06/29/2019

Follow this link to register for a workshop on off-flavors in beer.  This workshop will include both practical, hands-on tasting of off-flavors as well as materials and discussion about their causes, characteristics and contexts.   This workshop is appropriate for those who want to learn more about appreciating beer, enhance their sensory evaluation skills, and develop taste memory - brewers, servers, others in professional craft beer, BJCP judges and cicerones or those preparing for BJCP or

06/04/2019

Join us for a Beer and Cheese Pairing event, Friday night September 13th, 7:00 pm at Augustana (55th and Woodlawn in Chicago).  RSVPs are required, so please follow this link to reserve your spots - space is limited and, last year, we had to cap attendance , so reserve your spots today.   We will pair five handcrafted beers across a variety of styles with artisan cheeses.  The five brewers will be with us and will talk with us about their beer and its style, as well as the rationale behind

05/21/2019

CHAOS Homebrew Club has a barrel aged beer program and I've agreed to help tend to it for the next year or so.  At the CHAOS brewhouse, we have a barrel rack with three shelves - currently, we're using two of the shelves for barrels, so we have plenty of room to expand the program if there is interest.   Barrel-aging beers is great fun and a bit of an adventure - you never quite know what you're going to get out of it.   Also, because of the size of barrels, it also involves brewing with other