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2024 MEETING SCHEDULE

  • January

  • Hops!
  • Celebrate hops by bringing in your hoppy creations.
  • Presentation
  • Aroma and Dry Hopping Techniques.
  • February

  • Hefeweizen**
  • Hefeweizen is the first of our four HBOY competition months!
  • Presentation
  • Kentucky Common. This style is the HBOY style for May.
  • March

  • Wild Ales and Sour Beer
  • All wild ales and sour beers are on display this month.
  • Presentation
  • No presentation this month to leave time for club elections!

  • April

  • Czech Lager
  • This was a highly requested style that should be nice to drink as summer approaches.
  • Presentation
  • How to make Sake, the Japanese rice wine.
  • May

  • Kentucky Common**
  • This is the second of our four HBOY competition months!
  • Presentation
  • Saison. This style is the HBOY style for August.
  • June

  • Hop Experiment
  • Club brewers will all brew the same beer with the only differential being the hops selected.
  • Presentation
  • Hop deep dive: Thiols, chemical compounts, isomerization, etc...

  • July

  • Anything fermentable besides beer
  • The theme for June is other fermentables. Have a wine you want to share? A mead? Sauerkraut? Cider? If you fermented it and it's not beer, please share it!
  • Presentation
  • Cider and Mead.
  • August

  • Saison
  • Our third HBOY style is saison.
  • Presentation
  • Double IPA. This style is the HBOY style for November.
  • September

  • Yeast Experiment
  • Club brewers will all brew the same beer with the only differential being the yeast selected.
  • Presentation
  • Yeast: Health, harvesting, storage, etc...

  • October

  • Marzen or Festbier
  • Let's take our taste buds to Germany for some Oktoberfest specialties!
  • Presentation
  • Deep dive on head retention
  • November

  • Double IPA**
  • Our final HBOY competition month! At the end of this month, we'll be able to crown the 2024 HBOY. Good luck!
  • Presentation
  • Balancing draft line pressure, hose diameter, length, etc...
  • December

  • Barleywine (American or English)
  • Let's close out the cold SoCal December with some tasty winter warmers.
  • Presentation
  • HBOY style for Februrary 2025