position, when those other bozos will do all the work for me?" Now, you have a point there. We will drink all that incredible beer at the executive meetings and when we attend the Executive Committee junket to Belgium. But, you too can reap the rewards of service to your club by deposing one of us flunkies.

Do you want to control the purse strings? Then "remove" Wayne from his position as Treasurer for life. And, I think you know what I mean by "remove", don't you? You might prefer to show George and Greg how to really do nothing in the position of VP. You may think doing nothing is easy, but it is really hard work to avoid drinking beer and sleeping during the exec com meetings. There is always the mouth piece of the club position of Secretary. You might say to yourself, "self, who could be a better mouth than Mark?", and you would be right. But, what the hey, give it a whirl.

Now, if you are really spunky, you can fill me with Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout and roll me out of the way and become the Supreme Ruler of this motley crew of brewers. That's right kids, you too could be the Primary Fermentor of the Hogtown Brewers. Think of the power! Think of the Glory! Think of all the women (or men if you are so inclined) who you can ravage through you authority of "First Right". I'll bet you didn't know of the obscure club bylaw, that you also have the right to the first beer of every club member's brew.

So, get your ass off the Lazyboy and run for office at the next club meeting, Friday January 31st at Wayne and Sue's. (If you want to bump Wayne off he'll be right there so you won't have to go far!)

By the way, I wrote this while drinking one of my IPA's from last year. So, I have a perfectly good excuse for my current ramblings!

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