May 3rd: American Homebrew Association's "Big Brew" O'Marro's Public House, Oshkosh, 9 to 3
This is the "Big One". A chance for our club to brew together in an outdoor environment and teach interested people the art and sciend and fun of homegbrewing. The event begins at the crack of dawn and goes until 3 or 4. Everyone is welcome to participate in the activities, taste some homebrew and join in the fun! You can find out more about the National Homebrew Day at: http://www.beertown.org/events/bigbrew/index.html
May 18th, 2008: Chilton Micro-brewed Beer Festival
This festival is one of the top 5 in the state. Tickets can only be purchased in Chilton. Check out Rowlands Calumet Brewery for more information.
May 21, 2008: SOB Club Meeting
The regularly-scheduled, monthly club meeting will be held at our clubhouse, O'Marro's Public House in Oshkosh. all our welcome.
What Have the SOB's Been Doing?
April 28, 2007: Club Road Trip to the new location of Central Waters Brewing in Amherst, Wisconsin
March, 2007: N.E.W. Beer Festival in Appleton
Another terrific beer festival, put on by Stone Cellar Brewpub and Flannagans in Appleton! Lots of people, great food, and of course great beers.
Jul. 12, 2003: 8th Annual Brews 'n Blues Festival, 1-6pm
The Oshkosh Jaycees put on another great beer festival, and the SOBs had a great time serving up our homebrew. Our Weizen Doppelbock, a cask-conditioned wheat beer brewed on May 17th with 60% German wheat malt, Munich and Pilsener malts, turned out better than we could have hoped, but it left us so fast.
Jeff Potts of the Oshkosh Northwestern wrote an light-hearted article about the event. If you didn't see it on July 17th, check it out here.
Jun. 14, 2003: 4th Annual Wisconsin Homebrew Bash
The Wisconsin Homebrew Bash is probably the largest celebration of homebrew in the state. The party was held on secluded land near Appleton, and featured an unbelievable variiety of homemade beer, wine, mead and cider, along with a handful of craft-made commercial beers. Food included a roasted pig, hamburgers and a variety of snacks, sides and desserts provided by the party-goers. There was also live music with hillside seating like an ampitheater.
In conjuction with the Homebrew Bash, the SOBs hosted the 1st annual Stout Stagger homebrew competition. This was a sanctioned AHA and BJCP competition open to all homebrewers.
The Wisconsin Homebrew Bash is a joint undertaking by the Society of Oshkosh Brewers (SOBs), the Green Bay Rackers, the Appleton Libation Enthusiasts (ALES) and Lake Area Homebrewer’s Guild (LAHGER). If you are a member of any sanctioned homebrew club, consider yourself invited next year. For more information, contact the SOBs.
 
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May 17: Club Brew for the Brews 'n Blues
Randy Bauer hosted our brew day at his home on Lake Butte des Morts. The weather cooperated, and the beer is finishing up in it's secondary fermenter. We had a nice turnout for the day, with 10-15 SOBs and family members sharing the workload, along with a lot of great food and beer. Along with our club Weizenbock, Mike Engel brewed a batch of Scotch Ale.
Although we ran into a few wrinkles due to the mix of different people's equipment and processes, the brew went well. The starting gravity was 1.079, with a target of 1.080. Fermentation started at about 72 degrees and cooled slightly. Our fermenter was a 7.5 gallon plastic fermenter with a small hole in the lid. Typically, I simply cover the hole with Saran Wrap. By the next morning, foam was literally shooting out the hole, leaving quite a mess on my basement steps. With the amount of foam, I decided I needed to attach a blowoff tube, but I neither had a tube big enough to fit snuggly in the hole or a rubber stopper small enough to fit. The solution? Clean the lid with sanitizer and tape a large stopper with an attached blowoff tube over the hole with Duct Tape. Problem Solved? Not yet!
With the increased resistance of a blowoff tube filled with foam, the pressure increased enough to BLOW OFF THE LID! Again, foam all over the steps. Solution? Tape the lid down with Duct Tape. By the time I got all the leaks sealed, the top was almost completely covered with tape. But not to worry, the beer tastes fine, and when I racked it to a secondary fermenter the gravity was 1.014.
May 29: Club Brew for the Brews 'n Blues Festival... View the Video
Five SOBs met at Jon Jorgensen's house on Wednesday, May 29 for our annual Brews 'n Blues Festival club brew. This year, we made a Belgian-style Witbier, a spicy, aromatic ale brewed with wheat and flavored with coriander, bitter orange peel and pepper.
June 8: 3rd Annual Wisconsin's Homebrew Bash and NEW Pale Ale Pour Homebrew Competition... View the Video
June 8: 3rd Annual Wisconsin's Homebrew Bash and NEW Pale Ale Pour Homebrew Competition... View the Video
This year's festival, sponsored by the SOBs and 
LAGHER, ALES and the Green Bay Rackers, featured homebrew, live music, a roasted pig, swimming, games and, for the first time, a homebrew competion. There was a tremendous variety of homebrew along with commercial brews by Fox River Brewing Co. and Oconomowoc Brewing Co.
