Interest for Sturbridge Homebrew Club?

[DudesBrews]

If anyone is interested in helping get a Homebrew Club started in Sturbridge, MA.....

We will be meeting on Thursday, July 10th at 7pm at the Rapscallion Brewery Tap Room.

 

[DudesBrews]

Off to a good start. We gathered about a dozen names and email addresses at the July meet up and will be scheduling a meet up at Rapscallion for late August for anyone else who is interested. We will post the date and time here.

 

[Rbixby67]

I too would be interested in joining a local club. I just got back into brewing and would very muck like to meet other local brewers to share brew and information.

Bix

 

[DudesBrews]

We will continue with our efforts to get a Homebrew Club started in the Sturbridge area. Our next "meet up" will take place at Rapscallion's Tap Room on Thursday, August 21st at 7pm.

Hopefully we will be able to get a club started this fall. In the meantime, these meet ups are a great opportunity to come in and meet the guys who are trying to get this started (not to mention a great excuse to have a couple of pints!)

 

[brewmasterdrew]

So just wondering if this is still happening? Seems like the thread stopped around August...

 

[DudesBrews]

Sorry, I've been so busy at work I haven't had any time to devote to this.

 

[kaz4121]

Hey guys!

Hoping to get something started up again as things are starting to warm up. I'm back in the Sturbridge area and would be more than willing to coordinate the next meeting at Rapscallion.

Anyone else interested??

 

[quaboagbrewing]

Hey guys!

Hoping to get something started up again as things are starting to warm up. I'm back in the Sturbridge area and would be more than willing to coordinate the next meeting at Rapscallion.

Anyone else interested??

I'm in if this gets going again.

 

[Rbixby67]

I'm also interested, let us know when.

 

[kaz4121]

I'm assuming later in the week is best, any preference to Thursday or Friday?

Unfortunately I'll be traveling a bit in April, but could do April 9 or 10, which would give us a couple weeks to round up a few more people. Otherwise I can do next week, or the final week of April too.

I'll reach out to Rapscallion once we have a date nailed down to get things coordinated.

 

[quaboagbrewing]

I'm assuming later in the week is best, any preference to Thursday or Friday?

Unfortunately I'll be traveling a bit in April, but could do April 9 or 10, which would give us a couple weeks to round up a few more people. Otherwise I can do next week, or the final week of April too.

I'll reach out to Rapscallion once we have a date nailed down to get things coordinated.

In general I am good with either Thursday or Friday. For April last week would work better for me may be able to rearrange plans if you were to do this sooner. BTW.....was checking out your website....that's a whole lot of souring going on. I have yet to attempt a sour but would love to hear more about your experience brewing these.

 

[kaz4121]

Alright..let's shoot for Thursday, April 30th. I'll touch base with Rapscallion and we can determine a time as the date nears.

Let's try to gather up a half dozen or so.

 

[brewmasterdrew]

I'm in too! glad to see this came back around...too bad have to wait another month

 

[brewmasterdrew]

oh one other question for you guys in the area....where do you buy your supplies? online or is there a shop you like to go to?

 

[kaz4121]

oh one other question for you guys in the area....where do you buy your supplies? online or is there a shop you like to go to?

Closest shop is West Boylston Homebrew or DIY Homebrew Supply in Ludlow.

Therefore, I usually utilize online shops, but still try to support one of the LHBS as often as I can.

 

[kaz4121]

I'm in too! glad to see this came back around...too bad have to wait another month

Late April is a ways away, but it will give us more time to round up everyone who is interested.

 

[quaboagbrewing]

oh one other question for you guys in the area....where do you buy your supplies? online or is there a shop you like to go to?

I work in Wellesley and will often pickup supplies at Strange Brew in Marlboro on my way home. They frequently have LivingSocialDeals as well ($30 for $15). Have used DIY a few times as well but typically if not using Strange Brew I'll order all my stuff through NorthernBrewer or MoreBeer.

 

[DudesBrews]

I have a an email list of about a dozen guys from last fall when I tried to get this going. I'll email them with a link to this thread in case anyone from that group is interested.

 

[Sherbert]

I may be able to come, need to check with SWMBO to see if she can watch the kids. I've recently moved to Charlton, so I'm closer now!

 

[brewmasterdrew]

so just going to throw this out there....think a LHBS would survive in the Sturbridge area?
And I'm good with waiting till the end of April, it will let me get some brewing done so I have something to share and talk about.

 

[brewmasterdrew]

so just going to throw this out there....think a LHBS would survive in the Sturbridge area?
And I'm good with waiting till the end of April, it will let me get some brewing done so I have something to share and talk about.

 

[kaz4121]

so just going to throw this out there....think a LHBS would survive in the Sturbridge area?

Hard to say. The Sturbridge population definitely supports local businesses, but I feel like you would have to be more competitive with prices than West Boylston or DIY are currently (i.e less margin for you ). I like to support LHBS's when I can but I also have a homebrew budget.

 

[DudesBrews]

2 of the local package stores (Yankee Spirits and Ted's in Charlton) tried selling supplies but neither did very well with it. I believe both were supplied by Strange Brew in Marlboro. (I heard that either the owner or someone who works there lives in the Sturbridge area.) If that is the case, maybe they would be interested in delivering product to Rapscallion's for pickup.

 

[day_trippr]

Josh lived out in that area, maybe he was hooking those stores up before he moved on.

I think Brian would be more tight about stuff like that without a liason...

Cheers!

 

[quaboagbrewing]

Was actually wondering assuming we can get this group together if we may be able to broker bulk wholesale purchases going through Rapscallion. I have been hopping onto some group buys put together a few times annually by Donovan Bailey from Down The Road Brewery. He is able to order wholesale from CountryMaltGroup and has all the pallets delivered to Concord. This is a HUGE savings over purchasing your grain at a LHBS or online. Only downside is still having to drive to Concord for the pickup. If we could get something going ourselves with pickup at Rapscallion that would be awesome. Figure setup in a similar fashion maybe have 2 group buys a year (spring / fall). Think Rap would be open to this??

 

[Sherbert]

That's a cool thought. I've been keeping an eye out for group grain buys since I got my mill, but always see them too late.

 

[kaz4121]

Was actually wondering assuming we can get this group together if we may be able to broker bulk wholesale purchases going through Rapscallion. I have been hopping onto some group buys put together a few times annually by Donovan Bailey from Down The Road Brewery. He is able to order wholesale from CountryMaltGroup and has all the pallets delivered to Concord. This is a HUGE savings over purchasing your grain at a LHBS or online. Only downside is still having to drive to Concord for the pickup. If we could get something going ourselves with pickup at Rapscallion that would be awesome. Figure setup in a similar fashion maybe have 2 group buys a year (spring / fall). Think Rap would be open to this??

This was my hope exactly. Building a relationship with Rapscallion through some group meetings and pint purchases, I don't see why they wouldn't be interested. It would be a good talking point with the owner when we meet later in the month

 

[brewmasterdrew]

brewing 5 different beers in prep for this first meeting! need to start socializing around beer people again

 

[quaboagbrewing]

Anyone planning to brew on AHA Big Brew Day in May? The Columbus IPA recipe looked pretty good.....thinking about firing up a 10 Gallon Batch.

 

[brewmasterdrew]

so is the 30th still happening?