Hey LAGERS – Just a quick reminder about our meeting Monday, December 18th, 6:30pm. We’ll be meeting at Akasha Brewing, as always. We’ll be doing our yearly white elephant gift exchange! Max of $25. Beer and beer related gifts are encouraged! There will also be annoucments about:
Hey LAGERS! Once again, we are hosting a BBOT competition for the Tailspin Ale Fest. The competition is free to all LAGERS club members. Non-members may also participate for a $27 fee per entrant (not entry), which covers the cost of a LAGERS membership. Deadline to Enter Start brewing soon! Entries are due to Apocalypse Brew Works between January 27 and February 2, 2024. The winner will be announced on February 3, after the BBOT competition. Registration is now open. Please submit your entries (up to 3 entries per entrant) in the registration form. Awards The winner will brew their…
We’ve been brainstorming ideas to get more folks brewing, especially styles outside of their comfort zone. Club member Jacob Dryer had a great idea that he brought with him from one of his previous homebrew clubs. A year long, club only competition! Participating members brew a different style each quarter and club members pay a dollar to vote for their favorite. Each contest, the contestant with the most votes wins half of the pot. At the end of the year the member with the most points is crowned the LAGERS Cup Champion and wins the other half of the combined…
This month Evan Brill has a couple special beers to share with us. Two beers, same wort. One with Pacific Northwest hops, another with Michigan grown hops. We’ve all heard the hype about MI hops, come see if they live up to it! I think we’ll also have Rick from Malteurop in to talk about Malteurop malts. Malteurop has a strong presence in Louisville and many of our professional brewers use his malt. From what I’ve heard, Rick is a wealth of knowledge on malt, so come ready with questions. As always, you do not need to be a member…
BJCP Training Class Important info (TLDR): LAGERS is happy to announce that we will be putting on a BJCP training course in 2024. This course will last 10-14 weeks, meeting once a week. It will cover everything you need to know to take the BJCP Beer Judging Exam. The course will be administered by Craig Gardone, with help from many other BJCP judges from the area (and maybe some special guest teachers!). The course will be $150, all of which will go towards purchasing beers for each style in the BJCP Style Guidelines. Any money left over will be refunded…
