All posts by Mary Pat McKee

CMI Christmas Party is Thursday December 6, 2019

Hi Everyone,

Christmas is coming soon, and CMI is ready to celebrate.

This year we will have the party at Norwood Community Center on Thursday December 5, 2019 at 7 pm.

1810 Courtland Ave

Cincinnati OH, 45212

Tim McDonald will bring pulled pork and everyone please bring a side or dessert. Contact Tim McDonald with what you are bringing and how many people.

We will do a white elephant style beer exchange. If you would like to participate, bring a wrapped quality 4 or 6 pack or craft beer to exchange.

Hope to see everyone there. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Next MEETING is Nov 14, 2019

This Thursday our program will be Homebrew Hacks. Do you do anything to save time or money? Have you engineered your system to fit your needs? Have any advice for your fellow brewers?  Then bring your ideas this week!
If you have one or ten ideas/items, please respond to this and let me know so I can get idea of how many we will discuss. You can bring in equipment, bring pictures, or simply just explain what you do.  Also, feel free to chime in during our discussion Thursday as well!
I truly feel you learn something new every time you brew with someone, so I know there can be a lot to be gained from each other.

Meeting starts at 7:30 pm

Norwood Community Center
1810 Courtland Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212

October 10, 2019 Meeting

Hi Everyone,

We have a busy week coming up to prepare for the Oktober’s Best Homebrew Competition.

First on Wednesday night we will be sorting the entries at Paradise Brewing on Beechmont Ave. we can use help sorting starting at 7 pm.

Thursday October 10th is the club meeting where we will prepare for judging by working through “off flavors”.

Finally, Saturday is the competition at Norwood Community Center. Arrive by no later than 8:30 am so judging can begin promptly at 9.

Norwood Community Center
1810 Courtland Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45212

Beer and Chocolate!

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What could be better than a beer and chocolate pairing?

This Thursday September 12, 2019 we have a special guest. Cindi Ventrola who founded Carmatillie Chocolate will be our guest speaker. She is also a craft beer aficionado, and has used many of Cincinnati’s finest beers in her chocolates, from Blank Slate days to Woodburn’s mint chocolate stout and several from Braxton.

Join us for a special beer and chocolate pairing this week.

There will be beer and chocolates to taste and special boxes of chocolates to purchase if you would like.

Meeting will be held at

Norwood Community Center
1810 Courtland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212
7:30 pm, September 12, 2019

August 8,2019 Meeting

Summer is moving on quickly and it is already time for our August Meeting. This month we are tasting the results of the CMI Schwarzbier Project and comparing to commercial examples.
Bring a growler – or – bottles of your beer to share.
Since everyone started with the same base grains and recipe, be ready to discuss how you went about making it.

Did you change anything?
Like the yeast or add different grains
Water profile
Mash temperatures
Boil times
Fermenting temperatures
Meeting date, time and location:
August 8th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Norwood Community Center
1810 Courtland Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212

We will as always have a great raffle! Hope to see you there!