Just moved to Sedalia, CO. The newest brew journey begins.

[FleetingSmoke]

My family and I just moved to Sedalia, CO. The area I am living in doesn't have a homebrew club nearby. Unfortunately, that also means my LHBS is over 40 minutes away. But that being the case, I have been considering starting a Homebrew Club out in the barn at La Loma (aka The Hill). I am super excited about this idea. If anyone is on the West/South West side of Denver, CO let me know. This is a totally different idea that came to me recently after a conversation with some neighbors. This coming weekend I will be brewing up a batch of Honey Red Ale with a neighbor. So now to learn the rules of a homebrew club.

 

[Craigerrr]

Good luck with it!

 

[Donoroto]

Goid luck! We’re a kind of HB club here, we even meet once a month to ragchew about brewing. On Zoom, of course. That way we don’t gave to drive home. And we sometimes even get to sample each other’s beers! With effort…

 

[Sandy Feet]

Good luck. I noticed a number of very nice people in that Denver area when I was out there in May. I wear my Slow Pour Pils shirt around here a lot

 

[Dave Y]

So now to learn the rules of a homebrew club.

BAFO
Brew around and find out

;-)

 

[FleetingSmoke]

BAFO
Brew around and find out

;-)

That is today's plan. Get deep into finding out what it takes to get a Brew Club started. Once I have those details locked in I can then start building the neighborhood crew up. Stay tuned!

 

[Craigerrr]

I went to two local brew club meetings, the first one I went to it was being a new kid in school, they weren't all huddled in a corner pointing at me, but it pretty much felt like that. I think a club like that needs to make sure that someone recognizes someone new at the meeting and make sure that they are welcomed. The benefit of the club to me really is bulk buys, and the availability of their jockey box.
Unfortunate that they seem to be a group of socially awkward beer nerds...

 

[FleetingSmoke]

I went to two local brew club meetings, the first one I went to it was being a new kid in school, they weren't all huddled in a corner pointing at me, but it pretty much felt like that. I think a club like that needs to make sure that someone recognizes someone new at the meeting and make sure that they are welcomed. The benefit of the club to me really is bulk buys, and the availability of their jockey box.
Unfortunate that they seem to be a group of socially awkward beer nerds...

Yeah, I felt the same way when I went to my first LBC meeting. And I agree that there should be a Newbie spotter just to keep an eye out for the potential new members. The good part about this group at least initially is that everyone will be new. Since this will basically be a neighborhood brew club with a potential to grow out of the neighborhood we will take it slow and build as needed. Bulk purchases will be cool as a way to make more beer and get a new people stoked on brewing so that we can offer a few different styles of beer.

I have a couple of buddies who don't really have space in their homes or garages for their brew gear but they don't want to just get rid of it. They have told me that it would be cool to "donate" the gear to the club. As long as they have access to it at some point and time so that they can still brew if they want to. I told them that it was totally cool with me. I would kind of make them "honorary" memmbers of the Club as they were the first 3 guys I brewed with at my old house. So kind of a cool way to get started.

And I am not an awkward beer nerd....well not after at least 3 homebrews!

 

[Craigerrr]

Good luck with it!