London Homebrewers Guild | Site-Wide Activity https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:25:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4913734830342096fa90aae6677ee1f7 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Announcing the 2026 XMas Advent Exchange in the forum Beer Games/Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/announcing-the-2026-xmas-advent-exchange/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:21:54 -0400 It is time to start thinking about our 15th Christmas Advent Exchange!

The “rules” are simple:

1. Sign up using the link at the bottom of the post.
2. Brew a beer, cider, mead, or other fermented beverage (any style; don’t feel obliged to prepare a spiced/xmas beer)
3. Bottle 24 bottles of your beer/etc prior to the November meeting
4. At the N…Read more

]]> 0 b8c810c52c68a1f4a8f2720ff9bfaf2f Scott P. replied to the topic August Meeting – August 25th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/august-meeting-august-25th-at-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43767 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:16:23 -0400 just a reminder this months meeting is tomorrow at Andersons.

]]> 0 4b9fd13ffe5c2cf303b5209752d8bc61 Scott P. started the topic August Meeting – August 25th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/august-meeting-august-25th-at-anderson-craft-ales/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:13:19 -0400 Hello all, the August meeting will be at Anderson Craft Ales on August 25th at 7:30pm.

Please post sample details on Discord in the August meeting thread.

If you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 bcd7b783884d3fe45c94dc26a794703d Scott P. started the topic July Meeting – July 28th at Forked River in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/july-meeting-july-28th-at-forked-river/?view=all Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:52:00 -0400 Hello all, the July meeting will be at Forked River on July 28th at 7:30pm.

Please post sample details on Discord.

if you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 6d08891f9fc572e4ce96cb7c62a01cd0 Scott P. started the topic June Meeting – June 30th at Storm Stayed in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/june-meeting-june-30th-at-storm-stayed/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:42:44 -0400 Hello all, the June meeting will be at Storm Stayed on June 30th at 7:30pm.

Please post sample details on Discord.

if you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 55cd5d97ea7518153f7dc5a1fbce203b Scott P. replied to the topic May Meeting – May 26th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/may-meeting-may-26th-at-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43756 Mon, 25 May 2026 12:56:03 -0400 another reminder about tomorrows meeting at Anderson’s…please post samples on Discord, or here if you are not yet on Discord.

]]> 0 a1a65f9890e7e98d1c8c0b57c4397496 Scott P. replied to the topic May Meeting – May 26th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/may-meeting-may-26th-at-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43754 Sat, 23 May 2026 03:25:46 -0400 reminder for this months meeting at Anderson’s…please post samples in the Discord thread….cheers!

]]> 0 3864d47d442f1e65d284184817d8dffd Scott P. replied to the topic May Meeting – May 26th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/may-meeting-may-26th-at-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43753 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:54:32 -0400 updated the body of the message, the May meeting is actually at Anderson’s, not Forked….my bad.

]]> 0 2bf4da21c8923568d4b44d4756a96a41 Scott P. started the topic May Meeting – May 26th at Anderson Craft Ales in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/may-meeting-may-26th-at-anderson-craft-ales/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:10:55 -0400 Hello all, the May meeting will be at Forked River on May 26th at 7:30pm.

Please post sample details on Discord in the April meeting thread.

if you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 37b088fe7987cecd84e621f32629891b Scott P. replied to the topic April Meeting – April 28th at Forked River in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/april-meeting-april-28th-at-forked-river/#post-43747 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:03:16 -0400 reminder of this months meeting at Forked River. Please post samples on Discord in the April meeting thread.

]]> 0 35c55e23e720e2d8fe07cb3eaed3454a Scott P. replied to the topic Group Buy in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/big-news/#post-43746 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:45:22 -0400 The latest sheet will be closing tonight.

]]> 0 7c2adedb80d75ea452ddca2832299d2f Scott P. replied to the topic April Meeting – April 28th at Forked River in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/april-meeting-april-28th-at-forked-river/#post-43745 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:22:11 -0400 just bringing this back to the top, the meeting is next week.

Please post samples in Discord.

If you need help getting on Discord, please let us know or post here.

Cheers,

]]> 0 39669a9b6addaaada477e5336a58c7d5 Scott P. started the topic April Meeting – April 28th at Forked River in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/april-meeting-april-28th-at-forked-river/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:50:05 -0400 Hello all, the April meeting will be at Forked River on April 28th at 7:30pm.

