This month we welcome Joe Yeado – Founder and President of The Gathering Place Brewery. Community engagement is the name of the game for this brewery. Joe donates a portion of his profits every quarter to local charities/non profits.

You can find brews from The Gathering Place all over the community. They are at too many establishments to name so here is the link to find them near you http://www.gatheringplacebrewing.com/find-our-beer

The Gathering Place also co-sponsored the Cream City Homebrew Competition, which the club had great representation. Two of our entries made it into the finals and numerous others entered.

For those not familiar with the club, the next general meeting is on May 22th @ Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners. We start @ 7:30 p.m. and be sure to bring tasting glasses!

Please join us on the 24th of April as we welcome our guest speaker Lance Shaner – founder/owner of Omega Yeast. The popularity of Omega Yeast has exploded as of late. Omega is resilient and aggressive, the yeast also offers impressive flavors and quick fermentation. Lance will be talking about his company and their great products. We will have a minimum of 10 kegs fermented with Omega on tap so there will plenty to share. Feel free to invite your friends!!!

For those not familiar with the club we meet at Cliffords Supper Club in Hales Corners. We start @ 7:30 p.m. and be sure to bring tasting glasses!

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.