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Lagers Newsletter – January 2017

Good afternoon Lagers! Let me first apologize for the tardiness in delivering the newsletter to you for last month. With that said, see below for upcoming club events and recent happenings! Upcoming Events: February 18-- Tailspin Ale Festival February 20-- February Monthly Meeting-- "Sanitize Like the Pros" Nick Landers from Gordon Biersch will be our guest speaker and will tell…
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LAGERS March Meeting-Yeast

March Monthly Meeting-- "Yeast Plating and Slants" Ever wanted to build up your own yeast library? Maintain your own cultures? Isolate your own wild Brett? Isolate a culture from a bottled beer? Justin Vasher is going to talk to us about plating yeast and isolating pure cultures. 7:00pm Doors Open 7:30pm Presentation and Meeting Meeting at Goodwood Brewing Company 636 E.…
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Lagers Newsletter – December 2016

Wishing all LAGERS Members Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Upcoming Events-- January 3-- 3rd Annual Gordon Biersch Brew-Off (details below), entries due 1/3/17 January 7-- LAGERS Holiday Party (details below) SEE NOTE BELOW ABOUT THE RAFFLE! January 16-- LAGERS Monthly Meeting, "Souring Beer" February 18--- Tailspin Ale Festival March 4-- LAGERS Brew In at Akasha Gordon Biersch Brew Off…
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Gordon Biersch Brew Off – English Ale

We are having our third annual Gordon Biersch Brew-Off. The spirit of the competition is to brew some variation on the English Ale theme. Here are the rules: Entry Rules 1) Entries must be brewed to one of the following BJCP Categories: a) 11: British Bitter b) 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer c) 13: Brown British Beer (for more information, see:…
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Annual Bulk Grain Buy

NOVEMBER 6, 2016 Apocalypse Brew works has extended an offer to allow LAGERS members an opportunity to purchase bulk sacs of malt at near-cost prices, like we did in the past with MOKH. This is a one time buy and if successful may turn into an annual bulk buy. Here are the details: You must be a current member of…
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Wonder what they are brewing up at Yappy Hour?

Annual Yappy Hour features 15 one-of-a-kind beers brewed by L.A.G.E.R.S. HOMEBREW CLUB members to support the Kentucky Humane Society. September 23 at Apocalypse Brew Works. Meet some of the brewers and hear about some of the beers they brewed for you. Check out the brewers discussing their beers and the complete beer list. https://vimeo.com/183555026 https://vimeo.com/183583687 https://vimeo.com/183556119 https://vimeo.com/183551265     2016…
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Kentucky State Fair Winners – 2016

CHRISTOPHER OWEN HM 1 Standard American Cream Ale DAVID PIKE HM 1 Standard American Cream Ale LOUIS HEIMBROCK JR 2 1 Standard American Cream Ale CREG BROWNE 1 1 Standard American Light Lager CHRISTOPHER OWEN 1 2 International Amber Lager ANDREW PAYNE 2 2 International Pale Lager CHRISTOPHER OWEN 2 3 Czech Dark Lager CHRISTOPHER OWEN 1 3 Czech Pale…
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IPA is King

By all accounts, Evan Brill is one of the state's better brewers. Heck, he even won the 2014 Indiana State Fair competition. Although he brews all types of beers, he is known for his IPA's. Evan talks about his fondness for the dank, fruity, piney flavors he uses in large quantities to make his beers so good. He also talks…
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