November 2024 Newsletter

The leaves and beer are turning brown as we move into the colder months. We’re having a highway cleanup this saturday to get a clean slate before the snow hits, hope to see you there. We have one more general meeting this year and you don’t want to miss it. We’re having our annual election and it’s in-person voting only. We’re also doing an acetaldehyde spike tasting and education topic, another common off-flavor.

October 2024 Newsletter

Almost forgot to send a newsletter! I’ll make it short. The gauntlet schedule for 2025 is out! Take a look BOTY Scedule, we have some interesting competitions lined up. The October general meeting is the deadline for nominations for the Board of Directors. Have a friend (you must both be members) send an email to whiskeyrowbrewclub@gmail.com to nominate you for the position of your choice if you wish to run. Elections will be at the November meeting and you must have already been nominated in order to run.

October General Meeting

General Meeting October 17 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: British Strong Ale Ed Topic: Mead Tasting Notes: prospective members welcome

Outer Loop Cleanup

Solid road clean-up today! 5 full bags of trash and a couple of tires. Ended the clean up at Wren House Brewing Company Prairie Patio for Oktoberfest!

September 2024 Newsletter

Welcome to the fall, the night is coming sooner and the beers are getting darker. We said goodbye to summer in grand fashion at Labor Daze in Williams. Three brewers had 7 beers on tap at the WRBC tent, they were all delicious and well received by the crowd. We weren’t able to win the crowd favorite, but we were very competitive in the voting. We did a fair amount of merch sales and made great connections for future club and brewery collabs.

Lazy G Comp Tapping Party

As part of our Lazy G Competition, the winner gets to help brew their recipe at Lazy G, for sale in the taproom and for entry into the GABF Pro-Am competition! So, this Friday, let’s help Wes celebrate the tapping of his Wes-side Pale Ale!

August 2024 Newsletter

Another Horseshoes & Homebrews is in the books. We didn’t have any horseshoes, but we made up for it in homebrews, with 9 entries in the gauntlet and 5 others on tap. Take a look at this post for more details and pictures: 2024 Horseshoes and Homebrews John had a water report done for downtown Prescott, so if you live near there, you might find it useful for dialing in your water profile for brewing.

August General Meeting

General Meeting August 15 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: Farmhouse Ales Ed Topic: Diacetyl Tasting and Prevention Notes: prospective members welcome

2024 Horseshoes and Homebrews

Another awesome Horseshoes & Homebrews weekend in the books! 8 taps of delicious homebrew flowing throughout, 4 taps of Brown Bag beer, and some very cinnamony apple pie distilled “water”. We had 9 entries from 7 brewers in the Session (under 5%) gauntlet: First place went to Susan and her Cherry Limeade Session Mead (yes only 4% ABV), which was promptly emptied by all in attendance. Second went to Wes with his spot-on and highly-crushable, traditional Gose.

2024 July Newsletter

WRBC Monthly July 2024 Club Website     Club Calendar     Board Calendar     Competition Schedule     News This summer is flying by. Whiskey Row Brew Fest was great fun, our biggest turnout for the competition in a long time. The breweries were excited to get their awards, even if they didn't hear it announced. We definitely know some improvements to make for next year, but I think we accomplished all we set out to do.

June General Meeting

General Meeting June 20 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: Wheat Beer Ed Topic: Trivia Game Notes: prospective members welcome

2024 June Newsletter

WRBC Monthly June 2024 Club Website     Club Calendar     Board Calendar     Competition Schedule     News The weather is heating up, and so are the beery events! I believe we had our first club sporting event. Sloshball was a blast and we had less than 5 injuries! We broke in the new Jockeybox with icy cold lager and seltzer, while The Flatearthers were obliterated by The Sloshballerz. Whiskey Row Brew Fest is tomorrow and it looks to be much bigger than last year.

2024 Lazy G Results

In a heated 5-entry competition, the judges selected our brewer of the year, Wes as the winner. His American Pale Ale will be brewed and served at Lazy G this summer and compete in the GABF Pro-Am competition in October. Watch for a tapping party in July or August! Second place - Tuk Third place - Seth Congratulations all!

