Homebrew Club for Springfield, Illinois
A club for homebrewing enthusiasts in Springfield, Illinois. Currently holding monthly meetings to share brews and information.
Site Membership
The public is welcome to view our main club page. Should you wish to participate on the website, please apply for membership. You will then be approved by an admin.
Meetings are open to the public and there is no need to request permission to attend, just a desire to know and brew great beer!
Here is a pdf file of the bylaws for the Prairie Schooners Homebrewers adopted 11 June 2009: PSHBylaws20090611.pdf
Club Officers are:
President - Brian Phillips
Vice President - Mark Sheftick
Treasurer - Mike Bauer
Secretary - Shannon Shanks
Contact Information:
prairie.schooners@gmail.com
(217) 953-0229
Meetings are open to the public and there is no need to request permission to attend, just a desire to know and brew great beer!
Here is a pdf file of the bylaws for the Prairie Schooners Homebrewers adopted 11 June 2009: PSHBylaws20090611.pdf
Club Officers are:
President - Brian Phillips
Vice President - Mark Sheftick
Treasurer - Mike Bauer
Secretary - Shannon Shanks
Contact Information:
prairie.schooners@gmail.com
(217) 953-0229
Latest Activity
Prairie Schooner November Meeting at Floyd's Thirst Parlor
November 12, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm
Monthly Meeting
Will do, Smalley.
It's Dawn's Birthday, so I can't make the meeting. Have a pint for me.
Thanks, Brian. Just racked to secondary, still at 1.017. Sorry we couldn't make the event at Friar Tuck's, but we were in Chicago overnight. Hope it was successful.
Prairie Schooner November Meeting at Floyd's Thirst Parlor
November 12, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm
Monthly Meeting
Hey Jordon,
Looks like you hit your target. The haze should clear in the 2dary. Sounds real tasty - great job.
I just want to congratulate all who participated in the planning, execution, and participation at the Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day. Thank you all very much for all your efforts.
I cant stay long but I will bring a couple of bottles of homebrew to this event.
Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day 2009 at Friar Tucks
November 7, 2009 from 1pm to 4pm
The AHA has designated the first Saturday in November as a day for homebrewers, homebrew clubs and local homebrew supply shops to the the uninitiated how to brew their own beer.
This could be an opportunity for our club to introduce the hobby to ...
I'll bring at least a 6-pack of homebrews for the tasting at Friar Tuck tomorrow. The weather is to be great, so I hope the members come out to support this event.
To update anyone who cares: Gravity 5 November (with bubbles more than a minute and a half apart yesterday): 1.017 at 64 degrees fahrenheit. Slightly hazy orange brown, floral hop nose, slight sweetness on tangy hop palate, long dry hop finish. No...
Further tuning of the "Plan" - I was not going to bring my chiller because I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. My "chiller" is going to be 3 gallons of pre-boiled and refrigerated water to pre-charge the fermenter with. Should be enough t...
Thanks JD. That sounds like a great idea. Court will be bringing a tent for us to be under, but the weather report is looking good.
JD, I like the idea. Grats on the son buying a house and moving out.
I will throw my counter flow chiller in the car to bring for a display of a second type of chiller. I am assuming that somebody will have their immersion chiller on hand.
OK - after much investigation, I think this is what I can do.
I can bring my burner and a couple of pots and some prepped water and a brew bucket and a shade. If I spend about $25 ( that covers a can of extract, a couple pounds of spray malt, a co...
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Prairie Schooner November Meeting at Floyd's Thirst Parlor
November 12, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm
Monthly Meeting
I will bring a few bottles. If more is needed, I could bring 5L mini-keg.
Events
November 12
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Prairie Schooner November Meeting
November 12, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm – Floyd's Thirst Parlor
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Forum
Homebrewing - Newbies
Introductory forum for those new to brewing to ask questions and get answers
3 discussions
Latest Club Meeting Minutes
Hello Schooners
There was not a lot on the agenda at this months meeting. There was some discussion on what we as a group should do for the Teach a Friend to Homebrew day. More details will be available on this later as plans are made.
