September 2025 Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Newsletter
- Steve Anthony
- Sep 27
- 4 min read
Greetings Brewers,
A reminder that our meeting will be on Tuesday, September 30th, at Bonn Place Brewing in Bethlehem, PA. Grab something to eat before you arrive, as usual the meeting starts a 7:30PM.
It's been a busy month, thanks to everyone who came out to serve at Clam Jam, Brew at the Zoo, the Blue Collar Truck Show Scholarship, and First Friday at the National Museum of Industrial History! We raised $497 dollars and donated back $250 at the Blue Collar Truck Show event.
Thanks as well to everyone who came out to help judge for War of the Worts and Motown MASH. Be sure to check the "Our Brewers (are awesome!)" section below for a list of award winners. A special congratulations to Rob Myers, who took Best of Show this year at The Great Allentown Fair for his Strawberry Rhubarb Sour!
Thanks to John, Dan, and Griffin for walking Fair attendees though a critical evaluation of beer in "The Art of Drinking Beer!" Just look at that focus!
Looking forward, we'll be back at the National Museum of Industrial History for First Friday on October 3rd, and at the Oktoberfest Brewer's Village at Steelstacks on October 11th. RSVP on the events page as soon as possible if you haven't yet and are interested in serving. We're also looking for help following the Brewer's Village event to pour growlers of that beer at another event at the National Museum of Industrial History, so if you didn't brew but want to help out, let us know!
Thanks as well to everyone who came out for the Club Barrel Brew at Keystone Homebrew Supply. Our beer is resting in the barrel and we're excited to taste it in a few months!
If you're looking to become BJCP certified, we pushed out exam date back, from November to February 28, 2026. Watch the website and Google Group for info on registering. Congrats to our new provisional judges, Rob, Dennis, and Griffin! If you're looking to become a judge, they'll be happy to help you pass the online entrance exam.
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 had a lot of Competition Winners:
The Great Allentown Fair:
Rob Myers
1st place, Root Beer
2nd place, Cider
3rd place, Mead
1st place, Specialty
2nd place, Barrel Aged
1st place, Sour
1st place, Light Lager
Joe Eberhardt
3rd place, Cider
2nd place, Specialty
2nd place, Dark Lager
3rd place, Light Ale
2nd place, Dark Ale
John Litak
2nd place, Mead
3rd place, IPA
3rd place, Barrel Aged
2nd place, Sour
3rd place, Light Lager
4th place, Dark Lager
4th place, Dark Ale
Bill Gade
1st place, Dark Lager
Dan Miller
4th place, Light Ale
War of the Worts:
Rob Myers
2nd place, American Light Lager
3rd place, Mixed Fermentation Sour
1st place, Specialty Fruit Beer
Honorable Mention, Cider with Herbs/Spices
Ryan Celia
2nd place, German Pils
Dan Miller
3rd place, Festbier
John Litak
2nd place, Munich Dunkel
Dennis McWhite
3rd place, Cream Ale
Ginger and Stephen Volz:
3rd place, Specialty Smoked Beer
Ginger Volz and Melody Stout
2nd place, Braggot
Clam Jam:
Melody Stout, 1st place
Brian Reph, 2nd place
John Litak, 3rd place
John Litak, People's Choice
CLUB COMPETITIONS
Allentown Fair Bonus Competition
Winner to be announced at the meeting!
UPCOMING BJCP COMPETITIONS
Full list is available here.
Recommended Local Homebrew Competitions:
Competition | Date | Registrations Due |
10/25/2025 | 10/25/2025 | |
11/15/2025 | 11/2/2025 |
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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