We share the following useful links for your surfing pleasure.
The UKG and Our Members In The News The Beacon-News - March 2014 Drunk Monk Challenge brings home brewers to Two Brothers Samuel Adams LongShot 2013 Competition finalists Tom Fitzpatrick – Beerpulse.com - September 2012. ChicagoNow - The Beeronaut Joe Formanek wins Sam Adams LongShot The Beacon-News - March 2012 Matt Klausner – North Auroran a master of the brewing art The Chicago Tribune - April 2011 Rodney Kibzey – Lombard Home Brewer Hits it Big -- Again Competition Lists and Calendars American Homebrew Association (AHA) Sanctioned Competition Calendar BJCP Sanctioned Competition Schedule Midwest Homebrewer of the Year Competition Circuit Other Nearby Homebrew Clubs
Chicago Beer Society Combination beer appreciation/homebrew club, meets at Goose Island in Chicago.
Silverado St.Charles/Wasco, IL
Brixie's Brewers Brookfield, IL
Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE) Plainfield, IL
Spent Grain Society Plainfield, IL
Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) Chicago south suburbs
Homebrewers Pride of the Southside (HOPS) Chicago south side, meeting in Bridgeport and Oak Lawn
Chicago Homebrew Alchemists of Suds (CHAOS) Chicago, has a unique club brewhouse on the Near West Side at Hubbard & Western that members can brew on
Square Kegs Chicago, Lincoln Square neighborhood
Brewer's
Association of Beer and Beverage Libations Extraordinaire (BABBLE) Lake County, IL
Midnight Carboys Crystal Lake, IL
Club Wort Palatine, IL
Boneyard Union of Zymolurgical Zealots (BUZZ) Champaign/Urbana, IL
Beer Barons of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild Madison, WI
Mississippi Unquenchable Grail Zymurgists (MUGZ) Quad Cities, IA-IL
Local Homebrew Supply Shops
The Homebrew Shop St.
Charles, IL
Brew & Grow
Bolingbrook, Roselle, and several other locations
Chicagoland
Winemakers Elmhurst, IL
What's Brewing Supply Palatine, IL
Perfect Brewing Supply Libertyville, IL
Local Breweries and Brewpubs
Two Brothers Brewing and
Tap House Warrenville, IL
Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, IL
Brother Chimp Brewing North Aurora, IL
Hopvine Brewing Aurora, IL
Rock Bottom Chicago Chicago, IL
Rock Bottom Yorktown Lombard, IL
Rock Bottom Orland Park Orland Park, IL
Rock Bottom Warrenville Warrenville, IL
BuckleDown Brewing Lyons, IL
Emmett's /
Emmett's Ale House
Downers Grove, Palatine, and West Dundee, IL
Flesk Brewing Lombard, IL
Flossmoor Station Flossmoor, IL
Goose Island (the brewpub)Chicago, IL
Gordon Biersch Bolingbrook, IL
Imperial Oak Brewing Willow Springs, IL
Lucky Monk South Barrington, IL
Lunar Brewing Villa Park, IL
Mickey Finn's Libertyville,
IL
Onion Pub and Brewery Lake Barrington, IL
Penrose Brewing Geneva, IL
Piece Brewery & Pizzeria Chicago, IL
Pollyanna Brewing Lemont, IL
Solemn Oath Brewery Naperville, IL
Urban Legend Brewing Westmont, IL
Great Craft Beer and Classic Beer Bars Brixie's
Brookfield, IL Bavarian Lodge Lisle, IL
Hopleaf Chicago, IL
The Map Room Chicago, IL
Palmer Place La
Grange, IL
Great Craft Beer Stores Binny's Beverage Depot
Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, Naperville, and several other locations Organizations Association of
Brewers Includes the American Homebrewers Association (publishers
of Zymurgy ), Brewers Publications, and the GABF. Beer Judge Certification
Program Certifies judges and sets guidelines for
competitions. Midwest
Homebrewer of the Year Annual race to choose the winningest
homebrewer in 12 states. Master
Homebrewer Program Annual race to choose the winningest
homebrewer in the Circuit of America, a competition with Nationwide focus. Illinois Craft
Brewers Guild Breweries and associated businesses of Illinois. Beer Festivals Great
American Beer Festival The biggest commercial beer festival in the
U.S. Great
Lakes Brew Festival Also serves as host of the Schooner Home Brew Championship
Our Members' Home Pages We'll provide a link to any member's home page...there should beSteve M. - calendar at knaves dot org
. Tom Dennis Kevin Wojdak - DIY Project: How To Build A Rolling Barrel Stand Member Resources
CO2 Resources in the Chicago Area
Dress Up Your Beer
GrogTag Custom bottle labels, keg labels, coasters, signs, caps and more.
iCustomLabel Custom bottle labels, gift tags, and other labels.
Other Links
Beer Advocate Two popular beer reviewing sites. They also have good
beer events calendars and listings of breweries, brewpubs, and craft beer
bars across the US and worldwide.
Ratebeer
Exchilerator Counterflow Wort Chillers
Real Beer
Page Beer news and links, good index of breweries and pubs for
travelers.
Beermapping.com - Chicago beer map Interactive map helps you
find beer places all over Chicagoland. Has similar maps for other
cities as well.
Authentic Wine Country Fermentation science pages covering both beer and
wine.
Homebrew
Digest Searchable archives of the Homebrew Digest mailing
list. Links, calendars, discussions; also hosts many homebrew club sites.
The
Brewery Loads of recipes (including the huge Cat's Meow
collection), software, club info, and more. rec.crafts.brewing Huge, active Usenet newsgroup on
beer and homebrewing.
