We are the Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots, the official homebrewing club of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (a.k.a. The Illini Homebrewers).

We meet the first Thursday of most months at 7:00 pm at The Bread Company, located at 706 S. Goodwin Avenue in Urbana. Beginners and new members are always welcome, and you need not be a student to join though you must be at least 21 years old to participate in any activities involving alcohol. Just show up at one of our meetings (we are usually in the back room), or contact one of the club officers.

Upcoming Events

  • Next Monthly Meeting :
    May 7th, 2009 @ 7pm

    We will be meeting at The Bread Company on Goodwin as usual. Please email Anthony if there is anything you would like to see added to the agenda.

  • Other Events:
    Check our Calendar for other things we have planned.

News

15th Boneyard Brew-Off results!

June 11th, 2009 by Anthony

The results from this year’s Brew-Off have been posted here. Thanks to all of our fantastic sponsors, the legion of volunteer judges, stewards, and others who made the logistics of it work, and of course all of the entrants! Hope to see you all again next year.

2009 Brew-Off!

April 17th, 2009 by Anthony

Fire up your fermenters! The 15th annual BUZZ BrewOff is coming up. Check out the BrewOff page for more information!

Brew-Off score sheets and ribbons

July 1st, 2008 by Anthony

The Brew-Off score sheets (and ribbons for those who won) were mailed on Monday. Entrants should expect to receive them late this week or early next. Thanks again for participating, we hope you all enter again next year!

Another Brew-Off on the books

June 10th, 2008 by Anthony

The 14th annual BUZZ Brew-Off went off without a hitch. Competitors should be getting ribbons and scoresheets shortly, you can also see the results online here. I’d like to thank everyone involved with the competition who helped make it such a success, especially our stewards and judges. Special thanks to Joshi for his excellent work as head judge, Marco for his wonderful food wrangling abilities, Mark, as registrar, for keeping everything organized, Florian, who kept the stewards organized and busy on Saturday, and last but not least, Mike who gathered all of our top-notch sponsors. We hope to see you all next year!

Brew-Off Planning underway

May 16th, 2008 by joshi

The planning for the 14th Annual Boneyard Brew-Off is well underway, but there are still lots of things to do.  if you are interested in helping, check out the Brew-Off page and contact the Competition Organizer.