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phillamb168:
I'm organizing Paris' first ever (maybe?) homebrewer meeting but am not sure what to talk about. I figure a tasting or two of some recent beers, but what else could be done besides that? Any and all suggestions are welcome!

tumarkin:
Having a tasting, or other type of presentation (style, technique, etc) would certainly be a big plus and would keep people interested.

Beyond that, at a first meeting, I'd want to discuss what the attendees would like to see ongoing - frequency & location of meetings, goals of the club, upcoming events (beer festivals, pub crawls, possible brewery visits etc), get a sense of how many of brewers (or interested potential brewers) each attendee might know as possible future members, etc. Really, what you want to do is see what the attendees would like the club to do or be like.

You want to have your answer to these questions (and others that may come up) ready to help spark discussion. Do you have any sense yet of how many may attend? You don't need a large number to get things rolling, but certainly consider how you are going to publicize the event - beer shops, beer bars, homebrew supply shops (if any), etc. 

phillamb168:
In terms of where to advertise, pretty much everybody interested in brewing goes to this one beer shop that's pretty centrally located, and the owner's OK with having the meeting there, as well as leaving out flyers. He's a homebrewer himself.

Brewery tours, that's a great idea. There's also a maltery not too far away.

bluesman:
Great news phil!

Some things to do and topics of discussion:

Brewery Tours
tastings
homebrew competition
mashing
equipment
recipe development
fermentation
group grain/hops purchase
etc...

Mark G:
Have a meeting dedicated to actually brewing a beer if there's a lot of people new to brewing. You can do an extract batch to keep within a reasonable timeframe (depending on the audience's attention span). Good luck.

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