Events

Holiday Party

Posted by on December 15, 2009 at 6:50 pm

A big thanks to Don for hosting our club holiday party again this year. 50 people attended. There were some great homebrews shared along with some delicious treats. Everyone enjoyed the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Our ‘Anything Goes’ Club Competition awards went to: Eff Embree Kevin Kozlen Mark Hill We hope that all of our [...]

HOPs Winter Road Trip to Madison

Posted by on November 24, 2009 at 8:55 pm

The plan is to visit the following: The Grumpy Troll, a Capital Brewery tour, Woodman’s Market, Ale Asylum and Great Dane Pub. Plan for a long day. They will be traveling by bus, so you won’t have to worry about driving… just getting to the bus in the morning on time, back on the bus [...]

Bruegala 2009

Posted by on September 13, 2009 at 2:05 am

The club had a great time at Bruegala this year. We served about 50 gallons of homebrew, sold a dozen T-Shirts, and collected 38 email addresses from people that stopped by and were interested in more information on our club and how to brew your own beer. Several club members helped the Jaycees by serving [...]

Jaycees International Beer Festival in Peoria

Posted by on April 21, 2009 at 7:31 pm

We would like to report on our achievements at the International Beer Festival on April 17 and 18. The weather was nice and we had fun with the other homebrew clubs and attendees. The Jaycees reported setting a new attendance record on Saturday. We served over 60 gallons of homebrewed beer brewed by 11 different [...]

Big Brew

Posted by on April 16, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Big Brew is a worldwide event celebrating National Homebrew Day by brewing and giving brewing demonstrations. This is YOUR chance to observe and participate in the brewing of BEER. In 1988, May 7 was announced before Congress as National Homebrew Day. The American Homebrewers Association created Big Brew as an annual event to celebrate National [...]