April 2025 Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Newsletter
- Steve Anthony
- Apr 26
- 4 min read
Greetings Brewers,
A reminder that our meeting will be on Tuesday, April 29th, at Country Club Brewing in Bethlehem, PA. They've arranged for The Burger Shack food truck (menu here) to be there that evening, so come hungry! Doors open at 6:30PM, and the meeting starts at 7:30PM.
Big Brew is almost here, and we're still looking for people to come out to brew an ESB for a cause at Yergey Brewing on Saturday, May 3rd. This year a portion of proceeds will be donated to the Jess Fin Foundation in support of brain tumor research, so sign up on the Events page, bring your brewing system and come brew! As in previous years, all ingredients will provided to you day of, and the boil will be finished in Yergey's system.
Malt Madness is in full swing. Thank you to everyone who helped with the bottle sort, has volunteered to steward or judge, or who has otherwise been involved in making this competition a success. However, there's still work to be done! CRAFTED, a Malt Madness homebrew tasting event, is May 10th from noon-3pm at the Spinnerstown Hotel. This will be a free to the public ticketed event, followed by the awards ceremony for Malt Madness. To make this event a success we need volunteers for setup and day of. Sign up here and here on the events page so we know where we are with help available.
Planning for a BJCP beer judging class and exam have started. At the moment we're targeting Fall for the class, and an exam date in mid-November. If you've ever wanted to learn to taste beer like a judge, or become one, watch the events page for signups and details as they are finalized!
Finally, the usual reminder that we've been looking for an alternative with a low barrier to entry for notifying those interested in news, festival opportunities, or event reminders, etc. outside of the monthly newsletter cycle. To this end, we've created the "LVHB News" Google Group. If you're interested, you should be able to search for lvhb-news@googlegroups.com in the Google Groups search and request to join.
See you Tuesday,
Steve Anthony
LVHB Club President
Future Meetings:
Meetings are open to anyone (21 and older) who home brews (beer, wine, cider, mead) or is interested in learning about home brewing. Our club has over 30 certified judges and several members who have "gone pro" by opening their own brewery, meadery, or distillery! - So bring your latest craft creation and get some constructive feedback and/or accolades!
UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS
Big Brew Day - Sat, May 3| Yergey Brewing
CRAFTED! Event Setup - Wed, May 7 | Spinnerstown Hotel
CRAFTED! Homebrew Festival - Sat, May 10 | Spinnerstown Hotel
OUR BREWERS (are awesome!)
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Steelstacks Spring Beerfest!
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Lehigh Valley Homebrewer of the Year
A reminder that we will be pausing the competition while we look to revisit the format. If you have ideas, let us know.
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due |
5/17/2025 | 4/29/2025 | |
7/26/2025 | 7/11/2025 |
OTHER CLUB INFO
The details for most of our happenings (news, events, etc.) will either be included in the monthly newsletter or will be found on the LVHB Website Club Info page. More random thoughts, photos, and links will be shared via the club Facebook page. Find photos of our brewing activities on Instagram! @lehighvalleyhomebrewers
Are you an AHA member? As we prepare to do club membership renewals, it's a good time to consider adding or renewing an AHA Membership for yourself or your brewing buddy. Use our link (click the image below) and the club gets credit for your membership!
Member Benefits
Keystone Homebrew Supply offers 10% off online and in-store purchases for LVHB members as well as a points based loyalty reward program. They offer weekly local delivery on Saturday at Bonn Place in Bethlehem (just place your order by Thursday). Keystone offers full sacks of grain as well as a large selection of brewing and wine making equipment. Also, for most local competitions they provide a drop off point so you don't have to mail in your entries! https://www.keystonehomebrew.com/ Hop and Grain offers members 20% off purchases on their online store, free shipping and flexible local pick-up options. You'll find them very accommodating, even if you require a special order. https://hopandgrain.us/
Brew Hardware offers members a 5% discount as well! https://www.brewhardware.com/Default.asp
GrogTags offers members 15% off with the code on the member page - get creative with your labels and prepare for the 2025 label competition!
There's no excuse not to brew because you can't get ingredients or equipment! Thank you to the local shops that support our club!
See all the benefits of membership as well as how to join here.
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