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    LAGERS December 2017 Newsletter

    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…

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    LAGERS September 2017 Newsletter

    Upcoming Events October 16th – Meeting: How to silver solder stainless fittings by Scott Richardson November 20th – Meeting: New hop varieties by Evan Brill November 5th – Brew-In at Apocalypse, Bulk grain buy and Great Pumpkin Brew-Off! December 18th – Meeting: Dirty Santa Party! January 13th – Holiday Party The end of the year is approaching fast, and we have some great events scheduled. I hope everyone is looking forward to our next monthly meeting on 10/16 and are planning to bring some homebrew! We had a great selection of brews brought by members to our last meeting (see…

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    September 18 Meeting – Pumpkin, Squash and Gourds with Tim Moore.

    It’s that time of year to be be thinking of Oktoberfest, fall harvest beers and, of course, pumpkin spiced beer!. LAGERS own Tim Moore is going to talk to us about how to brew with pumpkin, squash and gourds, as well as how he gets that delicate balance of spices in his winning beers. Doors open at 7pm. Meeting at Goodwood Brewing Company 636 E. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202 www.goodwood.beer Put these events on you calendar. September 29th – Yappy Hour 5-11pm October 16th Meeting – How to silver solder stainless fittings by Scott Richardson November 20th Meeting –…

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    Yappy Hour Brew-in at Apocalypse Brew Works – August 6th

    Update https://199.250.204.205/~lagers/blog-post/brew-in-and-chili-cook-off-size-and-color-matter-august-6th/ It’s time to submit what you want to brew for Yappy Hour! For those who are new to the Club, Yappy Hour is our annual charity event with Apocalypse Brew Works to raise money for the Kentucky Humane Society during Louisville’s Craft Beer Week. It is also our big opportunity to highlight homebrewing and the LAGERS Club. Essentially, the idea is that we host a brew-in with ABW on the first Sunday of August where Club members can brew any recipe they want on premise. Then, the wort is taken inside ABW and made into beer by the…

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    July 17 Meeting – Drink Beer With A Purpose – Leah Dienes

    Using a sample beer, Leah Dienes will take us through the tasting and judging process.  We will learn how to fill out the BJCP judging form; and learn what to note in tasting and judging a beer. BJC Scoresheet https://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BeerScoreSheet.pdf BJCP Beer Guidelines https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.pdf BJCP Mead Guidelines https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Mead.pdf BJCP Cider Guidelines https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Cider.pdf And remember to register your beers for this year’s Kentucky State Fair Homebrew Competition.  Late deadline is July 10.  Registration https://goo.gl/forms/dZ8cXTC1KkiKDW8W2