Welcome

Middlesex Malters Homebrew Club

Join the Club!

We are a homebrew club that supports homebrewers throughout central Connecticut. All who are interested (and 21 or older), whether you have no brewing experience at all and want to learn or are a seasoned homebrewer, are welcome to join. No dues are charged for membership and joining is as simple as clicking here and completing the short survey.   Follow us on Facebook at "Middlesex Malters". The club meets (generally) on the 4th Friday of each month.

It is 2024, so get ready for some great brewing.  Each month we'll feature a category of beers instead of one style  This will give some flexibility to brew things toward what you like best while experimenting with new styles. It will also allow us to get to know families of beers and appreciate their differences and similarities.  We also plan a quarterly experiment.  In the past this has been a lot of fun and helped those who participate learn some new things.  

In a  typical meeting, we will begin the with home brewed versions of the style family of the month, and some commercial versions.  Then open to all other styles for sharing and tasting.  

As always, all are welcome, longtime brewers, beginners and those looking to get started.  Feel free to bring a friend.  Cheers!

The schedule below is a work in progress, so things can change, but this is the current plan.  To get a monthly invitation to the meeting, along with specific location, fill out the form above and visit the Club Facebook page.

Meetings will include homebrew sharing, a mystery style test, various topic discussion and quarterly experiments

January 26

What did your brew for the holidays?

Bill's house
Meriden CT

February 23

Hodge Podge

Alvarium Beer Co
New Britain, CT

March 22

Dark Ale

TBD,
TBD , CT

Spring Wild Yeast experiment -, we'll show how to collect local yeast to make a wild brew for the fall.  

April 20 (?)

Pale Ale
Wort for Yeast experiment

Thad Brewday?
TBD, CT

May 24

Bitter/Brittish

Coles Rd (??)
Berlin, CT

June 28

Pale Ale
Yeast experiment results

Mike's
Higganum, CT

Summer Yeast experiment - Brew a Pale Ale wort at Thad's in April, members take 1-2 gallons and ferment with various yeasts to compare in June

July 26

Light Lagers (1, 2A, 3, 4, 5C)
Lawnmoser beers

Bill's
Meriden, Ct

August 23

IPA

Beth and Brian's
Ct

September 27

Festbier

Chris'
Cheshire

Fall wild yeast experiment - Wild yeast, brew a beer from the yeast collected from your back yard collected this spring

Purchase Apple Cider for fermenting and sharing at the November meeting

October 25

Sour, Wild (28)

Concentric Brewing
Portland, CT

November 15

Cider

TBD Cidery

December 20

Big Belgians

Shawn's
Middletown, CT

Past meetings months: