Author Archives: Brandon OBrien

We were missing a couple of our regulars tonight but still ended up with a nice meeting as our first of 2024. We had 19 beers to sample, 10 of which were homebrews. We also had a new member, Scott, join the club and look forward to trying more of his beers in the future! Some topicsContinue reading “January 2024 Meeting Minutes”

We had another night with a big assortment of fantastic beers. In total, we had 26 beverages (24 beers, 2 meads), with 12 of those being homebrew. Eric ended the evening with a special toast and the opening of a bottle of Schramm’s Red and Black Currant mead. The two homebrewed hazy IPAs seemed to getContinue reading “December 2023 Meeting Minutes”

There were a huge amount of beers last night, 29 in total, brought by 12 club members. It took a while to get through all the beers, but thankfully Michael kept us full by providing some chicken posole. David G brought some hand-me-down hops from Second Street and gave those out after the meeting. CoreyContinue reading “November 2023 Meeting Minutes”

We had our annual Oktoberfest party and potluck, plus our Festbier/Marzen club competition. Thanks to everyone who contributed food and the wide assortment of Festbiers. Congrats to Ben K for his winning Festbier in our club competition. 2nd and 3rd place were only a few points off from each other, but Ben’s Festbier was theContinue reading “Oktoberfest 2023 Meeting Minutes”

This month’s meeting was hosted by Tom who was gracious enough to provide us with lots of munchies as well as lasagna. This certainly helped with all the dark and heavy beers that were shared. There were 23 beers (13 homebrew) with 10 club members in attendance. We had several standout homebrews tonight but oneContinue reading “September 2023 Meeting Minutes”

We had a great turnout last night at Michael’s house with 14 members showing up with 30 beers. It was nice we had some bbq pork & chicken plus some pasta to help keep us on our feet! Some topics we covered at the meeting included: Social Night – Our next social night will beContinue reading “August 2023 Meeting Minutes”

Lorrey was gracious enough to host this month’s meeting and we had a really pleasant evening outside on his patio. Lorrey also provided brats and sides and we also had focaccia, green chile cheese bread and pretzels contributed by other club members to help keep us in check while drinking all the samples. Speaking ofContinue reading “July 2023 Meeting Minutes”

The longest day of the year was a great backdrop to our June meeting and Pale Belgian Beer mini club competition. In total, we had 28 beers by 12 club members. We had a nice spread of beef stew, pasta, bread and watermelon to help keep us sampling all the beers. For the competition, weContinue reading “June 2023 Solstice + Belgian Club Competition Meeting Minutes”