LAGERS meetings are often educational and led by knowledgeable individuals. Below, you’ll find a list of presentations shared by our members. It’s free to attend a meeting, so come on by and learn something new! Our Event Calendar will have the month’s topic listed alongside the meeting event.
We strongly encourage all members to share their knowledge through an educational presentation. There are a multitude of ways to contribute—even a novice brewer can get involved. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Brew a batch of wort, split it, and ferment with different yeast strains. Bring the beer in for sampling.
- Brew a batch of wort and split it with different hop varieties. Bring the beer to share.
- Brew a SMASH (Single Malt And Single Hop) beer to highlight a new variety of hop or grain. Bring the beer for everyone to try.
- Give a talk (with a PowerPoint) on a specific brewing topic (spunding, open fermentation, hop creep, etc.).
- Dive deep into a specific beer style and bring in examples. We especially like doing these for LAGERS Cup styles, ideally 3-4 months before the competition.
- Do you have a unique brewing system? Bring it in and show us how it works.
- Fermentation-related topics are also welcome! We’ve hosted talks on cheese, makgeolli, cider, and more. While we are a beer club at heart, we love the occasional presentation about other fermented goods!
In order to facilitate these talks, LAGERS will reimburse members up to $30 for supplies needed to give a talk. Please email lagersclub@gmail.com or talk to an Officer to get approval before you purchase anything and save your recipets.
Greg Butorin – Barrel Selection, Maintenance, and Storage
Craig Gardone – Refrigerator Conversion
Jake Wildstrom – Gluten Free Beer
Sarah Popko – Brewers’ Yeast Genealogy
Greg Butorin – Water Chemistry Fundamentals
Greg Butorin – Applying Water Chemistry Fundamentals
Brandon Schaefer – BJCP Style 26D + Sugar!
Craig Gardone – Timing of Sugar Additions
Sarah Popko – Review of Non-Saccharomyces Yeast in Non-Alcoholic Brewing and Low Alcohol Beer
Holsopple Brewing – Yeast Management
Roxanne Westendorf (AHA) – Cheesemaking
Greg Butorin – Foam and Head Retention
Buddy McHagan – Ph in Brewing – (Link to Ph discussion audio here)