Please post sample details on Discord in the April meeting thread.

if you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 261b18eea931ba64d166e754c32bb8b2 Scott P. replied to the topic Group Buy in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/big-news/#post-43742 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:46:41 -0400 due to popular demand, we have opened up a Round 2 of this group buy, please head over to Discord to see what you don’t want to miss out on :).

if you are not able to get on Discord, please reach out to John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we will get you set up.

]]> 0 292c3c14c96c655d01d2a522a7c80aa5 Scott P. started the topic March Meeting - March 31st at Storm Stayed in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/march-meeting-march-31st-at-storm-stayed/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:28:03 -0400 Hello all, the March meeting will be at Storm Stayed.

Please post sample details on Discord.

if you are not on Discord, or are not sure how to gain access please feel free to PM John Day, Ron Lemp or myself and we can help get you set up.

]]> 0 8509cbf022853e73a3055b814211d5f5 Aaron l's profile was updated https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/p/36417/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:39:20 -0500 0 3719bc71a4d5caea8d77d50fd746d1de Scott P. started the topic Group Buy in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/big-news/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:58:32 -0500 if you are not on Discord, please reach out to us on here. We have a big group buy going on.

Please, if you like commercial craft beer, reach out to one of the Exec on here and we will get you set up on Discord to get your cheap case of craft beer.

]]> 0 695a32e546fa7cab46fc1b3c5f0746db Scott P. started the topic Hop Bomb Apparel 20% discount in the forum Equipment For Sale https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/hop-bomb-apparel-20-discount/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:19:06 -0500 Hello all, I saw Jay from Hop Bomb Apparel post on Facebook for Homebrew clubs that he’s offering a discount until the end of the month.
I have some of their shirts already that I have had for a few years now, and so far they are holding up well.
Hopefully someone can take advantage of this deal.

Brew Day Shirt

]]> 0 8c0566cf579d2928f520aa6b781d5cbd Scott P. replied to the topic February 2026 Membership Meeting @ Anderson Craft Ales! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/february-2026-membership-meeting-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43726 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:06:06 -0500 From Bruce:
Rye/ESB
7.4% ABV
38 IBU
16.5 SRM
no ABI

]]> 0 d4ecf98c364eea9aefebc63495ec71e5 Scott P. replied to the topic February 2026 Membership Meeting @ Anderson Craft Ales! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/february-2026-membership-meeting-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43724 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:19:28 -0500 hello folks….two more sleeps until Tuesday’s meeting at Andersons…..only one sample so far. Anyone with anything to share, please sign up.

]]> 0 bb552af32db21e9d398b45a208dd0ebc Scott P. replied to the topic February 2026 Membership Meeting @ Anderson Craft Ales! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/february-2026-membership-meeting-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43723 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:04:56 -0500 We have a group of Western students joining us this month. They’re putting together a guide to niche hobbies in London and want to feature the club. They’ll be hanging out, taking some photos, and talking with members about homebrewing.

]]> 0 715ef88918715e3a9244456414a81d99 Jeremy replied to the topic February 2026 Membership Meeting @ Anderson Craft Ales! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/february-2026-membership-meeting-anderson-craft-ales/#post-43722 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:16:24 -0500 Jeremy Brett
ESB (I’ve been messing around with a Bass Pale Ale clone)
4.9%
36 IBU
11 SRM
no ABI

]]> 0 ae76c64afd6248567ced7a005f5e2646 Scott P. started the topic February 2026 Membership Meeting @ Anderson Craft Ales! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/february-2026-membership-meeting-anderson-craft-ales/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:02:58 -0500 I can’t believe February is almost over….

We hope everyone has had a safe and happy 2026 so far!

Our February meeting will be held on Tuesday February 24th, 7:30pm-9:30pm at Anderson Craft Ales!

Please support Gavin and Andersons and try a pint there and take some home to enjoy later as well.

If you have a homebrew you’d like to share, s…Read more

]]> 0 1460e401bca622e2c5d3b7ea291128b2 Scott P. started the topic Spring 2026 Grain Buy in the forum Group Buys https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/spring-2026-grain-buy/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:22:05 -0500 Here is a spreadsheet for the Fall grain purchase through Forked River.

The sheet will be closed on Tuesday Feb 24th, conveniently this is the same day as our Feb meeting at Anderson’s :).

Pick up day is planned for Saturday, March 7th at Forked River.

This is for PAID members only.

