Unfortunately I was sick as a dog, so I wasn’t able to attend the inaugural meeting of the newest homebrewing club, the East Side Brewers. But luckily Mike Dawson and Rob Handshy were on hand to photograph the occasion. If you’re interested in reading the minutes for the meeting, I’ve included them after the jump.
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One of my wishes for 2009 was for more homebrewing, not just for me but for everyone, including people who haven’t brewed before. One way to get more people homebrewing is to have more clubs. STL Hops reader Greg Bridwell, has decided to fill a great need in the local homebrewing community, a homebrew club for our neighbors to the east.
Greg has started up the East Side Brewers, a homebrew club that will have their first meeting on Sunday, January 25th at Bigelo’s Bistro in Edwardsville, IL starting at 2PM. Some of the topics for the inaugural meeting include:
- What our goals are as a home brew club
- Collaboration with local clubs
- Dues
- Meeting locations
- Web site
- Joint brew days
- Teach a friend to home brew
- Sponsorship
While at the meeting, Mark from Bigelo’s will be providing some appetizers and samples from his new 12 draft system ($1.00 per 8oz pour). Also, donations for the food will be accepted, but, not required. As this is a homebrew meeting, please feel free to bring your beer to share.
To help Mark and Greg anticipate how many people will show up to the first meeting, a RSVP to Greg would be appreciated. Be sure to check out the STL Hops forum for more information about the ESBs and to contact Greg or Mark from Bigelo’s.
Back in September I reported that Sam Huff’s award winning Vanilla Brown Ale was being brewed at Buffalo Brewing Company in conjunction with Bottom’s Up Brewhouse‘s contest to have a homebrewing beer brewed professionally. While it’s been available at Buffalo for a few weeks, it looks like it’ll finally be available at Bottom’s Up.
To celebrate the occasion, Bottom’s Up is thorwing a little party on Thursday, December 18th starting at 7PM. Here’s a map to Bottom’s Up. Make sure to stop by and congratulate Sam for his accomplishment.
St. Louis Wine and Beermaking will be holding an event on Saturday, November 8 from 9 am to 5 pm to celebrate homebrewing and to take in our lovely fall weather. Here are all of the details of the event:
Come See Bob Adams make “Stone Smoked Porter” using jet hot rocks to boil the wort. Local brewers will be on hand making homebrew as well.
We’re also excited to feature the musical talent of Zack Weber, Natas Recording artist flying in from New York City, along with Roy Jones.
Brats, Burgers, Syberg’s Wings to be provided. Bring your own homebrew to taste!!
Any other questions, give us a call. 636-230-8277.
Using hot rocks to boil wort? Neat. That alone may be worth going up there for.
Ah, it’s that time of the year again. Time to break out your mash paddle, fire up the burners and teach someone how to homebrew! According to the American Homebrewers Association, “Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day is an international event to introduce people to the homebrewing hobby and establish relationships with local homebrew supply shops.”
Each year on the first Saturday in November homebrewers get together and gather up some friends and teach them how to brew beer. It could be possible that your friends may not ever brew a beer again, but I think it’s very important that if you love beer, you understand how beer is made.
But what if you don’t know a friend that homebrews? Well, you always have a friend in Drew Huerter and Mattingly Brewing, as they’re hosting a homebrewing demonstration on November 1st starting at 9AM:
Fellow STL Hops readers,
Homebrewing and other beer enthusiasts are invited to join me to brew a batch at Mattingly Brewing Company on November 1st starting at 9am.
Anyone who would like to bring their gear down and brew a batch is absolutely welcome, just please let me know at Drew@mattinglybrewing.com additionally, let me know what yeast you would like, and I’ll try to accommodate. If the brewer could also provide a brief bio and/or brewday recipe for us to post on the website, it would be much appreciated.All questions can also be directed to my email address listed above.
Local homebrewer Anthony Harvey is nothing if not creative. When he was searching for a way to quickly make cider from apples he had collected from around the area he came up with a solution. No fingers were harmed in the video, but there is a high chance of seeing a man in a kilt.
Sorry for the late notice on this one, but I just got an email about it last night. Apparently tomorrow is Missouri Day (which is apparently a real holiday that I was completely unaware of) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources is hosting a Missouri Day Celebration featuring beer, wine and mead production. Here’s some information from their press release:
Celebrate Missouri’s rich heritage of beer, wine and mead production. These were not only a staple in early 19th century life, but eventually became multi-million dollar industries for Missouri.
This program is designed to introduce adults to Missouri’s rich cultural heritage. Demonstrations will include brewing, hop growing, and a grape stomping experience.
Non-alcoholic period refreshments will be available. This program is free.
That last line throws me. This is a celebration of “Missouri’s rich heritage of beer, wine and mead production” and you’re not even allowed to taste some of those items? Weird. Anyway, if you’re interested in celebrating Missouri head over to the First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site located at 200 S. Main Street in Saint Charles. The festival will be running from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
