My apologies for sending multiple emails. I wanted to mention a few more details regarding the Great Taste of the Midwest tickets that we will having a lottery for. The cost of each ticket is $50, up from $40 from last year. You can read the reasons for the price increase on the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild website:
This is a friendly reminder that we will be holding our monthly meeting this coming Monday, April 18th. The presentation will be on hop varieties and will be given by David Curtis from Bell's General Store.
We'll once again be meeting at Old Dog's Pub in downtown Kalamazoo at 7pm. Please, no outside beverages.
This is a friendly reminder that we will be meeting tomorrow, March 21st, for our monthly club meeting. This month's presentation will be on Saison and other Farmhouse Ales. Mark O will give a run-down of the aspects of these styles, their history and tips on how to brew worthy examples at home.
We will once again be meeting Old Dog's Pub so please, no outside beverages.
I received the following from David Curtis at Bell's General Store. Certainly worth taking advantage of if you were planning to enter any of your beers:
Chris, I just made an arrangement to get entries for the National Homebrew Competition driven down to Indianapolis to save on shipping costs. Could you please let the KLOB folks know that they can drop their entries off at the General Store if they are entering, but there are some details:
This is a friendly reminder that we will be holding our monthly meeting this coming Monday, February 21st. The presentation will be titled "Alcohol & You" and will be given by Chris Elston. We will discuss the causes and cures of hangovers, "beer gut" and intoxication. The presentation and talk will be light-hearted but informative.
We'll once again be meeting at Old Dog's Pub in downtown Kalamazoo at 7pm. Please, no outside beverages.
Our Saturday bus trip event is fast approaching. Space is limited so if you haven't already done so, please make sure to stop by Tempo Vino winery in downtown Kalamazoo to purchase your ticket.
As a reminder, our tentative list of stops include the following:
New Holland
Founders
Hop Cat
Brewery Vivant
Arcadia
We are happy to announce that we are sponsoring a bus trip this coming Saturday, January 29th. We will be chartering a bus that will take us to 4-6 breweries and beer bars in the southwest Michigan area. Seating will be limited to 39 people and tickets are $40 in advance. We will be leaving from Old Dog's Pub in downtown Kalamazoo at 10am and returning approximately 6pm.
Our tentative list of stops include the following:
This is a friendly reminder that we will be meeting this coming Monday, January 17th for our monthly club meeting. This month's topic on the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). This will act as an introduction to judging in general and how the BJCP guidelines serve as a definition for nearly every beer style.
We will once again be meeting Old Dog's Pub so please, no outside beverages.
This is a friendly reminder that this Monday, December 20th we will be having our annual Holiday Meeting. The centerpiece will be a hand-select set of Imperial Stouts and Baltic Porters. The location will be different than our regular meetings. We will be instead meeting at the home of Bryan Jennings, owner of Q-It-Up catering company who provide the dinners at our KLOB Roasts. His address is 4454 Olde Forest DR., Kalamazoo. Olde Forest Drive is on the south side of Stadium / Red Arrow, just past the intersection of Stadium Dr. & 4th St.
