Date

Event

Comment

11/19/09

November club meeting

COC – Belgian Strong Ales (BJCP Category 18)

Brown Ale Seminar provided by club members Dave Star and Bob Keck

November or December

Brew

Brew BJCP Category 18 (English Brown Ales) for January 21 club only competition

12/1/09

Emmett’s Beer Taste & Tour

Emmett’s Brew Pub in West Dundee is releasing a new beer and having a tasting. More information on Emmett’s can be found here:

http://www.emmettstavern.com/index.php

Call Emmett’s for more information about the taste.

12/17/09

December club meeting

Christmas Party at Tap House Grill in St. Charles. Food and beer pairing will feature beers from Two Brothers Brewery and will cost $35 per person. Please RSVP with Silverado ASAP so we can provide a count to the Tap House.

December or January

Brew

Brew category 17 (sour ale) for8/19/2010 club only competition.

December or January

Brew

Brew category 24-26 (mead) for 6/15/2010 competition. (Need further explanation on this???)

1/21/2010

January club meeting

COC – English Brown Ales (BJCP Category 11)

Nominate officers & directors for club.

January

Brew

Brew category 10 (American Ales) for 3/18/2010 club only competition

February

Brew

Brew category 19 (Strong Ale) for 10/21/2010 club only competition

2/7/2010

Super-brew

7^th annual Silverado “Superbrew” at Dave Temple’s house. Brew, watch the Superbowl, and drink beer. What more do you need in life? For more information, contact Silverado.

2/18/2010

February club meeting

Elections are held for officers and directors

January or February

Grain Run

Dave and John to provide grain run for club

3/5/2010

Drunk Monk Challenge entry deadline

http://knaves.org/dmc/

See DMC site for information on where entries can be dropped off.

3/12/10 – 3/13/10

Drunk Monk Challenge

http://www.knaves.org/

Location – America’s Brewpub in Walter Payton’s Roundhouse in Aurora, IL

3/18/2010

March club meeting

COC – American Ales (BJCP Category 10 Styles)

3/20/2010

Brew

Dave Star to brew his Imperial Cream Ale so we can have a club event (Imperial Cream Ale Fest)!

March or April

Brew

Brew sub-category 22C (wood aged beers) for 4/21/2011 COC.

4/15/2010

April club meeting

COC – Extract beers (all BJCP categories 1-23)

5/1/2010

Big Brew

Silverado location TBD For more information on Big Brew, go here:

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/events/national-homebrew-day

May

Brew

Brew category 5C and 5D (Dopplebock and Eisbock) for March 17, 2011 COC.

5/20/2010

May club meeting

6/17/2010

June club meeting

6/17/10 – 6/19/10

AHA National Home-brewers Conference in Minneapolis, MN

Silverado to attend as a club. For more details, go here:

http://www.ahaconference.org/

July

Imperial Cream Ale Fest

Dave Star’s House (if we can convince him to have this)

7/15/10

July club meeting

COC – Mead (BJCP categories 24, 25 and 26)

August

Brew

Brew categories 5A and 5B (Maibock/Helles Bock and Traditional Bock) for March 17, 2011 COC

8/19/2010

August club meeting

COC – Sour Ales (BJCP category 17)

8/28/2010

Brew-B-Que

Dave Star’s House

More information to be provided at a later time

9/16/2010

September club meeting

Dues are due

9/18/2010

Silverado to attend GLBF in Racine, WI

http://www.greatlakesbrewfest.com/foam_facts.html

10/8/10 to 10/10/10

Scarecrow Fest in St. Charles, IL

For more information about Scarecrow Fest in St. Charles, IL, please go here:

http://www.scarecrowfest.com/

10/21/2010

October club meeting

COC – Strong Ales (BJCP category 19)

October

Brew

Brew category 8 (English Pale Ale) for 1/20/2011 COC.

11/18/2010

November club meeting

12/16/2010

December club meeting

Date

Event

Comment

Web Site

February 27, 2010

Babble Brew Off

Flatlanders Brewery and restaurant in Lincolnshire

http://www.babblehomebrewers.com/

March 2010

CBS Night of the Living Ales

http://chibeer.org/

March 2010

BOSS Challenge

18th annual BOSS Challenge, sponsored by the Brewers of South Suburbia

http://www.bossbeer.org/

April 2010

AHA National Homebrew competition

First round entries are due

http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html

Local drop off point to be designated at a later time.

May 2010

Blessing of the Bock

Milwaukee beer festival. Be sure to arrive for the 12 PM kickoff when a priest blesses the beer and the imbibing begins.

http://www.milwaukeebeerfest.com/info.html

5/1/10

Great Taste of the Midwest

Mail sent in to order tickets must be postmarked on 5/3/10 or later.

http://www.mhtg.org/great-taste-of-the-midwest

8/14/10

Great Taste of the Midwest

Madison, WI

http://www.mhtg.org/great-taste-of-the-midwest

Brewery

Location (City)

Web Site

Emmett’s Tavern and Brewery

West Dundee, IL

http://www.emmettstavern.com/index.php

Two Brothers Tap House

Warrenville,

IL

http://www.twobrotherstaphouse.com

Charlie’s Ale House

Wheaton, IL

http://www.charliesalehouse.com/

Map Room

Chicago, IL

http://www.maproom.com/

Walter Payton’s Roundhouse

Aurora, IL

http://www.walterpaytonsroundhouse.com/

Site

What’s great about this site

URL

Mr. Malty

Lots of great brewing information

http://www.mrmalty.com/

HopsDirect

Great variety, low prices.

http://www.hopsdirect.com/

Grape Stompers

Anything for wine-making

http://www.grapestompers.com/

Gordon’s Food Service

All kinds of food products you can add to your beer

http://www.gfs.com/en