Boston Wort Processors

Notch Clone Competition
2017-06-11 | Notch Brewing, 283R Derby St., Salem, MA, 01970, United States
The Notch Infinite Jest Clone Competition Judging will take place on Sunday, June 11th (exact time TBD). We will once again be throwing down our club brewing chops against BFD. We will be hosted by Chris Lohring at Notch Brewing in Salem. All who brewed are welcome to join and we encourage all club members to sign up to judge or steward. If you brewed for the competition but are unable to join for judging day, you will need to make arrangements for your entries to be transported to Notch.

May Meeting II
2017-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Bang & Olufsen, 141 Newbury St., Boston, MA, United States
We are adding an additional meeting to the calendar for May. We will be conducting a taste test of our most recent club exbeeriment on using different base malts. There will also be BHC awards passed out and we’ll be having a drop-off for the Clone Competition.

May Meeting
2017-05-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Castle Island Brewing Company, 31 Astor Ave., Norwood, MA, 02062, United States
Join us at Castle Island Brewing on May 10 at 7:00 PM. We’ll have an opportunity to talk shop with the brewery.

Boston Homebrew Competition
2017-05-06 08:30 - 17:00 | Sam Adams Office at Design Center, 1 Design Center Pl Suite 850, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
22nd Annual Boston Homebrew Competition

BHC Judge Registration Closes
2017-05-01 17:00 | MA
Registrations accepted 02/12/2017 at 12:00 AM, EST through 05/01/2017 at 5:00 PM, EDT.

BHC Sorting Day
2017-04-30 11:00 - 15:00 | Lord Hobo Brewing, 5 Draper St, Woburn, MA, United States
This year sorting day is being hosted by Lord Hobo Brewery. We generally pick up the entries for sorting the morning of sorting day and then transport them to the sorting location to do the job. This means we need volunteers for picking up entries from the drop off locations that morning and bringing them to Lord Hobo in Woburn, and volunteers to assist those folks with sorting the entries at the brewery.
Sign up for these activities on the form. It has each of our drop off locations listed, and the time that the drop off location opens the morning of April 30.
What’s great about sorting day? The primary advantage, for those of you who have already entered and paid for your entries, is that you can wait until sorting day to bring your beers, which means you get an extra week of dry hopping and conditioning before final packaging! To re-iterate a key phrase in that sentence: “already entered and paid for”.

BHC Entry Shipping Closes
2017-04-22 17:00 | MA
Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 03/25/2017 at 12:00 AM, EDT through 04/22/2017 at 5:00 PM, EDT.
Ship entries to:
Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140

BHC Entry Dropoff Closes
2017-04-22 17:00 | MA
Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 03/25/2017 at 12:00 AM, EDT through 04/22/2017 at 5:00 PM, EDT.

BHC Entry Registration Closes
2017-04-22 17:00 | MA
Entry registrations accepted 02/11/2017 at 12:00 AM, EST through 04/22/2017 at 5:00 PM, EDT.

April Meeting
2017-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Exhibit ‘A’ Brewery, 81 Morton Street, Framingham, MA, 01702, United States
Our April meeting will have Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing hosting the Worts on Tuesday, Aprill 11 from 7-9 PM. They are located in Framingham in the original Jack’s Abbey brewery. The brewery will lead us on a tour to talk shop with samples to follow.

March Meeting
2017-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler St., Somerville, MA, 02143, United States
Our March meeting has been re-scheduled for Tuesday 03/21 at 6:00 PM. We’ll be meeting at Aeronaut Brewing in Somerville. Aeronaut will be giving us a tour and talking shop.

Slither
2017-03-11 17:30 - 22:00 | The Taj, 15 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
It’s time for that dressy slither across Boston, sipping fancy cocktails and sporting sparkly duds.
This year’s Slither theme (by special request) is old-school glitzy hotel bars. The benefits being that they are glamorous by nature, near each other, and less likely to be crowded and noisy (as the trendier spots of our last few Slithers have been.) Here is the itinerary!
Saturday, March 11
The Bar at the Taj, 5:30 – 6:30
https://www.thetajboston.com/dining/the-bar/
Bristol Bar at the Four Seasons, 6:45 – 7:45
http://www.fourseasons.com/boston/dining/bars/bristol_bar/
Avery Bar at the Ritz Carlton, 8:00 – 9:00
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/boston/dining/avery-bar
Afterwards, we will be ready for beer! Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale 9:00 – ?
http://www.stoddardsfoodandale.com/menus/craft-beer-bottles-cans/
All of these are close to the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, so if you use the T, get off at Arlington (green line) or Park Street (red line).
No need to RSVP- just show up! Note that sometimes people really dig one of the bars and decide to park themselves there for a while and then skip to the last one instead of following the itinerary. Bravo! The schedule is a suggestion, although do not underestimate the thrill of moving in a well-heeled pack of pub crawlers.
NOTE: For first time Slitherers, it’s a Wort winter tradition. A black-tie pub crawl, if you will – although the places we go are fancy and we tend to drink Scotch neat or classic cocktails (at least at the beginning). Women really do wear long dresses, even with snow-crunching boots underneath like the last couple of years. Men wear black-tie, vintage velvet, smoking jackets, top hats and gloves- we’ve seen it all. Grab your sweetie and join!

February Meeting
2017-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Bang & Olufsen, 141 Newbury St., Boston, MA, United States
Our February meeting has been scheduled for Thursday 02/16. Thanks to Doug, we’ll be meeting at the Bang & Olufsen shop on Newbury St. Metered parking is available on both Newbury and Boylston.
This month we’ll be holding a club IPA competition, so get your hops ready!
Please see the email list for the specific address, or if you are not yet a member and would like to attend, use our contact form to get the location.

