Monday, January 18, 2010

Monthly meeting tomorrow!

We'll have our monthly meeting at 8pm tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Bridgeport VFW (32nd and May). Bring yourself; bring a friend; bring a homebrew! The tasting will be Old Ales, so don't miss it. Oh, and if you're curious, the best Old Ale I ever had was a Bell's Third Coast Old Ale that had been cellared for two years. Incredible stuff!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

A hot time in Andersonville this weekend!

We may be Homebrewer's Pride of the SOUTHside, but we're certainly willing to head up north when the right opportunity presents itself, and this Saturday is such an opportunity. For starters, at 4pm I highly recommend you head over to Hopleaf for the Drinking & Writing Brewery's "To Cure A Hangover." Those of you who saw "The 12 Steps of Christmas" back and December know how funny these guys are. And as an added bonus, it's at Chicago's Mecca of Belgian beer, Hopleaf. Tickets (available here) are a mere $15, and if you can't make it this Saturday it's just been extended two more Saturdays (January 23 and 30, to be specific).

Later on, Transistor will be hosting "Refrigerator Art," a fundraiser to help local artists Alaric Rocha and Ren Velarde produce "Winter in Louisiana," a film about a prisoner who escapes a Louisiana chain gang with the help of Santa Claus. (I know what you're thinking... hasn't that been done a million times? Yes, but this one has an M. Night Shyamalan twist at the end!) If you've attended either of the last two Beerfly Alleyfights, you should know Ren; he's won best artist two years running! Anyway, $20 gets you drinks from 8-11pm, as well as what promise to be some hilarious short films.

So there you go. If you find yourself sitting at home Saturday night watching reruns of Mama's Family, you've got nobody to blame but yourself.