For some of our new members, we try to do a grain buy 3…Read more

]]> 0 0af3a72957232f3a7bb6171a241f73c1 Ronnie replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43714 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:47:52 -0500 – Homer’s Mu’umu’u

– Tropical IPA

– 8.5% ABV

– 62 IBU’s

– 10.5 SRM

– ABIs None

]]> 0 e2f18dcbb40941a05e85cbf53b3ae3ae Scott P. replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43712 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:32:54 -0500 nice, thanks Bruce.

Looking forward to it.

]]> 0 8c84214c6aec25b0b724f0d250d986c6 Scott P. replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43709 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:49:32 -0500 Just a couple of days until our first meeting of 2026. Please bring a sample to share.

So far we have one sample from Discord, Steve will be bringing this one:

Amber
SRM 17
ABV 6%
IBU 24

We will also be sampling Dan’s Pro-Am brew with Forked, Jucius Maximus.

]]> 0 81bd9975fb55a5e0da5b7ab9f4ee7919 Scott P. replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43671 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:27:50 -0500 me too.

that’s always been one of things about brewing that I love, how one change in yeast to the same recipe, can make something totally different.

]]> 0 e0200a2228939b378ed3f768b16f50bb Roland Luckas replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43670 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:30:48 -0500 Cool! Looking forward to this!

]]> 0 1fdc27d34b059b2d6bcd767915658223 Scott P. replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43667 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:48:58 -0500 also our very own Bryan Heit has offered to learn us a little bit 🙂

As chance has it, I’m teaching a lecture on flavour/aroma development by yeast the morning the same day as our meeting. I’ll be brining these samples to the meeting for a “guided exploration” of what different yeasts do to a beer. The samples themselves are the same wort (Czech…Read more

]]> 0 bafad57f1aa1df5ee4d8940e871d12a9 Scott P. replied to the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/#post-43666 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:47:45 -0500 bringing this back up to the top.

Please join us at Forked next Tuesday to enjoy Dan’s Pro-Am collab brew and hear him talk about the process with us.

Can’t wait to see everyone’s smiling faces again 🙂 .

]]> 0 fcf84288ca0a5fff8597ea7f176d48a1 Scott P. started the topic January 2026 Membership Meeting @ Forked River! in the forum Announcements & Events https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/january-2026-membership-meeting-forked-river/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:08:07 -0500 Welcome to 2026 everyone!

We hope everyone enjoyed some time off over the holidays with their friends and families!

Now…back to our regularly scheduled program…. Our January meeting will be held on Tuesday January 27th, 7:30pm-9:30pm at Forked River!

We can’t wait for everyone to try Dan’s @222brewing Jucious Maximus Pro-Am collab with F…Read more

]]> 0 03505c008273dbbd161154bdbfd5245c Dan Brenner's profile was updated https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/p/36398/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:54:53 -0500 0 7c7dcedeef8d69cbbb1fecbf9a19275d Roland Luckas became a registered member https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/p/36397/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:53:25 -0500 0 a55877879af32c81dfd8416c9c0dfc9f Scott P. and End Times Bar and Beer Shop (Jordan) are now friends https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/p/36396/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:13:36 -0500 0 7f6b0d820eefc9e15ad63f9ff282d9ab Jeremy replied to the topic Beer 6 - BeeYO to the rescue in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-6-beeyo-to-the-rescue/#post-43605 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:31:21 -0500 This is my backup beer as the original one was judged to be ruined by a spice tincture of mix spice. It’s a BYO recipe by a guy in the Brewbombers from the December issue:

9 lbs Maris Otter
1.25 lbs C-40
10 oz C-20
10 oz C-80
750 grams honey (late addition to the kettle)

2 oz Northern Brewer at 60 minutes
.5 oz Northern Brewer at 10…Read more

]]> 0 ed977d53b0ac4abe708ba8f05b202681 End Times Bar and Beer Shop (Jordan) became a registered member https://www.londonbrewers.ca/activity/p/36393/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:25:15 -0500 0 fc8b3f8198d23021eab0d63d70bfedd3 Scott P. replied to the topic Beer 14 - Great White Tart (OBK challenge beer) in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-14-great-white-tart-obk-challenge-beer/#post-43604 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:46:44 -0500 Full disclosure on this one, I messed it up for us.

I had them leave the coffee beans in too long for a “hint” of coffee, they were left in as if it was a coffee forward brew, like the coffee Cream ale that we brewed there previously.

