Boston Wort Processors

May Meeting
2016-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

March Meeting
2016-03-24 19:00 - 21:30 | French Club, 2322 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States
Meeting will be held at French Club. Many thanks to Randy and the folks at Modern Homebrew Emporium for securing the space for this meeting. This meeting is a Brewers Social and Randy has invited members of other Boston Area homebrew clubs to attend, so please bring your finest homebrew (and a snack if you are so inclined) to share with the group! If you are able to join us, please RSVP to the Facebook event page.

February Meeting
2016-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Bang & Olufsen, 141 Newbury St., Boston, MA, United States
Meeting will be held at Bang & Olufsen. No topic has been set for the meeting. B&O is a short walk from the Back Bay stop on the Orange line and the Copley stop on the Green line. Meter spaces are available on Newbury and surrounding streets. There are also several paid lots and garages within a short walk.

January Meeting
2016-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, Somerville, MA, United States
Meeting will be held at Todd’s place in Somerville. No topic has been set yet. Todd’s place is about a mile walk from the Davis Square T stop and a short walk from the Broadway at Belknap Street stop on the 87 and 88 bus lines. There is a fair amount of meter parking on Broadway for those who wish to drive.
If you are a non-member and would like to attend, please reach out to us via our contact form to get the address.

Steering Committee Meeting
2016-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Cambridge Brewing Company, 1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge, MA, United States
As we look toward the next year, we would like to invite all members of the club to share feedback on what you like about the club, what you’re not so fond of, and what things you would like to see in the future. We will be holding our annual steering committee meeting at Cambridge Brewing Company. This is a pay-as-you-consume event to discuss activities for the coming year. If you would like to join us, please RSVP HERE by Monday 1/4 so we can make a reservation.
Regardless of whether or not you plan to attend the steering committee meeting, we’d love for everyone in the club to take a few minutes to fill out a survey to provide feedback on the past year. All responses are anonymous and will be seen only be the officers. We will use these responses to shape the direction of the club moving forward. The survey can
be found HERE and we ask everyone to please fill it out no later than Friday 1/8 so there is
time to review it prior to the steering committee meeting.

Holiday Party
2015-12-18 18:00 - 21:00 | 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.

November Meeting
2015-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Ian’s, Somerville, MA, 02143, United States
The November meeting will be held at member Ian’s place in Somerville. We’ll be sampling and discussing the club ESB specialty grain experiment, so please make every effort to attend this meeting if you brewed for the project. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please arrange to have someone bring your bottles. We will also conduct the annual officer elections at this meeting.

If you are a non-member and would like to attend, please reach out to us via our contact form to get the address.

Ciderfest
2015-10-25 12:00 - 15:00 | Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Ave., Amesbury, MA, 01913, United States
This is an annual Worts event and is open to friends and family. We’ll head up to the farm to hang out and enjoy each other’s company and ciders. We ask everyone to bring a potluck dish to share, and please bring any homebrewed or favorite commercial ciders. While the bulk cider buy is closed, the event is open to everyone in the club. Please join us if you can!
While Cider Hill Farm is not convenient to public transportation, there is AMPLE free parking. For more information about the farm, please check out their website.

October Meeting
2015-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, Medford, MA, United States
The October meeting will be held at member BK’s place in Medford. We’ll be sampling and discussing the Club Brett Comparison Batch, so please make every effort to attend this meeting if you brewed for the project. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please arrange to have someone bring your bottles. As a reminder, all brewers should bring a growler or the bottled equivalent to share with the group, as well as twelve 12oz bottles to be cellared and brought out every six months for tasting.

If you are a non-member and would like to attend, please reach out to us via our contact form.

September Meeting
2015-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, Watertown, MA, United States
The September meeting will be held at member Brian’s place in Watertown. In preparation for Ciderfest (date, time, and location TBA), the theme for the September meeting will be Cider. Please bring ’em if you brewed ’em. As always, commercial cider examples and other styles of homebrew is more than welcome. If you are a non-member looking to attend, send us a note through our contact form for the address.

Summer Pub Crawl 2015
2015-08-22 11:30 - 20:00 | MA
Summer pub crawl 2015 is coming up on August 22. Details of the pub crawl given in this link: 2015 crawl
Schedule at a glance:

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Cambridge Brewing Co.
1:15 PM-2:05 PM: Atwood’s Tavern
2:10 PM-3:00 PM: Lone Star Taco Bar
3:05 PM-3:55 PM: American Fresh Brewhouse (Slumbrew)
4:05 PM-4:55 PM: Bantam Cider Co.
5:05 PM-6:00 PM: Brownwyn
6:01 PM-?: The Independent

August Meeting
2015-08-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Unnamed Venue, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States
Our August meeting is coming up on Tuesday, August 18 @ 7:00 PM. Maurice will be hosting us at his place in Somerville. The topic for the evening will be Berliner Weisse, so bring ’em if you brewed ’em. Or venerable Vice President, Josh Clark, will be dropping some of his Berliner knowledge and he’ll hopefully have some of his homebrewed examples on hand. Other homebrew and commercial Berliners are also more than welcome.
If you’re not a member, but are interested in checking out the club, send an email through the Contact Form for the meeting address.

July Meeting
2015-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Mystic Brewery, 174 Williams St., Chelsea, MA, United States
The theme of the July meeting is Saisons. We’ll be meeting at Mystic to get the inside scoop on how they do Saisons. If you’ve got homebrew, bring it, especially if you’ve got Saisons.

