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General Information
Brewing Terms: Definitions of commonly-used brewing terms.
The Association of Brewers (AOB): A non-profit organization encompassing the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), the Institute for Brewing Studies (IBS), and Brewers Publications. They also run the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The Rackers are an AHA-affiliated club.
BJCP Style Guidelines: These are the official guidelines used for judging the Titletown Open as well as most, if not all, of the other competitions in the U.S.
Glenn Tinseth’s Hop Page: Everything you ever cared to know about hops and more.
Skotrat’s Yeast Specs: Scott Abene has put up specs for just about every yeast strain known to man on the his website. While you’re there, check out the whole “Beer Slut” website!
Homebrew Talk: Forums for discussing the finer points of beer and brewing.
The Beer Recipator: Another very old site with nearly 10,000 recipes. Lots of classic styles here
Wine Tannins: Its all here
How-to Guides
Cleaning and Sanitation: The first and most important thing to learn in homebrewing
How to Brew Your First Beer: Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to brew your first beer.
Mead Made Easy: Randy’s simple instructions for brewing a simple batch of mead. One of the best guides for mead out there
Member’s Educational Meeting Demo’s
Randy Ness 2012- Mead making 101
Max’s Vienna Lager Demo April 2016
John and Paul 2017- Soup with Substance: Mead
Shawn’s Irish Stout Demo March 2018
December Spiced Beer
Product Manufacturers
House of Homebrew: Green Bay’s source for homebrewing supplies, co-owned by a Racker! Rackers members receive a 10% discount. Tell them you heard about them at Rackers.Org!
Briess Malting Company: A Chilton, Wisconsin-based malting company, with a full line of barley malts and malt extracts.
Northwestern Extract Company: Yet another Wisconsin-based supplier of malt extract.
Coopers Brew Products: The only homebrewing products made in a real brewery!
Lallemand: Makers of Danstar dry beer yeast and Lalvin dry wine yeast.
White Labs: Makers of White Labs “pitchable” liquid yeast.
Wyeast Labs: Makers of the popular Brewer’s Choice line of liquid yeast.
Tenacious Badger Hops: Great local hops!
https://foodvacbags.com/: Discount Food Saver Bags.
Local Breweries and Liquor Stores
Titletown Brewing Co.: This brewpub is located in the old train depot on the west side of the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge (which actually works occasionally).
Hinterland: Hinterland brewery, restaurant, and lounge offer a West Coast menu on the west coast of the Fox.
Fox River Brewing Co.: Two locations: one in Oshkosh and the other at the Fox River Mall in Appleton.
Stillmank Brewing Co. – East Side. Home of the Wisco Disco, always something happening here
Noble Roots Brewing Co. – Opened in 2016. Very popular garage series and limited edition releases
Badger State Brewing– Near Lambeau Field. Brewery, Tap Room, event hall
Copper State Brewing – Downtown Green Bay. Beer, Food, Coffee
Zambaldi Beer– Coming Soon!
Ridgeview Liquor– The area’s Largest Selection of Micro-Brews. 2202 S Ridge Rd, Ashwaubenon, WI 54304
Online and Print Periodicals
Brew Your Own Magazine: A homebrewing magazine geared toward the novice brewer.
Brewing Techniques Magazine: A homebrewing magazine geared more towards the advanced or craft brewer. Sadly, it has gone out of business. The website, however, lives on.
Zymurgy: The official magazine of the AHA.
Brewing Software/Apps
ProMash: Brand-new Win95 native homebrew software that does anything a brewer might want it to do. Beta-tested and highly recommended by your webmaster!
BeerSmith: A newcomer to the Windows brewing software scene, BeerSmith gives an Explorer-like interface to your brewing world.