2022 BIG BREW DAY

The 2022 Big Brew Day is rapidly approaching. In fact, it’s this weekend!

For those unfamiliar with Big Brew Day, once a year one of the local breweries hosts the ALES Club and will brew a large batch of a high-ABV on behalf of the club. Each member that purchases a carboy of wort will take that home and ferment, or doctor, the beer to their preference. The club reconvenes in November to showcase the various beers to profile the different yeasts, additions, dry-hops, etc. and the club will vote on the “best of show”.

This year, Pile O’ Bones Brewery is graciously hosting the ALES Club to brew an Imperial Stout. We invite all members to the Brewery as we’re kicking of the brew-day at 8:00 AM.

For those that aren’t members, but interested, we’d love for you to attend and possibly purchase a carboy - if you’ve considered homebrewing. This is an awesome event to see the brewing process at a macro-level without having to purchase any equipment. If interested, reach out to Brennan at exec@alesclub.com.

See you this Saturday!

MAY ALES MEETING

Good Afternoon Members.

Tonight we are hosting the 2nd last ALES Club meeting of the season. The beer style of the month is “Sour Beers” and we’ve procured a number of local and Alberta based sours to taste.

The main focus of the meeting is “Sensory Training” for beer tasting/judging. We have vials of 6 essential off-flavors that will be doctoring standard beers, sampling, and discussing the off-flavors that are produced. The common off-flavors that we’ll be going through tonight are: DMS, Trans-2-Nonenal, Isolvaric Acid, Diacetyl, H2S, and Lactobacillus Contamination.

As always, the ALES Meeting is hosted in the Club Room of the Bushwakker; we will be hosting this at 7:00 PM.