Hello Lagers! Summer is here and with it the heat and humidity that makes summertime in the ‘Ville so much fun!  Not to worry– our own Evan Brill has volunteered to talk to all of us about brewing Pilsner at our next meeting on June 17th.  Now I know what all of you are thinking… Evan Brill is our resident hop-head, right?  I thought he only made IPA?  Well for those of you who don’t know.. Evan is also a fantastic LAGER brewer (pun intended) with a number of award winning lager beers to his credit, including a Best of…

May 20th 7pm at Akasha Brewing, we will be hosted once more for our monthly meeting. We promise this will be the last time you have to hear about sugar but we figured it would be fun to have a meeting more on the lighter side of information. How well do you know your basic sugars? Where do they come from? How are they made? Put your palate to the test. Can you identify all the different types? Do you know the best use for each? Join us as we discover the different types of sugar available to us for…

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!

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!…