Hello LAGERS! Hope your weekend has been fantastic and you’ve enjoyed a few tasty brews! See below for a summary of some upcoming events and recent happenings. Upcoming Events Bluegrass Cup– June 8th: Hosted by our friends in the BOCK club “Brewers of Central Kentucky,” I’m sure many of you have entered. The BOCK team needs Judges for this event!!! Several LAGERS are riding over to Lexington next Saturday so ask around if you need a ride and would like to help. Click HERE for more info. LAGERS June Meeting– June 17th at 7PM: Brewing German Pilsner with Evan Brill. See the…
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Hello Lagers! Summer is here and with it the heat and humidity that makes summertime in the ‘Ville so much fun! Not to worry– our own Evan Brill has volunteered to talk to all of us about brewing Pilsner at our next meeting on June 17th. Now I know what all of you are thinking… Evan Brill is our resident hop-head, right? I thought he only made IPA? Well for those of you who don’t know.. Evan is also a fantastic LAGER brewer (pun intended) with a number of award winning lager beers to his credit, including a Best of…
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May 20th 7pm at Akasha Brewing, we will be hosted once more for our monthly meeting. We promise this will be the last time you have to hear about sugar but we figured it would be fun to have a meeting more on the lighter side of information. How well do you know your basic sugars? Where do they come from? How are they made? Put your palate to the test. Can you identify all the different types? Do you know the best use for each? Join us as we discover the different types of sugar available to us for…
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Upcoming Events April 24th — Bulk Grain Buy Orders Due April 28th — Bulk Grain Buy Payment Due May 5th — Bulk Grain Pick-Up May 20th — Monthly Meeting Cumberland/LAGERS Collaboration Cumberland recently released their latest beer “So Funkdafied”, an Orval inspired Belgian ale brewed by your very own Justin Vasher and Brandon Schaefer. If you came out to show your support, we thank you very much. If not, there’s still time to grab a pint or three. This beer was brewed with a special Belgian Saison yeast from Brasserie de Blaugies as well as two different brett strains. The…
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April 15th 7pm at Akasha Brewing, we will be hosted once more for our monthly meeting. Join us as we discuss the science and practice of adding sugar to beer. Craig Gardone will educate us on how and when to add sugar and how the timing and sugar type impacts the end product. Ever wonder what the ideal time to add sugar is? Well wonder no more! If we’re well behaved, we might even get to do another triangle test. Don’t forget to bring some homebrew and vote for your favorite too!