Past Themes

Wondering what themes we have enjoyed in the past? Here are the calendars from 2017-2021

2022

1/5/22	No Class
1/12/22	New Year, New Beer
1/19/22	Can’t Find in STL
1/26/22	Local Brewery I Want to Get to More in 2022
2/2/22	Cancelled Due to Weather
2/9/22	Predict the Groundhog: Bring a Light (No shadow) or Dark Beer (shadow)
2/16/22	Winter Olympics: Imports
2/23/22	Cancelled Due to Weather
3/2/22	Cool Bottle Cap (And Part of a Series due to cancellation)
3/9/22	Intl Women’s Day (3/8): Breweries with a Woman Brewer/Owner
3/16/22	Cool Label Art
3/23/22	March Madness: Beer from a State that has a team in the Top 16
3/30/22	Not Beer: Spring has Sprung
4/6/22	April Fool’s Blind Tasting: Guess the Wax Color
4/13/22	Bye Week
4/20/22	Earth Day (4/22): Breweries Making Sustainability Efforts
4/27/22	My Favorite Style
5/4/22	Unusual Adjuncts
5/11/22	Unusual Hop or Grain
5/18/22	Name in the Beer Name
5/25/22	As Advertised: Beer that exactly met my expectations
6/1/22	Free for All
6/8/22	Crushable Beers
6/15/22	Animal on the Can
6/22/22	Local Breweries I Don’t Go to Enough
6/29/22	Teach Me Something
7/6/22	Bangers- Cheers to 5 Years
7/13/22	Domestic Blind Tasting
7/20/22	Part of a Series
7/27/22	Seltzers and Ciders
8/3/22	Collaborations
8/10/22	SRM Color #1-9
8/17/22	SRM Color #10-19
8/24/22	SRM Color #20-40+
8/31/22	Freshly Brewed
9/7/22	Aged Beer- Moved to Friday 9/9
9/14/22	Dessert Pairing- Bring a Beer and Dessert that pairs well/inspired the beer
9/21/22	Birth State Beer
9/28/22	Not Beer
10/5/22	Blind Tasting- Guess the Fruit
10/12/22	Katie Hosts Beer School
10/19/22	Todd Hosts Beer School
10/26/22	Rick Hosts Beer School
11/2/22	IBUs 0-30
11/9/22	IBUs 30-60
11/16/22	IBUs 60+
11/23/22	Not Beer: Twas the Night Before Thanskgiving
11/30/22	Label is Your Favorite Color
12/7/22	Derek Hosts Beer School
12/14/22	Bill and Laura Host Beer School
12/21/22	Friendship Beer
12/28/22	Holiday Bye Week

2021

1/6/21	New Year, New Beer
1/13/21	Cancelled
1/20/21	Can’t Find in STL
1/27/21	Winter Warmers and Winter Labels
2/3/21	Drink Local
2/10/21	Moved to Zoom- Civil Life 6pk
2/17/21	Moved to Zoom- Drink Whatever
2/24/21	Warm Cocktails
3/3/21	Hop-Forward Beers
3/10/21	Malt-Forward Beers
3/17/21	Imports or Irish
3/24/21	In a 6pk
3/31/21	In a 4pk
4/7/21	U.S. Beers Free for All
4/14/21	Your Home State Beer
4/21/21	Closest Brewery to You
4/28/21	Bangers: Farewell to the Menssens
5/5/21	Blind Tasting: Guess the ABV
5/12/21	As Advertised
5/19/21	Beer With a Backstory
5/26/21	Favorite STL Brewery
6/2/21	Getting Wild with It
6/9/21	From the Cellar
6/16/21	Seltzers, Ciders, and Crushables
6/23/21	Animal on the Can
6/30/21	From the Brewery with your Fave Bartender
7/7/21	KBS 4th Anniversary: Not Beer Summer Edition
7/9-7/11	Beer Olympics
7/14/21	Bye Week
7/21/21	Get a Suggestion
7/28/21	Beer or Adult Film?
8/4/21	Lager Day and Domestics Blind Tasting
8/11/21	Can Art
8/18/21	Beer Starts with Same Letter as your Name
8/25/21	I Just Liked the Name
9/1/21	Blind Tasting: Guess the Barrel- Michael and Derek’s Bdays
9/8/21	Ravi Bday Celebration- No KBS
9/15/21	Beers Not Bottled or Canned
9/22/21	Beer from (nearish) Your Hometown
9/29/21	Beer Styles from Other Countries
10/6/21	Dessert Beers
10/13/21	Fall Beers
10/20/21	Beers that follow Reinheitsgebot
10/27/21	Beers that break Reinheitsgebot
11/3/21	“I Just HAD to Buy This”
11/10/21	Blind Tasting: Guess the Style
11/17/21	Beers that Make You Smile
11/24/21	Not Beer: Cocktails Edition
12/1/21	Malt Bombs and Winter Warmers
12/8/21	Breweries That Got us Through 2021
12/15/21	Friendship Beer and White Elephant
12/22/21	Probably Away for Christmas
12/29/21	Bangers: Here’s to 2022

