Join us for our August meeting: ChurchKey!

WHEN: Saturday, October 25th, 2025, from 11am to 2pm

WHERE: WS Jenks, 910 Bladensburg Rd NE, Washington, DC 20002 (on their rooftop)

FOOD: Not confirmed, but likely not.

This month’s theme is harvest beers. That is very open-ended. Perhaps a pumpkin beer? A beer with apples? Beer made from locally sourced places? The world is your….harvested oyster stout?

This will be Jenk’s rooftop fall/Halloween event, so this is a perfect meeting to bring family to. There will be pumpkin carving and other activities. Pumpkin carving is $15 and requires a sign up in advance. You can go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pumpkin-carving-tickets-1757687563819 to sign up.

Though we’ll have our own corner for a meeting, some of us will also be sharing homebrew with a harvest theme with general event patrons as part of education/recruitment. If you would like to participate in the public sharing, let Cole know.

Also, WS Jenks carries 5lbs CO2 tanks, so if you are in need of a swap, this is a good opportunity.

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First meeting? Welcome! Our meetings are open to brewers of all experience levels. At a bar/restaurant, they typically go like this: Please buy a beer and, if you’re hungry, some food from our hosts for the first 30 minutes or so of the meeting until we make announcements, and then we’ll open up the homebrews. Please do not bring in outside commercial beer and please tip your servers. Most people bring anywhere from two bottles to a growler of homebrew to the meetings.

Even if you don’t have beer that’s ready to bring this time, you’re welcome to come.

Once homebrew tasting is open, it’s pretty casual — just meet and greet and sip. If you have specific questions about brewing or about your beer, just ask! Members are glad to give feedback and suggestions. We have many BJCP judges among the membership if you’re looking for a critical evaluation as well.

Walking around the meeting with your bottle and offering pours is a great way to meet other members and get feedback on your beer. Be honest but be kind. Constructive feedback is always appreciated.

Each month our meetings follow a theme and usually have a competition. Members are not required to bring only this type of beer, but it is fun to have a bit of a guideline, and we try to tie our educational component to the theme.

January*: High Gravity (and our Anniversary beer!)
February: JamBEERee (no theme, a group meeting with local homebrew clubs)
March*: Irish/UK
April: Spring cleaning
May: Lagers/Maibocks
June*: Irresponsibly hopped beers
July: Sours
August: Lawnmower beers
September*: Oktoberfest/German beers
October: Autumn/Harvest beers
November/December: Spiced beers/Winter warmers

*Month with an asterisk indicates an in-club competition for that theme during the meeting (e.g., Oktoberfest/German beers would be any German style and High Gravity would be high OG/ABV beers).