Welcome brewers!

Garage Brewers Society We are a homebrew beer club with a passion for our craft. We make beer, talk about beer, and welcome anyone that wants to join in the discussions.

Welcome to the Garage Brewers Society Homebrew Club!  

About Us:

We are a group of homebrewers that meet at O’Fallon brewery in O’Fallon MO. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month.  Our meetings are very informal and anyone is welcome.  We ask that you bring beer, either homebrew or a commercially produced craft beer, but it is not required.  There is no charge for your first meeting so you can give us a try first.  After that, there is a $4 charge per meeting to cover the cost of food.  If you decide you like what we offer, you can pay to become a full member.  The cost of that is $30 and it replaces the $4 monthly fee.

  • We have multiple award winning members in this club that are happy to share what they know and answer any questions you may have
  • We were back to back winners of the “Best Brewery Award” at the Augusta Bottoms Beer Festival.
  • We have our own national homebrew competition held in April called Champion of the Pint.
  • We serve our beer in the homebrew tent at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival.
  • We participated in the St. Charles Oktoberfest.  We offered samples of our homebrew and accepted donations. We raised over $1000 for one of our member’s charities.

Next Meeting: 

  • Date:  May 21st, 2013  (3rd Tuesday of each month).
  • Time:  Arrive at 7:00 pm.  The business portion of the meeting will start between 7:15- 7:30 pm.
  • Location:  O’Fallon Brewery, 26 W Industrial Dr, O’Fallon, MO
  • Topic:  Single Malt Beer Tasting
Single Malt Beer Tasting:
10 of our members brewed a batch of beer each using a different base malt.  The yeast and hops were the same.  We will have the 10 beers on tap at the May meeting for all to sample.

 

Single Malt Beer Recipe:
OG: 1.048-1.050
100% Base Malt
IBU: 20 +/- (0.5 oz Millenium at 60 Minutes)
Mash 152-154
Kolsch yeast from O’Fallon Brewery

 

List of Base Malts:
  • Canada Malting 2-Row
  • Canada Malting Superior Pilsner
  • Great Western Northwest Pale Ale (Two brewers using this malt)
  • Best Malz German Pilsner
  • Best Malz German Vienna
  • Best Malz German Munich
  • Bairds Pale Ale
  • Maris Otter
  • Golden Promise

Officers:

President: Tim Hayes – email: president@garagebrewers.com
Vice-President: Joey Coonce – email: vicepresident@garagebrewers.com
Treasurer: Lou Barrale
Secretary: Andrea Barrale
Membership Coordinator: Jesse Vierling
Competition Coordinator: Jerry Mitchell
Social Media Liason: Jesse Stiefel