Hey LAGERS, Each year, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) hosts a big brew day for all homebrewers across the nation to celebrate our wonderful hobby. It happens to land on derby day each and every year. Due to the virus this year, Derby is postponed and we finally have a chance to participate. We’ll be hosting a virtual meeting on May 2nd (this Saturday) from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM for anyone that would like to brew with us. It would be a great opportunity to socialize as well as see how everyone brews their beer or sets up their…
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After some deliberation among the officers, we have unanimously decided to postpone Monday’s meeting as a precaution to the COVID-19 outbreak. We will tentatively plan to hold the meeting 2 weeks from Monday, March 30th, and will adjust as we hear more from the CDC and our local government. In the meantime, please exercise best practices when out in public and at home. The CDC guidelines for prevention can be found below: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention.html For more information about COVID-19 in Kentucky, please use the following resource: https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/pages/covid19.aspx
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Join us on Monday, 4/20 7:00PM on ZOOM for our monthly meeting. No membership is required and homebrew is always encouraged. Please use the following link and login credentials: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82405137144?pwd=bEtYa0REV0dLUllZRkNKQncvamZkZz09 Meeting ID: 824 0513 7144 Password: 010301 Coffee, it’s one of the most often used ingredients to add flavor to beer. It’s used in award winning beers and compliments many styles of beer, most notably stouts. A plethora of world class commercial beers use it to add complexity such as Founder’s KBS, Perennial’s Sump, and Akasha’s Brain Check. It’s selection, however, is often overlooked by brewers as it can often…
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Upcoming Events March 4th — Tailspin + Apocalypse + LAGERS Tapping Party March 7th — Tailspin Ale Festival March 13-15 — NHC First Round Judging in Indianapolis March 16th — Monthly Meeting – Yeast Management with Kristy Holsopple March 18th — Gordon Biersch + LAGERS Pro-Am Tapping Party April 20th — Monthly Meeting & Officer Nominations May TBD – Bulk Grain Buy This month is full of special events and great opportunities to support your fellow LAGERS. March 4th we will be having our tapping party for David Pike’s winning Tailspin Competition beer, a chocolate mint stout. The event will…
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CANCELLED Join us on Monday, 5/18 7:00PM at Akasha Brewing Co. for our monthly meeting. No membership is required and homebrew is always encouraged. This month we are all very excited to welcome Kristy Holsopple to come talk to us. She is owner, quality manager, and yeast whisperer at Holsopple Brewing Co. and full time scientist at Brown-Forman. Kristy brings us a wealth of knowledge from her education in biology and career experiences as a microbiologist at Sam Adams and quality control specialist at Miller Coors just to name a few. You’ll be sure to learn plenty about yeast quality…