Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) Meetings
UKG Monthly Meetings
UKG monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month. Occasionally,
the meeting may be moved to a different day or different location due to holidays
or conflicts; be sure to check the calendar.
The meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. with brief announcements and/or a discussion of club business.
Often, we'll have a scheduled event such as a speaker, or a mini-competition.
Most of the time, the rest of the meeting is unstructured. We socialize,
meet new friends and old ones, taste each other's latest brews, and trade
advice.
Everyone, members or not, is welcome at our meetings. You don't have to be
a homebrewer! Even if you're only thinking of brewing your first beer, stop
by and let us help you get started.
VERY IMPORTANT rule:
absolutely NO commercial beer may be brought to monthly meetings. You can bring all
the homebrew you want, but no commercial brews.
UKG Technical Sessions
UKG technical sessions are held on the last Tuesday of the month starting at 7:30pm.
The location varies.
Be sure to check the monthly tech session calendar
item for the location.
Each one focuses on a single technical topic and lasts about 1 hour. The topic varies from month to
month, and may include brewing equipment/techniques, troubleshooting, beer styles, or beer
judging practice. Topics are announced on the website
calendar and on the UKG
email list a week or two before the meeting. After the meeting, there's time to enjoy the
outstanding selection of draft beers at the host location.
UKG Social Nights
UKG Social Nights are held occasionally but not necessarily every month. The location and time vary from month-to-month and are announced on our calendar and at the monthly meeting. We look for brewpubs and draft beer bars with outstanding selections
all around DuPage, Eastern Kane, and Western Cook counties. Occasionally, we
will substitute another event, such as a pub crawl, for Social Night.
UKG Board Meetings
UKG board meetings are held periodically, depending on the business
at hand. Board meetings are open to all members but, in order to help move
things along so we can all go have a beer, we ask that non-board-members only
attend if they have an issue to bring before the board. Please for more information.
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