At the July meeting, fourteen homebrewers drafted ingredients to make a beer – a yeast, a base malt, two specialty malts, two hops, and one wildcard ingredient. This year’s theme is “Road Trip”, so the wildcard ingredients were candy and snacks that could be found at nearly every gas station mini-mart. Candies included Twizzlers, Circus Peanuts, Junior Mints, Butterfingers, Peach Rings, Twix, and Werther’s Original; snacks were Pringles, Gardetto’s Snack Mix, Rice Cakes, Pretzel Bites, and Beef Jerky.

These beers will be judged by all members and guests in attendance for a crowd favorite award. They will also be judged by a panel of BJCP judges for a style award.

The meeting will be held on September 12 at 7:30pm at Queen City Clay. Come prepared to enjoy these beers and help decide the crowd favorite. See the diagram below for where to park and enter. Feel free to bring homebrew or other beers to share!

Note that the Norwood Lateral is closed in the westbound direction!

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From Four Mile Wine, who presented about mead back in October 2022:

Some people may know 4 Mile Wine Co. home base is at the Camp Springs Tavern in Camp Springs, KY, but we’ve recently expanded into a few retail places across NKY (listed below) and we are trying to get the word out most effectively. We also just received our permit to self distribute to Ohio and are looking at places to get with. Jungle Jims is one we would love to get into. If anyone has recommendations / or connections we would be grateful to hear them.

Upcoming Competitions

All of the following competitions can use volunteers:

DRAFT Brewfest (Dayton, entries closed, judging 9/14)

Oktobersbest (Braxton in Covington, KY, entry deadline 10/5, judging 10/12)

Join us for an exciting evening of beer tasting as we delve into the rich and malty world of Märzens and Festbiers! Our next gathering will be held on August 8 at 7:30pm at Queen City Clay. Come prepared to enjoy a variety of these delicious seasonal brews, share your tasting notes, and engage in lively discussions about their unique flavors and brewing traditions. Whether you’re a seasoned beer connoisseur or just beginning your journey, this is the perfect opportunity to expand your palate and enjoy great company. See the diagram below for where to park and enter. As always, feel free to bring homebrew or other beers to share!

Note that the Norwood Lateral is closed in the westbound direction!

Barrel Project

If you’re interested in participating in the next barrel project (will need to have an imperial stout fermented and ready to go into a barrel in October), contact Mike Florez.

Upcoming Competitions

All of the following competitions can use entries and volunteers:

KY State Fair (Louisville, entry deadline: 7/10, Judging Aug 9-10)

BBL Beer & Sweat (Eastgate, entry deadline 8/2, drop-off 8/9-8/10, judging 8/10)

DRAFT Brewfest (Dayton, entries closed, judging 9/14)

Oktobersbest (Braxton in Covington, KY, entry deadline 10/5, judging 10/12)

For this meeting, those that registered for the Fantasy Homebrew Competition will be drafting ingredients. Normally, there is at least one curve-ball (wrong sport, I know) ingredient and the drafts have been fun to watch (as well as take part in). As always, we will have plenty of beer sharing, a commercial calibration (we’ll drink and discussed some commercial beers), and plenty of time for fellowship.

The meeting is on July 11, 7:30pm at Queen City Clay. See the diagram below for where to park and enter.
Note that the Norwood Lateral is closed in the westbound direction!

If you’re interested in participating in the next barrel project (will need to have an imperial stout fermented and ready to go into a barrel around early September), contact Mike Florez.

Upcoming Competitions

All of the following competitions can use entries and volunteers:
BCEO Fermentation Frenzy (Hamilton, entry deadline: 7/7, judging 7/27)
KY State Fair (Louisville, entry deadline: 7/10, Judging Aug 9-10)
BBL Beer & Sweat (Eastgate, entry deadline 8/2, drop-off 8/9-8/10, judging 8/10)
Our Oktobersbest competition will be in October!

For this meeting, bring an old beer! Whether it’s something special and shareable, something forgotten in the back of the fridge, or something that sounded good when you bought it and now… you’re not sure. And we’ll help Matt clean out his cellar!

If you have a beer for the Inter-club tournament on June 22, bring a sample to this meeting. If we have more than two candidate beers, we will sample and decide.

The July meeting will be the Fantasy Homebrew Draft. If you are interested in participating, contact Matt B so he can plan appropriately.

The meeting is at 7:30pm at Queen City Clay. See the diagram below for where to park and enter.

Note that the Norwood Lateral will likely be closed in the westbound direction!

If you’re interested in participating in the next barrel project (will need to have an imperial stout fermented and ready to go into a barrel around end of August/early September), contact Mike Florez.

Upcoming Competitions

All of the following competitions can use entries and volunteers:

KY State Fair (Louisville, entry deadline: 7/10, Judging Aug 9-10)

BCBS Fermentation Frenzy (Hamilton, entry deadline: 7/7, judging 7/27)

we will be taking a field trip to the Sam Adams Taproom in OTR. The taproom will be tapping Tim McKee’s Czech Pilsner, Czech It Out!. There will be a discussion about scaling homebrew batch sizes to commercial from Chris Siegman, the Taproom Brewer. We are starting the meeting a little early to give more time before the taproom closes at 9:00 PM.

The meeting will be at 7:00 PM at the Sam Adams Taproom. Parking is available nearby at pay lots or at parking meters.

Do not bring homebrew to this meeting, instead bring money to enjoy some of the taproom-exclusive beers.