Summer is just around the corner and what a better way to greet it than with craft beer. Celebrate local business with local beer! All week long the RI breweries will be visiting local bars with some of their more rare products to tantalize your taste buds. It’s also the perfect opportunity to talk to… Read More »
You might have seen our post a few months back with Armando being the winner of our Stouts & Porters home brewing competition. You may have also seen pink elephants driving armored cars down the street. But if you didn’t see either of those things, here is a little recap. Every season (Winter, Spring, Summer,… Read More »
This tour has been a year in the making, between talks and reschedules we finally have been able to make it to the Ravenous Brewery. Brew master and owner Dorian Rave was able to open the doors of his Woonsocket brewery for us to have a tour of his nano operation, and were able to… Read More »
This past weekend was the Newport Storm Parti-gyle. For those that are not familiar with Parti-gyle, this technique involved drawing off the first part of the mash and using it to make strong ale or barley wine. Then remashing the grain and drawing off the second runnings for a more ordinary, weak and watery concoction… Read More »
Here at RIBS we encourage members to snap pictures of brew day or brewing projects they have been working on. Today, we have the latest pictures from Kate and Keith from their brewing session during the Blizzard of 2013(aka. Nemo). If you have pictures you would like to share, join us at a future meeting… Read More »
RI Brew Fest was yesterday, and it was a great time! We want to take a moment and thank everyone for their time; this was the first big event, along side local breweries, for RIBS. We learned so much and met some awesome people. Where would this event be without attendants? A special thank you… Read More »
Today is the big day, RI Brew Fest! Tickets have completely sold out, and we are gearing up to serve (limited) quantities of our home brew. Hope to see you there, and enjoy the great beer, music, and enjoy the festivities!
Winter has definitely set in, we here at RIBS thought it would be in true fashion to celebrate the long cold days by brewing Winter Warmers, Stouts and Porters. It is a well known fact that a bold dark beer goes well by the fire as the snow falls outside. Several months back the group… Read More »
It is the new year and what a way to start it, RI Brewing Society was chosen to be American Home brewers Association Club of the Week! So if you don’t frequent the AHA home page on a regular basis it is worth a look to see what RIBS is all about. The full article… Read More »
From all of us at the Rhode Island Brewing Society we want to wish you a happy safe holiday season.