May Meeting
This is a friendly reminder that we will be having our normal meeting this coming Monday the 20th at 7pm at Old Dog Tavern. Member Brian Pierce will be giving a talk on electric brewing. If you use electric heating in your brewing process or are interested in learning how to incorporate it, this is a perfect opportunity to share your experiences, ideas and questions.
Great Taste of the Midwest Tickets
We're once again excited to announce that our club was able to secure 25 tickets to this year's Great Taste of the Midwest event in Madison, WI hosted by the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild. For those of you who have never attended, this is an amazing beer festival held in August that features over 100 breweries from all over the Midwest, each bringing some of their finest brews. Tickets are always very limited and sought after so the fact that our club is lucky enough to get this special treatment is a very big deal. Read more about the event below:
We'll be holding our own internal lottery at this month's meeting for these tickets so all members have an equal opportunity to attend. To be eligible, you must have been a member in good standing as of last month's meeting. If you receive a ticket, we need payment of $50 in cash or check that evening, so come prepared. In the past, tickets have been available for pick up at the July meeting.
If you have any questions, contact Chris Elston (chris@klob.org).
June Brew-a-Thon
The group-brew events just keep coming! Andrew VanderKlok is offering to host a get-together at his home next month:
June 22nd - Starting @ 10am
2720 Winchell Ave
Kalamazoo, MI
A hose for chilling and cleaning will be provided. Filtered water (5 Micron) will also be available, should you not want to bring your own. Goal...brew as much as possible! All rigs & methods are welcome.
Kzoo-to-Ypsi Summer Beer Festival Bus Trip
Corey VanDyke is organizing another bus trip out to the Michigan Brewers Guild summer beer festival. Here are all the details:
http://www.klob.org/news/2013/05/kzoo-ypsi-summer-beer-festival-bus-trip