May General Meeting

General Meeting May 16 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: Modelo Especial Clone Ed Topic: Session Brewing Notes: prospective members welcome

2024 May Newsletter

WRBC Monthly May 2024 Club Website     Club Calendar     Board Calendar     Competition Schedule     News The Lazy G competition judging is complete, we will share the results at the next meeting! The Wren House brew day was a howl, literally! We brewed about 20 gallons of beer and 10 gallons of mead! We had some interest from the public, but the wind was really too much for most of them. We had awesome tacos, salsa, guac, etc.

April General Meeting

Whiskey Row Brew Club General Meeting April 18 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: Amer. Pale Ale Ed Topic: Advancements in\nHomebrew Equipment Notes: prospective members welcome

2024 April Newsletter

WRBC Monthly April 2024 Club Website     Club Calendar     Board Calendar     Competition Schedule     News The Lazy G competition is closing in, get your Pale Ale brewed! The entry deadline has been extended to 5/2, you will need to make arrangements with John A or bring it to the May board meeting. if you are unable to turn yours in at the April General Meeting. The gauntlet is the same style, so there's a good chance we'll all get to sample the winning brews this year!

Available Merch

You asked and we’ve answered! Here’s the currently available merch. Email Jodi to check on inventory and arrange purchase. note: the cowgirl image is a sticker and there are some pilsner glasses with the hop skull logo and deer logo

March General Meeting

Whiskey Row Brew Club General Meeting March 21 6pm Cocky’s Chicken+Brew Gauntlet: California Common Ed Topic: Monster Mash Notes: prospective members welcome

National Homebrew Day Wren House Brew Day

We’re having a brew out at Wren House Prairie Patio to celebrate National Homebrew Day! Sunday, May 5 Wren House Prairie Patio 6396 Lear Ln Prescott, AZ 86301 Brewing starts at 10am (will continue well into the afternoon) Patio starts selling beer at 1pm Patio closes at 6:30 There will be power and water available for brewers. At least three brewers will be brewing that day. If you want to learn how to brew, or are just curious, stop by and check it out.

2023 Brewer of the Year, Wes Mueller

 In what can only be described as the homebrewing battle of the century, club Vice President Wes Mueller walked away with the coveted Homebrewer of the Year award for 2023, taking the prize from long-time champion John Allen. Wes medaled in 10 out of 12 club gauntlets including a dramatic win to seal the title at the holiday party, besting 10 rival smoked beers! Congratulations Wes!

Learn to Brew Day

 We're having a brew out at Wren House Prairie Patio to celebrate Learn to Homebrew Day! Sunday, November 5 Wren House Prairie Patio 6396 Lear Ln Prescott, AZ 86301 Brewing starts at 10am (will continue well into the afternoon)Patio starts selling beer at 1pmPatio closes at 6:30 There will be power and water available for brewers. At least three brewers will be brewing that day. If you want to learn how to brew, or are just curious, stop by and check it out.

Horseshoes & Homebrews 2023

Horseshoes and Homebrews is our big summer event and it didn't disappoint!  Through the weekend we had 17 homebrews on tap from 7 brewers, 9 gauntlet entries, 6 salsas in the salsa competition and countless bottles passed of rare and homemade beer and other concoctions! We had a private tour of Grand Canyon Brewing and Distilling, with samples. Nearly 30 people and 4 dogs joined in the fun!

Whiskey Row Brew Fest 2023!

 Whiskey Row Brew Fest is back this Saturday, the club will be hosting the best of show contest for the breweries in attendance and we'll have an information booth and our amazing merch for sale!

Mudshark Wins 2023 Pary in the Pines Best of Show

 In a tight competition, Mudshark brewing took first place with their delicious Vanilla Caramel Porter Second place went to Revision Brewing for their awesome Disco Ninja Hazy IPA Third went to local favorite, Lazy G for their highly crushable Leroux Lager

Party in the Pines is Back!

Party in the Pines is back this Saturday in Prescott! The club will be holding a best of show competition for the breweries in attendance, along with an informational booth and our amazing merchandise. See you there!

