New member here. I met some of you at last night’s chapter meeting and got a tour of the brewhouse from Jeff. Looking for a brew buddy in the next week or two.
Experience wise, I’ve brewed 7 total batches. First was stovetop extract, then a few stovetop brew in a bag, then a few brew in a bag on propane burner with immersion chiller hooked up to a garden hose. So I’m comfortable with the process, with the exception of lautering as I’ve simply pulled out the grain bag after my mash.
Some of you may know my friend Tom Willmot, a brewer at Goose Island. He's getting rid of a bunch of homebrew equipment. The backstory is that he was a homebrewer before becoming a professional brewer, all his old equipment is stored at his mother's home and she is selling her home, so it has to go. He's not going to homebrew and doesn't have the space for it, in any case. You can contact him directly at twwillm@gmail.com
Any takers? You'd brew a double batch for the club and get reimbursed, or I can buy ingredients for you. TBD if a brewery will be a part of it, still trying to hash things out with a few. Please PM or slack me.
If anyone is interested in going to Chicago Gourmet food festival on Sunday let me know. Tickets were $225/ticket but I’m willing to sell the 2 tickets for $180/tickets. It’s one of the coolest food/drink events in Chicago. I’m going Saturday now instead and going to the Bears game Sunday. https://www.chicagogourmet.org tickets include all you can eat and drink from some of the best restaurants in Chicago.
Tuesday October 2nd and Thursday October 4th, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at the brewhouse.
This started as a workshop to help folks prep for the BJCP exam but others have joined in. This is the second in a series of four, but you don't have to have attended the first one to participate. There are two October dates - the 2nd and the 4th. To RSVP online, follow this link or contact Jim at jim@singingboysbrewing.com
In anticipation of CHAOS's Club-Only Competition in November, Lo-Rez Brewing is hosting CHAOS for a Tropical Stout tasting and calibration. We'll taste the only widely distributed Tropical Stout in Illinois, Dragon Stout, which is brewed in Jamaica by Red Stripe, as well as Guinness Foreign Extra Stout and Bell's Double Cream Stout - two related styles, to compare and contrast.
I was in this morning but had something come up before I could finish up and will be back this evening. I left all my stuff on brew bay 4, it doesn't look like anyone is using the brewhouse but thought I should explain. I'll be back about 7 pm tonight.
Hi CHAOSites. Next week, Sept. 13th, will be the first of four prep sessions for some folks who are taking the BJCP tasting exam in January and others who are just interested in the process, developing their palate and exploring some styles.
Hi CHAOS. I stopped by today and kegged a couple beers. On my way out the garbage door wouldn’t close. After I pressed the button and got out of the way, it would stop at various stages during its descent and go right back up. This happened many etimes until I gave up and manually closed it from the inside and left out the front and locked the door using the key. Those instructions are in the door code section of this site. Does anyone know what’s wrong with the garage door?
Last year we did a group NFL confidence Pool (Pick'em through ESPN) and had a lot of fun. After several requests, we've decided to do it again this year. Season dues are $50 and we will have a weekly payout for 1st place along with a season end payout for 1st-3rd place. Amounts for payouts will be determined once we have a lock on the number of players. The more people we have playing the bigger the payouts will be - so feel free to invite family and friends to join in the fun.
