April 2026 Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Newsletter
- Steve Anthony
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Greetings Brewers,
Our meeting this month will be on Tuesday, April 28th, at the Lost Tavern Brewing in Hellertown, PA. Note that we will be meeting at the brew house, not the taproom. The brew house is down the street, behind the Dunkin' at 726 Main Street. Our meeting, as usual will start at 7:30PM. There's no food available at the venue this month, so make sure to eat something before showing up.
A final reminder for dues! The officers and board of directors met in January and have decided to set dues for new and existing members at $35 for 2026. The first updated membership roster has gone out to our local homebrew supply shops, so if you have not renewed yet, please do so now! We've ordered reusable name tags for members to wear at the meetings, but you also need to renew to get one. You can renew online or pay in person at the meeting.
THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered to help with Malt Madness XX and CRAFTED! While we had some bad luck with the weather this year, we still had a fantastic turnout and a great time, raising over $5000 between the two events! A special thanks to Rob Myers, Dan Miller, Joe Eberhardt, Griffin Weaver, and Dennis McWhite for coordinating these events, and for Spinnerstown Hotel for hosting us!
While it's nice that these events are accomplished for the year, we have a lot coming up in May! The club will be at First Friday at the National Museum of Industrial History to serve beer for their Cheers to 250! Brewing in America exhibit preview night on May 1, and at the exhibit opening on May 16th, register on the events page here and here if you're interested in helping out!
May 2nd, we'll be back at Yergey Brewing for Big Brew! Thanks to everyone who registered to come out and help brew the Belgian Pale Ale for this event. If you were unable to commit to brewing, please feel free to come hang out with the club anyway, it's always nice to have extra sets of hands to take over if someone needs to step away for a minute.
On May 7th at 6:30pm, come out to McCall Brewing (Breinigsville) to celebrate the release of their collaboration beer with Rob, Kraken Krisp. There will be a competition with another lager brewed by Matt McCall, come out and vote for your favorite!
A reminder that the Kreidersville Covered Bridge Festival is June 6th and 7th, and is a great opportunity to serve your beer to the public in support of the last covered bridge in Northampton. Start brewing now, and RSVP if you're able to make it!
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
OUR BREWERS (are awesome!)
We have a whole bunch of beers to recognize from Malt Madness!
Congrats to:
Rob Myers
1st Place, Sours and 2nd Place, Best of Show, Brett Beer
Michael Beidler
3rd Place, Pilsners, Czech Premium Pale Lager
3rd Place, Strong Ale, American Barleywine
Eric Thomas
1st Place, Amber Lager and Bock, Doppelbock
3rd Place, Amber Lager and Bock, Märzen
2nd Place, Specialty Beers, Fruit and Spice Beer
Bill Roesch
2nd Place, Amber Ale, Irish Red Ale
David Barber
1st Place, Stouts, Imperial Stout
3rd Place, Stouts, Oatmeal Stout
John Litak
1st Place, Wheat Beer, Weizenbock
3rd Place, Specialty Beer, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Griffin Weaver
2nd Place, Sours, Wild Specialty Beer
HM, Specialty Beers, Alternative Sugar Beer
Joseph Eberhardt
HM, Ciders, New World Perry
Jonathan Dugan
3rd Place, Mead, Cyser
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Nothing upcoming, but suggestions are welcome!
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due | |
5/16/2026 | 5/2/2026 | ||
7/25/2026 | 6/30/2026 | ||
8/1/2026 | 7/10/2026 |
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? 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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