Silverado Calendar of Events
2010
Silverado
Note – all Silverado club meetings take place starting at 7:30 PM on the third Thursday of each month at the Tap House Grill in St. Charles. The Tap House is located at the corner of route 64 (West Main Street/North Avenue) and Peck. (Exactly 1 mile west of Randall Road in the Westgate Shopping Plaza.)
http://taphousegrills.com/location.html
“COC” designates a “Club Only Competition”
For more detail about all American Home-brewers Association Club Only Competitions, go to:
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/competitions/club-only-competitions
For more details about the BJCP style guidelines, go to the 2008 style guidelines:
http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.php
Silverado Monthly Calendar
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Event |
Comment |
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March or April |
Brew |
Brew sub-category 22C (wood aged beers) for 4/21/2011 COC. |
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4/15/2010 |
April club meeting |
COC – Extract beers (all BJCP categories 1-23) |
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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
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May |
Brew |
Brew category 5C and 5D (Dopplebock and Eisbock) for March 17, 2011 COC. |
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May |
Brew |
Brew any style of beer for sampling at the North Aurora Beer Fest in August and the Great Lakes Brew Fest in September. |
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5/15/10 |
Geno’s beer tasting |
Geno’s Fine Wine and Spirits (located in Elgin) is having a beer tasting on this day. Call Geno’s directly for more information at (847) 695-6688. They are located at:
300 South McLean Blvd Elgin, IL 60123
http://www.genosfinewine.com/index.html
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5/20/2010 |
May club meeting |
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5/22/10 |
Silverado Fox River bike tour |
The club is starting in St. Charles at 11 AM and biking down the Fox river trail to Walter Payton’s Roundhouse. For more details, see this Google map…which details the bars we’re stopping at as well as the times we’re stopping:
For more information, go to contacts page and e-mail the president. |
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6/17/2010 |
June club meeting |
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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:
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July |
Imperial Cream Ale Fest |
Dave Star’s House (if we can convince him to have this) |
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7/15/10 |
July club meeting |
COC – Mead (BJCP categories 24, 25 and 26) |
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August |
Brew |
Brew categories 5A and 5B (Maibock/Helles Bock and Traditional Bock) for March 17, 2011 COC |
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8/19/2010 |
August club meeting |
COC – Sour Ales (BJCP category 17) |
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8/28/2010 |
Brew-B-Que |
Dave Star’s House More information to be provided at a later time |
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9/16/2010 |
September club meeting |
Dues are due |
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9/18/2010 |
Silverado to attend GLBF in Racine, WI |
http://www.greatlakesbrewfest.com/foam_facts.html
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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:
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10/21/2010 |
October club meeting |
COC – Strong Ales (BJCP category 19) |
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October |
Brew |
Brew category 8 (English Pale Ale) for 1/20/2011 COC. |
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11/18/2010 |
November club meeting |
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12/16/2010 |
December club meeting |
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Other Local Beer Events
http://beeradvocate.com/
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Date |
Event |
Comment |
Web Site |
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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
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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
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8/14/10 |
Great Taste of the Midwest |
Madison, WI |
http://www.mhtg.org/great-taste-of-the-midwest
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Local Breweries, Pubs, or bars with a lot of good beer on tap
http://beerme.com/breweries/us/il/index.shtml
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Brewery |
Location (City) |
Web Site |
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Emmett’s Tavern and Brewery |
West Dundee, IL |
http://www.emmettstavern.com/index.php
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Two Brothers Tap House |
Warrenville, IL |
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Charlie’s Ale House |
Wheaton, IL |
http://www.charliesalehouse.com/
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Map Room |
Chicago, IL |
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Walter Payton’s Roundhouse |
Aurora, IL |
http://www.walterpaytonsroundhouse.com/
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Other Useful Links
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Site |
What’s great about this site |
URL |
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Mr. Malty |
Lots of great brewing information |
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HopsDirect |
Great variety, low prices. |
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Grape Stompers |
Anything for wine-making |
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Gordon’s Food Service |
All kinds of food products you can add to your beer |
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