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The brewery was Aurora, Colorado’s first when owners Kevin DeLange and Michelle Reding opened with a 7 BBL brewhouse in a 900-square-foot space in 2005.
Aurora City Brew Club
Aurora, CO
Year Established: 2014
Active Members: 10-25Annual Dues: $25 used for club events and AHA insurance
Meetings: First Sunday each month, 6:30pm @ The Brew Hut
Mission: “The primary focus of the Aurora City Brew Club is to bring together both new and experienced brewers. To share out passion for fermented beverages including beer, cider, mead, and wine, as well as to educate and meet new friends. Club meeting include sharing homebrew as well as everything from group brews, barrel fills, brewery tours and advanced education.”
Cheluna Homie Brew Club
Aurora, CO
Year Established: 2017
Active Members: 10-25
Annual Dues: NA
Meetings: Second or third weekend of each month at Cheluna Brewing Company
Mission: ”The Cheluna Home Brew Club (aka homies) is based out of the Cheluna Brewery in the Stanley Marketplace in Aurora/Stapleton. Our club is in its second year and currently trying to add new members. The club puts on a variety of activities with a focus on learning to make great beer. Our meetings thus far have included: Learn to brew extract, all grain brewing, guest speakers on hops, yeast, grain, Five Star chemicals, visiting a hop farm and harvesting hops, yeast experiments, bottle exchanges, brewery hopping, learning to keg and a holiday potluck.”
Contact: Facebook
Colorado Wine Club
Aurora, CO
Year Established: 2010
Active Members: 10-25
Annual Dues: NA
Meetings: Second Saturday each month, 11:00am @ The Brew Hut
Mission: “The Colorado Wine Club goals are to promote the art of wine and mead making through social meetings. Our membership is comprised of amateur and professional wine/mead makers, wine appreciators, wine educators, grape growers, and those who inspire to learn more about wine.
The Clubs format is very simple/casual – club news – followed by an educational segment – ending with a tasting.”
Contact: Website
The Weiss Guys
Centennial, CO
Year Established: 2009
Active Members: 10-25
Annual Dues: NA
Meetings: Monthly at various homes and local breweries
Mission: ”Very low key. Many members only brew at the monthly club ‘brewparties’.”
Contact: Website
The Brew Crew
Denver, CO
Year Established: 2014
Active Members: 10-25
Annual Dues: $20
Meetings: First Thursday each month, 7:00pm at The Brew on Broadway
Mission: The Brew Crew is a friendly, welcoming group. We share home brewed beer, cider, and mead during our monthly meetings. In addition to the monthly meetings, we host bottle shares, brew days, internal competitions, and other brewing related events.”
Contact: Website
Rock Hoppers Brew Club
Highlands Ranch, CO
Year Established: 2008
Active Members: 26-50
Annual Dues: $25
Meetings: Monthly at C.B. & Potts (43 Centennial Blvd, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129)
Mission: “The Rock Hoppers Brew Club is one of Colorado’s oldest and most recognized homebrewing clubs. Founded in 2008, our mission is to build a community of new and experienced brewers who have a passion for fermented beverages. We welcome new members, no matter how much or how little experience you have.”
Contact: Website, Email, Facebook
Backcountry Homebrew Club
Highlands Ranch, CO
Year Established: 2013
Active Members: 10-25
Annual Dues: NA (AHA insurance with participation in Semi-Annual Homebrew Crawl)
Meetings: Monthly at various homes and local breweries
Mission: “Our group focuses on bringing homebrewers together of varied experience to share the love of homebrewing, provide educational opportunities, and to create lifelong friendships.”
Contact: Website, Email, Facebook
Parker Hopaholics
Parker, CO
Year Established: 2013
Active Members: 26-50
Annual Dues: $25
Meetings: Last Tuesday of each month at various homes, local breweries, and shops.
Mission: “To bring together both seasoned and novice brewers together to learn about and enjoy crafting beverages.”
Contact: Website