We are a club of beer, cider, mead and other beverage makers and enthusiasts who have been evangelizing\u00a0our passion to the south-eastern Wisconsin area since 1989. Our members share their knowledge\u00a0and skills freely and foster\u00a0a culture of inclusion, helpfulness and respect. We still meet at our original venue, Clifford’s Supper Club<\/a> in Hales Corners, every 4th Wednesday of the month. Our monthly subjects vary from technical brewing topics to visits from commercial brewers and conversations by experts in a field related to our beloved beverages.<\/p>\n We take educating our members and community about the finer points of beer and brewing seriously. Outside of general meetings, we get involved with a variety of community events – serving and teaching\u00a0about beer and brewing.<\/p>\n Our members run an annual series of BJCP (Beer Judge Certificate Program<\/a>) classes<\/a> to help brewers and drinkers learn about what they are tasting, become better judges and brewers, and expand their knowledge and beer vocabulary.<\/p>\n In 2016 we hosted a pubic conference with the authors of the Brewer’s Publications<\/a> Brewing Elements series. We invited speakers John Palmer<\/a>, Chris White<\/a>, John Mallet<\/a>, Colin Kaminski<\/a>, and Stan Hieronymus<\/a> to give in-depth lectures on their respective areas of expertise: Water<\/a>, Malt<\/a>, Yeast<\/a> and Hops<\/a>.<\/p>\n We also offer an annual scholarship<\/a> for a local brewing professional to attend the Siebel Institute of Technology<\/a> in Chicago, IL. If you haven’t noticed, we have a passion for educating our community about quality beer!<\/p>\n Brewing competitions are a fun and informative way for brewers to receive feedback and acclaim for their beers. We host and run several home brewing competitions each year. Our current annual competitions are Midwinter<\/a>, The Schnapp Hans Cup<\/a>\u00a0and German Fest Stein Challenge<\/a>. We also help organize the judging for the State Fair home brewing competition, and our members can be found judging at many<\/a> other<\/a> competitions<\/a> in the midwest and beyond.<\/p>\nWhat we do<\/h2>\n
\u00a0Education<\/h4>\n
\n\u00a0Competitions<\/h4>\n
\n\u00a0World of Beer<\/h4>\n