Impaling Alers

It all begins at 7PM this Friday. This month we’ll learn about home growing your own hops for your homebrew, it’s not as difficult as it sounds and doesn’t require a lot of gardening skill especially around here. Come and join us to learn more. Once again, it’s Iron-Brewer time! We’re going to ask you …

BEERSTOCK 2023 is on and will be Saturday August 5th. The theme this year is the 1983 Canadian movie The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (a modern comedic loose interpretation of Shakespear’s Hamlet). It will be here before you know it so start brewing and preparing soon!

We have joined Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/impalingalers/  Post yourself making and enjoying your brews, add content of our meetings or anything else club related, so we can all share even if we miss a meeting.  

Meet with us at 7PM and learn about the history of Irish beer! We’ll have a short video covering things you didn’t know about Irish brewing and beer. BOTFLY is back this month! Our very own president Annette Nelson will be presenting a style she’s never tried before. Is there something you’ve never brewed before …

It’s been officially announced that the Washington Beer Commission will not be holding the 2023 Washington Brewer Festival this summer. The link below explains a bit about why, hopefully it will return in 2024 possibly under the oversight of the Washington Brewers Guild if they can scale up and get the right people for it. …

Both the 25th Cascade Brewers Cup Brew Competition and the 2023 AHA First Round National Homebrew Competition drop offs are due this week by St. Patrick’s day March 17th You can still register as a Judge or a Steward for the Cascade Brewers Cup Brew until the 18th (judging on the 24-25th ) and Judging …

Come join us starting at 7PM and learn about decoction mashing with us, which is a traditional mashing technique for brewing beer (remove some of the mash, boil it, and mix it back in the mash tun to raise the temperature of the mash). Consider participating in Iron-Brewer! Doesn’t matter if it’s your first time brewing …

Thank you to all participants, volunteers, and judges for this year’s Novembeerfest competition!  Without you this competition would not be possible! Thanks again to Airways Brewing for hosting this year. Here are the final results for Novembeerfest 2022: 

The National Homebrew competition has returned to the Regionals format, and registration is currently open! The PNW First Round NHC will be held Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15 at Black Raven Brewing Company’s Woodinville location. Participating in NHC is a great club activity, both entering your best brews, and coming to judge and steward with …

The 2023 Pro-Am Homebrew Contest organized by Reuben’s Brews is back! After taking a hiatus in 2022, we are excited to bring back this competition and hope you’ll participate. Our 2023 Pro-Am will be a BJCP certified homebrew competition and as in the past, the winner of best in show will have the chance to …