National Homebrew Day, 2023

We're having a brew out at Wren House Prairie Patio to celebrate National Homebrew Day! Sunday, May 7 Wren House Prairie Patio 6396 Lear Ln Prescott, AZ 86301 Brewing starts at 10am (will continue well into the afternoon)Patio starts selling beer at 1pmPatio closes at 6:30 There will be power and water available for brewers. At least three brewers will be brewing that day. If you want to learn how to brew, or are just curious, stop by and check it out.

2023 Lazy G Competition!

 We're on again for the Lazy G competition! Entries due 5/6, members of AHA and WRBC only, winner will have their beer brewed and served at Lazy G, and it will be entered in the Great American Beer Festival in the Pro-Am competition! Follow the link for full details Lazy G Pro-Am Competition

Homebrew Con 2023 - San Diego!

 We're going to HomebrewCon this summer! Join us, it should be a blast! You have to be an American Homebrewers Association member to go, be sure to use our discount code at checkout "WRBC".

January 2023 Meeting

Thursday 1-19-23 6:00 at Park Plaza Liquor and Deli We’ll be meeting at 6:00 in the Glass Room, their private dining room. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. We’re hoping to make Park Plaza our permanent meeting home, so let’s show them that we’ll make it worth their while! We’re re-introducing the Homebrew Happy Hour from 4:00-6:00 in the bar area, beers will be half off. Come hang out before the meeting.

2022 Brewer of the Year, John Allen!

In a hot competition for this year’s Brewer of the Year, with 6 different brewers winning in our 13 competitions, long-time member and head of club education, John Allen claimed victory for the second year in a row at the annual holiday party. John demonstrated his prowess winning gauntlets in the styles of ordinary bitter, Irish red, Saison, and festbier, as well as strong entries in most of the other contests.

Learn to homebrew day

Event Details It's a brew day at John's house, come brew, eat, and drink. If you are thinking of brewing your first batch, reach out in the comments on the FB event and we'll hook you up. If you are thinking about joining the club or learning to brew, this is a great time to do it.

Na'Cho Beer Fest at That Brewing

Beer Fest in Cottonwood Nov 5! Some club members will be there, and I think some of them will have their beer on tap (pro-brew, not home-brew)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-nacho-beer-festival-but-it-can-be-tickets-440019178207 the text of the event still has last year’s dates, but it is on Saturday, Nov 5

Barrel Project - 2022

Last year Greg G. got a 50 gallon whiskey barrel for his birthday and decided to use it for making something special with the club. We settled on an imperial stout. 5 club members volunteered to brew for it. We got together last month and settled on a recipe. With an OG of 1.104, many of us were pushing our systems to the limit, some of us had to double our boil times to get close to the target.

BJCP Study Group

As mentioned in the last meeting, we’ll be launching a study group aimed at getting some folks into the BJCP. I created a survey to hopefully get some of the logistics figured out without too much discussion. If you are interested in becoming a judge, please fill out this survey, it’s way shorter than the exam.Study Group Survey

Tuk's Porter at Lazy G!

Celebrate the release of Tuk's robust porter Lazy G BrewhouseFriday August 5, 20225:30 pm

Horseshoes and Homebrews 2022

H&H 2022 is a wrap! Horseshoes winner: Tuk Homebrews winner: Janine Salsa winner: Greg A good time was had by all, here's some evidence  

Whiskey Row Brew Fest

Whiskey Row Brew Fest The club will be judging the competition and selling merchandise at the festival 

Lazy G comp/collab

The brew club and Lazy G are joining forces for a brew competition. The competition winner will have an opportunity to brew their beer at Lazy G and your beer will be submitted to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) under the Pro-am category. Details are as follows: submit two 12 oz bottles with BJCP labels attached and recipe at the May club meeting. Bottles will be collected in the alley before the meeting.

Upcoming Competitions

ASH Spring ClassicRegister by 3/20/2022, $10 per entry, 2 bottles, club members will likely organize a group drop off National Homebrew CompetitionCompetition Registration & Beer Payment March 22 – March 29, 2022

February Meeting

When/Where: Thursday  Feb 17, 2022  6:00pm   Prescott Brewing Company upstairs, come a little early to socialize Gauntlet:style - ESB beers collected 5:45-6 in back lot (2-3 bottles) don't bring any beer through the front entrance no growlers, unless empty for filling up with PBC beer Education:Barleywine