We share the following useful links for your surfing pleasure.
The UKG and Our Members In The News
The Beacon-News - March 2014 Drunk Monk Challenge brings home brewers to Two Brothers
Samuel Adams LongShot 2013 Competition finalists Tom Fitzpatrick – Beerpulse.com - September 2012.
ChicagoNow - The Beeronaut Joe Formanek wins Sam Adams LongShot
The Beacon-News - March 2012 Matt Klausner – North Auroran a master of the brewing art
The Chicago Tribune - April 2011 Rodney Kibzey – Lombard Home Brewer Hits it Big -- Again
Competition Lists and Calendars
American Homebrew Association (AHA) Sanctioned Competition Calendar
BJCP Sanctioned Competition Schedule
Midwest Homebrewer of the Year Competition Circuit
Other Nearby Homebrew Clubs
Chicago Beer Society
Combination beer appreciation/homebrew club, meets at Goose Island in Chicago.
Silverado
St.Charles/Wasco, IL
Brixie's Brewers
Brookfield, IL
Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)
Plainfield, IL
Spent Grain Society
Plainfield, IL
Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
Chicago south suburbs
Homebrewers Pride of the Southside (HOPS)
Chicago south side, meeting in Bridgeport and Oak Lawn
Chicago Homebrew Alchemists of Suds (CHAOS)
Chicago, has a unique club brewhouse on the Near West Side at Hubbard & Western that members can brew on
Square Kegs
Chicago, Lincoln Square neighborhood
Brewer's
Association of Beer and Beverage Libations Extraordinaire (BABBLE)
Lake County, IL
Midnight Carboys
Crystal Lake, IL
Club Wort
Palatine, IL
Boneyard Union of Zymolurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
Champaign/Urbana, IL
Beer Barons of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild
Madison, WI
Mississippi Unquenchable Grail Zymurgists (MUGZ)
Quad Cities, IA-IL
Local Homebrew Supply Shops
The Homebrew Shop St.
Charles, IL
Brew & Grow
Bolingbrook, Roselle, and several other locations
Chicagoland
Winemakers Elmhurst, IL
What's Brewing Supply Palatine, IL
Perfect Brewing Supply Libertyville, IL
Local Breweries and Brewpubs
Two Brothers Brewing and
Tap House Warrenville, IL
Two Brothers Roundhouse Aurora, IL
Brother Chimp Brewing North Aurora, IL
Hopvine Brewing Aurora, IL
Rock Bottom Chicago Chicago, IL
Rock Bottom Yorktown Lombard, IL
Rock Bottom Orland Park Orland Park, IL
Rock Bottom Warrenville Warrenville, IL
BuckleDown Brewing Lyons, IL
Emmett's /
Emmett's Ale House
Downers Grove, Palatine, and West Dundee, IL
Flesk Brewing Lombard, IL
Flossmoor Station Flossmoor, IL
Goose Island (the brewpub)Chicago, IL
Gordon Biersch Bolingbrook, IL
Imperial Oak Brewing Willow Springs, IL
Lucky Monk South Barrington, IL
Lunar Brewing Villa Park, IL
Mickey Finn's Libertyville,
IL
Onion Pub and Brewery Lake Barrington, IL
Penrose Brewing Geneva, IL
Piece Brewery & Pizzeria Chicago, IL
Pollyanna Brewing Lemont, IL
Solemn Oath Brewery Naperville, IL
Urban Legend Brewing Westmont, IL
Great Craft Beer and Classic Beer Bars
Brixie's
Brookfield, IL
Bavarian Lodge Lisle, IL
Hopleaf Chicago, IL
The Map Room Chicago, IL
Palmer Place La
Grange, IL
Great Craft Beer Stores
Binny's Beverage Depot
Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, Naperville, and several other locations
Organizations
Association of
Brewers Includes the American Homebrewers Association (publishers
of Zymurgy ), Brewers Publications, and the GABF.
Beer Judge Certification
Program Certifies judges and sets guidelines for
competitions.
Midwest
Homebrewer of the Year Annual race to choose the winningest
homebrewer in 12 states.
Master
Homebrewer Program Annual race to choose the winningest
homebrewer in the Circuit of America, a competition with Nationwide focus.
Illinois Craft
Brewers Guild Breweries and associated businesses of Illinois.
Beer Festivals
Great
American Beer Festival The biggest commercial beer festival in the
U.S.
Great
Lakes Brew Festival Also serves as host of the Schooner Home Brew Championship
Our Members' Home Pages
We'll provide a link to any member's home page...there should be
something beer-related there, of course...contact Steve M. - calendar at knaves dot org
.
Tom Dennis
Kevin Wojdak - DIY Project: How To Build A Rolling Barrel Stand
Member Resources
CO2 Resources in the Chicago Area
Dress Up Your Beer
GrogTag
Custom bottle labels, keg labels, coasters, signs, caps and more.
iCustomLabel
Custom bottle labels, gift tags, and other labels.
Other Links
Beer Advocate
Two popular beer reviewing sites. They also have good
beer events calendars and listings of breweries, brewpubs, and craft beer
bars across the US and worldwide.
Ratebeer
Exchilerator
Counterflow Wort Chillers
Real Beer
Page Beer news and links, good index of breweries and pubs for
travelers.
Beermapping.com - Chicago beer map Interactive map helps you
find beer places all over Chicagoland. Has similar maps for other
cities as well.
Authentic Wine Country Fermentation science pages covering both beer and
wine.
Homebrew
Digest Searchable archives of the Homebrew Digest mailing
list. Links, calendars, discussions; also hosts many homebrew club sites.
The
Brewery Loads of recipes (including the huge Cat's Meow
collection), software, club info, and more.
rec.crafts.brewing Huge, active Usenet newsgroup on
beer and homebrewing.