Finally made to my first home brew club meeting with the Bloatarian Brewing League. Been a member for a year, pieces finally came together and I could show up in time to renew my year old membership. Meeting was great with a focus on Brett fermentations. Lots of home brew to share, sample, and critique. Had some good feedback on a couple of my brews. Got to meet @JT. All in all. A good night, glad I made it
Glad you were able to make it out tonight Frank! You brought some tasty beers, the dual pitch saison was my favorite! Very well done, I look forward to meeting up again and sharing some brews. I meant to tell you, if you bring a beer before the meeting starts and want to have it judged, they’ll typically have a judge or 3 fill out a score sheet for you. I’ve found that very valuable as there are talented tasters there.
That’s awesome, had no idea, will work on that for next one I attend. That should be sooner than another year. Here’s hoping!
Great club to be a part of. I’m glad they invited me down to speak to them earlier this year.
I hope the rest of our forum members have a good club to visit on occasion. i still relish my monthly meetings with my club in Indy. What’s not to like about people who share the same passion?
Agreed, Martin. I joined my club a year ago this past August. Best move I ever made. It allowed me connections to take a BJCP prep class, and the BJCP tasting exam last June. Even more, it gave me access to some incredibly talented brewers from whom I have learned a lot. Prior to joining, I felt pretty much on my own to search out answers to my brewing (8 years or so of that) - but it all changed with the NHC in Grand Rapids where so many of the “Big Hitters” said that they were members of a local club and got so much out of it. As an AHA member, you get a lot, but with a club membership, you get some great face to face discussions and more importantly - sampling!