Recent content by SteveCourtright

Welcome! Evanston here, lots of brewers in Chicago.

Welcome! I like Brew Camp as well.

This is why you heat iron skillets after washing....they rust and very quickly. But since O2 is low is beer...

The brew day was November 3rd! Do you know about the meetings at Prairie Moon? Perhaps I will run into you when the club meets next. http://www.evanstonhomebrew.com/

Yep. I met the gang recently, nice bunch of knowledgeable brewers. They were having a public brew day outside of FEW Spirits. Looking forward to joining in the fun next time they meet.

Well, I might as well pitch in. I am Steve from Evanston and we just sampled my very first homebrew, an American Pale Ale. It turned out great and better than expected. Both my wife and I started out in the food industry, so this is like getting back into the lab/kitchen for us. Great, great...

The first was Chicago Brew on Premise and the second was at an old firehouse on Clybourn, can't remember the name. The beer at the first was not good and it closed quickly. The beer at the second was terrific. We had a blast brewing at the second, the kids would make root beer when we made beer.

I have been to and happily used two different BOPs here in Chicago. However, sadly niether one is still in business. The second one was opened by two (I think) fellows who had experience in the food business. They also made private label stuff for local restaurants in addition to the BOP...