May's Club Meeting

May's club meeting will be Tue May 14, 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

December Club Meeting and April Competition

This month's club meeting will be held Tue Dec 11, 8pm, at Twisted Jimmy's.

In April, we will be having a club competition (friendly, of course) to taste everyone's version of a gose. If you're interested, please have your gose ready to drink by the second Tuesday of April.

September Club Meeting, D.I. Oktoberfest

The September homebrew club meeting will be Tue Sep 11, starting at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

The S&T Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest will be held on Sat Sep 29 from 3-6pm in the North 7th St parking lot, VIP session from 2-3pm. Tickets are available online and various locations around Indiana.

May's Club Meeting

This month's club meeting will be Tue May 8, starting at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.  This coming Saturday is Pints for Pets brew-festival in Altoona.

January Club Meeting

Happy New Year!

This month's club meeting will be Jan 9, starting at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

April Club Meeting; Pints for Pets

The April homebrew club meeting will be Tue Apr 11, 8pm, at Twisted Jimmy's. We'll discuss options for group travel to the upcoming Pints for Pets festival on Sat May 6.

December Homebrew Club Meeting

The December homebrew club meeting will be held Tue Dec 13 at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

June's Club Meeting

June's club meeting will be held Tue. Jun. 14 at 8pm, at Twisted Jimmy's.

February's Club Meeting

The February homebrew club meeting will be Tue Feb 9 at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.

January's Club Meeting

Happy 2015!

This month's meeting is scheduled for 8pm on Tues Jan 13 at Twisted Jimmys. 

November Homebrew Club Meeting and a Bit of Catch-Up

This month's meeting will be held tonight at 8pm at Brunzies.  Due to the Pens game tonight, we'll most likely move over to the courtyard at Benjamin's, and it should still be warm out.

Thanks to all of the club members who volunteered for this years Oktoberfest!  With your help, we raised over $14,000 for Downtown Indiana.  All of the brewers seemed to have a great time and told me they'd love to be invited back next year. A big part of that success was due to our volunteers!

The beers this year were very good, and despite a few snafus (like the weather and the post-party food situation), everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves.  Our five, 5-Star brewery winners were (in alphabetical order):

1. Draai Laag - their Geestlijke was put on tap at Taze
2. East End Brewing - their Bigger Hop IPA was put on tap at Twisted Jimmys
3. Marzoni's - their Stumblin' Chef Tripel was put on tap at Whitey's Peetza
4. Riepstine's Pub - their Alpha Deuce IPA will be put on tap soon at The Coventry Inn
5. Yards - their Cape of Good Hope was put on tap at the Ironwood

Finally, last month's meeting at Twisted Jimmys marked the club's 7th Anniversary!  Thanks to all of our members, past and present, who've helped to keep this club active, interesting, and enjoyable!

July Club Meeting

July's club meeting will be held at 8pm on Tue Jul 8 at Twisted Jimmy's.

April Meeting & Pints for Pets Brewfest

Our April meeting will be held at Twisted Jimmy's (8pm) on Tuesday April 8.

The Pints for Pets (http://pintsforpets.com) brewfest will be held during two sessions (1-4pm, 6-9pm) on Sat. May 10.  See their website for details.

February Club Meeting

On next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb 11 at 8pm at Twisted Jimmy's.  This month's "competition" is for milds or bitters (sessions, really). 

December Homebrew Club Meeting

Our December club meeting will be held tonight (Dec 10) at Twisted Jimmy's starting at 8pm.

IUP Student-Produced Video from DI Oktoberfest; A Few Local Taps of Note

The 2nd Annual Downtown Indiana Oktoberfest went very well.  All tickets sold out, the weather cooperated, and all of the beer showed up!  We did, in fact, run out early of some beer, and all of it was gone by the end.  The crowd didn't seem to mind, however, and we got good feedback.  Many thanks to the IPA members who volunteered for the event or bought tickets - you helped make this event a success.  Bigger and better next year!

The following is a short video produced by some IUP students during the event - lots of familiar faces in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqdy8OqmOT4

The three winning beers from those who voted (81 votes) were: Church Brew Works Oktoberfest, Marzoni's Pumpkin Ale, and Penn Chocolate Meltdown Stout (which also just won a Bronze medal at the Great American Beer Festival). 

In other news, Brunzies has opened up on the corner of 5th and Philly.  Nice tap selection, including East End Hop Harvest (fresh hopped beer), Anderson Valley Heelch O'Hops, Ayinger Brau Weisse, and Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale.  Twisted Jimmy's just tapped Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet The Greater Pumpkin (barrel-aged pumpkin beer).

September Club Meeting at Twisted Jimmy's

The September meeting of the IPAs will be held again at Twisted Jimmy's (8pm as usual).  Keep in mind that for October, we will be having the meeting at a different location because the Penguins play on that night, and both Twisted Jimmy's and Steel City Samiches will be packed.

August Club Meeting - Change of Location

The August meeting (Tue Aug 13) will be held at 8pm as usual.  However, we will be holding the IPA competition at Twisted Jimmy's rather than at PA BBQ.  Twisted Jimmy's is right next door to Steel City Samiches on North 7th Street.  Depending on the construction on 7th, it's likely that you'll have to park on Philadelphia Street.