Brewings Vol 37 Issue 4 | Page 7

The good news is Brewings Magazine finally won an award from the BCCA in the Newsletter contest. We scored 2nd place for a chapter under 50 members and I was told it was a very close vote. We’ve been working very hard toward this for a long Northbound Brewery & Smokehouse time and I want to thank all the contributors who write the articles for the Newsletter as they are a huge part of this award. This year we’ll be shooting for first place. Brewings TV debuted a brand new set and we have improved lighting and this makes for better and easier editing. We are doing the video version of Brewings to bring you stories and updates faster than we can in our quarterly newseltter. Plus video is fun to make and to watch. I am planning on making some updates to our website as it’s had the same look for a while now. I have an upgrade to my software and hopefully this winter I can work on this. I also want to add an online museum to the website with pictures of Schell’s, Hauenstein and other local breweriana. Your directors are looking into the possibility of adding 1 or 2 new shows at some exciting venues that should attract potential new members and add to the overall collecting and networking experience. We’ll have more on this as it develops. We’ve had a really good year with our best spring show in 3 or 4 year, great weather for Stubiefest and lots of other good collecting experiences. We want to thank Schell’s Brewing Co. as well for a gr