We will be meeting at Energy City Brewing for our social event, located at 917 1st St, Batavia, IL 60510.
Energy City Brewing specializes in heavily fruited Berliner Weiss beers and flavorful stouts.
Monthly Tech Topic
The tech topic this month will be a discussion about various methods for temperature control for mash and fermentation.
Monthly Tech Topic
The tech topic this month will be an open discussion about sourcing ingredients, equipment, and consumables (ie. CO2) for the homebrewer.
UKG Social Event @ Art History Brewing
We will be meeting at Art History Brewing for our social event, located at 649 W State St, Geneva, IL 60134.
Experience traditional beer styles from around the world in the comfort of a modern taproom and beer garden.
Big Brew Day Brewing at Church Street Brewing
Big Brew Day Brewing at Church Street Brewing – Starting at 9 a.m., we’ll setup for a Brew-In event at Church Street Brewing, 1480 E Industrial Dr Unit C, Itasca. Church Street will be brewing a Red Ale that day and will give each person 5 gals of wort to do with as they wish. Bring your propane setup to brew right inside the brewery at Church Street or take your 5 gallons home to brew at home.
Grist for the Red Ale will be 70% Pils, 8.74% Vienna, 17.49% RedX, 2.12% Roast, 1.7% Bairds medium Crystal. Plato 12.3 = 1.050 SG. Bring a jar or container if you’d like free yeast… Augustiner lager yeast will be made available.
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: Imperial Oak Brewing in Willow Springs, in the parking lot. Imperial Oak doesn’t serve food, but you may bring your own.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 3 sessions at 9:00 am, 11:00 am, and 1:30 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 2 sessions at 2:00 pm, and 6:00 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 6:30 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition. Judging will be at Skeleton Key Brewery, 8102 Lemont Rd #300 in Woodridge. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.