Silverado Calendar of Events

2008 - 2009


Silverado

Note – all Silverado club meetings take place starting at 8:00 PM at the Moose Lodge in St. Charles – located on Route 38 just west of Randall Rd.


For more detail about all American Home-brewers Association Club Only Competitions, go to:

http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/schedule.html


Date

Event

Comment

10/8/08

October club meeting

Finalize TAFTHB discussion

11/1/08

Teach a Friend to Home-Brew at Dave Star’s Brewery

Silverado will be brewing 50 gallons of wort at Dave Star’s brewery in Wayne, IL.


For directions, go to:

http://www.silveradohomebrew.com/pdfs/2008_TFHB.pdf


For more information about TAFTHB, see:

http://www.beertown.org/events/teach/


11/12/08

November club meeting & Club Only Competition

Club Only Competition : IPAs


Nominate new Silverado officers


December 2008

Club Holiday Social Night

Location TBD

12/10/08

December club meeting

Elect new officers for 2008.

1/9/08

January meeting

Installation of new officers

2009 Dues are due. (A whoppin’ $12)

1/9/09

Entries due for Silverado Club Only Competition

Silverado is hosting this month’s AHA COC.

BJCP CAT 16 Belgian and French Ale


All entries should be sent to:

Silverado AHA COC

c/o Doug Newberry

1215 Burnham Ln.

Batavia, IL 60510


See this link for more information about the Silverado COC:

http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/schedule.html


1/18/09

Silverado AHA Club Only Competition

BJCP CAT 16 Belgian and French Ale


More information for judges and stewards to be posted here at a later date.


2/11/09

February club meeting

3/11/09


March club meeting

COC – Beers with OG > 1.080

4/8/09

April club meeting

COC – Extract beers


May 2009

Big Brew

Location to be determined.


http://www.beertown.org/events/bigbrew/

5/13/09

May club meeting


?

Club Social Night

Two Brothers Tap House

6/10/09

June club meeting


7/8/09

July club meeting

August 2009

N. Aurora Beer Fest

Silverado to display at the North Aurora Beer Fest

http://www.nabeerfest.com/


8/12/09

August club meeting

COC = Amber Hybrid Beers

?

Club Social Night

?

9/9/09

September club meeting

COC – European Amber Lagers

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Great Lakes Beer Fest

Silverado will be attending & providing home-brew.

http://www.greatlakesbrewfest.com/



10/14/09

October club meeting

Oct/Nov 09

AHA TAFTHB

American Homebrewers Association Teach a Friend to Home-Brew event

http://www.beertown.org/events/teach/


11/11/09

November club meeting

Nominate new officers

COC – Belgian Strong Ales

12/9/09

December club meeting

Elect new officers

1/13/2010

January club meeting

Installation of new officers

2010 Dues are due. (A whoppin’ $12)

COC – English Brown Ales




Other Beer Events

http://beeradvocate.com/

Date

Event

Comment

Web Site

10/20/08

Spooky Brew Homebrew competition

Chicago Beer Society event

http://chibeer.org/2008/09/11/spooky-brew-review-2008-homebrew-competition/


January 2009

CBS Brewpub & Microbrewery Shootout

http://chibeer.org/



February 2009

Babble Brew Off

Flatlanders Brewery and restaurant in Lincolnshire

http://www.babblehomebrewers.com/


March 2009

Drunk Monk challenge

Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) annual event

http://knaves.org/dmc/


March 2009

CBS Night of the Living Ales


http://chibeer.org/



March 2009

BOSS Challenge

17th annual BOSS Challenge, sponsored by the Brewers of South Suburbia

http://www.bossbeer.org/


April 2009

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 2009

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


5/1/09

Great Taste of the Midwest

Mail sent in to order tickets must be postmarked on 5/1/09 or later.

http://www.mhtg.org/index.php/great-taste-of-the-midwest/tickets-mainmenu-66


8/8/09

Great Taste of the Midwest

Madison, WI

http://www.mhtg.org/index.php/great-taste-of-the-midwest/faq-mainmenu-69#where





Local Breweries, Pubs, or bars with a lot of good beer on tap

http://beerme.com/breweries/us/il/index.shtml

Brewery

Location (City)

Web Site

Comment

M.T. Barrels

West Dundee, IL

http://www.mtbarrels.com



Emmett’s Tavern and Brewery

West Dundee, IL

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



Prairie Rock

Elgin, IL

http://www.prairierockbrewingcompany.com/elgin/index.shtml



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/



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