Join us for our Oktoberfest meeting!
(*Note the location change)

WHEN: Saturday, 28 September 2024, at 1:00 pm

WHERE: Right Proper Brookland, 920 Girard St NE (10-minute walk from Brookland-CUA Metro Station and 14 minutes from Rhode Island Ave Metro Station, both Red Line)

***Note that this is the Brookland location, not the Shaw location.

THEME: Oktoberfest, which means it is also our annual in-club German beer competition. So, break out your best German brew for a shot at glory! (Austrian beers are allowed as well.)

FOOD: For food, Tastemakers food court is one street away from Right Proper Brookland. You can order food ahead and pick it up from one of the vendors there. If you have already prepared or planned to prepare something to take to Bob and Raine’s, feel free to still bring it 🙂

We will be insight, no worries about the possibility of rain.

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*: UK/Irish
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).