Steering Meeting
2017-01-25 20:00 - 21:30 | BK’s Place, Somerville, MA, United States
The Steering Committee meeting will be held at BK’s place in Somerville. We will be discussing club priorities and projects for 2017. Meeting is open to all club members in good standing. Members can provide anonymous feedback here.

January Meeting
2017-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | William’s, Boston, MA, 02108, United States
Our January meeting has been scheduled for Thursday 01/19. We’ll be at William’s place in Beacon Hill. William’s place is a four block walk from both Arlington St. (Green line) or Charles/MGH (Red line). There is parking in Boston Common Garage or meter spots on Charles Street or Beacon Street. If possible, we strongly encourage everyone to take public transit.
The topic for January will be cider and William will have several of his award winning ciders available for tasting.
Please see the email list for the specific address, or if you are not yet a member and would like to attend, use our contact form to get the location.

Holiday Party
2016-12-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Sam Adams Brewery – Pickwick Pub, 30 Germania St., Boston, MA, United States
Join us for our annual holiday potluck and beer Yankee Swap. Significant others and kids are welcome to join. We’d love to get a rough head count, so please sign up HERE. This year, a private tour is being held at 4:00 PM (an hour before the party starts), but is only open to those who sign up HERE by 12/9.

November Meeting
2016-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Nathan’s Place, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States
Our November meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday 11/15. We’ll be at Nathan’s place in Somerville. Nathan’s place is a 10 minute walk from the Davis Square T stop. While there is a fair amount of metered parking, we strongly encourage everyone to take public transit.
We will be holding the officer elections during this meeting and encourage anyone who is interested to run for a position!
Please see the listserv for the specific address, or if you are not yet a member and would like to attend, use our contact form to get the location.

Ciderfest
2016-10-30 10:00 - 13:00 | MA

Oktoberfest
2016-10-02 | Mike Graney, 147 Sycamore st, Somerville, 02145, United States

September Meeting
2016-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Slumbrew, 15 Ward Street, Somerville, MA, 02143, United States
Ever wondered what it’s like to open a brewery? Our friends at Slumbrew (Somerville Brewing Company) will chat with us about opening a brewery and some of their brewing techniques.

August Meeting
2016-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Robert’s Place, Somerville, MA, United States
Meeting will be held at Robert Lindsley’s place in Somerville. We will be tasting the latest club IPA experiment where 2 barrels of IPA were brewed. 1 barrel received water treatment and 1 barrel did not and each barrel was split into smaller batches for fermentation with several different yeast. Bring your hoppy homebrews if you have them!
Please see the listserv for the specific address, or if you are not yet a member and would like to attend, use our contact form to get the location.

July 2016 Meeting
2016-07-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Phil Nerboso’s Place, Withheld; please check listserv
The July 2016 meeting will be held at Phil Nerboso’s place in Belmont on Friday, July 15. Please see the listserv for the specific address, or if you are looking to join the club, email one of the officers (or all of us at officers@wort.org) to get the location.

June Meeting
2016-06-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Mystic Brewery, 174 Williams St., Chelsea, MA, United States
The June 2016 meeting will be held in Chelsea at Mystic Brewery. We will be discussing how the recent IPA club brew went and hearing from Mystic on everything going on with the brewery.
As always, bring beer! If you have any questions, get in touch using our contact form.

Club IPA
2016-06-26 08:00 - 16:00 | Todd’s Place, Somerville, MA, 02145, United States
The next club batch is an IPA. This time we will be varying the yeast to see what effect it has on the beer. Half of the batch we will also be varying the water chemistry to see how noticeable it is. The plan is to do the brew as a double batch off Todd & BK’s 1 bbl setup to limit variability. If you can’t make it, but would still like to participate you are certainly welcome to do it on your own.
This is a members in good standing only event.

May Meeting
2016-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Vince’s Place, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
The May 2016 meeting will be held in Medford at Vince’s place (address sent on the mailing list). Meeting topic to be announced, but probably IPA related.
As always, bring beer! If you need the address, get in touch using our contact form.

BHC
2016-05-14 08:30 - 17:00 | Holland and Knight, 10 St. James Ave., 11th Floor, Boston, MA, United States
Event is not open to the public. If you would like to judge or steward, send us a note.

May Day Cask Festival
2016-04-30 16:00 - 20:00 | MA
A small homebrew-only cask event . This year the festival will be coinciding with a pig roast at the venue! The $35 cover gets you some swine, a commemorative glass, access to the venue (complete with sweet, unobstructed views of the north-facing Boston skyline), and the beer!

BHC - Last Chance to Enter
2016-04-29 17:00 | MA
This is a reminder of the last chance to enter beers into the 2016 Boston Homebrew Competition (BHC).

April Meeting
2016-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Ian’s Place, Somerville, MA, 02143, United States
The April 2016 meeting will be held tonight in Somerville at Ian’s place (address sent on the mailing list). The meeting will be focused around sampling the most recent club experiment batch, where multiple members brewed the same base Irish Extra Stout recipe, but each brewer varied the roast malt used, and in some cases added the malt at different times.
During the business portion of the meeting we’ll be soliciting help for multiple BHC-related tasks, especially judging, in hopes that after people have a beer or two the power of suggestion is greater.
As always, bring beer! If you need the address, get in touch using our contact form.

Smuttynose Clone Competition
2016-04-17 12:00 - 16:00 | Great North Aleworks, 1050 Holt Ave #14, Manchester, NH, 03109, United States
The Smutty Baltic Porter Clone Competition Judging will take place on Sunday, April 17th (exact time TBD). We will be hosted by Great North Aleworks. All who brewed are welcome to join and we encourage all club members to sign up to judge or steward. If you brewed for the competition but are unable to join for judging day, you will need to make arrangements for your entries to be transported up to New Hampshire.
