So far RIBS has had an eventful month! The 9th Annual Ocean State Homebrew Competition was an amazing success once again! There was a total 563 judged entries in 36 separate judging categories. It took two nights of pre-judging and three judging sessions during the competition weekend to get through it all. OSHC represented all BJCP… Read More »
The RIBS had their Belgian Strong Beers Competition during the February 2019 meeting featuring the following categories: Belgian Dubbel (26B) , Belgian Tripel (26C), and Belgian Quad (26D) The winner of the competition was Dan Clark with his Trappist Monkē Fükr Belgian Tripel Ale (9% ABV) The event was filled with great Belgian style ales… Read More »
Brews for the Bay Saturday October 20, 2018 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM 100 Save the Bay Dr Providence, RI 02905 The Rhode Island Brewing Society is hosting its second annual charity event. This year we will be supporting Save the Bay! Admission is a $10 suggested donation at the door, which will give you… Read More »
My story of how I got into homebrewing coincides with my development as a craft beer drinker. When I was in college, I never cared for light domestic lagers (I only drank them out of necessity)- I was the guy in the room drinking Sam Adams or Long Trail (fancy beer). I didn’t really understand… Read More »
I am originally from New Jersey, but my mom is a Cranston native, so I have been coming to RI. Before settling in RI I spent 4 years in Philadelphia and 4 years in Boston where I studied French Horn. I moved to Providence in 2007 and began brewing a few months later. I had… Read More »
I should begin with saying my first sip of beer was homebrew. It was mine, and it was bad. My parents never drank (they do now, THANK GOD), so I wasn’t really interested in alcohol growing up. I started college and found out all the cool kids drink, so I should probably start. Obviously, you… Read More »
Join RIBS as we celebrate National Homebrew Day! AHA Big Brew with RIBS Saturday May 5, 2018 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Green Acres Farm 51 Farm Street North Smithfield, RI 02896 We will be hosting our second Big Brew at Green Acres Farm in North Smithfield on Saturday, May 5, 2018. The kegs will be tapped… Read More »
I grew up in Wrentham, MA and went to College at Umass Lowell. I’ve always been looking for better beer choices, at one of the Lowell bars we’d frequent my friends would be downstairs drinking 99 cent Bud Light and I’d be upstairs drinking 1.25 Sam Adams bottles. In 2001 I moved to PA for… Read More »
I grew up in Roxbury, NJ and went to the University of Rhode Island where I enjoyed lots of Yuengling and Natural Ice. A few friends and I talked about brewing for a long time before we did anything. Then after visiting the RIBS booth at the 2014 RI Brewfest John Windle and I finally… Read More »
Pints for PKD was a true success exceeding all that we had envisioned. The event was the first charity event the club put on and also the first of its soon to be “Brew and Hope” charity program. This new program will be a series of charity events that we put on routinely for different… Read More »