From Smoke in the Valley and Bad Sons Beer Co. in Derby comes the return of the Smoke in the Valley Craft Beer & Home Brew Festival! Come enjoy beers over a variety of styles with 60+ Beers and a People's Choice Competition! There will be plenty of UBC folks pouring their beers on tap! … Continue reading "Smoke in the Valley Craft Beer & Home Brew Festival"
The Underground Brewers will proudly host the Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition on October 27, 2024 at New England Brewing Company in Woodbridge, CT. This is a BJCP competition on the MHP Circuit Of America. We will accept up to 400 entries in all styles of beer, mead, and cider. Full details, including exact … Continue reading "Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition"
The annual cider pressing at Beardsley Orchard in Shelton will take place on Sunday November 10 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 … Continue reading "Beardsley Cider Pressing 2024"
Join us for the November club meeting at Andy Tipler's house where the theme of the month is Ciders! We will discuss the style, classic examples and judge the homebrews that embrace the theme of the month, so bring along your homebrews! New brewer? Or just new to the club? Please come by and join … Continue reading "November Club Meeting (Ciders)"
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, … Continue reading "December Club Party"
Join us on Saturday, December 14th for the opening round of the 2025 Connecticut Homebrew Championship! Over twenty local homebrewers will be pouring their own beer for you to enjoy! We need you to vote on these beers and help decide which homebrewers will move on to Round 2, which will take place on February … Continue reading "Twelve Percent Homebrew Championship 2024-2025"
Join us for the January club meeting at Sly Bandit in Wilton where the theme of the month is Big Dark Beers (Barleywines, Wee Heavies, etc)! We will discuss the style, classic examples and judge the homebrews that embrace the theme of the month, so bring along your homebrews! Sly Bandit is a new brewery/restaurant, … Continue reading "January Club Meeting (Big Dark Beers)"
Join us for the February club meeting at Valor Wines in North Haven. Bring along your homebrews to share, while we also enjoy some ciders with Ray at his spot. 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 … Continue reading "February Club Meeting"
On February 28th, New England Brewing Company will be brewing up a Golden Ale recipe formulated by UBC members and in honor of our club's 50th Anniversary. Club members are welcome to join in on the brew day at NEBCO and see the process. They will let 4 people at a time in the brew … Continue reading "Golden Anniversary Ale Brew Day"
Join us for the March club meeting at Pierre's house in Trumbull! 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 … Continue reading "March Club Meeting"
