March Club Meeting

This month, our topic will be wheat beer - whether American, Belgian, or German. As usual, bring some homebrew along to try (doesn't have to be a wheat beer, of course).

We'll meet as usual at the Coney, on Tue Mar 10 at 8pm.

See you there!

Thanks to Jon (and a reminder)

Last week's homebrew club meeting was a success, and we'd like to thank Jon for coming up from Philly and sharing some pics of Earth Bread + Brewery with us, along with two growlers of great beer (the Wee Heavy, Yo and the De Raine Pore).

As a reminder, there is still a space or two available for the van this Saturday for our South Side pub crawl. Tentative spots include East End (not on the South Side, I know), Piper's Pub, Fat Heads, Smokin' Joes, and The Sharp Edge (again, not on the South Side). More details will be forthcoming for those going on the trip, but we're probably going to be leaving on Saturday mid-afternoon from The Coney.

February Meeting

This month's meeting will include a special presentation by club co-founder emeritus, Jon Defibaugh. Jon is coming in all the way from Philadelphia, where he works as assistant brewer extraordinnaire at Earth Bread + Brewery. He'll be showing us some pictures of the operations and sharing some growlers of their wares.

As usual, feel free to bring some homebrew to share!

The meeting starts at 8pm in the Dubliner (side bar) of The Coney.

January Meeting

Hey, don't forget we have our January meeting tonight at the Coney at 8pm. Dave J. will be talking about extreme beers. Bring some homebrew to share or grab a pint of Marzoni's Avalanche, Penn St. Nikolaus Bock - or there is still some Anchor Xmas ale left over.

See you there!

Meeting Tonight

Yes, that is right. We are having a meeting tonight at 8 PM at The Coney. Be there, and bring some homebrew if you'd like.

Cheers,

Dave

Oh, What A Night!

Tonight, we celebrated our first year anniversary at as a homebrew club by hosting Bill Kroft of Marzoni's Brick Oven & Brewing and his good friend and homebrewer Mark Dellinger. We met at 7pm at the Coney for our monthly meeting, with 11 regular club members in attendance.

We started with introductions and a brief history of Marzoni's (and Bill's brewing history). Next, we sampled some homebrews from three of our members: Ray S. brought a Honey Porter, an extract recipe that had a pound of honey in five gallons; Pat S. brought a 'normal' IPA, then followed with an apricot extract infused IPA - both all-grain recipes; and Eli brought a year-old, very dry cider. All four contributions were delicious.

After those, we cracked open two of Mark's homebrews, which included a heavily hopped smoked porter (awesome Rauchbier) and the one that Nate has been waiting for ... a saison with tons of Brett! Both were very tasty, but the 2005 "bretted" saison was absolutely outstanding!

Last, but not least, we cracked open the four different beers that Bill brought along: the Belgian Witbier and Oktorberfest (seasonals) and the two year-round offerings, Stone Mason Stout and Avalanche IPA.

Finally, as a rare and special treat, Bill brought along a bomber full of his very special and not-available-to-the-public Eis-Barleywine. In short, he took 10 gallons of the five-year anniversary barleywine (around 11% abv), froze it, and extracted 4 gallons of liquid from that. The result was an intense and very HOT alcoholic barleywine concentrate that was phenomenal tonight ... and what will turn into what I can only imagine as Heavenly in a few years. Kudos, Bill!

In all, quite a successful meeting!

October Meeting - Our First Anniversary & Special Guest

Join us this Tuesday, October 14 at 7 pm (note the time change) at the Coney for our 1st Anniversary homebrew club meeting. As a special treat, we'll have Bill Kroft, the brewer at Marzoni's Brick Oven & Brewing, join us with some growlers of his terrific beers.

As usual, feel free to bring some homebrew to share.

See you Tuesday!