Homebrew Club for Springfield, Illinois
A club for homebrewing enthusiasts in Springfield, Illinois. Currently holding monthly meetings to share brews and information.
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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 - Vacant
Vice President - Vacant
Treasurer - Mike Bauer
Secretary - Shannon Shanks
Vacant Elections at February Meeting
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 - Vacant
Vice President - Vacant
Treasurer - Mike Bauer
Secretary - Shannon Shanks
Vacant Elections at February Meeting
Contact Information:
prairie.schooners@gmail.com
(217) 953-0229
Latest Activity
Hi All,
I will be brewing a Brown Porter on Monday Feb 15th.
I plan to start around 10am or so.
People are welcome to stop by and watch or even brew if they like.
Pray for a warming trend...
Chuck
Thanks for the links.
I primarily use Strange Brew. I know it supports Windows and Linux, but not sure about Mac. It is Java based, so it may work.
Here is a link to where you can download it. The current version is 2.01. The about box says it is…
Life hacker had an article on some open source brewing software that should work on Windows/Mac/Linux.Brewtargethttp://brewtarget.sourceforge.net/Brewstahttp://sourceforge.net/projects/brewsta/
Sure it's cold but hey, You probably don't need a wort chiller!
Pretty....
How is the taste?
my first beer i have ever brewed coopers dark ale
2010 National Homebrewers Conference at Sheraton Minneapolis South
June 17, 2010 to June 19, 2010
The National Homebrewers Conference is a fun, educational gathering designed to enhance homebrewers' brewing skills and knowledge and increase homebrewing camaraderie. Special seminars and events cater to beer enthusiasts and amateur brewers of ever…
Siebel Institute Advanced Homebrewing Program at Siebel Institute
July 26, 2010 to July 30, 2010
First time they've held this class in Chicago. It's usually held in Ft. Collins. You've heard of Ray Daniels and Randy Mosher? They'll be two of your instructors. Not to mention the president of White Labs, Chris White. It's not cheap, but nothing r…
I haven't seen a coat with a dog heater built in. Keep up the good work...
I hope to have better weather on my next brew... Feb 15th.
I brewed in my garage with the door closed last week. But I didn't have a built in dog heater,
Me an Ozzy brew a Scottish wee heavy ale
I just threw the hop pellets in the bucket and it did make a little mess. Even pelletized hops have little pieces of hops that clog up the racking process.For simplicity and max infusion I didn't use a bag. May use bag next time for easier clean up.
Tickets are also available by mail. Go to http://chibeer.org/ and click on Events. Bill is right - if you are interested don't delay. Both sessions will sell out. I plan to be there from 1 - 5 also.
This will be fun. I always liked Norb's in the past. No disrespect to Floyds or Brewhaus. I like them too.
Events
February 10
Wednesday
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Feb Monthly Meeting
February 10, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Norb Andy's
March 6
Saturday
April 7
Wednesday
April 23
Friday
June 17
Thursday
Photos
Forum
Homebrewing - Newbies
Introductory forum for those new to brewing to ask questions and get answers
4 discussions
2010 Brewing/Discussion Schedule
January: 13 Stout
February:12 Porter
March: 10 American Ale
April: 14 IPA
May: 24-26 Mead??
June: 1 Light Lager or 2 Pilsners
July: 6 Light Hybrid (Cream ale, Kolsch, etc..)
August: 7 Amber Hybrid (Altbier, California Commmon)
September: 9 Scottish Ale
October: 3 European Amber Lager (Octoberfest, Vienna)
Novemeber: 27-28 Cider??
December: Specialty (Rye IPA or Winter Ale, or ......)
February:12 Porter
March: 10 American Ale
April: 14 IPA
May: 24-26 Mead??
June: 1 Light Lager or 2 Pilsners
July: 6 Light Hybrid (Cream ale, Kolsch, etc..)
August: 7 Amber Hybrid (Altbier, California Commmon)
September: 9 Scottish Ale
October: 3 European Amber Lager (Octoberfest, Vienna)
Novemeber: 27-28 Cider??
December: Specialty (Rye IPA or Winter Ale, or ......)
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
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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
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