So You Think You Can Brew is a home brew competition and festival held at Armada Brewing. Home brewers compete with two of their best beers. Home brewers meet and greet with beer lovers throughout the festival and sample their beers to the patrons. Attending patrons then vote for their favorite overall beer and their … Continue reading "So You Think You Can Brew 2 Homebrew Competition & Festival"

Getting spooky at the Huxford's home for our October meeting! New brewer?  Or just new to the club?  Please come by and join us.  Meetings are generally 8-12 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 … Continue reading "October Meeting"

The Underground Brewers will proudly host the next Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition on October, 22 2023 at Armada Brewing in New Haven, CT. That’s right. We’re back! Back to our usual autumn timeframe. Back to in-person judging. Back to a 400-entry limit. (Take that, COVID!) Full details, including exact dates, drop-off locations, etc., … Continue reading "SNERHC 2023"

This is a commercial competition run by long time UBC member Gregg Glaser held at the SoNo Collection in South Norwalk.  Details up at http://www.gibcc.com/ Gregg usually reaches out to the club for judges prior to the event.

Our neighbors to the north, Bree Free or Die, are putting on their 16th beer competition.  They are including virtual judging so we are likely to have a shipment headed down our way.  Entry sign up and judging info up at https://nerhbc.brewcomp.com/

The annual cider pressing at Beardsley Orchard in Shelton will take place on Sunday November 12  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"

Join us at the Aspetuck Brew Lab in Bridgeport for our November meeting.  Head brewer and founder Peter Cowles has always hung out and made meetings at Aspetuck a special meeting night.  Don't miss out! Andy Tipler will bringing us up to date on his and Pierre's most recent CO2 experiments - they are looking … Continue reading "November Club Meeting"

IT'S BACK! Join us on Saturday, December 2nd for the opening round of the 2024 Connecticut Homebrew Competition! 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 two! Tickets to round one … Continue reading "2024 Twelve Percent Home Brew Competition"

Join the Underground Brewers and Brew Haven for the annual joint club Christmas party.  Details to follow, but save the date!

Join us at Valor Wines in North Haven for our January meeting. New brewer?  Or just new to the club?  Please come by and join us.  Meetings are generally 8-12 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 … Continue reading "January Club Meeting"

Come join in on the fun at Reverie Brewing in Newtown for the official release of Underground Brewer Caysey Welton's beer brewed with head brewer Frank Lockwood. Caysey's Biere de Garde was selected as the top CT brewed beer at SNERHC and has been modified and scaled up for a full sized batch.  Come the … Continue reading "SNERHC CT Club Beer Release Party"

Join us at Spacecat in Norwalk for our February Meeting. New brewer?  Or just new to the club?  Please come by and join us.  Meetings are generally 8-12 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 … Continue reading "February Club Meeting"