Pignic
2015-06-27 05:00 - 22:00 | MA
The tradition continues! Mike Graney has generously offered to host and roast for our annual Pig Roast. The party begins at 5:00 PM and the pig will be ready around 8:00 PM. Please bring homebrew and a dish to share (sides/desserts/salads/etc.). We’ll have the club jockey boxes, so please let us know if you have a keg to kick! Mike is located in Somerville. Kids/spouses/significant others welcome.
To get a rough head count and to make sure we don’t have 12 potato salads show up, please RSVP HERE if you’re coming and let us know what you plan to bring!

Beans & Brews 2015
2015-06-20 11:00 - 18:00 | Boston-Cape Cod KOA Campground, 438 Plymouth Street, Middleborough, MA, United States
The North Shore Brewers are helping coordinate a homebrew festival to benefit All Are Welcome Community Kitchen and Bakery, a 503(c) charitable organization, dedicated to providing access to nutritious meals to all by encouraging those who are able to assist in the support of others.
Homebrew clubs and individual homebrewers are invited to come and share their brews with each other and the general public.
There will be prizes for People’s Choice Best Brew and Best Club. All participating brewers will receive voting tokens for both the homebrew competition and the chili cookoff, and a free lunch. So come out and enjoy a day of good food, music, and great homebrew! There is also camping available for festival participants at discounted rates.
View Flyer or FAQ.

June Meeting
2015-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
He’s not sick of us yet! John Tyler will be hosting us at his truly fantastic Eastie abode, located in East Boston. If you haven’t been to John’s place, it is right around the corner from the Maverick stop on the Blue Line and there is ample free street parking.
We’re keeping things simple for this meeting. The theme is “Homebrew,” so bring ’em if you brewed ’em!

May Meeting
2015-05-13 19:00 - 22:00 | MA
For the May meeting, we will be at BK’s in Medford. We will be sampling all of the results from the club IPA experiment (>20 single hop IPAs!)

Meet John Palmer
2015-05-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Night Shift Brewing, 87 Santilli Hwy, Everett, MA, 02149, United States
The Worts in conjunction with Night Shift Brewing will be hosting the author of How To Brew and Water, John Palmer, for a presentation on brewing water. John will be available to sign books and a social hour will follow.

Boston Homebrew Competition
2015-05-02 | Holland and Knight, 10 St. James Ave., 11th Floor, Boston, MA, United States
Welcome back for another year! It is with great pleasure that The Boston Wort Processors present the 20th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition. This is a BJCP Registered/Sanctioned event and we will be judging all 28 BJCP 2008 Styles for this competition!
Registration for judges and stewards is now open.
General entry registration will open Friday, March 13, 2015.

April Meeting
2015-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Idle Hands Craft Ales, 3 Charlton St #4, Everett, MA, 02149, United States
For the April meeting, we’ll be hosted by our own Chris Tkach of Idle Hands Craft Ales. Chris will regale us with stories of going from homebrewer to pro-brewer and the brewing process for Idle Hands and hopefully Enlightenment.

BJCP Mini-Comp #5
2015-04-16 19:00 - 22:00 | MA
The fifth and final mini-competition of the 2014-2015 season of BJCP study group will be held April 16, 2015. The competition will tentatively cover Category 1 (Light Lager), Category 8 (English Pale Ale), Category 14 (India Pale Ale), and Category 19 (Strong Ale). If you are interested in competing, please contact Mark Keck to arrange dropping off entries. Entry is free (but limited to members of the club or BJCP study group). Entries must be received no later than Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

March Meeting
2015-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
Monthly meeting @ John Tyler’s in East Boston. More details to come. Bring homebrew!

BJCP Mini-Comp #4
2015-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | MA
The fourth mini-competition of the 2014-2015 season of BJCP study group will be held March 12, 2015. The competition will tentatively cover Category 3 (European Amber Lager), Category 5 (Bock), Category 6 (Light Hybrid Beer), Category 15 (German Wheat and Rye Beer), and Category 18 (Belgian Strong Ale). If you are interested in competing, please contact Mark Keck. Entry is free (but limited to members of the club or BJCP study group). Entries must be received no later than Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

Clone Brew-Off with BFD
2015-02-22 11:30 - 15:00 | Mystic Brewery, 174 Williams St., Chelsea, MA, United States
We’ve entered into a bit of a friendly competition with BFD, our neighbors to the north. Entries will be judged according to their ability to match the characteristics of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, not according to BJCP style guidelines. Entries will go into a blind judging session and the club with the best clone will win both bragging rights and fabulous prizes! First, Second, and Third place will be awarded to individual brewers.

February Meeting
2015-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Bang & Olufsen, 141 Newbury St., Boston, MA, United States
We’ll be hosting a club competition with some truly fabulous prizes from Bang & Olufsen for the winner. The theme for the competition is Dark Beers (SRM of 25+), so get brewing and get creative. We’ll determine the winner by popular vote, so feel free to bend or ignore BJCP style guidelines. To make sure we have enough judging supplies, please sign up HERE if you’d like to enter the competition. We are setting a limit of one entry per person, so bring your best!
Tonight’s education track will have Mark and DT leading a Q&A on dark beer recipe formulation.
