Competitions/Judging
2023 Nebraska Shootout – Lincoln, Nebraska
ROUND #1: CLUB JUDGING
- When and Where: The club round will start at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, at Cosmic Eye Brewing.
- Entries: If you haven’t already checked in and told us what you’re entering, please click here and let us know. Thank you!
- Judging: We could use some help judging the club members’ entries; please click here and get on the list!
- Entry Drop off: We would like to get your beer(s) submitted before Sunday (one 12-ounce bottle for the club round). You can make arrangements with Kim Theesen and drop ’em off at his place (1008 S. 32nd Street, 531.218.4778, molarartist@hotmail.com)… or… You can plan to meet with other club members at the monthly social (6:00 p.m. at Code Brewing Co.) and somebody will collect your beer(s).
ROUND #2: THE NEBRASKA SHOOTOUT – PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGE!!!
- Lincoln Lager Entries: We will make arrangements at the club round to get the club entries together. The comp will need two 12-ounce bottles from you for each entry.
- Shootout Judging: 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 29, at White Elm Brewing Company. We’ll announce the winners at 1:00 p.m.
Stay tuned here for any last-minute details! We’re also on Facebook.
THE LINCOLN LAGERS’ LOGGER…
JULY
20… Thurs… 6 p.m… Monthly Club Social – Code Brewing Co.
23… Sun… 3 p.m… Lagers Judging for the Nebraska Shootout – Cosmic Eye Brewing
29… Sat… 10 a.m… Nebraska Shootout – White Elm Brewing Company
AUGUST
3… Thurs… 6 p.m… Monthly Meeting – Cosmic Eye
17… Thur… 6 p.m… Monthly Social – TBA
Last update: 7/16/2023, K!M T.
News in Brief…
- Lincoln Lager Lacy Phillipe took home first-place honors in the 2022 Turbine Flats Crawfish Boil. Her Jalepeño Cream Ale won judges’ choice.
- Monthly Club Social: May 19, 6 p.m. at 1867. No agenda. Just beer.
- Next Lincoln Lagers Monthly Meeting: Thursday, June 2, 2022, at White Elm Brewing Co.
- Benson Beer Festival: Saturday, June 4, 2022. More info here.
Join us on Thursday, December 6th for the final club meeting of 2018.
@ Lee’s Chicken – 6pm – Meeting business at 7pm
Educational activity: 5-way beer tasting
Club Only Competition style: Winter Warmers
The 2018 Sower’s Cup Homebrew Competition is officially underway! Judges completed 4 of our 33 tables, and will reconvene tomorrow night to continue.
To get involved with The Sower’s Cup, click here for more info!
- Wednesday and Thursday judges should have already received an email with instructions, and can view their current assignment by logging into BCOEM and selecting My Account.
- Friday and Saturday judges will receive an email soon with their instructions – stay tuned!
Please note: All participants must be 21+ and Photo ID verification is required upon entry on Friday & Saturday. Thank you!
P.S. On your way to The Sower’s Cup? Maps & parking information are posted over here. See you there!
This month (October) we’ve temporarily relocated to Turbine Flats (2124 Y Street) so that we have a quiet private spot to not only go over our regular business, but also to prep for Sower’s Cup! We’ll start at 6-ish-pm as usual, with Serious Business starting at 7 pm.
Enter thru the South Door that leads directly to the Gallery. Park in the West Lot.
Education Topic:
We’ll be going over the basics of Stewarding and whatnot so that all new volunteers can get a feel for what they need to do, and so some of us old farts can remember how we’re supposed to do it.
Club Only Competition:
October’s styles are German Wheat Beers: Weissbier, Dunkles Weissbier, & Weizenbock (Cat. 10) –
Sign Up Here – Please bring your entries by 6:30pm so that we may start judging promptly!
Hey folks! The month of October is all about The Sower’s Cup Homebrew Competition, our annual homebrew contest hosted right here in Lincoln, NE – our October club meeting will be entirely focused on preparations for the competition, judging and stewarding practice simulations, and more.
We will likely not be meeting at The Happy Raven this month – Stay tuned for more details when & where to show up!
In November, we will return to your regularly scheduled programming … That is to say, First Thursday, The Happy Raven, any time after 6pm, meeting business at 7pm. See you then!
All hands on deck for The Sower’s Cup!!
We need YOU! Yes, we’re talking to you, right now, Lincoln Lagers Member Reading This Post. We need your help judging and stewarding beer, selling raffle tickets, bringing pot-luck meals for Friday dinner and Saturday morning breakfast, serving dinner at the banquet, set up, clean up, and more!
