Colorado's Oldest Homebrew Club!
Our club, est. March 30, 1989 by none other than Charlie Papazian, author of the now renowned book, Joy of Homebrewing, and a handful of local brewing/homebrewing enthusiasts. Our meetings are social, casual and revolve around the the love of hand crafted beverages. Everyone is welcome, from those just starting up the hobby of homebrewing to professional brewers, many of which started out here as homebrewers. If you are looking to check us out for the first time, fear not! We will provide a light meal with a potluck style dinner and plenty of beer to sample! You are welcome to bring a bottle of your own brew to share, but it is not neccessary. Now 30 plus years on, we celebrated our founding, and have events throughout the year. Join up and watch your email.
For the competitive type, running since the inception of the club, we have hosted the Hop Barley & the Alers annual homebrew competition known as the Reggale & Dredhop. This is a nationally renowned AHA and BJCP sanctioned competition that sees entries from accross the US, and often around the globe. This competition is open to all BJCP styles. For those who are able to win 1st in their category, you will automatically qualify for the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) competition held annually for all qualified competitions and brewers in addition to the possibility of participating in Pro-Am brewing with area breweries. This event, like any tasting panel/competition, is a great way to get feedback on your beverages to help you improve your brewing skills.
We also have a yearly summer campout picnic which hosts the "Iron Brewer" competition. A club only competition in the style of the popular "Iron Chef" show. A secret ingredient is revelead prior to the picnic and those interested in taking on the challenge can brew a beer with that ingredient and have it judged amongst other club member beers. Do you have what it takes to become the clubs next Iron Brewer? Our 2023 suprize interedient may be announced soon, stay tuned.
Our primary club fundraising event, typicaly held at our August meeting, is our annual auction. At the auction you can bid to get great deals on brewing equipment, dinners or tasting experiences, brewing classes or opportunities to brew with experienced brewers in our club, ingredients, social activities and whatever else gets offered up or donated. A combination swap meet and brewing/beverage participation opportunity.
We hope to see you at our next meeting!
If you like our club and would like to continue participation in any of or all our events, all we ask is a yearly membership. Our dues are $35.00 for single, or $45.00 per couple. This helps provide us with the fund to have a meeting place, put on the Dredhop, provide food during each club meeting, brew club/color group beers, and throw our annual camp picnic. Thanks for checking us out and see you soon!
Reach out and send an email through the Email Us page under Contact, along with links to Facebook & Twitter.
For those who've wondered, from March 2020 to March 2021 our monthly meetings were cancelled, as were in person activities, Covid-19 and all. Starting April 2021, we are able to, and have been meeting for a beer, in person. Craft Brewers Conference 2020 sessions were free to watch. For online forum follow up: Our social marketing people got a little ahead of the web design person, so if it's not here on the site, send an email to hopbarleyalers at gmail.com to let us know what you're looking for. Beer is community. 2022 CBC's in Minneapolis in May, 2022 Homebrew Con's in Pittsburg in June. 2023 content links will be posted when available. Cheers!
We have a shared presence on Meetup.com at [https://www.meetup.com/BoulderBeer].
Our Google Voice #, for text/voice messages, is (720) 441-3478.
For those who'd like to reach out the "old fasion way";
send mail to : PO Box 19412, Boulder, CO 80301