The project started on Friday evening by running 70 gallons of water and preheating it to around 190F. Then 75% of the base grain was crushed and placed in each mash tun along with the brewing salts. This prepared us to get started early on Saturday. Saturday Jack Buttress showed up around 7 am, and…
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East Nashville Beer Festival – April 9th, 2022
For the 2nd year in a row, we poured beer at the festival. Jack Buttress headed up this event and we had several of our member’s beers on tap for all to enjoy. We had people show an interest in joining the club. Images taken by Michael Weber’s Wife.
Big Brew for National Homebrew Day
Czann’s Brewing, May 7th, 9-4pm The What & When: Big Brew Day is held on the first Saturday in May each year and is promoted by the AHA (American Homebrewers Association). The Music City Brewers have historically had a professional brewery create the wort in bulk and they allow us to brew at their facility…
Barrel Project Brew Day #1 Report
Date: Feb 26th (8am – 10pm) LONG DAY Club Member participants:1. Chris Carte2. Jack Buttress3. Pat Bush4. John Driscoll5. Marquise Wilkins6. Jacob Magnuson7. Joseph Nance Brew Day Goal:We sought to make a total of 30 gallons of 1.140 OG wort that is to ferment in one location and used to fill a Maker’s Mark Private…
2019 National Learn to Homebrew Day
We are going to be covering so much this year, I don’t even want to list it all because my fingers would get tired of typing. If you are a new or experienced homebrewer I would suggest making this event because you will walk away with at least one nugget of info that will either…
2019 Big Brew Day, May 4th @ Czann’s Brewing Company
We will be at it again at Czann’s Brewing Company. Ken has agreed to provide wort for us this year. We will have around 250 gallons available, so all you need is a way to boil, chill and a fermenter. A light lunch and water will be provided as well as one around of beers…
2019 Thirsty Thursday
Please note that thirsty thursday is the 4th thursday of the month….Also please keep an eye on the list because it is subject to change due to places closing down unexpectedly or without us knowing. We will always have an event created on facebook for the current month. Thirsty Thursdays 1/24 New Heights 2/28 Harding…
2019 Brew Style Challenge / Competition
This is the 2019 Brew Style Challenge, with a twist. We want to have a lot of fun this year with the style challenge and we’re going to make this into a little comp and mini comps along the way. Please read the rules below, and at the very bottom is a list of this…
Learn to Homebrew Day 2018
Ryan Reynolds 729 Drummond Drive Nashville, TN 37211 We will be starting to heat the water and crush the grain at 9am, so please be there around 8:30am if you plan to participate in the brewing of this beer. First of all I would like to encourage you music city brewers to bring someone…
March 10th, 2018 Meeting Bootleg Biology
Important news about the March Club Meeting Bootleg Biology’s Jeff Mello has offered up his lab for our March 10th meeting. Not only has he done this, but he has gone even farther by coming up with the idea of having a club brewing contest at the meeting. Jeff has volunteered to give out 15…
June Meeting – 6 / 16
Hey all! June’s monthly meeting will be held at Tennessee Brew Works. If you have never been there, it is a beautiful facility and they have a great outdoor deck for events. Details from the email I exchanged with Tennessee Brew works: The meeting will start promptly at noon. Tennessee Brew works will open early for…
May Meeting – Bosco’s Brew Off!
AHA Big Brew is a celebration of National Homebrew Day (May 3). Each year homebrewers around the world invite family and friends to their brewing site on the first Saturday in May to celebrate the holiday. Everyone is encouraged to help out with the brew, enjoy the fun and join in on a world-wide toast…
April Meeting – Stouts and Swaps
Michael L Shew https://www.facebook.com/michael.l.shew has graciously opened his home up to our monthly meeting! It will be the 1st Saturday in April (5th) due to some scheduling conflicts. He wants it to be a Stout theme! He will have numerous taps available to drink on during the meeting and he would like you to bring your…
March Meeting – 3/8
Chris Allen has offered to host again at his awesome home brewery! There will likely be a brew day scheduled to start early that morning and all who come are welcome to show up and watch/help and clean tri clamp fittings…lol. There is a fairly good sized patio/driveway area that we utilized last meeting for…
February Meeting
Boscos Nashville will be hosting the February meeting of the Music City Brewers. We have reserved the area behind the bar. Same rules as always, but no kegs can be brought to this meeting. Bottles and growlers are allowed but no kegs. Thanks to Karen Lassiter for hooking us up with this space. It will be a throw…