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    December 17th Meeting – Dirty Santa Party

    October 25, 2018

    This month is the Dirty Santa Party! To participate in the Dirty Santa exchange, bring a wrapped, bagged, or otherwise disguised gift. The cost/value should be around $10-$20. Generally it should be something beer or brewing related. More info on how the game works will be provided at the meeting– but it involves substantial amounts of treachery and deception! Hope to see you there! We will also be tasting your Brut IPAs where the winner will get to brew with Justin Vasher at Cumberland Brewery. Be sure to bring 2 unmarked 12 or 22 oz bottles for a blind judging.…

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    2018 Tailspin Ale Winter Warmer Brew-Off

    October 25, 2018

    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…

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    Yappy Hour Keg Pickup and Can Sale

    October 24, 2018

    Hey LAGERS! If you brewed for Yappy Hour, your kegs are ready for pickup at Apocalypse Brew Works. ABW will also be running a can sale on all of the yappy hour beers. $10 gets your 3 crowler cans of your choice and the proceeds go towards the Kentucky Humane Society. Get them while they last!

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    November 19th Meeting – Style Guide: Brut IPA

    October 22, 2018

    On Monday November 19th, we will start our quarterly/seasonal style guide series where we describe the history, process, and ingredients of a particular style with a beer to try. Brewers are encouraged to brew the style for the next meeting and taste/compare the different beers. The winner of a blind competition will go on to brew at Cumberland with Justin Vasher, former LAGERS vice president and now head brewer.  This November we will be covering Brut IPA. This up and coming but relatively unknown style is a pale, dry, champagne-like, hoppy IPA. One of the key ingredients, amyloglucosidase, will be…

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    Merchandise – Dickies Brewer’s Work Shirts

    October 22, 2018

    Hey LAGERS!  New merchandise is now available. We will be selling dickies work shirts with our logo on the back and our motto on the front. We have women’s and men’s cuts in Navy, Black, and Charcoal. You can complete the order form here. If you wish to order more than one shirt, please re-take the survey for each shirt. If we can get 48 or more shirts ordered, we can reduce the price by $5. The deadline to get your order in is November 19th, the day of our November meeting. If we get all our shirts in for…