Annual CHAOS BrewBQ, 2:00pm-7:00pm, sponsored by the CHAOS homebrew club at their unique clubhouse, 2417 W Hubbard St in Chicago. This event brings together all of the Chicago area homebrew clubs, with clubs providing and pouring kegs of their own brews, and CHAOS providing all the food (though donations are accepted). The CHAOS Throwdown chooses the club with the best beers.
Wortapalooza
Judging of the 3rd annual Wortapalooza competition, sponsored by Club Wort. Entries open April 21. Judging will be at Phase Three Brewing, 932 Donata Ct in Lake Zurich. There will be additional judging sessions on Mon, Wed, and Fri; the Monday night session is at Church St. Brewing in Itasca.
Equipment Swap and Bottle Share
Equipment swap and bottle share, sponsored by Brixie’s Brewers but members of other homebrew clubs are welcome. Bring your own surplus equipment, or come empty-handed and see what you can find. Buy, sell, swap, barter, or just give stuff away. And bring homebrew to share, of course.
Location: Dave Dayhoff’s house, 5124 Wolf Rd in Western Springs. Parking is available in the church parking lot, just south at 5140 Wolf Rd.
Webinar: Hopsteiner
Free Webinar: Darren Stankey from Hopsteiner. Topic TBA.
Hopsteiner is a grower and supplier of hops, hop oils, and other hop products.
Registration is required! Reservation and login details will be provided on Slack.
Kane County Cougars Game
The UKG is going to the Kane County Cougars game! The Cougars will play the Sioux City Explorers beginning at 6:30pm.
Buy tickets along the 3rd base line so we can sit somewhat together. Plus, the Beer Cave is along the 3rd base line and where we’ll be spending most of our time.
The Cougars’ stadium is of Kirk Rd. in Geneva, 5 miles north of the I-88/Farnsworth Ave exit. Parking is to the south of the stadium.
Big Brew Day
UKG Brew-In for the AHA’s Big Brew Day at Church Street Brewing, 1480 Industrial Dr unit C in Itasca; map here. (This event will be held after the AHA’s Big Brew Day due to a conflict at Church Street.)
Church Street will mash and lauter the wort for us in the brewery’s equipment. Participants will get 5 gallons to finish as they please. (No more than 5 gallons per person this year.) Bring your own burners, kettles, wort chillers, racking equipment, folding chairs, and anything else you’ll need (hoses and hose splitters recommended). Steep with specialty grains, add extract if you like, and add your own hops.
The wort will be similar to Itascafest Märzen/Oktoberfest (pils malt, Munich malt, Carahell, and Caramunich), at around 12 Plato (SG around 1.050). Remember the gravity will be higher after you boil off some water. There will be some Andechs lager yeast available; bring a sanitized jar if you want some.
IMPORTANT BREWERY SAFETY RULES:
This is a manufacturing environment. Closed-toe shoes and safety glasses are required. Bring your own safety glasses (and extras to share) if you have them. Wort and cooling water are supplied; we are responsible for other ingredients and supplies (burner/propane, hops, garden hoses and fittings, chillers, yeast, etc). You will be transferring your wort home when it is completed, so bring a PLASTIC fermenter or bucket for transport. NO GLASS.
Doors will open around 8:00am for those who want to see the mashing process. Wort will be available 10:00am or until it runs out. Everyone needs to be finished by 4:00pm.
If you plan to brew, please RSVP to Tim Devitt.
Drink Dan’s Beer Party
Join us for a day of drinking some excellent homebrews! Winning Midwest Homebrewer of the Year and a gazillion other trophies has left Dan Acheson’s cellar overstocked with award-winning beers. We’ll help him drink the surplus. Please don’t bring any beer, there’s way more than enough for everyone. There will be food, but feel free to bring more.
UKG Social Afternoon
UKG Social Afternoon at Ike & Oak Brewing, 6315 Main St. (Rt. 53) in Woodridge, on the outskirts of the Seven Bridges mall. Ike & Oak is a brewpub with a full menu of pizza, sandwiches, salads, and a few entrees. They have about a dozen brews on tap.
UKG Social Afternoon
UKG Social Afternoon at Brother Chimp Brewing, 1059 W Orchard Rd in North Aurora. Brother Chimp is a brewery taproom with 14 taps, plus guest ciders, seltzers, and wine. No food is served, but you can bring your own.
UKG Social Afternoon
UKG Social Afternoon at Penrose Brewing, 509 Stevens St in Geneva. Penrose is a brewery taproom with 17 taps, including a couple of seltzers. No food is served, but you can bring your own.