It’s our annual holiday party!  Location: Jim Miller Hall Wedding Chapel & Reception Hall 10609 Watterson Trl, Louisville, Kentucky 40299 (same location as last year in J-Town) Date: Saturday, January 19th Timeline: 4:00 – Setup up tables, chairs and cold plates… 5:00 – Doors open, Serving Beer and Appetizers 6:00 – Serve Main Courses 7:00 – Last Call then start the Raffle 8:00 – Clean up tables and chairs. We have the building the entire night, and can stay as late as we like, but we’ll get the basic cleanup done early. Food: The Club will be providing the smoked…

Hello brewers! It is that time of year again; time to invite someone to brew his or her beer for the adoring public. If you are unfamiliar with how we have done this over the last few years it is really simple. Essentially, we’re having an in-house beer competition at Gordon Biersch, and the winner will be invited to come in and brew the winning beer on our system. We’ll have a fun tapping party, and raise money for the Humane Society. The competition is a best of show judging style, and we usually put some restrictions, guidelines, or want specific styles; but at the same…

Upcoming Events November 4 — Apocalypse Brew-in, Bulk Grain Buy & Fall Competition November 19 — November Monthly Meeting: Style Guide Brut IPA December 10-12 — Entries Due for Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew Off December 13 — Judging for Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew Off December 17 — December Monthly Meeting:  Dirty Santa Party December 17 — Brut IPA Tasting & Cumberland Pro-Am Judging January 4th — Gordon Biersch Pro-Am Entries Due January 5th — Gordon Biersch Pro-Am Judging Annual LAGERS holiday party — TBD Yappy Hour Keg Pickup & Can Sale If you brewed for Yappy Hour, your kegs…

We are having our 5th annual Tailspin Brew-Off. The spirit of the competition is to brew some variation on the Winter Warmer theme. This years winning beer will be brewed as the signature beer for the 6th Anniversary Tailspin Festival Ale . Here are the rules: Entry Rules Entries must be brewed to a gravity limit of 1.090 Entries may not be brewed using: Syrups (Belgian, treacle, molasses, honey, maple syrup, etc.) Fruit (fresh, canned or flavoring) Wood (barrel, chips or spirals) Anything funky or farmhousy (Brett, Lacto, Pedio, etc.) Entries may be brewed using: Dry hops Chocolate Spices Herbs…