Join LAGERS for our monthly meeting at Akasha Brewing. This month, club member Evan Brill will discuss using terpenes in beer. We’ll sample some beer with and without terpenes. Read up on terpenes before the meeting: March 17 Meeting: LAGERS Cup Join LAGERS at the first round of the 2025 LAGERS Cup on March 17.
Submit your beer to the National Homebrew Competition! The closest judging city to Louisville is Indianapolis. Shipping/drop off location is Great Fermentations (5127 E 65th St, Indianapolis IN 46220). They are open 10am – 6pm, Monday thru Saturday. (CLOSED on Sunday.) We have several members submitting to Indy, so you may be able to coordinateto get your beer up there. Email lagersclub@gmail.com or comment here for more info. We also have packaging to make sure your beer safely gets to Indy. (First come, first serve!) You must be an AHA member to enter this competition. If you sign up or renew…
Announcing the Colberg Cup at Trellis Brewing View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trellis Brewing (@trellisbrewing) Trellis Brewing has announced a WCIPA homebrew competition. This is an excellent opportunity for the homebrew community of Louisville to shine! I’m very excited to see what everyone brings to the table for this. From Trellis: The Colberg Cup 🙃Invitational Brewing Competitionopen to anyone and everyone. Colberg loves IPA’s! 🤘They they must be classically bitter, no fillers, and no fruit. Hazy? Yuck. **Fill out the form here to register and we will send you the information and rules sheet! We will…
Support Kentucky homebrewing and our friends at Brewers of Central Kentucky (BOCK)! Volunteer as a judge or a steward at the 2025 Bluegrass Cup in Lexington on February 8. Judging begins at 9am. https://bluegrasscup.brewingcompetitions.com/ To register as a judge or steward: Carpool with some fellow LAGERS members via Facebook or email lagersclub@gmail.com, and we will do our best to help you catch a ride. BOCK makes the KY State Fair homebrew competition possible every year. We’re hoping for a great showing of LAGERS members this year in Lexington. Several LAGERS members judged, stewarded and entered last year. We can attest…
Next Meeting: January 20 | Distilling Join us on January 20 for our January meeting. Mark Robinson will share a presentation on distilling. Congrats to Tim Moore: LAGERS Cup Champ Tim Moore won the first annual LAGERS Cup with his first-place stout in December (and two second-place beers). He shared his winning recipe: Malt bill: Mash in at 140°. Step up to 154° and hold for 75mins. Raise to 169° for mash out. Cold steep roasted and chocolate malts overnight and add to mash for final 15mins. Hop schedule Yeast: 1.89L of wort (6.4oz DME) as starter for 3.5gal batch.…
