Underground Brewers of Connecticut

July Club Meeting
2025-07-16 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Andy Tipler’s House, 53 Brookside Drive, Trumbull, CT, United States
Join us for the July club meeting at Andy Tipler’s house! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please).

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership

August Club Meeting
2025-08-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Berlinetta Brewing Co, 90 Golden Hill Street, Bridgeport, CT, United States
Join us for the August club meeting at Berlinetta Brewing! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please).

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership

September Club Meeting
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:30 | Paul Hayslett’s House, 194 Sam Hill Road, Guilford, CT, 06437, United States
Join us for the September club meeting at Paul Hayslett’s home! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please). We will also be collecting entries for the Hefenlager Homebrew Contest hosted by Dead Language Brewing in Hartford. See Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/16ZvhtPUv6/

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership

October Club Meeting
2025-10-15 19:00 - 21:30 | Pierre Margraff’s House, 30 Chestnut Hill Rd, Trumbull, CT, 06611, United States
Join us for the October club meeting at Pierre’s house in Trumbull, CT! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please).

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership

Smoke in the Valley Craft Beer and Home Brew Fest
2025-10-18 13:00 - 17:00 | BAD SONS Beer Co, 251 Roosevelt Dr, Derby, CT, 06418, United States
Smoke in the Valley Craft Beer and Home Brew Fest returns Saturday October 18th to BAD SONS Beer Co. in Derby! Craft Beer, Home Brew, Food Trucks, Artisan Vendors, Costume Contest and More! $40 Early Bird Tickets are ON SALE NOW and include the VIP Hour FREE – Enter the Fest at 12pm! Tickets are limited buy yours today!
Smoke in the Valley Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival Tickets, Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition
2025-10-26 | NEBCo, 175 Amity Rd, Woodbridge, 06525, United States
This is a big year for the Underground Brewers of Connecticut with the club turning 50 and just happens to be the 35th SNERHC competition. To mark this event, we are pausing our legendary pizza cutters and regular medals and gone for full color oversized 3″ medals for all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. This will be a one time event, so if you want to earn one of these bad boys, get brewing!

Entry Registration: August 1st
Drop off/shipping window ends Oct 11th
Sorting Day: Oct 19th
Pre Judging: Oct 22nd (two locations)
Main Judging event: Sunday October 26th

Details up at https://snerhc.com/

27th Annual Great International Beer, Cider, Mead & Sake Competition
2025-11-08 | CT
Gregg will need judges for the 27th Annual Great International Beer, Cider, Mead & Sake Competition to be held in Norwalk. Details to be posted at https://www.gibcc.com/

2025 Beardsley Cider Pressing
2025-11-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Beardsley, 278 Leavenworth Rd, Shelton, 06484, United States
The annual cider pressing at Beardsley Orchard in Shelton will take place on Sunday November 9 from 10 am -2 pm.
Beardsley will make a tank of his heirloom blend cider for us, and he will try sweating the apples for a day before pressing. His tank holds just under 300 gals. It’s first come first serve from 10:00 am until it’s gone.
Price this year is $9.50/gallon with a 10% discount on over 10 gallons.
If you’re coming on Nov 9, please bring cider to share with other club members and with Josh, who is in charge pressing the cider at Beardsley’s. Dan Beardsley is very glad to have a bottle of your cider as well.

CT Homebrew Competition at Twelve Percent Beer Project - Round One
2025-11-15 | Twelve Percent Beer Project, 341 State St, North Haven, CT, United States
Homebrew pouring competition at Twelve Percent Beer Project in North Haven.
Anyone interested in entering please contact Melissa Weigel <mweigel@12percentimports.com>. You’ll need to bring 5-10 gallons and your own jockey box to serve.
Tickets to participant as a taster will be posted on the Twelve Percent website – you will have the chance to vote for your favorites. Several club members regularly enter so come to support them!

November Club Meeting
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Tribus Beer Co, 100 Raton Dr, Milford, CT, 06461, United States
Join us for the November club meeting at Tribus Beer Co in Milford! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please).

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership

December Club Party w/Brew Haven
2025-12-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Counter Weight Brewing, 7 Diana Court, Cheshire, CT, 06410, United States
Come join the holiday festivities with Brew Haven and the Underground Brewers!
Counter Weight Brewing will be hosting us this year for our annual holiday get together. We won’t be having an agenda for a meeting. Just enjoying great food, drinks and each other.
Bring a dish to share with everyone!Should be a main dish, side dish or dessert. We’ll have power strips for all of your crock pots and any electric cookware.
Bring a beer gift to out into the White Elephant gift exchange!
Rules for the white elephant exchange:
Needs to be a commercial beer (4 pack, 6 pack, bomber) of something you’d be excited to bring home with a value around $20.

You have to bring something to get something.
Commercial beer only as gifts.
No equipment, ingredients, stuff you’re trying to get rid of, please.
If you’re going to put in something other than commercial beer, it must be accompanied by commercial beer in the suggested price range.

Hope you all can make it!

January Club Meeting
2026-01-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Paul Bryan Smith’s House, 14 Chelene Road, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Join us for the January club meeting at Paul Bryan Smith’s house in Norwalk! Bring along your homebrews to share. We will go through what everyone brought to be judged (if you so please). We will also hold elections for the club’s positions!

New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join us. Meetings are generally 8-15 folks and focus on tasting homebrew and commercial beers. The meetings are open (membership not required), a relaxed atmosphere, and a great way to either get your beer evaluated (bring 2 bottles) or learn more about beer tasting and judging. Every month we encourage attendants to bring a homebrew that fits the theme of the month. However, if you have homebrews you would like to showcase that fall outside the theme, bring them along and we will give them a taste after going through the theme.Don’t miss out on club events! A full schedule of upcoming events is up at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/events/ with calendar sync options available. Sign up for the club newsletter and announcements via email at https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/more-info/For more information on membership, visit https://www.undergroundbrewers.org/membership
