Next Meeting: February 17 | Terpenes Join LAGERS for our monthly meeting at Akasha Brewing at 6:30. Announcements and discussion starting at 7:00. This month, club member Evan Brill will discuss using terpenes in beer. We’ll sample some beer with and without terpenes. Read up on terpenes before the meeting: If you are bringing beer(s) for the monthly BBOT, please try to bring at least 24oz if possible. Of course, you can submit any amount of homebrew for the table, but the bottles are starting to go quickly due to growing attendance at our meetings (a good problem to have). We…
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Next Meeting: January 20 | Distilling Join us on January 20 for our January meeting. Mark Robinson will share a presentation on distilling. Congrats to Tim Moore: LAGERS Cup Champ Tim Moore won the first annual LAGERS Cup with his first-place stout in December (and two second-place beers). He shared his winning recipe: Malt bill: Mash in at 140°. Step up to 154° and hold for 75mins. Raise to 169° for mash out. Cold steep roasted and chocolate malts overnight and add to mash for final 15mins. Hop schedule Yeast: 1.89L of wort (6.4oz DME) as starter for 3.5gal batch.…
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Next Meeting: September 16 | LAGERS Cup Bring small bills (and 64oz of beer) Bring $2 to the meeting on Monday for your vote. If you’re submitting your Belgian, bring at least 64oz, and please sign in your beer right when you arrive. The member whose beer has the most votes at the meeting will get half of the pot. This quarter’s winner will also earn 10 (8 if tie) points in the overall standings. Second place will earn 7 (6 if tie) points. (Full rules and information here.) Before the meeting, learn more about the Single and Dubbel style…
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Next Meeting on August 19 @ Awry Brewing Join LAGERS on Monday, August 19, at 6:30pm for our monthly meeting. We will be at Awry Brewing (not our typical Akasha). Awry brewers T-Mart and Alex will give us a tour of their brewery and talk to us about Kviek yeast. Sign up: State Fair Homebrew Booth Volunteer to represent LAGERS and homebrewing in Kentucky at the State Fair this week: August 22-24 (Thurs-Sat). Shifts are from 12-4pm and 4-8pm. More details. This Weekend: Yappy Hour Brew-In Join LAGERS at Apocalypse on Sunday, August 25. If you’re new to homebrewing, it’s…
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Next Meeting on July 15: Belgian Deep Dive LAGERS is meeting at Akasha on Monday, July 15th, at 6:30pm for our regular monthly meeting. Bring your thoughts and questions about the Belgian Single and Dubbel styles as you prepare for Round 3 of the LAGERS Cup. LAGERS Treasurer Christopher Owen will present about the styles and lead a discussion on the topic. Before the meeting, review the BJCP style guidelines and/or listen to podcasts about the styles. Meetings are open to non-members. Invite friends who are interested in brewing. We will also have our monthly BBOT, so bring a homebrew…