To pitch in, please go to this page and complete the appropriate sign up form(s). THANK YOU in advance for helping us make The Sower’s Cup an awesome event for everyone involved!
August Social Meet-Up at 1867 Bar
Sunday, August 26th – 3pm to 5pm
Take a minute to come hang out, see your fellow homebrewers, talk shop, and have a pint of local brew! We’ll be loafing around at 1867 Bar for a couple hours on Sunday afternoon, so come and leave as you please – No agenda! If you can’t make our monthly meetings due to a schedule conflict, this is a great opportunity to catch up with the club and say ‘hi’.
September Club Meeting
Thursday, September 6th – 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The Happy Raven, 122 N. 11th St.
This month’s Club Only Competition includes Category 6 (Marzen, Rauchbier, Dunkles Bock). To enter, go here. Bring your entries to Happy Raven by 6:30pm.
Members Only Oktoberfest Party
We are throwing our annual Club Picnic on Saturday, September 22nd, and in celebration of the club’s 25th Anniversary and the first day of Oktoberfest in Munich, we are going with an Oktoberfest theme this year!
Bring food and drink to share! Vote on your favorite Brewers In Arms beer! Enter the Annual Mead Contest! Dance to our polka band! Have fun!
Watch for more details in a Club Newsletter or pay attention at the next Club Meeting.
July Club Meeting:
Our meeting is NOT on the first Thursday this month. We figured what with all the fireworks you’ll be lighting on that Wednesday, it would be good to give everybody a chance to recover their hearing and grow back fingers before we do any business. So we’ve pushed the meeting back to Thursday, July 12th!
As usual, we’re congregating at The Happy Raven – Show up any time after 6pm, meeting business to be held around 7pm. Please tip your bartender amply for putting up with our shenanigans. Homebrew is allowed in the South room. No commercial brews, please.
This month’s Education topic is Blind Style Comparison presented by Jason McLaughlin.
July’s Intra-Club Competition beer style is Fruit Beers (category 29). Please sign up HERE to register your entries.
Bring us your bottles by 6:30pm so that we can start judging promptly. Written scoresheets will be returned to you while at the meeting.
Club Merchandise Sales start July 12th!
We will kick off this year’s Club Merch Order at the club meeting on 7/12. We are offering four items this year – A “regular” Lagers Logo t-shirt, a special 25th Anniversary Lagers t-shirt, a Lagers Logo ball cap, and of course, the return of the Work Shirts.
If you can’t attend the meeting, watch for more instructions coming shortly after July 12th. And remember, this year only our NEW club members will get a coupon code to claim one free item – Renewing members will pay for their merch orders, but they pay lower dues as a result!
Brewers In Arms “Keep It 100” Tasting/Social Meet-Up:
Join us on Saturday, July 21st, 3:30-5:00pm, at Screen Ink. for the Summer Brewers In Arms tasting event!
Three teams will go head-to-head pouring their BIA beers – This quarter’s challenge is to “Brew a beer inspired by Centennial IPA and/or Bell’s Two Hearted, using at least 50% Centennial hops in the hop bill. What inspired means is up to each team to decide!” – This should be a pretty fun grab-bag! Judging closes at 4:45pm – Winner to be announced by 5pm!
Your own home-brew is also welcome at the event. We’ll have a designated pouring area off to one side for the BIA beer, and everything else can go on the ‘big table’. Event is open to Lagers Members, Screen Ink employees, and their guest(s).
Brewers In Arms #9: Oktoberfest Party!!
Note: We’re opening sign-up for the Fall BIA Project EARLY!! Register today!
It’s time for the next installment in the Brewers In Arms Project, where we group brewers together into teams and assign them a fun task to complete together, requiring them to combine their ideas, ingredients, equipment, and techniques to brew a unique batch of beer and share it with the club!
This time, the challenge is to brew your favorite beer to pour at an Oktoberfest party (it does NOT have to BE an Oktoberfest/Marzen, though!) – More specifically, to serve at our Club Oktoberfest Party!! We want as many people as possible to participate this time around!!! Hop to it! Sign up ends on Saturday, July 14th.
2018 Lagers Club Picnic Oktoberfest Party!!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 22nd.
Seriously, do it right now. You don’t want to miss this. More details soon.
The Member Deals Program:
If you didn’t receive an email containing your 2018 Member Deals ID Card, contact Chris Evans (chris at lincolnlagers dot com) and he will send it to you! Use your Deals Card for special hook-ups at some of our favorite sponsors around town!
