Summer 2026

This summer has been crazy busy for a few of us, so we are doing something a little different. This is our Summer Newsletter which will cover both July and August. Expect to be back to our monthly newsletters schedule in September.

July Monthly Meeting

• Date: July 18th

• Start Time: 11 am – 12 pm

• Location: Old 121 Brewhouse

• Address: 2010 S Oak St, Lakewood, CO 80227

For the July meeting, we will have a guest speaker from Spirit Hound Distillery. This little distillery making big waves throughout Colorado, the surrounding region and internationally. A brand created by the same home-brewer who made Dale’s Pale Ale, christened at Oskar Blues. Spirit Hound has earned a reputation for hand-crafting everything.

August Monthly Meeting

• Date: August 15th

• Start Time: 12 pm – 4 pm

• Location: Firster’s House

• Address: See RSVP Below

August will be our annual BBQ, and Josh and Deidre will be hosting. We will include the address in the reminder text the morning of the meeting. Come hungry, we will have BBQ chicken, baked beans, german potato salad, corn on the cob, jalapeño poppers, and brownies and ice cream. We will also have some beer from Old 121 and Paramount BeerWerks, as well as some live music! Please use this RSVP link to let us know if you plan on attending. We will use this to info estimate food, and so we can send you the address.

Quarterly Happy Hour

• Date: July 22nd

• Time: 6pm - 8 pm

• Location: LUKI Brewery

• Address: 14715 West 64th Ave. Unit A & B, Arvada, CO 80004

Save the date for our quarterly happy hour on Wednesday, July 22nd. We will be meeting at LUKI, a circus themed brewery in Arvada.

September 2026 Quarterly Challenge

Our next quarterly challenge is going to be a DME/LME challenge. You are required to use DME or LME to make up more than 51% of your fermentable sugars. Sign up info can be found on our website here.

September 2027 Quarterly Challenge

What’s this... An additional quarterly challenge announcement? We’re giving you a long notice for next year's September quarterly challenge. The challenge will be focused on Aged Fermentations. There are a lot of fermentations that aren’t able to have a quick turn around, and get immensely better with time. This is the perfect challenge for those. The goal is to give people plenty of time to start making and aging those entries. 

Up Coming Competitions

Liquid Poetry Slam

• Registration opens 07/11/2026, register here

• Entries are due 08/12/2026

Up Coming Events

Belgian Brew Fest - August 22nd 2026

Celebrate the legacy of Belgian brewing at Bruz Beers annual festival! Since its inception in 2017, this outdoor festival has honored Denver’s vibrant Belgian-style beer scene. Your ticket grants you unlimited access to a premium selection of both local Belgian-inspired ales and esteemed international imports. To complement your tasting journey, there will be a curated lineup of live music and local food trucks. More details can be found here.

Education Corner

Dry Hopping and pH

Did you know dry hopping a beer raises the pH? A dry hop addition of 0.5 oz per gallon raises the pH of the beer, on average, 0.1 units of pH. It’s really 0.08 to 0.14, depending on the hop variety, but let’s just say it’s 0.1 for easier adjustments. If the end of fermentation your beer has a pH of 4.3 and you dry hop at 1oz per gallon, you’ll probably go from 4.3 to 4.5 pH

Something to note, is these numbers are averages and are supposed to help you try and correct back to your correct pH. It is also good to note that pH is a logarithmic scale, not linear. So your finishing pH (before dry hop) can change how much the dry hop addition will impact the pH. But these are some rough average numbers to help you out. Keeping your own records of pH measurements before/after dry hopping and which variety of hop you use. Can really help dial in those numbers for future batches.