Just a reminder that we have our monthly meeting this coming Monday, Feb. 15th 7pm at Boatyard Brewery. This month's topic will be Fermentation: Managing and Controlling it, presented by Chad Laning of Lansing Brewing Company.
If you renewed your membership last month, we will have your membership card at this meeting.
This coming Monday is our monthly meeting. Don't miss this meeting, we are having a special guest speaker from White Labs! She will be giving a presentation on yeast management, pitch rates and fermentation temperatures.
Greetings Klobbers, This coming Monday (Dec. 21st) is our monthly meeting at Boatyard Brewery, 7pm. As a tradition, we always have a special holiday event during this meeting. This year's theme is Beer & Cheese pairings. We will have some delicious artisan cheeses that we're matching up with some kick-ass beers. Don't miss out on this meeting. Also, this is a potluck style event as well, so please bring a dish or snacks to share!
Greetings Klobbers, our November meeting is coming up Monday Nov. 16th, 7pm at Boatyard Brewery. The topic will be "Making and Using Candi Sugar" by Geoff Groff. Also, we are having a little informal harvest beer competition. So if you grow your own hops and have made a beer with them, bring it in for the Nov. meeting. Rules: Beer can be any style you choose, but some of the hops have to be homegrown, and not commercially bought hops. Winner gets a prize, probably hops :)
Greetings Klobbers, This Saturday, Nov. 7th, is Learn to Homebrew Day! (An AHA sanctioned event, worldwide!) In conjunction with Bell's Brewery downtown, KLOB will be participating in this event by hosting brewing demos. KLOB members are encouraged to come brew beer at Bell's for this event. You must bring all of your equipment, but water and electric will be available. Event will take place in the beer garden this time (front and center!), not in the courtyard as previous years.
Looking to make hard cider this year? Well we've got a hook up for you! Husted Farms is offering exclusivley to KLOB members $15/pail fill ups of freshly pressed cider on November 14th, 10am-4pm. Bring a sanitized pail fermenter (no carboys please) and they will fill it up for you. They have 12 different apple varieties to choose from. Honeycrisp is also available for $25/pail. Husted Farms is located 9191 West Main, Kalamazoo 49009.
This coming Monday is our October/Halloween Meeting! Our topic for this month will be Smoked and Barrel aged beers. We will have some commercial examples of these beers for sampling during our meeting. So join us (same time, same place) at Boatyard Brewery, 7pm on Monday.
And now for something completely different....KLOB Halloween costume contest! Come dressed in your best Halloween costume for a chance to win prizes! We have some items donated by Briess Malt Co. (hint hint) that we will be giving away. If your costume is beer related, even better!
Greetings Klobbers, just a friendly reminder that we will be having our SeptemBeer meeting this coming Monday, Sept. 21st, 7pm, at Boatyard Brewery. This month topic will be on Adjuncts, how and when to use them. We hope to see you there! Also, if you have any homebrew you would like to share, feel free to bring it to the meeting.
