Best of Show     

Beer

14-B - American IPA  Michael Ericksen  Hop Breath Kiss  Ann Arbor Brewers Guild  

   Mead/Cider

26-C - Open Category Mead  Denise Kruczyk and Scott Kruczyk   Dark berry bourbon   C.R.A.F.T.

Registraion opened today and goes until February 16th. We would like to thank Siclianos in Grand Rapids for being our Best of Show sponsor. $1000 gift card to the B.O.S. winner. Adventures in Homebrewing in Ann Arbor and Taylor will be B.O.S. Cider/ Mead sponsor, with the B.O.S. winner recieving a $500 gift card.

Entries will be accepted for the 2013 Homebrew @ the W.E.B. From February 2nd to February 16th. We have some new drop off locations this year and will be adding more as they get back with up to confirm. So check for a location nearest you.

Planning for the 2013 Homebrew @ the W.E.B. has begun. Watch for updates here and on our Facebook page.

Due to technical difficulties the discussion forum has been taken offline. Please refer to our Facebook page at this time.

December's meeting will be on Dec.7th at Tri City Brewing in Bay City. We will be voting for new officers and on the new club charter.

June's meeting will be in Bridgeport,Mi @ Ray Larkin's home. Please email,text, facebook, or pidgeon an officer if you need directions. See th contact page for emails.

Due to some technical difficulties with a floor sander Junes meeting will be held at J.Green's house instead of Ray's.

In 1988, May 7th was announced before Congress as National Homebrew Day. The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) created AHA Big Brew as an annual event to celebrate National Homebrew Day around the world.

AHA Big Brew is a celebration of National Homebrew Day (May 7). Each year homebrewers around the world invite family and friends to their brewing site on the first Saturday in May to celebrate the holiday. Everyone is encouraged to help out with the brew, enjoy the fun and join in on a world-wide toast at noon CDT

This year we will be having two events. Both starting at 9 am. BARTS in Bay City and Redwood Lodge in Flint Township.

Demonstrations of all levels of brewing will going on throughout the day. All are welcome.

The final results have been posted. Congrats to all the winners.

Results for the 2012 Homebrew @ the W.E.B. will be posted as soon as we can. I will be working on it this afternoon and will wrap it all up as quickly as I can thank you for your patience.

We recieved a grand total 1034 entries from 235 brewers this year! That is 100+ more then last year! 924 beers, 70 meads, and 40 ciders. We will be judging all weekend and will wrap up Sunday afternoon. Following Sunday's sessions and a short lunch break for volunteers, we will have our award ceremony around 1pm at Sullivan's Black Forest in Frankenmuth. This will be the only part of the competition open to the public.

Registration is now open for this years competition. You can register your entries until February 19th or we hit our limit of 1200.

Monday is the day only 3 days to get get ready. Registration will begin at 12:01 am February 6th. How many beers are you going to enter?

Our friend Gordon Strong will be returning to judge this year as well! he will have plenty of copies if his new book," Brewing Better Beer, Master Lessons for Advanced Homebrewers" for sale and will be glad to sign them. I'm sure Palmer would be glad to as well. If you already own their books, bring them and get them signed!
And don't forget to sign up to volunteer!!!

The competition committee has been hard at work with all the planning and logistics of this years event. Again this year there will be a $1000 gift card for Best of Show for beer and a $500 gift card for Best of Show mead/cider. All judges and stewards have chances to win various prizes donated generously by our sponsors, also this year all volunteers are invited Saturday evening to hear our guest speaker John Palmer, author of How to Brew. We are also planning other surprises throughout the weekend. The volunteer registration is now open so be sure to sign up and don't miss out.

Planning for the 2012  Homebrew at the W.E.B. is underway. Updates and news will be posted here on our site as well as our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/48330902247/ . Check back often for current news. This year we have a very special guest speaker on Saturday evening. You do not want to miss this.

Learn to Brew Day is an American Homebrewers Association (AHA) event to encourage people the art of crafting beer. This event will take place at Midland Brewing Company at 5011 N Saginaw Rd, Midland, Michigan. Start time will be on November 5th at 9:00am and we will be set up in parking lot to the side of building. Our friendly brewmasters will provide hot water and yeast from the brewery. Eastman Party store is offering 15 % discount on all homebrewing supplies for the weekend. Just mention the event and you'll recieve it. Please show support to your local brewery!

Welcome to Cass River Homebrew Club. We have a new look for our website for 2011 and are very excited to release information about our 2011 Homebrew at the WEB Homebrewing Competition. Have a look around, and be sure to visit our sponsors page.