April 15th 7pm at Akasha Brewing, we will be hosted once more for our monthly meeting. Join us as we discuss the science and practice of adding sugar to beer. Craig Gardone will educate us on how and when to add sugar and how the timing and sugar type impacts the end product. Ever wonder what the ideal time to add sugar is? Well wonder no more! If we’re well behaved, we might even get to do another triangle test. Don’t forget to bring some homebrew and vote for your favorite too!
March 18th 7pm at Akasha Brewing, we will be hosted once more for our monthly meeting. Join us as we discuss the history and style of Belgian Trappist beer and the use of invert sugar in their brewing. Brandon will walk us through everything we need to know to make our own historic beer and invert sugar for brewing and baking. If all goes well, he’ll have a tasty treat for us to try! Don’t forget to bring some homebrew and vote for your favorite too!
Brandon Schaefer brewed his ‘So Funkdafied’ Belgian Ale recipe at Cumberland Brews recently. It is part of head brewer, JD Vasher’s efforts to add more variety to Bardstown Road microbrewery’s line up. With lots of Pilsner, a little Caravienne, Candi Syrup, Cane Sugar, Hallertau, East Kent Golding and interesting yeast combinations, Brandon has created a drier, hoppier Orval- like Belgian Ale. Or as he likes to describe it, “…a funky dry hopped thing of wonder.” JD anticipates tapping ‘So Funkdafied’ around Derby time. Details on the party to follow. @proostbrewery, @cumberlandbrews, @lagershomebrewclub, @jdlonghammer
Upcoming Events February 9th — Tailspin Ale Fest Tapping Party February 16th — Tailspin Ale Fest February 18th — LAGERS Monthly Meeting March 18th — LAGERS Monthly Meeting March TBD — Akasha Brew-in March TBD — Akasha Competition Entries Due March TBD — Akasha Competition Judging Gordon Biersch Pro-Am Competition Thank you all that entered the IPA competition. We had a total of 6 entries and the winner gets to brew their IPA at Gordon Biersch to serve to the public. The money goes to a great cause as well. It comes to no surprise as we offer our congratulations…
February 18th we will be meeting at Akasha to finish up our crash course on water chemistry. We will learn how to apply the basic fundamentals that we learned in January to our brewing practices at home as well as learn about what to look for in a pH meter, how to request and read a water report, and more. Bring a clean palate as we will be conducting a triangle test for this meeting. Make sure you complete it as soon as you walk in the door. Don’t forget to bring some homebrew and vote for your favorite too!…