a CHICAGO BEER SOCIETY HOMEBREWERS CALENDAR June, 2003 For more information about EVERYTHING, including a CBS Membership Form, see the CBS Web Page, at http://www.chibeer.org/ For more information about our host, check out http://www.gooseisland.com June 2003 July 2003 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 To submit events for this calendar, mailto:roger@chibeer.org OTHER GOOD CALENDARS: http://www.creamcitysuds.com http://www.aob.org http://www.maproom.com http://www.wxrt.com/aroundtown/fests.html (covers summer only) http://www.cityofchicago.org/SpecialEvents http://www.starevents.com/festivals.html http://www.chicagoevents.com/ (lots of smaller fests) +------------------------ FEATURED EVENTS -----------------------------+ | Jun 18-21: "Sweet Homebrew Chicago" AHA NATIONAL HOMEBREWERS | | CONFERENCE, CHICAGO IL, sponsored by CBS, BOSS, and UKG. Holiday Inn | | O'Hare, Rosemont IL. All-star speaker lineup including Michael | | Jackson, Fred Eckhardt, and all the local suspects. Second Round and | | best-of-show judging for the National Homebrew Competition. For more | | info, http://www.chibeer.org/aha03/ PUBLIC TRANSIT: Blue Line "L" to | | Rosemont, walk south past Stevens Convention Center to Holiday Inn. | | HOTEL ROOMS SOLD OUT phone the hotel at 847-671-6350 and ask for | | nearby alternates. All events below require pre-registration. | | Register now at http://www.aob.org, because the entire conference | | is nearing a sellout. | | | | Wed Jun 18: 10th Anniversary CRAZY TRAIN Pub Crawl, celebrating the | | 10th Anniversary of CBS' legendary Crazy Train trip to the 1993 AHA | | Conference in Portland, Oregon. Many original participants will be | | back! Leaves from the Holiday Inn O'Hare at 5:00PM, and rides CTA's | | famous "L" trains to Rock Bottom Chicago, Goose Island, Piece, and | | the Map Room. Dinner at Rock Bottom, plus a late night chartered bus | | back. $25. You must buy tickets in advance as this event will sell | | out. Warning: This event will involve quite a lot of walking. See | | http://www.chibeer.org. | | | | Thu Jun 19: HOMEBREW CLUB NIGHT | | | | Fri Jun 20: GRAND BANQUET AND NATIONAL HOMEBREW COMPETITON AWARDS | | | | Sat Jun 21: REAL BEER REAL FOOD, 7-11PM, Holiday Inn Chicago O'Hare, | | Rosemont IL. Walkaround tasting in conjunction with the AHA | | conference, but this event is open to everyone. $30, or $25 for | | members of AHA, CBS, BOSS, or UKG. Order forms at | | http://www.chibeer.org | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ REGULAR CBS EVENTS: Thu Jun 5, Jul 3(date may be changed - watch this list) : CBS THIRST FURSDAY, Goose Island Clybourn. Bring homebrew! PUBLIC TRANSIT: CTA Red Line "L" to North/Clybourn and walk two blocks north along Clybourn, or Brown or Purple line to Armitage and walk two blocks south along Sheffield. Wed Jun 18, Jul 16: CBS SOCIAL NIGHT, Map Room. $0.50 discount on pints of one of the area's best selection of American and imported craft beers. 