May Social Meet-Up
Join us this Sunday, May 20th for the “Casual Crock-Pot Social-Meet-Up” at Zipline Brewing Co. TAPROOM! We’ll get together from 1 PM to 3:30 PM!
(NOT at the BEER HALL – Taproom on West O / Magnum Cir.!)
Bring an easy-peasy, no-effort crock-pot / munchie / snacky type dish! We will have some (but limited!) electricity for those needing to plug in.
No need to go whole-hog here, just bring something you like to munch on to share! Club will provide plates & cutlery. If you choose to bring a soup, please bring paper bowls with you. Tip your bartender well.
Summer BIA Teams, you can pick up your club-issued Centennial hops at this event!
Homebrew Equipment Swap Meet!
Come out to Backswing Brewing Co. on Saturday, June 2nd from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM! If you want to sell stuff or give away stuff, come out right at 12:30 PM and get your wares set up! The Lagers will provide a few folding tables – If you are bringing a lot of stuff, please bring your own table to help us spread things out! There will also be a “Freebie Table” for any stickers, coasters, etc. that you want to give away.
Homebrewing gear – Empty bottles – Kegs – Growlers – Memorabilia – Brewing Ingredients – Everything’s welcome! (…Except your homebrewed beverages, that is!)
“Is there a cost?” NO!
Shopping for stuff? No charge! Selling less than $25 of stuff? No charge! Selling more than $25 of stuff? There is a suggested $5 donation to the Lincoln Lagers Homebrew Club treasury to help us pay for future fun events & educational sessions, but it’s not mandatory!
NO HOMEBREWS ALLOWED – But we’ll have Backswing beers on tap starting at Noon in their taproom, so take advantage of that LL Member Deals ID card discount and come see us! :-)
June Club Meeting
We will see you on Thursday, June 7th at The Happy Raven for our monthly meeting – Show up after 6 PM to hang around and shoot the breeze, meeting business portion of the evening will start at around 7 PM.
If you haven’t paid your dues yet, you’re a schmuck but we love you anyways – Pay Terry some money!!!
July Club Meeting
Mark your calendars – Due to the 4th Of July holiday, we will meet on the second Thursday of the month, July 12th, at The Happy Raven.
Same times as above. If you show up on Thursday the 5th, you might as well buy a beer and tip your bartender, but don’t expect the rest of the club to be there!
Presenting Brewers In Arms #8: “Keep It 100!”
It’s time for the next installment in the Brewers In Arms Project, where we group brewers together into teams and assign them a fun task to complete together, requiring them to combine their ideas, ingredients, equipment, and techniques to brew a unique batch of beer and share it with the club! We are looking for 12 to 20 people, who randomly assigned to teams together. Sign up today – Don’t wait around!
This Challenge’s theme is: Brew a beer showcasing Centennial hops, “inspired by” Founders Centennial IPA and/or Bell’s Two Hearted Ale.
We will provide the Centennial pellet hops. You provide the malts of your choosing + everything else! What exactly “inspired by” means is ultimately up to your team to decide! We do ask that you use at least 50% Centennial hops in your recipe, but you can include other varieties if you’d like to.
Want to participate? Sign up is now closed! Stay tuned for the next BIA Sign Up coming at the end of June!!!
Sign up closes on Sunday, May 13th! Teams will be announced on Monday, May 14th.
- American Homebrewers Association
- Benson Homebrew Club – Benson (Omaha), NE
- Brauer Unterstützungs Verein – Omaha, NE
- Kansas City Biermeisters
- L.A.G.E.R.S. – Louisville, KY
- Local 402 Brewers Union – Omaha, NE
- OmaHops Brewing Club – Omaha NE
- Railroaders Brew Club – Omaha, NE
- South Omaha Brewers – Omaha, NE
- Benson Brewery – Omaha, NE
- Farnam House Brewing Co. – Omaha, NE
- Gottberg Brewery & Pub – Columbus, NE
- Infusion Brewing Co. – Omaha, NE
- Jaipur Brewing Company – Omaha, NE
- Lucky Bucket Brewing – Omaha, NE
- Nebraska Brewing Company – Omaha, NE
- Schilling Bridge Brewery & Winery – Pawnee City, NE
- Scratchtown Brewing – Ord, NE
- Thunderhead Brewing – Kearney, NE
- Upstream Brewing Co. – Omaha, NE
