Greetings Klobbers,

This coming Monday is our monthly meeting at Boatyard Brewery, 7pm. The topic will be Wood & Beer: A Barrel Story. Technical presentation on barrel aged beers, plus beer samples. Hope to see you there!

Big Brew 2017 - May 6th, 11am-5pm

Big Brew is an annual event that gets home brewers together the first Saturday in May to brew up a ton of beer! In 1988, May 7 was announced before Congress as National Homebrew Day. The American Homebrewers Association created Big Brew as an annual event to celebrate National Homebrew Day.

KLOB is celebrating our own Big Brew event on Saturday, May 6th, 11am-5pm at Boatyard Brewery. We're looking for 6-8 groups to be brewing that day. Every skill level is accepted, come brew with us whether you do all-grain or extract. Bring all your own brewing equipment & ingredients you need to brew. Water and electric are provided, but bring hoses, cords, etc... If you're doing all-grain, please be ready to go right at 11am, so we can get out of Boatyard's hair at a reasonable hour. You can brew what ever you like, or use the official Big Brew recipes. The 2017 Big Brew beer recipes can be found here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/national-homebrew-day/#recipe Even if you are not brewing, you can still stop by and have a pint or four and say hi!

Spring Bus Trip - May 27th 9am-9pm

Our Bus Trip will take place on Saturday, May 27th. This time, we will be heading to Detroit and stopping at several breweries including Atwater, Dragonmead & Batch Brewing. Cost is $40/person. Members and family & friends are welcome to attend, just as long as they're cool :) The bus leaves Shakesphere's parking lot at 9am and we will return around 9pm. You are welcome to bring beer and snacks on the bus as well (don't worry, there is a bathroom on the bus) We will have the sign up at the April Meeting, payment is due at the time of sign up. Hope you can join us for this fun-filled all day brew tour!

Prost!