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UKG Social Afternoon at Energy City Brewing, 917 1st St in Batavia. Founded by UKG member David Files, Energy City makes specialty IPAs and stouts, and other unique beers. No food is served at the taproom, but you may bring your own.

UKG Social Afternoon at Nik & Ivy Brewing. Nik & Ivy is a brewery taproom with 11 drafts. No food is served, but you can bring your own. The Lock & Mule by Tangled Roots brewpub is across the street.

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.

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 … Continue reading "Equipment Swap and Bottle Share"

POSTPONED! Reschedule date TBA. 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 … Continue reading "Kane County Cougars Game"

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 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.

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 … Continue reading "Drink Dan’s Beer Party"

UKG Social Afternoon at Goldfinger Brewing, 513 Rogers St in Downers Grove. Goldfinger is a German lager specialist, with a decoction brewhouse and horizontal lagering tanks. Their flagship beer is an American/international pale lager, and they have about 6 lagers on tap. No food is served, but you can bring your own, or check here … Continue reading "UKG Social Afternoon"

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). Ray Nonnie's Jock(ey)Zilla will … Continue reading "CHAOS BrewBQ"

UKG Social Afternoon at Church Street Brewing, 1480 Industrial Dr in Itasca. A perennial supporter and host of UKG events, they typically have 30+ beers on tap. Their kitchen (in the main taproom) serves sandwiches, salads, and pizzas. Anyone who brewed beer on Big Brew Day, please bring a bottle or two to share. We'll … Continue reading "UKG Social Afternoon"

UKG Social Afternoon at Skeleton Key Brewing, 8102 Lemont Rd in Woodridge. A consistent friend of beer education and supporter of UKG, they typically have around 15 beers on tap. No food is served, but you can bring your own.