Greetings Brewers,
A reminder that our Holiday Party will be on Tuesday, December 10th, at the Hijinx Brewing Taproom at the Sports Factory location in Allentown, PA. If you RSVP'd for food, please bring $20 per person and note that food service starts at 6:30pm, not 7:30pm. If you did not RSVP in time for the food cutoff, you are still welcome to join, but plan on eating before the party.
November was club elections month, and we have elected positions for 2025:
President: Steve Anthony
Vice President: Rob Myers
Treasurer: Kyle Stout
Secretary: Melody Stout
A special thank you to Edward Ponikvar for his service as Secretary, and good luck to our officers in 2025!
This month's Homebrewer of the Year challenge is a label competition. Upload your entries on the forum as we close out the year!
If you ordered merch at that October meeting, it will be ready to pick up this month. Please bring cash to pay for your order!
Finally, the usual reminder that we've been looking for an alternative with a low barrier to entry for notifying those interested in news, festival opportunities, or event reminders, etc. outside of the monthly newsletter cycle. To this end, we've created the "LVHB News" Google Group. If you're interested, you should be able to search for lvhb-news@googlegroups.com in the Google Groups search and request to join.
See you Tuesday,
Steve Anthony
LVHb Club President
Future Meetings:
Meetings are open to anyone (21 and older) who home brews (beer, wine, cider, mead) or is interested in learning about home brewing. Our club has over 30 certified judges and several members who have "gone pro" by opening their own brewery, meadery, or distillery! - So bring your latest craft creation and get some constructive feedback and/or accolades!
UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS
Happy Holidays, watch the Events page in 2025!
OUR BREWERS (are awesome!)
Learn to Homebrew Day at Country Club Brewing!
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Lehigh Valley Homebrewer of the Year
This month's Homebrewer of the Year challenge is a label competition. Upload your entries on the forum as we close out the year!
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due |
Check Back in 2025! |
OTHER CLUB INFO
The details for most of our happenings (news, events, etc.) will either be included in the monthly newsletter or will be found on the LVHB Website Club Info page. More random thoughts, photos, and links will be shared via the club Facebook page. Find photos of our brewing activities on Instagram! @lehighvalleyhomebrewers
Are you an AHA member? As we prepare to do club membership renewals, it's a good time to consider adding or renewing an AHA Membership for yourself or your brewing buddy. Use our link (click the image below) and the club gets credit for your membership!
Member Benefits
Keystone Homebrew Supply offers 10% off online and in-store purchases for LVHB members as well as a points based loyalty reward program. They offer weekly local delivery on Saturday at Bonn Place in Bethlehem (just place your order by Thursday). Keystone offers full sacks of grain as well as a large selection of brewing and wine making equipment. Also, for most local competitions they provide a drop off point so you don't have to mail in your entries! https://www.keystonehomebrew.com/ Hop and Grain offers members 20% off purchases on their online store, free shipping and flexible local pick-up options. You'll find them very accommodating, even if you require a special order. https://hopandgrain.us/
Brew Hardware offers members a 5% discount as well! https://www.brewhardware.com/Default.asp
GrogTags offers members 15% off with the code on the member page - get creative with your labels and prepare for the 2024 label competition!
There's no excuse not to brew because you can't get ingredients or equipment! Thank you to the local shops that support our club!
See all the benefits of membership as well as how to join here.
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