Category Archives: Beer General

Beer and Food Pairing on Memorial Day Weekend

By | May 31, 2017

This weekend Brendan and Cate at Green Acres Farm hosted a RIBS Beer and Food Pairing.  We had a delicious 5 course menu featuring dumplings, baby bok choi salad, kimchi fried rice (my favorite!), smoked duck with mushrooms, and red bean paste ice cream with vanilla wafers.  All of the dishes were cooked by Cate… Read More »

Spring Has Sprung!

By | April 27, 2017

Hello Homebrewers!  Exciting happenings are happening this spring at the RI Brewing Society.  This weekend we will have a booth at the Newport Craft Beer Fest so if you are attending make sure to stop by and say hi.  We had a tremendously well attended April meeting hosted by Morgan at Buttonwoods Brewery a few weeks ago.… Read More »

Big Brew for National Homebrew Day 2017

By | April 6, 2017

Join RIBS as we celebrate National Homebrew Day! AHA Big Brew with RIBS Saturday May 6, 2017 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM Green Acres Farm 51 Farm Street North Smithfield, RI 02896 We will be hosting our first Big Brew at Green Acres Farm in North Smithfield on Saturday, May 6, 2017. The kegs will be tapped… Read More »

February Meeting & Winter Styles Competition

By | February 18, 2017

We had a great showing at last night’s monthly club meeting.  Highlights included last minute submissions by members for the Ocean State Homebrew Competition, scheduling mini lectures for March and April, raffling off a chance to assist head brewer Tommy at Trinity Brewhouse, and announcing our first Homebrewing 101 class of 2017 (at Westerly Library on… Read More »

2017 Rhode Island Brew Fest

By | February 7, 2017

It was an exciting day for Rhode Island Brewing Society at the 2017 Rhode Island Brew Fest! So many people, with overwhelmingly positive responses, many great new contacts made, friends made, and, of course, there was BEER. Our South of the Wall, Clan MacIntosh, and KettleFrog were the stand-out hits of the day; not to toot… Read More »

Jamboree 16

By | September 22, 2016

It’s only been two short weeks since we got back from attending the New England Homebrewer’s Jamboree and already we’re starting to plan for next year’s jamboree. This was our third year attending this excellent event and we had a bigger crew than the two years before. You know what they say, the more the… Read More »

September Jam Session

By | July 8, 2016

Mark your calendars, tickets are now on sale for the New England Home Brewer’s Jamboree! Those who are new to the jamboree, it is an awesome gathering of home brewers, where we are able to talk home brew, drink home brew, and serve home brew.  Proceeds from the Jamboree go to the New Hampshire chapter… Read More »

Sit back and smell the kettles

By | April 27, 2016

Imagine if you will the trees filled with leaves, a warm breeze gently dancing with the steam coming off your boil kettle. You are sitting back in a lawn chair drinking your last stout from winter. The air is heavy with 7 varieties of hops totaling 21oz, as you brew up some of your famous… Read More »

Live long and Prosper- Long Live Beerworks

By | January 5, 2016

This Saturday, January 9th, is a red letter day for “Long Live Beerworks” as it will be the first time they open their doors to the public. Owner, Brewmaster and founding Rhode Island Brewing Society member, Armando DeDona is following the dream we all hold. Armando has worked hard, studied harder, and brewed beers that… Read More »