Brewer, Scott Hand of Monnik Beer Company, takes us through the history and taste profile of four popular brews at the Germantown brewery and pub. He is most excited to pop the cork on a bottle-conditioned version of Eagle Skull Saison. This brings a whole new level of carbonation, aroma and life to this popular local brew.
February 7th tapping of Evan Brill’s winning IPA at Gordon Biersch Brewery. In the fifth annual Lagers Homebrew Club competition at Gordon Biersch Head Brewer, Nicholas Landers challenged the brewers to bring him a hoppy beer. Known by most as the “King of Hops”, Evan Brill recently had the opportunity to see how many pounds of hops he could put through the downtown brewery. All you hop heads will want to taste this massive IPA. Nicholas Landers also promises we will see Evan in a wonderful winner sash. Tapping Party To Benefit the Kentucky Humane Society February 7, 2018 $3 Pints…
Upcoming Events– February 15– Tailspin Official Beer Tapping at Springhurst Liquor Barn February 17– Tailspin Ale Fest – 5 Year Anniversary! February 19– Monthly Meeting “Sensory Evaluation in Bourbon Tasting” hosted by Sarah Popko Recent Happenings– The LAGERS Holiday Party was held on January 20th and was a great time! We had over 20 homebrews on tap as well as a number of additional samples brought in growlers/bottles. The food was amazing– thank you to all of the club members and guests for bringing so many good things! Special thanks to Tim Rosenberger for his excellent pulled pork, it was…
Armando Barajas brewed the Official 2018 Tailspin Ale, Gimme S’More, with Leah Dienes at Apocalypse Brew Works. This traditional Dunkelweizen is flavored with cinnamon and vanilla that gives it a little toasted marshmallow taste. Campfire here we come. The fifth annual Tailspin Ale Fest will fly into operation February 17 at Bowman Field with 75 breweries, bands, music and happy people. Armando’s Gimme S’more was selected this year from dozens of Lagers Homebrew Club entries, vying for the opportunity to brew on a large commercial system and share their beer at the Tailspin Ale Fest.
Upcoming Events: January 5th — Entries are due for Annual Gordon Biersch Pro Am LAGERS Competition January 6th — Judging for the Gordeon Biersch Pro Am January 15th — January Monthly Meeting: “Lactobacillus in Ky Common” hosted by Dibbs Harding January 20th — LAGERS Holiday Party Happy New Years LAGERS!!!! I hope everyone is having a spectacular (but safe) New Year’s Eve and also hoping you have the pleasure of consuming copious amounts of handcrafted, high quality libations! I want to remind everone about the Gordon Biersch Pro Am competition– entries are due at the end of next week, we…