Tailspin Update If you are dropping off beers for the tailspin competition today (1/17) or tomorrow, they will go to the President’s house. Please email me at lagersclub@gmail.com for the address. If you are dropping off on Thursday or Friday, you can do so during Apocalypse’s normal business hours. Member Survey Every year we will survey our members to get a better understanding of the people who make up LAGERS. Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey as it will help us decide the direction for LAGERS in the new year. Click here to take the survey!
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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…
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Our next meeting is Monday, December 19th at 6:30 pm. We’ll meet at Akasha Brewing. This meeting has got it all. –Evan Brill talking thiols in IPAs –White Elephant gift exchange –Tons of great homebrew –LAGERS Merch for sale! –You! The White Elephant gift exchange has a $25 max. Gag gifts and sincere gifts are all welcome! My only request is that you don’t bring a bunch of 2-3 year old beers from the back of your fridge. Nobody wants to drink that crap (unless you’ve got some Orval back there)! We’ve also got our resident IPA…
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Hey LAGERS! It’s true! We’ll be bringing back the Tailspin BBOT competition for the 10th anniversary of Tailspin. If you participated in the past, there are a few changes to the rules (lowered the gravity limit, allowing Philly Sour yeast and fruit flavorings), but for the most part, it remains the same. We have a very limited time frame this year, so I’d suggest picking a beer that needs minimal conditioning. Without further ado, here are all the details: Entry Rules: Entries must be brewed to a gravity limit of 1.080 Entries may not be brewed using: Syrups: Belgian, treacle,…
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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…