That was my bad. I’m hoping we can get someone with a large system to help us re-brew this one and not dry bean…Read more

]]> 0 5af6dddf40c5356963d9dbe42f7f9d33 Scott P. replied to the topic Beer 14 - Great White Tart (OBK challenge beer) in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-14-great-white-tart-obk-challenge-beer/#post-43602 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:41:21 -0500 Thank you Bruce for saving the recipe for this one.

]]> 0 1e556edcffd1e399d95d77a7e3ec7eb2 Scott P. replied to the topic Beer 14 - Great White Tart (OBK challenge beer) in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-14-great-white-tart-obk-challenge-beer/#post-43601 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:46:48 -0500 I will see if I can find the recipe for this beer from someone, I think Dan has it.

]]> 0 71662944f028c4098ba690d3677a8433 Grant Heuchert replied to the topic Beer 4 - APA in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-4-apa/#post-43600 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:45:34 -0500 Excellent beer. Nice tones, great taste.🍻

]]> 0 382e832e6e12363e6ac319f4b7c8b25a Bruce Allen replied to the topic Beer 8 - Santa's Spice Blend in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-8-santas-spice-blend/#post-43598 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:34:44 -0500 Another one of my “Throw in a bunch of stuff and see what happens” beers of late.

Started out brewing a 10 Gal for the batch of Bitter, sparged out enough to fill my GrainFather for the first batch and runnings were still at 1.030.

Being a “Cheap” homebrewer I heated up some more water and added it to the mash tun, I managed to sparge out…Read more

]]> 0 1c4fde42ad7c04807d2e8a4eb7dc1183 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) replied to the topic Beer 3 - Sleep Now In The Fire in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-3-sleep-now-in-the-fire/#post-43596 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:23:42 -0500 Arrg, can’t even get my own recipe right. My barrel holds 4L, the rest just went into a carboy and I blended back at packaging.

]]> 0 679b3bb36ab92665f916cf7463a6a5e5 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) replied to the topic Beer 3 - Sleep Now In The Fire in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-3-sleep-now-in-the-fire/#post-43591 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:34:09 -0500 <h2>General Notes</h2>
I’m not much of a fan of the traditional spices used in winter warmers, so I decided to try something unique. Aside from beer I’m also a big gin fan, and IMO, gin is the perfect Christmas drink – pine, citrus, and spice! I make a bit of barrel-aged gin, so I decided to brew a “triple brown” – essentially a southern English…Read more

]]> 0 bb4dc51e881508061a789ea543240754 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 1 - Hop Down Abbey Road in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-1-hop-down-abbey-road/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:22:03 -0500 Number: 1
Beer Name: Hop Down Abbey Road
Brewer: Grant Heuchert
Drinking Date: Dec 4
Feedback: Yes

]]> 0 80fc8bd3e4dd8892d5474100890e8895 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 2 - I'm Steaming of a White Xmas in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-2-im-steaming-of-a-white-xmas/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:20:44 -0500 Number: 2
Beer Name: I’m Steaming of a White Xmas
Brewer: Chris Montcalm
Drinking Date: Dec 5
Feedback: Yes

]]> 0 efab36dffcb63f2160df629aa09b098c Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 3 - Sleep Now In The Fire in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-3-sleep-now-in-the-fire/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:19:07 -0500 Number: 3
Beer Name: Sleep Now In The Fire
Brewer: Bryan Heit
Drinking Date: Dec 6
Feedback: Yes

]]> 0 f04b88b03b8032a7c4d7d9cfa77faa80 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 4 - APA in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-4-apa/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:17:36 -0500 Number: 4
Beer Name: APA
Brewer: Steve Cassidy
Drinking Date: Dec 7
Feedback: Yes

]]> 0 b98b67451f6b4126261159a3df58033b Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 6 - BeeYO to the rescue in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-6-beeyo-to-the-rescue/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:16:32 -0500 Number: 5
Beer Name: BeeYO to the rescue
Brewer: Jeremy Brett
Drinking Date: Dec 11
Feedback: Yes

]]> 0 360a7b385f93c676a550b464fb3fe1e1 Bryan (The Yeast Wrangler) started the topic Beer 6 - Kin Wheaty 6% in the forum Advent Beer Event 2025 https://www.londonbrewers.ca/forums/topic/beer-6-kin-wheaty-6/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:14:48 -0500 Number: 6
Beer Name: Kin Wheaty 6%
Brewer: Cam Reeves
Drinking Date: Dec 12
Feedback: Yes

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