The March meeting has been cancelled. We’ll try to move the planned history of the club talk to a future meeting.

Please join us for our next club meeting this Monday, March 16th, at 7 p.m.

Ill Mannered Brewing has graciously offered to host us. They’re located at 38 Grace Dr, Powell, OH 43065.

During this meeting, we’ll again be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of SODZ with a history of the club by Bonni and Mark Katona.

We’ll do a quick introduction for any new members in attendance, hear about current goings-on at Ill Mannered, talk about upcoming club meeting, events and competitions. We’ll talk about the National Homebrew Convention, give an update on our barrel project, and conduct officer elections for the upcoming year.

We’ll also update everyone on the brewer of the year standings. (If you are last month’s winner, please attend with the mash paddle so it can be awarded to the new winner.)

The club competition for March is Sessionable. This is a wide open category where the only criteria is that you make a beer 4% ABV or less. Although “sessionable” is technically anything less than 5%, what’s the fun in that?

April is Hopapalooza – for any beer over 40 IBUs. May is Fizzy Yellow Beers – Light Lagers, Pilsners, and Light Hybrids.

If there are any further details to share between now and then, we’ll update via the club Facebook page.

See you there.

We realize that not everyone might have seen all this information in various posts on Facebook, so we’re sending out this quick recap.

The Beer 4 Boobs homebrew competition was held on November 16, 2019 at Combustion Brewery in Pickerington.

We had 218 entries judged between the morning and afternoon sessions.

SODZ raised a record amount this year. SODZ donated over $2,000 to the Beer 4 Boobs breast cancer research charity. For 2019, the charity raised $15,000 nationwide. We’re proud to have done our part.

We very much appreciate the participation of everyone who entered, sponsored, volunteered or participated in some way. The silent auction and raffle ticket sales were a huge help in increasing the overall size of our donation to the Beer 4 Boobs charity.

Combustion Brewery & Taproom in Pickerington and Brewmaster Keith Jackson graciously hosted us and worked hard to make the competition work smoothly.

The 2018 winner, a Belgian Dark Strong brewed by Richard Sheppard, was brewed in time for release on the day of the 2019 competition.

This year’s winner, a Pear Berliner Weisse brewed by Richard Sheppard, will be brewed for release at the 2020 competition.

Sorry for the delay. Here’s a quick recap of this month’s meeting:

• The meeting was held in the Underground at Barley’s Brewhouse.

• The club competition for February was British styles and there were nearly twenty entries.

• Everyone was welcomed to an informal 25th anniversary meeting for the club.

• Three new members were welcomed.

• A mention was made about Big Brew, which will be held on Saturday, May 2nd. We hope to again hold it at Columbus Brewing Company, which has hosted it multiple times in the past.

• All members were reminded to keep brewing their entries for British Beerfest, which will be held on May 16th.

• Mitch McGreal gave an update about our barrell project in conjunction with DRAFT and CMI. More details to follow.

• Officer voting is coming up at next month’s meeting. All current members are interested/willing to continue serving in their positions, but anyone also interested in running should let a board member know.

• The big event of the evening was a special firkin that Angelo created for the Anniversary. The beer was a strong Scotch ale with cacao and vanilla added. (A big thanks to Jim Sudduth for memorializing the tapping of the firkin by Jason Wing. To see the video, check out the SODZ Facebook page.)

• The club had a toast to celebrate the milestone and then the microphone was made available to anyone who wanted to share memories and stories of their time in the club. It was great to hear from several people, who were some of our earliest and latest members.

• First place in the club competition was won by Brian Huntley. First place in Brewer of the Year standings is shared by Eric Saas and David Curran.

• The next meeting is Monday, March 16th at Ill Mannered Brewing in Powell. The club competition for the month is sessionable beers (4% alcohol or less).

Please join us for our next club meeting this Monday February 17th at 7 p.m. Barley’s and Angelo have graciously offered to host us. They’re located at 467 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215. Feel free to show up anytime after 6pm to have dinner and socialize before the meeting.

It will be a holiday next Monday so city parking meters are free. The Blue Jackets are also off that night so that’ll help with parking as well.

During both this meeting and the next, we’ll be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of SODZ. Maybe we’ll be doing something special to help everyone celebrate. Who knows?

We’ll do a quick introduction for any new members in attendance, hear from Angelo about current goings-on at Barley’s, talk about some upcoming events including our barrel project and British Beer Fest, and take officer nominations for the upcoming year.

We’ll also update everyone on the brewer of the year standings. (If you are last month’s winner, please attend with the mash paddle so it can be awarded to this month’s winner.)