1949 N Hoyne @ Armitage, about 1 mile west of the Kennedy Expressway. PUBLIC TRANSIT: CTA Blue Line "L" to Western/Milwaukee and walk 5 blocks east along Armitage. Or take Metra UP North (Kenosha) or Northwest (Harvard) trains to Clybourn Station and walk west on Armitage. SPECIAL NOTE: Due to the AHA Conference pub crawl on June 18, the Map Room will be very full of visiting beer geeks. Those of us who regularly sample the Map Room's wonders should probably stay clear to make sure our guests from out-of-town have enough room to get in the door. OTHER AREA CLUB MEETINGS AND REPEATING EVENTS: o Brewers of South Suburbia, First Friday, http://www.bossbeer.org o Urban Knaves of Grain, Last Thursday, http://hbd.org/ukg o Tippicanoe Homebrewers Circle, Lafayette IN. http://hbd.org/thc/ MAP ROOM BELGIAN MONDAYS. Belgian Mondays at Sundown at the Map Room with $1.00 off Belgian Ales and Snacks featuring Imported Cheeses and Sausage. The Map Room, 1949 N. Hoyne, Chicago, IL (773) 252-7636 http://www.maproom.com SPECIAL EVENTS: Sat Jun 14: 13th Annual BREWMASTER'S SOUTHPORT BEER FESTIVAL 2-7 PM Brewmaster's Pub Southport, Kenosha, WI. Jun 18-21: "Sweet Homebrew Chicago" AHA NATIONAL HOMEBREWERS CONFERENCE. See above for details. Fri Jun 20: GOOSE ISLAND 15th ANNIVERSARY BREWMASTER DINNER, with Guest Chef Allen Sternwelier and special Guest Host Michael Jackson, esteemed beer writer. Reservations required, 312-915-0071. Thu Jun 26: HUMULUS LUPULUS TASTING, 7-9PM. Jak's Tap, featuring summer beers. $15.00 http://www.jakstap.com PUBLIC TRANSIT: Blue Line "L" to UIC/Halsted; climb stairs at center of platform, not ramps at the ends, to Peoria Street and walk 1.5 blocks north. Jun 26-Jul 6: SUMMERFEST. Milwaukee. www.summerfest.com Jun 27-Jul 6: TASTE OF CHICAGO, Grant Park. http://www.cityofchicago.org/SpecialEvents/Festivals/Taste2003/ Sat Jul 12: INDIANA STATE FAIR BREWER'S CUP homebrew competition, Indianapolis IN. Judges needed. BJCP sanctioned. All-day judges paid $25. Contact judge coordinator Paul Edwards at pedwards(a)iquest.net. Entries due June 14-28. Out-of-state and/or professional entries OK. No cider or mead. Forms, guidelines: http://www.state.in.us/statefair/fair/entry/open/Dept_118_-_Beer_Comp.pdf http://www.state.in.us/statefair/fair/entry/open/Brewers_2003_Entry_Forms.p… Map: http://www.state.in.us/statefair/maps/index.html Jul 12-13: OLD TOWN SCHOOL FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL, Welles Park, Lincoln @ Montrose. http://www.oldtownschool.org NEW FEATURE: Enough rented-beer return recepticals! Jul 26-27: TASTE OF LINCOLN AVENUE. Bands, food, all the usual stuff, plus GOOD BEER available by ducking into one of the many bars. Aug 5-9: GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL, London, England. www.camra.org.uk Sat Aug 9: GREAT TASTE OF THE MIDWEST Beer Festival, Madison WI. CBS chartered bus trip, leaves Goose Island Clybourn or Prairie Rock Elgin and returns the same evening. The fest itself is now sold out, but if you are a current paid CBS member you can order our event package tickets including bus transportaion and fest admission, using the MEMBERS ONLY ticket order forms now online at http://www.chibeer.org. If you aren't a member, you can order tickets after June 15, if any are left. Aug 15-17: GOOSE ISLAND FESTIVAL, Finkl Steel Mill (RAF site) parking lot. http://www.gooseisland.com Sat Aug 16: CBS BLUES 'N BREWS CRUISE, Lake Michigan. This event sold out early last year. CBS MEMBERS ticket order forms have been mailed to you. Sep 3-6: BERGHOFF OKTOBERFEST returns! http://www.berghoff.com Sep 5-7: 83rd GERMAN FEST, Lincoln @ Leeland @ Western. Sat Sep 13: CBS PICNIC. LeBaugh Woods, Edens Expressway @ Foster. Sat Sep 20: BEER JUDGE EXAM, Siebel Hall, Goose Island Clybourn. Sep 25-27: GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL, Denver CO. http://www.aob.org Sat Oct 4: WORLD BEER FESTIVAL, historic Durham Athletic Park, Durham NC. Sponsored by All About Beer Magazine. http://www.allaboutbeer.com/wbf2003