We had a great time at RI Mini Maker Faire/Foo Fest, and got the chance to talk to many awesome people about making beer. We want to remind everyone that we have our meetings are every second Thursday of the month. This month’s meeting will be August 13th. We meet at the Motif Headquarters (65… Read More »
If you like live music, artists, and makers come join us this Saturday at the RI Mini Maker Faire, part of the AS220 Foo Fest. We’ll be doing our annual live brewing demonstrations from 1PM till 8PM. Come see how beer is made, try to stump us with your best brewing questions, or horrify us… Read More »
Did you miss out on The Barrington Home Brewing 101 class? Or just discover that in 1978 President Carter allowed for home brewing to be legal in United States? Come join the Rhode Island Brewing Society for The Home Brewing 101 class at the Coventry Public library, June 17th at 7PM. We will be going… Read More »
Ever want to learn to home brew but figured it was probably too hard? Well Join us June 4th at the Barrington Public Library starting at 7pm for a Home Brewing 101 class. We will talk the basics of home brewing, how to get started, common mistakes, and we will open the floor to a… Read More »
The Rhode Island Brewing Society held their May meeting (rescheduled from May 14th) last night at our latest meeting location, the MOTIF Magazine Headquarters. Turn out was low due to the rescheduled date, but we welcomed two new guests to the meeting; great to meet you Chris & Dave! Chris & Dave are experienced homebrewers… Read More »
Meeting Update! This week’s meeting is going to be postponed till May21 (next Thursday). We have the Ocean State Home brew Competition in our sites and we are working feverishly to wrap up any loose ends. We look forward to seeing everyone next week and sorry for the inconvenience.
Members of the RIBS are no stranger to being nomads, we have traveled from bar to bar in the past to have our early meetings, then we had the carpet factory for a while and finally Close Quarters Hack Space in Pawtucket. With the closure of Close Quarters we’ve had to move our meetings yet… Read More »
The Rhode Island Brewing Society would like to congratulate Kristie and Ashleigh on the launch of their book Ocean State History on Tap. The book takes you from the pre-prohibition era all the way to the current breweries of Rhode Island. Who would have guessed that such a small state could have such a rich… Read More »
This has been a long time in the making and we are absolutely thrilled we can finally announce the fruition of a crazy plan. Starting today we are opening the doors of our brand new RI-based brewery, Goat Taco Brewing Co.! This brewery will be unlike any other brewery that has come before because it… Read More »
Break out those brewpots and get brewin! The 5th Annual Ocean State Homebrew Competition is almost upon us. Starting April 1st, you will have till May 1st to submit your entries to the OSHC. Drop off locations are spread all throughout southern New England. Head over to http://oshc.brewcomp.com for registration information and details. All proceeds will… Read More »