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This month we welcome Raised Grain to join the Barons. Raised Grain began when two full time doctors and avid homebrewers were discussing who made better beer, Belgium or Scotland. The beer they brewed as a compromise to their argument became their flagship brew and subsequently the 2016 GABF gold winner, Paradocs Red. Raised Grain recently expanded their production into a 20,000 Sq Ft space with a state of the art brewing system and canning line.  You can find them online at http://www.raisedgrainbrewing.com or you can visit their taproom at the address below.

2244 W. Bluemound Rd. Suite E. Waukesha, WI 53186

Click Here For Directions: (a little tough to find, but we promise it’s worth the effort)

This month we welcome founder & co-owner, Tommy Vandervort and head brewer,  James Larson of Enlightened brewing company to join us for our general meeting.

Tommy worked many years in the service industry, during this time he fell in love with craft beer. It wasn’t until his parents gifted him a home brewing kit for Christmas, that he found his passion for brewing.

James earned his Master’s Degree in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and spent an internship at Bells Brewing.

Enlightened first opened its doors in January 2013, brewing only a half barrel at a time in the Lincoln Warehouse. They have since moved to their larger space, and upgraded to a 3.5 BBL brew house in 2016.

This general meeting will be held at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners, WI on Wednesday, March 28th. The meeting will start at 7:30pm, however you are welcome to stop in earlier and enjoy food that Cliffords has to offer. Please remember to bring your own tasting glass (or two).

This month we welcome Mike Doble (founder) and Kyle Ciske (head brewer) of The Explorium Brewpub, they are the first and only brewery located in Greendale. Mike and Joan Doble founded The Explorium Brewpub in 2016.  Mike grew up traveling the world as a child of the military; Joan is a Wisconsin girl with strong roots in Milwaukee. They settled in Milwaukee in 2008, but a few years ago, they ventured to Florida to lend a hand in the family brewpub business. Armed with new-found knowledge and experience, Mike and Joan came back home to Wisconsin to develop a brewpub of their own bringing together the best of their experiences. 

This months meeting will take place at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners. As usual the event will start at 7:30pm.

This month’s general meeting we welcome Tim Pauly of Broken Bat Brewing Company.  Broken Bat opened in April of 2017 in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward.

Broken Bat’s name comes from the notion that “In baseball, when a bat breaks, it’s something unexpected.  And that’s essentially what our beer is going to be like, what the brewery is going to be: something different, unexpected.”

As always, members are encouraged to bring their latest homebrew to share with the group. Please notify me directly if you plan to bring anything served on tap.

This general meeting will be held at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners, WI on Wednesday, January 24th. The meeting will start at 7:30pm, however you are welcome to stop in earlier and enjoy food that Cliffords has to offer.

The holiday party is finally here!  The meeting starts early this month, 7:00pm.  Guest are welcome tonight for the standard $15 fee.  Like always, we are meeting at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners.  There is no formal programming or guests tonight but we do have elections for our Board so please make sure to get there to vote.

Cliffords will be providing broasted chicken and potatoes.  Please bring a dish to pass, as long as it doesn’t require a heat source.  Tonight is the night to eat, drink, and be merry alongside your fellow Barons.  We will have some excellent beers on tap tonight also.  Hope to see you all there.

Remember this months meeting is early November 15

The New addition of Baron Mind is also now available

This month’s general meeting will be the culmination of the Barrel Project started this time last year. 6 teams brewed 6 different beers of their own recipe and chose a barrel of their choice to age the beer.

Please join us in the sampling of these beers as each of the teams discuss their recipe, their barrel selection, the barrel condition, and the process they took to make and age the beer.

In addition to the Barrel Project, we welcome the Anti-Barrel project. A group of Barons who sought after creating the same flavor profiles of barrel aging without a barrel. They will talk about the different alternatives available, their process and their result.

Last we will also be continuing our pre-meeting beer evaluation. Starting at 7pm, if you have a beer you want to get real-time feedback, bring in a bottle or two and have several BJCP judges provide constructive criticism to help make you a better brewer.

For those of you who are new, our general meeting will be held on October 25th, begins at 7:30pm and will be in its usual location at Cliffords Supper Club located at 10418 W Forest Home Ave, Hales Corners, WI 53130.

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