Monthly meeting to announce the latest club news, competition wins, upcoming events and happenings.
It’s also an opportunity to share some of your brews with the rest of the club and get feedback as well as taste other club members’ brews.
We welcome all visitors interested in the club. Bring homebrew if you have it and want to share.
This month’s meeting will be at Bubblehouse Brewing in Lisle. Their taproom doesn’t serve food, but you may bring your own. Bubblehouse is normally closed on Tuesdays, and they’re opening exclusively for us, so please help us make sure it’s worth their while.
Monthly meeting to announce the latest club news, competition wins, upcoming events and happenings.
It’s also an opportunity to share some of your brews with the rest of the club and get feedback as well as taste other club members’ brews.
We welcome all visitors interested in the club. Bring homebrew if you have it and want to share.
This month’s meeting will be at Bubblehouse Brewing in Lisle. Their taproom doesn’t serve food, but you may bring your own. Bubblehouse is normally closed on Tuesdays, and they’re opening exclusively for us, so please help us make sure it’s worth their while.
We’ll start this meeting with a technical introduction to our latest Knighted Knave Cup challenge, Scottish Ales. Our judging of the KK Cup beers will be at the March meeting.
Midwinter Homebrew Competition, sponsored by the Beer Barons of Milwaukee homebrew club. Judging will be Jan 31 and 2 at Revere’s Wells St. Tavern in Delafield, WI, near Milwaukee, plus several other weekdays at nearby locations (BJCP judges only–no apprentice judges). Entries open 12/24/2024 and are capped at 500 entries. This will be the 15th and last Midwinter, and it’s expected to sell out quickly.
Registration Required!
Free Webinar – The Homebrew Hangout: Fermentis Academy™ Uncovered – Unveiling the World of Yeast
with Hugo Picard, Home Division Manager at Fermentis
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4WJeEN2RTZS6GRbRumItiw#/registration
Register for the Fermentis monthly newsletter to learn about yeast and fermentation here:
https://ferment.is/HBcommunity
30th UKG Train Crawl. Details TBD.
UKG Brew-In at Tim Devitt’s house, 1675 Whispering Oaks Dr in West Chicago.
Visitors are welcome to bring their own equipment and brew a beer, or just come and observe. Bring your own food; there will be a grill available for everyone to use. We will start at 9:00am, and everyone must be finished by 4:30pm.
What to bring:
Burner, propane, pots, buckets, carboy, ingredients, hops, chair, etc.
Your own meat and fixings for the grill.
Homebrew, of course!
Provided:
Space to brew in garage.
Hose and water for chilling.
Grills.
UKG Social Afternoon at Phase Three Brewing’s Elmhurst Taproom & Kitchen, 494 S Spring Rd in Elmhurst (not the Lake Zurich brewery). The Elmhurst location has about 26 beers on draft, plus a full food menu featuring burgers, sandwiches, salads, and large plates.
Hugo from yeast company Fermentis will tell us about German yeast strains. This event is free, but please add your name to the signup sheet on Slack so we’ll know how many people are coming.
Ray Nonnie is hosting Learn How to Brew Day. Ray will be brewing an all-grain batch of his own using a stainless steel mash tun with a RIMS setup to control mash temperatures, for those interested in learning how to brew all-grain. Visitors are welcome to bring their own equipment and brew a beer, or just come and observe. Beginners are welcome! Bring snacks and homebrew, if you have some.
