Hey LAGERS!  If you missed this month’s meeting, we had a nice chat about hop water.  Special thanks to Brandon and Evan for that!  I learned a lot and going to make some of my own this weekend.  If you decide to make some yourself, bring some to the next meeting and we can all compare notes!  The April meeting is on April 17th. We’ll have CT Owen and Jason Rosenberger with two identical SMaSH Vienna Lagers, one with American malt (Briess) and one with German malt (Best).  We’ll do a taste test and decide which we like best! Lots…

Hello LAGERS, and welcome to the first newsletter of 2023!   I hope you all had a fantastic 2022!  It was a year of big change for the LAGERS.  Greg left his position as President and I took over several months ago. For much of the year, we were still getting our feet back under us from COVID. But we were able to bring back Yappy Hour, the Tailspin competition, and consistent in-person meetings. We had talks from club members and professional brewers that hopefully taught you a few new tricks! Overall, it was a good year and a step back…

Hey LAGERS! Here is your November newsletter. Meeting tomorrow! The November meeting is tomorrow at 6:30 PM at Akasha Brewing. At 7:30, Jerry Nagy, head brewer at Against the Grain, will be talking to us about dry hopping.  Come on out, bring some homebrew to share, and enjoy a short talk.  New T-Shirts Brandon got us some new shirts!  Huge shoutout to him and to Full Bleed Mfg who did a killer job.  We made a few tweaks to the original LAGERS logo, and I really think you all are going to dig these shirts!  They will be available tomorrow…

Hey LAGERS!   Lots of news to get out, so I figured I’d write up a quick newsletter.  Bulk Grain Buy Bulk grain orders are due TOMORROW (10/21/22).  Click here for the blog post with instructions and a link to the order form.  Please hold off on payments for now while we work out some issues with PayPal.  October Meeting We had a great turnout for the October meeting!  I gave a quick talk about Oktoberfest, and we did a blind tasting of several Oktoberfest beers.  Fun was had by all!  Make sure you come on out to the November meeting…

Hey LAGERS! Welcome to your October newsletter!  This one will be pretty short, just a few house cleaning items and reminders.   Yappy Hour Brewers: Yappy Hour is November 12th!  Even if you aren’t brewing a beer this year, please come out and support this awesome event!  And we are always looking for volunteers to help set up and tear down.   Here is the remaining timeline for those brewing beer for Yappy Hour.  Leah has already said we can come by whenever the brewery is open, so the drop-off dates and the rest are flexible.  Just make sure you have your…