Judging of the Wortapalooza competition, sponsored by Club Wort. Entries open May 6, max 250. Judging will be at Phase Three Brewing, 932 Donata Ct in Lake Zurich. There will be additional judging sessions on Wed, Thurs, and Fri.
CHAOS BrewBQ
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. The CHAOS Throwdown chooses the club with the best beers. This year CHAOS has submitted a city permit to turn it into a street festival, so the format may change.
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.
Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge
Judging of the 33rd annual Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge, sponsored by the Brewers of South Suburbia. Judging will be at Soundgrowler Brewing, 8201 183rd St., suit P, in Tinley Park. There will be additional judging sessions at Soundgrowler on the preceding Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:30pm.
UKG Social Afternoon
UKG Social Afternoon at Grainology Brewstillery, 131 Flinn St in Batavia. The taproom has 13 taps pouring beers, cider, and hop water. They also make vodka and 4+ year aged whisky, served on their own or in craft cocktails. No food is served, but you can bring your own.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition. The judging this year is organized by UKG, BOSS, Brixie’s Brewers, CHAOS, Square Kegs, and other Chicago-area clubs. 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. Judge and steward registration will be available soon. Times shown here are tentative.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition. The judging this year is organized by UKG, BOSS, Brixie’s Brewers, CHAOS, Square Kegs, and other Chicago-area clubs. 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. Judge and steward registration will be available soon. Times shown here are tentative.
UKG Holiday Party
UKG special holiday meeting, 7:30pm at Two Brothers Roundhouse. From the entrance, walk to the left all the way to the end, then upstairs.
A limited buffet will be provided. You can pay your membership dues for 2025 at this meeting.
If you’re participating in our Christmas Brew Roulette, bring a 6-pack of your beer, mead, or cider (all the same brew) to this meeting. The brews will be reshuffled and you will leave with a mixed 6-pack of other participants’ brews. It’s best to label your brews, but we’ll distribute a key to all the brews after the meeting. To help us reshuffle the brews quickly, please preregister them in this Google doc.
This event replaces both social night and the regular club meeting for this month.
Monthly Club Meeting
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 Club Member
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.