Good Luck Armando
One of our own is crossing the pond to attend brewing school at the University of Sunderland. We all wish him the best of luck with his studies and can’t wait to see what he brings back for the group!
Category Archives: Beer General
Home Brewing 101 Grain to Glass
Class is in session! Join the Rhode Island Brewing Society at the Warwick Public Library for a 1 hour Home Brewing 101 Class followed by a Q&A session. The event will be Wednesday March 5th 7pm-8:30pm. Sign up for the 21+ event at the here.
Meeting Postponed
We are going to be postponing this week’s meeting due to weather. We have been getting reports of snow, freezing rain, slush and gloom of night (in some areas). In lieu of such perils we are going to postpone the meeting till next week February 20th. Drive safe everyone!
RI Brewfest 2014 Completed!
Here’s to another wildly successful Rhode Island Winter Brew Fest! This was our second time in attendance to this wonderful festival and we all had a great time and met a ton of awesome people. We went home with only about 2 kegs worth of beer, after having brought 5 of them. You people all… Read More »
RI Brewfest 2014 (Winter)
This is it people, the big day is almost here and it is certainly going to be the highlight of your February. February 1st, the RI Brewfest (http://www.ribrewfest.com/) returns to the Pawtucket Armory, boasting 165+ beers on hand for your sampling. If you haven’t bought a ticket already, I suggest you do. Here’s a list… Read More »
BJCP Guidelines Stout Competition 2014
It is a new year for RIBS and with that we have decided to step up the competitions a bit. RIBS members now will be following the Beer Judging Certification Program (BJCP) guidelines for their beers. The move to a more rigid system helps hone the skill of the brewer and gives valuable feedback even… Read More »
Happy Holidays
It has been another fun year and RIBS has had a blast; we look forward to another year of adventures in brewing! We ended the year on a high note with the return of Dog Fish Head to RI. RIBS members were able to have a rare opportunity to meet with Sam Calagione at the… Read More »
December Meeting: Cancelled
Just a reminder, the December meeting is CANCELLED, so we can do our annual Yankee Beer Swap and Potluck. Sorry, this is a Members only event. If you want to get in on next year’s event, we encourage you to show up to our January (Jan 9th) meeting. See you then!
80th Anniversary of the Prohibition Repeal
80 years ago today the US Government repealed the 18th amendment. Before Prohibition small local breweries were a way of life. Most towns and cites had their own breweries and you could get a fill by bringing a bucket down to them. Unfortunately, the 13 years that Prohibition was in effect decimated these local breweries… Read More »
Beer to go!
RIBS members use a number of a different mobile apps. We thought that we would bring to light many of the apps that we use pretty regularly. All the apps that we use are free and a number of them are for iphone or android. Of course we could go into blackberry, windows phones, paid… Read More »