Author: Jonathan Greene

Schnapp Hans Cup 2021 Results are posted

Jonathan Greene

We just wrapped up the 2021 Schnapp Hans Cup, and we are thrilled to announce the winners. Our club had a great showing this year, including a clean sweep of the Strong and Wood-Aged Beers. Congrats to all the Barons and others who medaled as well. The quality of beer this year was the best yet!

Big thanks to everyone who came together to make this competition happen. Without the volunteers, judges, stewards, and entrants we wouldn’t have a competition to enjoy. A huge thanks to our gracious host, the Delafield Brewhaus for making us feel at home and for sponsoring all the awards! Go get a beer and some delicious food there next time you are in the area.

See all the winners here: https://schnapphanscup.com/competition. If you entered, log into your account to download your scoresheets. Prosit!

The 12 Beers of Christmas

Jonathan Greene

Hey Barons, this holiday season we are introducing a home-made beverage exchange! It’s called the 12 Beers of Christmas, and here is how it works:

  1. Brew a beer, cider or mead
  2. Bring 12 labeled bottles or cans of Beer, Cider or Mead to the December Meeting
  3. Receive 12 bottles of beer/mead/cider from the other participants
  4. Enjoy!

Participants will have a designated area where they exchange their beers. If you want to participate, you’ll need to sign up below!

At long last, the 2019 Picnic is almost here!

Jonathan Greene

Our annual picnic will be on Saturday, September 7th at Picnic Area 3 on the Root River Parkway (see map below) rain or shine. We kick off about noon with food provided (burgers, brats, chicken breast, salads) along with all our drafts lines pouring homemade beers, meads, and ciders. We encourage you to bring a dish to share, chairs, pop-up tents, towels, yard games or any other summer-outdoor-type-of-thing.

Bring your best beer, mead, or cider for a chance to win our ‘best beverage’ get your name etched on the Jerry Hetzel Memorial Mash Paddle. There is also a ‘food-made-with-beer’ competition for any edible you bring that includes beer/mead/cider as a recipe component. Both competitions are popular-vote style, voted on by our guests.

We will be holding our annual picnic pay-to-play giveaway again this year. We will have a lot of great things in the pay-to-play giveaway and will update this post with more details as they become available!

Root River Parkway Picnic Area 3
Greendale, WI 53129

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/8CsZydTpq1D2

While you are welcome to buy your tickets to the picnic onsite the day of, we appreciate you buying them ahead of time! It helps us gauge how many people will be in attendance, and therefore how much food, beer, and swag to bring! Get your tickets now!

Timeline: We’ll be there at 11am. Food starts around 12:30pm. Giveaway starts at 5pm.

Thanks, 2018. Welcome, 2019!

Jonathan Greene

As we prepare to welcome 2019, we want to step back and thank the outgoing 2018 Officers for leading the club this past year, and providing our members with educational and entertaining programming each month.

Big thanks to Jason Rohloff, Max Liptack, Mike Borchert, Erick Joseph, Mike Sande, Terry McDonald, and Steve Williams!

We also extend our gratitude to the incoming Officers who will be leading us in 2019. Please welcome:

  • Rashal Kowal (President)
  • Tom Nowalis (Vice President)
  • Paul Karcher (Treasurer)
  • Lori McDonald (Secretary)
  • Jason Otto (Sergeant at Arms)
  • Erick Joseph (Member at Large)
  • Jake Eggener (Member at Large)

Lastly, the store has been updated with 2019 Memberships, so please re-new your membership before the February meeting!

Feature Image Copyright: Hail to the Ale

2018 Picnic Details

Jonathan Greene

Our annual picnic will be on Saturday, September 8th at Picnic Area 3 on the Root River Parkway (see map below) rain or shine. We kick off about noon with a food provided (burgers, brats, chicken breast, salads) along with all our drafts lines pouring homemade beers, meads, and ciders. We encourage you to bring a dish to share, chairs, pop-up tents, towels, yard games or any other summer-outdoor-type-of-thing.

Bring your best beer, mead, or cider for a chance to win our ‘best beverage’ get your name etched on the Jerry Hetzel Memorial Mash Paddle. There is also a ‘food-made-with-beer’ competition for any edible you bring that includes beer/mead/cider as a recipe component. Both competitions are popular-vote style, voted on by our guests.

We will be holding our annual picnic pay-to-play giveaway again this year. We will have a lot of great things in the pay-to-play giveaway and will update this post with more details as they become available!

Root River Parkway Picnic Area 3
Greendale, WI 53129

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/8CsZydTpq1D2

Get your tickets now!

Timeline: We’ll be there at 11am. Food starts around 12:30pm. Giveaway starts at 5pm.

Celebrating the Life of Bob Wilson – Aug 2nd from 6pm – 8pm @ Wehr Nature Center

Jonathan Greene

As many of you know, we lost one of our beloved founding members, Bob Wilson, earlier this year. Bob was active in our club and brought his smile and encouragement wherever he went.

On Thursday, August 2nd from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Wehr Nature Center, we are joining up with several other organizations that Bob was passionate about to celebrate his life.  We encourage you to join us and to bring any friends and family as you see fit. Wehr Nature Center kindly asks that we give them a rough count of attendees from the Barons. If you plan to come, please let us know via the form below.

We will be setting up a club Jockey Box and providing beers for the crowd. If you would like to provide a keg (or bottles) for the celebration, please email Jon ([email protected]).

The Wehr Nature Center has made a PDF that you are free to distribute as you see fit.

The other participating organizations are:

Here is a map to the nature center:

Planning to join us?