On the First Day of Beermas… join BBL for a night at Third Eye Sharonville

Name That Beer! 

Think you know beer? Sure ya do… but in a blind tasting can you distinguish Lager from Ale? Can you further identify the overall style (let’s say Stout in this example) and then can you drill further to call the sub-style (Irish Stout, Milk Stout, Imperial, Foreign Extra… etc) and THEN, do you have the chops to nail the brewery and actual beer (ex: Guinness… or is it Left Hand Milk Stout?!)

We’ll offer up to 5 commercial beers worth 5 points each in order to crown the Best Beer Guesser… er Jester!

Always a fun meeting! Bring a friend!

Location: The Space Formerly Known as Listermann’s - 1621 Dana Avenue

***November Social Night Update***

Bryan’s Belgian Single, "Friar Starter", is going on tap at Hearth Brewing! Let's meet up at Hearth Brewing on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 PM. Hope to see you there!

DVD Brew in Loveland will host this year’s Learn to Homebrew Day!

Never brewed, or only made a few batches? Curious about the process? We’re here to be a resource and answer your questions at this fun and welcoming event open to all.

Join BBL on Saturday, November 1st, with brews starting around 11am, and wrapping up around 4-5pm depending on the style and brewing processes on display.

Likely to be outside in the parking lot, but in case of inclement weather, we should be able to brew inside in the brewing space, which should accommodate multiple setups. 

1555 Loveland Madeira Rd, Loveland, OH 45140

Urban Artifact/Fruitblood. They are both solid sponsors, and we kind of fizzled out on visiting them during Beermas last year. Let's support them when we aren't stressed about the holidays! Wednesday, October 22nd.

Off Flavors!

Joe Geil will lead a session on Off Flavors.

Learn (or remind your judgy self) what the most common off flavors such as Diacetyl, Acetaldehyde, DMS, and other brewing faults found in flavor and aroma taste and smell like.

Location: The Space that Used to be Listermann's! — 1621 Dana Ave

POP-UP social night this week! When Listermann's was closing and nobody knew what was going to happen to all the stuff onsite, the brewer from Nine Giant grabbed the Bloatarian sign (see below). Let's stop by the Brewporium for a drink, to pick up the sign, and to say thanks! Let's meet at Nine Giant at 7 PM on Thursday, October 9th. 

The Dayton DRAFT Brewfest is Saturday, September 27th. They could use more judges and stewards if you are available!

Signup here https://www.daytondraft.org/brewfest/

BEER & SWEAT IS ALMOST HERE!

When: Saturday, August 16th

Where: Holiday Inn Eastgate - 4501 Eastgate Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45245

Weekend Schedule:

Friday Night Bottle Share! We will again host a get together and bottle share on Friday night, August 15. Open invite, the share begins when someone opens the first (usually around 7). No cost to attend other than bringing something worth sharing !

For Attendees: 6pm doors open for B&S #37! Public welcome, $30 at the door grants you membership and sampling rights in this years commemorative 2025 logo’d sampling glass. *while supplies last – after judges/stewards/volunteers receive their glasses, there are less than 50 left. Get here early!

For Entrants: Kegs can be dropped off on Friday and stored in our refrigerated truck, donated by JTM Food Group! Be sure your kegs are clearly marked! On Saturday, access to the main hall for keg setup begins around 9am, with ice delivery around 10(ish). All kegs need to be ready to judge by Noon!

For Judges: Arrive around 11:30 and plan to be ready to judge by Noon. We try to keep a schedule, but sometimes things happen. We’ll announce judging assignments in the front hall at Noon.

Stay the Night! The Group Rate code BSK still appears to be working, and our special rate applies for both Friday and Saturday nights! Here is the booking link: Beer and Sweat Keg-Only Homebrew "37" Annual Competition.

Still need more info: Beer Awards Platform we use to manage the competition has more information here: https://beerawardsplatform.com/37th-annual-beer-sweat

On Wednesday, July 2nd we will be returning to Wooden Cask as part of the Big Brew Day event. If you took a share of the saison wort, you are required to bring it to Wooden Cask on July 2nd to share no matter how it turned out. If you are worried about what others will think of your beer, just remember that Andy Melchers will be bringing is DIPA by Committee beer that he brewed at Wooden Cask that day (if I recall, people dumped about 3 lbs of hops into that batch).

Our July club meeting's location is still TBD (check socials if not updated here!). However, Caleb from the Cincinnati State Brewing Science Institute will be giving a technical presentation on conducting an at-home diacetyl test. He will show us a way we can measure the diaceytl in our beer at home. He will also be giving an intro to water chemistry, geared to those who know they need to adjust their brewing water but aren't sure what to do.

The June Board meeting will be at Dead Low Brewing on Tuesday, June 3rd, starting at 7 PM. We are planning on integrating a critical tasting of some of Dead Low's beers with brewer Chris Cooper into the board meeting. Please attend if you have any business pertaining to the club.

The Missing Linck homebrew competition judging will take place on Saturday, June 7th, starting at 9 AM. We could still use a few more judges. If you are interested in judging, please contact Roxanne Westendorf and let her know.We will be holding our

June social night at Mellotone on Tuesday, June 10th, starting at 7 PM. Come out to socialize with the club and enjoy the excellent beers from this new brewery in town!

Our June club meeting will be at the Maderia Community Center (7451 Dawson Road, Maderia, OH 45243) on Friday, June 20th at 7PM. The main topic will be a Bloatarian Swap Meet. Do you have any equipment or ingredients you aren't use and could use a good home? Bring it to the club meeting to trade with others! New brewers, this may be a good opportunity to stock up your home brewery.

Caleb Ochs-Naderer, Professor and Program Chair of the Brewing Science Program at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will present on using Kveik Yeasts in your brews, and their history.

This month’s meeting is at the Box Elder Community Room in Northside, located at 4573 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223 (adjacent to The Comet). There’s parking on Hamilton, and the streets that surround it Otte and Frederick.

February Bloatarian Monthly Meeting is at Mt. Healthy Community Room – Address: 1541 Hill Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45231. 7pm as usual

Metts Potter is telling us how he packages beer for competition - just in time for AHA and Bloat Open!

Doors open at 5PM with a potluck dinner starting at 6 PM. Bring a dish to share. And bring beer, commercial or homebrew! This is when the club usually brings out those special beers to share.

Bring a bottle for the bottle exchange! Gift wrap a 750 mL bottle (or similar volume in a different format) of a special commercial beer for the exchange.

Last but not least, bring cash for the raffle!

Just a reminder Humble Monk is now located at 4100 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH.  They are not open to the general public yet nor serving beer yet.  

Tuesday, November 19th, social night at Bad Tom Smith's. A few months ago BBL member Andy G received a bunch of crushed grain from them that he distributed to the club. Let's stop by to say thank you!