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Coffee + Beer + Community isn’t just a mantra, it’s a way of life for the folks at Vennture Brewing.  Opened in July 2018, owners Simon McConico, Rob Gustafson, and Jake Rohde know a thing or two about this.  You feel it from the moment you walk through their doors at 5519 W. North Ave in Milwaukee.  Open early to get your hot and cold brew coffee then into the night with some of the best beer in the Milwaukee area.  

We will be having Vennture as our guest this month to tell us more about their brewery and beverages and maybe even a little about their coffee roasting and how they incorporate coffee into all kinds of their creations.  As always, we will be at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners, 7:30pm, Wednesday, August 25th.  Guests are always welcome ($15, cash only please) and we also are happy to sign up new members to the club.  Hope to see you there.

Don’t know the relevance of Category 1??  Well then check out this link: https://dev.bjcp.org/style/2015/1/.  The plan is to do some blind tasting of some of that yellow fizzy stuff you have been around your whole life.  At 7:30pm on Wednesday July 28th, at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners come join us for some side by side tasting.  You say that you can easily pick out a certain light beer from Milwaukee vs. its counterpart from St. Louis?  Well, come to this meeting and find out.  There just might be a few curveballs thrown in the mix to throw your tastebuds off.  

A few people in our club meet on a regular basis for these kind of tasting comparisons on a regular basis to sample BJCP commercial examples and other commercial versions as well as homebrew versions.  This group has come up with our own sub-category that we have yet to submit to the BJCP, but you can be assured that this mystery group will be in the mix.  Want to find out what that is???  Come join us!  Please sign up below.

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For June, we have a little competition on our hands. 9 people/groups took part in a fantasy football style ingredient “draft” during the April meeting. They had to use at least 1 base malt, 2 specialty grains, 2 hops, 1 adjunct, and a randomly selected yeast. The plan is for these to be on the jockey boxes early so everyone can grab a sample for the first 30ish minutes of the
meeting. Make sure to grab a voting ballot to vote on these anonymous choices on the boxes. We will then ask the teams to come up front and say something about the beer they made, then announce the winners.

We haven’t done a comp like this for the club in a while and it should really highlight the brewing skill and creativity of our teams.  Hopefully you can join us.  If you plan on joining us in person, please use the “Signup” below.  If you want to join us remotely, the Zoom link will be active.

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Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than bring in the Fox Valley’s finest, Lion’s Tail Brewing Co.  Sales Manager Eric Henzel will be in the house sharing some of the best beer in the state.  In the Milwaukee area, we don’t always get a lot of distribution form Lion’s Tail, but when you find it, grab it, trust us.  

A little more than 5 years ago they hit the brewing scene in the Fox Valley and have taken the are by storm.  If you’ve seen it around the MKE area, you are probably already familiar with Juice Cloud, a NEIPA that could be considered their flagship.  While they are known for their IPA’s, they are also leading the charge making slushee style beers, super clean lagers, and some pretty decadent stouts.  What will Eric be bringing Wednesday, May 26th?  We won’t say, only one way to find out.  Join us at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners at 7:30pm to be in the know.

This month we welcome our friend, and World of Beer Festival, Bavarian Bierhaus.  If you missed their Halftoberfest celebration, look no further than Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners, 7:30PM, Wednesday April 28th.  We will have the delicious German beer that Bavarian Bierhaus makes on site alongside multiple dipping sauces to pair with Milwaukee Pretzel Company pretzels.  

Don’t forget, if you have lederhosen or a dirndl, you are HIGHLY recommended to wear it to celebrate with us.  We are always welcoming new members as well as guests.  $15 for guests, please bring cash.  We hope to see you there.

Our very own Bruce Buerger is running for the AHA Governing Committee. Make sure your AHA membership is up to date and go vote for Bruce!

This month we welcome Ethan Keller, Owner and Cidermaker from Cache Cider.  Focusing on single varietal ciders, Cache takes a slightly more traditional swing at ciders, but one that really shows the full expression of the apples.  That’s not to say that there isn’t going to be a little more magic going on in the cidery. 

Please join us at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners on Wednesday, March 24th, at 7:30 to hear the story of Cache and taste some of Ethan’s excellent work.  If you can’t make it to the meeting, then make sure to find Cache on Facebook or at the taproom, 2612 S. Greeley St. in Bay View.  Hope to see you there!

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This month, we welcome Kevin Kuzlik of Revolution Brewing to share some of the best beer available from our neighbors to the south.  They are the largest independently owned brewery in the State of Illinois and have won multiple awards from FOBAB to GABF to regularly being recognized by the Brewers Association as one of the best breweries in the nation. 

Only a short drive from the Milwaukee area, they have two locations.  One is the site of their main brewery, which also houses a German beer hall inspired tap room.  The second is the brewpub, the original location, which has some outstanding pub food and a tap lineup that rivals pretty much any craft beer bar around.  

They are well known for their lineup of “Heroes” but over the past few years, their Deep Woods Series has really put them on the map with some amazing barrel aged beers.  If you join us for the meeting, you just might get to try one of them.   You can join us on February 24th, at 7:30, at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners.

After a year off, our own Dave Campbell is back with another installment of gadget night. A machinist and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrd5W8kV0qjLNBtQsfF8KFA) celebrity will be presenting some of his favorite inventions for brewing that you can hopefully add to your toolbox. Also, before the meeting, we will have another swap meet. If you have equipment you are looking to sell or trade, or if you are looking to purchase or are in need of something, join us starting at 7:00 and look to make a deal. The swap meet will end when the general meeting starts at 7:30.

We kindly ask that if you are planning on attending, you sign up in advance. We will have some commercial beer for the meeting and want to plan ahead. As with past months, we will be taking temperatures upon entry and will serve any beer from the jockey boxes or commercial beers in single serving cups. The link to sign up can be found below.

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