DRAFT

Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

Newsletter

DRAFT Club Meeting – February 2020

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Our 2nd club meeting of 2020 is coming up on Feb 17th. For this meeting we will meet at Texas Beef & Cattle Co. (1101 W. Third St.). They are normally closed on Mondays but their owner James Nuñez reached out to the club about hosting a meeting with us. We will enter through the front entrance, and there is parking in the rear. We will follow up on our Saison talks from last month with our … [Read more...]

Draft Club Meeting – January 2020

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Hello Dayton Draft crew! Our first club meeting of 2020 is tonight, 7pm at Warped Wing. Just a reminder since they are open for business on Mondays now, we will meet in the back private area and must keep our homebrews back there. Members are welcome to visit the open taproom otherwise. We will have a bottle share as well as a short talk on Saison styles of beer and upcoming homebrew events. … [Read more...]

24th Annual Brewfest, Sept 21st 2019

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The 24th annual Brewfest event is this month, September 21st! We will not have our regularly scheduled meeting this month so come out and participate in our biggest event of the year/ Follow this link or go directly to brewfest.daytondraft.org to enter your homebrew and volunteer to judge or steward! For up to date information, visit our Facebook event! 🍻 🍻 🍻 … [Read more...]

DRAFT Night Out – Yellow Springs

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Join us July 27th at 4PM in Yellow Springs to show our appreciation for our sponsor of the month for July, Yellow Springs Brewery! Always creating delicious brews, Yellow springs is one of the larger breweries in the area. Consistently putting out a product that can't be brewed fast enough due to demand, it's a wonderful treat to have them as a sponsor for many years now.   BJCP … [Read more...]

Saisonfest 2019

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Saisonfest is our annual charity homebrew competition catering to saisons only. This year's charity is Urban Garden. Saisonfest is a great chance to brew a unique saison and dabble with farmhouse varieties. From imperial to wild we have a category for all styles of saison! Please consider entering for a great cause or come out and judge and taste some first class saisons from across the nation! … [Read more...]

DRAFTernoon Out – The Barrel House

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Voted #2 bottle shop in the Dayton area, The Barrel House is a titan in the area known for a superb craft beer selection and extra awesome staff. The Barrel House is DRAFT's sponsor of the month for April! Our event will coincide with their Rhinegeist Showcase so the taplist is sure to be killer. Also note that this is the afternoon of Saisonfest so come judge a few beers at Branch & Bone then … [Read more...]

DRAFT Tour of Eudora

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Niel, the brewmaster at Eudora, has offered to give DRAFT a tour of their new facility. The tour will start at April 4th at 7PM. Eudora is the sponsor of the month for March and it should be interesting to see how a brewery prepares for and executes such a large expansion in the Dayton area. Come loaded with questions! … [Read more...]

DRAFT Night Out – Eudora

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Come out to the next DRAFT Night Out event at Eudora's new location! The new location has games, food, and of course BEER. A couple beer scoresheets will be available for a group judging of a beer. You will be able to compare your scores with ranked judges from DRAFT and see how your taste buds are treating you. This should be a fun one! Let's show our support for those that support … [Read more...]

DRAFT Night Out – Branch & Bone

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Come on out February 23rd at 6PM with your family, friends, and fellow homebrewers to support our February sponsor, Branch & Bone! They are hosting the Big Beer Bacchanal where they'll be bringing out some of their biggest beers for one last tapping. Once the kegs are gone, there's no more of that beer left. Branch & Bone supported tables at Brewfest as well as hosted one of our … [Read more...]