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.
UKG Social Afternoon
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.
Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge
Judging of the 34th 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.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 3 sessions at 9am, 11am, and 2pm. 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.
AHA National Homebrew Competition 1st Round
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 3 sessions at 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm. 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.
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.
UKG Annual Holiday Party
UKG Special Holiday meeting, 6:30pm at Two Brothers Roundhouse. From the entrance, walk to the left all the way to the end, and take a left before the main banquet room and proceed upstairs. (An elevator is also available.)
A limited buffet will be provided. +1s are welcome. We need to provide a headcount for this in advance. Please RSVP here.
You can pay your membership dues for 2026 at this meeting, $20 cash or check payable to UKG. You can also pay online using this link.
Holiday Brew Roulette: bring a 6-pack of your holiday beer, mead, or cider, and leave with a mixed 6-pack of your fellow UKG members’ holiday brews! You’re encouraged to create a holiday label for your contributions, but a key will be distributed after the gathering so it’s not a complete mystery what’s in your 6-pack. We’ll use our Holiday Brew Slack channel to talk about the brews.
To participate in the Holiday Brew Roulette, bring your 6-pack (all the same brew) to the party. To help us reshuffle the brews quickly, please preregister them in this Google doc.
This event replaces 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.
For the technical part of the meeting (6:30-7:30), Eileen and Mike Uchima will talk about all-in-one brewing systems.
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.
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.
6:30-7:30pm: Our first technical session of the fall will discuss ciders and how to make them, plus details of an upcoming bulk cider buy. This will be the kickoff of our newest Knighted Knave Cup, targeting ciders. The ciders we’ll make in this challenge will be judged at the January meeting.