The ALES Club hasn’t hosted a Big Brew Day since May 2019, and the wait brought out a higher number of members and potential/future homebrewers than ever to witness the brewing process of an Imperial Stout. The ALES Club was very grateful to be hosted by the Pile O’ Bones Brewery to produce 900L of this wonderful wort. Members could purchase a carboy (or 2) of wort to doctor at home in whatever creative way they desired. These beers will be consumed at the upcoming November ALES meeting and we’ll do a voting of “best in show”. For those members, mark your calendars!

We would like to thank the following for their involvement in the 2022 Big Brew Day:
- Prairie Brew Supply for supplying the specialty grains and hops
- Makers Malt for supplying the base grain
- Kith & Kin for supplying snacks
- JGL Hops for the hops
- Pile O’ Bones for allowing us to use their brewhouse
- and Nathan and Travis for lending your expertise on how to utilize the brewhouse

For those not able to attend, but wish to brew the Imperial Stout yourselves - or for those who want to input the recipe into your brewing apps - this is what we used for the wort:

Malts
- 75% English Pale Malt (Makers Malt)
- 10% Roasted Barley
- 6.6% Roasted Barley
- 3.4% Caramunich Malt
- 2.5% Pale Chocolate Malt

Bittering to 66 IBU with Galena Hops (JGL Hops)

Thanks to all who attended and supported Big Brew Day

The 2022 Big Brew Day is rapidly approaching. In fact, it’s this weekend!

For those unfamiliar with Big Brew Day, once a year one of the local breweries hosts the ALES Club and will brew a large batch of a high-ABV on behalf of the club. Each member that purchases a carboy of wort will take that home and ferment, or doctor, the beer to their preference. The club reconvenes in November to showcase the various beers to profile the different yeasts, additions, dry-hops, etc. and the club will vote on the “best of show”.

This year, Pile O’ Bones Brewery is graciously hosting the ALES Club to brew an Imperial Stout. We invite all members to the Brewery as we’re kicking of the brew-day at 8:00 AM.

For those that aren’t members, but interested, we’d love for you to attend and possibly purchase a carboy - if you’ve considered homebrewing. This is an awesome event to see the brewing process at a macro-level without having to purchase any equipment. If interested, reach out to Brennan at exec@alesclub.com.

See you this Saturday!