July 2025 Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Newsletter
- Steve Anthony
- Jul 24
- 3 min read
Greetings Brewers,
A reminder that our meeting will be on Tuesday, July 29th, at Ranch City Brewing in Easton, PA. Their kitchen will be open, so come early to eat before the meeting, which as usual begins at 7:30PM
The deadline for entry registration for The Great Allentown Fair is Monday, July 28th. The entry forms and registration fee must be postmarked by that date. The club will be offering participation prizes, and participants may opt to submit a second bottle to be judged separately for a pro-am brewing opportunity with McCall Brewing, so sign up! Entries will be collected by the club closer to the Fair and delivered on your behalf. See the event page for all the details.
Speaking of the events page, the club has a number of upcoming opportunities to serve your libations to the public, as we head into festival season in the Lehigh Valley. Register now, start brewing, and come out to have a great time and share your passion!
Thanks to everyone who came out to the summer club picnic, and to John and Marcie Litak for hosting this event. It's always nice to have an opportunity to get together for some good food, drinks, and fun in the sun.
Keystone Hops has announced that the 30th edition of War of the Worts has been scheduled for Saturday, September 20th. Registration on their site is open, so add your entries, and if you're BJCP certified, sign up to judge.
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!)
Congratulations to the following members who placed at the Indian Valley beer festival!
Rob Myers, 2nd place People's Choice and 2nd place Judges
Ginger and Steve Volz, 1st place Judges
Thanks to everyone who came out to serve!
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Allentown Fair Bonus Competition
Brewers who submit an entry to The Great Allentown Fair can opt to submit a second bottle for judging by McCall Brewing Collective for an pro-am collaboration opportunity with them.
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due |
8/24/2025 | 8/8/2025 | |
9/20/2025 | 8/25/2025 | |
9/20/2025 | 9/5/2025 |
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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