The club competition for January is British Invasion (in preparation for BBF). All beers entered should be English styles (including English Pale Ale, Scottish and Irish Ales, English Brown Ales, Porters and Stouts, and English IPAs).

If there are any further details to share between now and then, we’ll update via the club Facebook page.

See you there.

Here’s a quick recap of this month’s meeting:

• The meeting was held at Gamut Brewing in Columbus. The owners and and brewers introduced themselves, the brewery, and their focus on lager beers. Tours of the brewery were given.

• The club welcomed 5 new members.

• The club competition was 8% or higher alcohol beers. First place was won by Victor Aume.

• A reminder that NHC registration is open until Jan 22. HomeBrewCon is in Nashville this year and further club involvement/activities will be discussed at future meetings.

• British Beer fest will be held on May 16th at Seventh Son. DOH and SODZ will be collaborating together on the competition. SODZ President Jason Wing threw down the Lucci Cup challenge this year and will be style 17A British Strong Ale.

• In conjunction with DRAFT and CMI, SODZ will be joining a barrel project. Mitch McGreal is our club’s point person. The first batch will be Russian Imperial Stout recipe. SODZ will pay for the barrel (and stand if necessary) and ingredients are provided by the brewers. 

• Officer nominations are coming up and will be further discussed at next month’s meeting.

• February’s meeting is Monday the 17th at Barleys Brewhouse. The club competition for February is British styles.

Please join us for our next club meeting this Monday January 20th at 7 p.m. Gemüt Biergarten has graciously offered to host us. They’re located at 734 Oak St. in the Old Town East neighborhood of Columbus. Feel free to show up early and socialize before the meeting.

We’ll do a quick introduction for any new members in attendance, get an intro to Gemüt and their brewer, recap recent club happenings, and talk about some upcoming events including our British Beer Fest. We’ll also update everyone on the brewer of the year standings. (If you are last month’s winner, please attend with the mash paddle so it can be awarded to this month’s winner.)

The club competition for January is Beermageddon. All beer entered must be 8% ABV and bigger. This is a wide open category where the only criteria is that your beer needs to meet 8% ABV or more.

If there are any further details to share between now and then, we’ll update via the club Facebook page.

See you there.

It’s that time of year again! The club Christmas party will be this coming Monday, December 16th at 7:00pm.

Carey and Mike are again graciously welcoming the club to the brewery for the evening. Lineage Brewing Company is located at 2971 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202.

This event is limited to current members and their +1s. All in attendance must be must be 21 or older, no exceptions.

Dinner is a potluck where the club provides the main course (Yabo’s Tacos) and members each provide a side or desert.

The Dirty Santa gift exchange works as follows: you bring a large format (750ml or 22oz bomber) bottle of commercial beer (approx. $10 value and above) and bring it inside a gift bag. One person starts by taking a bag off the table that’s not theirs and this continues until everyone has a gift. Basically it’s a white elephant gift exchange (including swapping or previously opened gifts), but instead of gifting junk you are giving and receiving beer. The only requirements for this are that you buy a quality beer and bring it concealed in a gift bag.

The December Club Competition’s theme is ‘Tis the Season. This can be any Christmas/Winter Speciality (21B), Belgian Specialty (16E), Wood Aged (22C), or other Speciality (23). Basically, convince us it’s Christmas beer.

Please join us for our next club meeting this Monday November 18th at 7 p.m.

2 Tones Brewing Company has graciously offered to host us. They are located at 4539 E Broad St in Whitehall.

Feel free to show up early and socialize before the meeting.

We’ll get an introduction to the brewery and brewers at 2 Tones, recap some recent club happenings including the Beer For Boobs competition, and talk about some upcoming events.

The club competition for November is Smoke and Roast. This could be any dark lager, porter, stout, Belgian specialty (include roasted malt), or any smoke-flavored beer.

If there are any further details to share between now and then, we’ll update via the club Facebook page.

See you there.

This Saturday November 2nd, thousands of people across the country will participate in Learn To Homebrew Day. Come join members of SODZ and HOPS as we enjoy a relaxed brew day together.

Graciously, the Ohio State Buckeye football team has agreed not to play this weekend in order to accommodate our event.

Nocterra Brewing in Powell (41 Depot St., Powell, Ohio 43065) has graciously agreed to host the event for this year.

If you’re there to brew, just hang out and ask questions – all are welcome. Plan to be set up and ready to brew around 9:00am.

We’ll also be rolling out our California Common collaboration with Nocterra that day – “Something In Common”. Several of our members canned the beer on Tuesday, and it’ll be available for both can and draft sales.