“Beer… Now there’s a temporary solution.” Homer Simpson
Bedfords monthly home brewing club hosted at Beerfly tap room and bottle shop. Our focus is on beer making but all forms of home brewing are welcome. The group is open to all abilities, experience and styles of brewing from kits to all grain and beyond! Have a look at the schedule below for details of our meetings and/or follow us on Facebook for more info. Cheers!
All meetings at Beerfly 7-9PM unless otherwise stated, club nights are themed every other month as per the description, Brewers Assemble meetings are open for all styles.
2024:
January 30th: BREWERS ASSEMBLE – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew!
February 27th: BELGIAN & CONTINENTAL – Brew up something with a Belgian or Continental vibe, there are loads of options to choose from: Trappist, Tripels, Golden Strong, Dubbels, Lambic or Sours, Wit Beer, Saison, Patersbier, Grisette, Lagers etc etc
March 26th: BREWERS ASSEMBLE! – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew! *MARCH MEETING CANCELLED!
April 2nd: Beer & Beyond Homebrew Competition – Bedford Homebrewers are teaming up with Brewpoint for another competition! Your brief is simple brew a beer people will love to drink at a summer beer festival. Win and thats exactly what will happen as your recipe will be re-brewed at Brewpoint for sale at the Beer & Beyond Festival as well as your favourite bottle shop/tap room Beerfly! This competition is open to any style and there are no limitations on the recipe so interpret the ‘summer’ theme as you see fit. More details to follow but get planning and brewing soon as you have just over 10 weeks til judging day…..
April 30th: BRITISH CLASSICS! – Brew a British Classic, Bitter, Porter, IPA take your pick!
May 28th: BREWERS ASSEMBLE! – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew!
June 25th: BEER MEETS FOOD – Bring a brew and some food to pair with it!
July: BREWERS ASSEMBLE! – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew!
August: AMERICAN ALES – Brew a beer style from the Americas, US styles or maybe something more exotic!
September: BREWERS ASSEMBLE! – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew!
October: OKTOBERFEST! – Bring out your German Lagers for a proper beer fest!
November: BREWERS ASSEMBLE! – No theme just bring some homebrew, drink some homebrew and chat about homebrew!
December: EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE! – Brew something dark and probably strong too! We will also be doing a bottle swap at this meeting so bring some extras to exchange at the end.
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Dates for the next 3 meetings as follows April 30th – British Classics May 28th – Brewers Assemble June 25th – Beer Meets Food See the schedule… Read more “Upcoming Meeting Dates”
In addition to the awesomeness of re-brewing your recipe for the festival and seeing it go on tap at the event the lucky winner will also receive:… Read more “Beer & Beyond Homebrew Competition Prize Announcement!!!”
Please see below some extra details regarding the competition at Brewpoint on the 2nd of April: You may enter up to 2 different beers for judging if… Read more “Beer & Beyond Competition UPDATE!”
Recipes for our favourite brews, ‘Beer of the Evening’ and competition winners:
Our awesome hosts and a great spot for sampling some of the best craft beer in Bedford!
Beds & Herts Home Beermakers, another local homebrew club with monthly meetings in Luton.
‘Dudes Brews’ YouTube brewing channel from club founder Richard Williams
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Milton Keynes based homebrew club meeting first Thursday of every month.
Brewtube Facebook brewing group used by many of the YouTube brewers
Sponsors of our 2019 SMASH competition and one of the best local breweries in Northhamptonshire!
Beer reviews and home brewing from our own founding member Richard Boyden
UK Homebrewing Community Facebook group
Bedford Homebrewers 