June 2026 Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Newsletter
- Steve Anthony
- Jun 28
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 30
Greetings Brewers,
Our meeting this month will be on Tuesday, June 30th, at The Referend Bier Blendery in Kutztown, PA. There's no food at the venue this month, so make sure to get something to eat before showing up. Our meeting, as usual will start at 7:30PM.
For those of you who have aren't part of the Google Group, we posted a survey to get feedback on events, activities, and the direction of the club. If you have not yet done so, please take some time to fill it out (takes less than 2 minutes) and provide your input! The survey is available here.
The Jess Fin Foundation is throwing their 6th annual festival on Saturday, July 11 to raise funds to contribute to organizations that are actively identifying and creating treatments for brain cancer. They've invited us to return to serve beer at the event, so if you have something you'd like to pour for the public in support of this work, please register on the events page.
Thanks to everyone who came out or donated beer for the Kreidersville Covered Bridge Festival this month! We raised almost $1700 in total donations, which we will split between the club and the Kreidersville Covered Bridge Association. We're proud to be able to continue the club's long support of this historic landmark!
The developer of Brew & Byte has reached out offering 4 months of free Pro access for club members to their AI recipe creation wizard built around the BJCP style guidelines. "Members can type in a conceptual idea (like “a crispy Mexican Lager with lime zest and high efficiency”), and the AI builds the exact grain bill, hop schedule, and water profile from scratch, ensuring it fits perfectly within official style parameters. It doesn’t replace a brewer’s intuition; it just eliminates the tedious math and guesswork." Use promo code AHACLUB when you register at brewandbyte.ai if you're interested in trying it out.
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 Bill Gade, who won the What's Brewing PA? photo contest and was featured in Season 12, Episode 10, which you can view on YouTube!
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Nothing upcoming, but suggestions are welcome!
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due | |
7/25/2026 | 6/30/2026 | ||
8/1/2026 | 7/10/2026 | ||
8/30/2026 | 8/15/2026 |
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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