March General Meeting – Mobcraft/Unique Brew Night

March will be a meeting you wont want to miss. We have Mobcraft coming in to discuss commercial recipe construction and how they brew the unique stuff that they do. If you are familiar with Mobcraft you know they are quality!

Mobcraft will be accompanied by our own brewers’ attempt on some unique recipes. These “outside the box” recipes include a Brown Ale brewed with Gingersnap cookies, a Fruitcake Dopplebock and many more surprises. We will likely have some more traditional brews on the jockey boxes as well for the purists.

For those not familiar with the club, the next general meeting is on March 27th @ Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners. We start @ 7:30 p.m. and be sure to bring tasting glasses!

Big Brew Day II – Munich Helles

Back in November we brewed a huge batch of Munich Helles at Spike Brewing on their 50 gallon system and split that batch multiple way with different yeast strains and temperatures. This month is the day those beers go on tap so we can break down the effects of these differences.

We also will have Milwaukee Pretzel Company pretzels for your enjoyment as well since it is the perfect compliment to this light and crisp beer style.

January 2019 Meeting – Gadget Night

This month Barons member Dave Campbell is returning for gadget night. Dave will be presenting a “best of” presentation which I am sure will provide some inspiration for everybody that attends. If you like Dave’s ideas be sure to follow his youtube page “mkegadgets.”

If you are new to the club or if you haven’t attended in a while we would like to invite you back! Dave’s presentation is built to inspire us and help us improve our brewing skills.

Our general meeting is held the 4th Wednesday every month and 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.

Lastly, please arrive a few minutes early if you plan to renew your membership. You can save time by renewing online by accessing the Barons Shopping Cart.

Thanks, 2018. Welcome, 2019!

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!


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Holiday Party 2018

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.

November 2018 – General Meeting: BELGIAN NIGHT!!

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This months general meeting is our annual Belgian Night! Please remember it will be on the 4th Wednesday of the month, November 28th!!

We have a wide variety of Belgian style beers to sample, that has been put together by one of our members Tom Nowalis. Please join us in sampling the variety of Belgian style beers while we discuss some of the many differences between the American style Belgians compare to those from over the pond.

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 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.

Also please remember, November is our month for Officer nominations. If you wish to run for a position please make sure you attend this meeting!

October 2018 – General Meeting: 2nd Annual Barrel Project

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This month’s general meeting will be the 2nd Annual Barrel Aged Beer Project. In this project, the Beer Barons purchase used barrels for aging a brew of the teams choice. This year we have several teams along with individuals who also aged beer for sampling.

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.

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 24th, 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.

Last – next months meeting will be our usual Belgian night! However, please note, it will occur the 4th Wednesday of November.

2018 Picnic Details

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.

August 2018 – General Meeting: Central Waters with Anello Mollica

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This month we welcome Central Waters with Co-Owner Anello Mollica!

While Anello and Central Waters really need no introduction, I’ll keep it short. Central Waters has been around since 1998. After several exchanges in ownership, the brewery is now owned by Anello and Paul Graham.

Central Waters is notoriously known for their stellar barrel aged beer program.

 

The beer lineup includes this years return of Peruvian Morning, Honey Blonde, HHG, and Bourbon Scotch. We may also have a Pilot Batch to sample along with some very limited samples from deep in the CW cellar – these will not be listed online, you will have to attend the meeting to find out!

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.

This general meeting will be held at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners, WI on Wednesday, August 22nd. 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).

July 2018 – General Meeting: BJCP Night with Bruce: 25B Saisons

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Love ’em or hate ’em, a saison is a complex beer that are relatively simple in recipe formulation and are tolerant to much higher fermentation temperatures (great option for summer time brewing for those without fermentation control).

This month we welcome a well know member and BJCP judge, Bruce Buerger, to breakdown category 25B; Saisons! Please join us to learn more from Bruce’s vast knowledge of beer evaluation and styles. Make sure you bring a question or two as well, just don’t forget to ‘use your words’.

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.

This general meeting will be held at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners, WI on Wednesday, July 25th. 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).