Happy Hour this month will be at the Barrel Head at 6 pm Oct 22.
Any member that would like something blasted out to the group as a whole can notify an officer to do this.
We would also like to encourage everyone to post often to keep this an active site.
The following beers were sampled at the meeting.
Dave- Octoberfest and an ESB
JD- Yuengling Porter
Bill- Kolsh and 2 commercial beers by 2 Brothers Brewing, "Flemish Red and Red Eye Coffee Porter"
Court- Double IPA and "Flat Tire", a Fat Tire clone
Brian- A Mead from our Mead Day
Shannon- Scottish Ale
There was not a lot on the agenda at this months meeting. There was some discussion on what we as a group should do for the Teach a Friend to Homebrew day. More details will be available on this later as plans are made.
Happy Hour this month will be at the Barrel Head at 6 pm Oct 22.
Any member that would like something blasted out to the group as a whole can notify an officer to do this.
We would also like to encourage everyone to post often to keep this an active site.
The following beers were sampled at the meeting.
Dave- Octoberfest and an ESB
JD- Yuengling Porter
Bill- Kolsh and 2 commercial beers by 2 Brothers Brewing, "Flemish Red and Red Eye Coffee Porter"
Court- Double IPA and "Flat Tire", a Fat Tire clone
Brian- A Mead from our Mead Day
Shannon- Scottish Ale
Assorted Useful Links (a work in progress)
The American Homebrewers Association page on the Brewers Association website: American Homebrewers Association
How To Brew by John Palmer is one of the most useful books to a homebrewer, new and old. Palmer graciously put the first edition of his book on the internet. It is free to read and print. www.howtobrew.com
Homebrew Talk forums are a good source of information. Run a quick search can often yield needed information, especially in a hurry. Homebrewtalk.com
Brew365 is a great source of information and recipes. They even list out recipes to clone some of the popular commercial brews. www.brew365.com
Brew-Monkey is another repository for information and recipes. Especially of note are their interviews with craft brewers. www.brew-monkey.com
Hopville is a budding community for homebrewers and their recipes. It's still under development, but instead of being "in beta" it's been "getting bettah" all the time. http://hopville.com/whats-brewing
Basic Brewing is run by James Spencer and is a weekly podcast on homebrewing and general beer topics. His video offerings are a little more intermittent but just as good. The nice thing about audio is that you can learn something useful even while you are doing some sort of menial activity. If you have never watched or listened to any of his productions, scan the archives for anything of interest.Audio Video
How To Brew by John Palmer is one of the most useful books to a homebrewer, new and old. Palmer graciously put the first edition of his book on the internet. It is free to read and print. www.howtobrew.com
Homebrew Talk forums are a good source of information. Run a quick search can often yield needed information, especially in a hurry. Homebrewtalk.com
Brew365 is a great source of information and recipes. They even list out recipes to clone some of the popular commercial brews. www.brew365.com
Brew-Monkey is another repository for information and recipes. Especially of note are their interviews with craft brewers. www.brew-monkey.com
Hopville is a budding community for homebrewers and their recipes. It's still under development, but instead of being "in beta" it's been "getting bettah" all the time. http://hopville.com/whats-brewing
Basic Brewing is run by James Spencer and is a weekly podcast on homebrewing and general beer topics. His video offerings are a little more intermittent but just as good. The nice thing about audio is that you can learn something useful even while you are doing some sort of menial activity. If you have never watched or listened to any of his productions, scan the archives for anything of interest.Audio Video
About
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State Journal-Register article on homebrewing and the Prairie Schooners
We were visited in March by the SJ-R who were keen to find out who and what makes a beer-maker.
www.sj-r.com/features/x1950207554/Beer-lovers-say-theres-nothing-better-than-making-it-yourself
www.sj-r.com/features/x1950207554/Beer-lovers-say-theres-nothing-better-than-making-it-yourself
How we "evolve" as beer enthusiasts
Amsterdam Beer Bike
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http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE55B3YM20090612
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