2020

1/15/20	New Year New Beer
1/22/20	Can’t Find in STL
1/29/20	Red
2/5/20	Orange
2/12/20	Yellow
2/19/20	Green
2/26/20	Blue
3/4/20	Purple
3/11/20	Black
3/18/20	White
3/25/20	Bangers 3: Contagion Edition
4/1/20	Blind Tasting: STL Guess the Brewery
4/8/20	Spring Seasonals
4/15/20	Part of a Series
4/22/20	ABV <9%
4/29/20	ABV >9%
5/6/20	Exactly as Advertised
9/16/20	This Beer is My Spirit Animal
9/23/20	I’ve Been Meaning to Drink This
9/30/20	Fall Beers
10/7/20	Brewery I didn’t have during quarantine (Mar-Aug)
10/14/20	Brewery that got me through quarantine
10/21/20	Plant on the Can
10/28/20	Animal on the Can
11/4/20	Person on the Can
11/11/20	Number in the Name
11/18/20	Color in the Name
11/25/20	Not Beer
12/2/20	Labels I Would Frame
12/9/20	Blind Tasting: Guess the Stout Adjunct
12/16/20	Friendship Beer and White Elephant
12/30/20	Bangers: Drink to Forget 2020

2019

1/9/19	Beer in Review
1/16/19	New Year New Beer
1/23/19	Can’t Find in STL
1/30/19	In a Can
2/6/19	In a Bottle
2/13/19	Under 5 Years in St. Louis
2/20/19	Over 5 Years in St. Louis
2/27/19	Part of a Series
3/6/19	Blind Tasting: Dubbel, Tripel, Quad
3/13/19	Imports
3/20/19	March Madness
3/27/19	Not Beer
4/3/19	Your Favorite Style
4/10/19	Least Favorite Style
4/17/19	Didn’t Think I’d Like It
4/24/19	Spring Seasonals
5/1/19	I’ve Been Meaning to Drink This
5/8/19	Styles I’ve Rarely Had
5/15/19	Try to Win
5/22/19	Know Your Hop
5/29/19	In a 4 Pack
6/5/19	In a 6 Pack
6/12/19	In a Bomber
6/19/19	Summer Beers
6/26/19	“Better Together” County vs. City
7/3/19	Bangers Pt. 2
7/10/19	Awesome Label Art
7/17/19	Class Cancelled
7/24/19	Fruited Beers Blind Tasting- Guess the Fruit
7/31/19	Craft Beer Week
8/7/19	This Beer Sparks Joy
8/14/19	A Brewery You’ve Never Had
8/21/19	Animal on the Can
8/28/19	Special Tasting
9/4/19	Beer that is New to You
9/11/19	Label is Your Favorite Color
9/18/19	Hop-Forward Beers
9/25/19	Malt-Forward Beers
10/2/19	Number in the Name
10/9/19	Blind Tasting- Guess the Style
10/16/19	Unusual Adjuncts
10/23/19	Puns and Innuendos
10/30/19	Fall Labels (and Costume Contest!)
11/6/19	I Would Be Expected to Share This
11/13/19	I Would NOT Be Expected to Share This
11/20/19	Punctuation in the Name
11/27/19	Not Beer
12/4/19	Winter Label
12/11/19	Cool Bottle Cap
12/18/19	Friendship Beer and White Elephant

2018

1/3/18	Newcomers (<5 years brewing)
1/10/18	Old Pros (>20 years brewing)
1/17/18	Belgians
1/24/18	Puns
1/31/18	Stouts and Porters
2/7/18	Olympics- Award Winning Beers
2/14/18	Red
2/21/18	Orange
2/28/18	Yellow
3/7/18	Green
3/14/18	Blue
3/21/18	Purple
3/28/18	White or Black
4/4/18	Your Favorite Style
4/11/18	Plant on the Can
4/18/18	Goldens and Blondes
4/25/18	East vs. West Coast
5/2/18	Special Tasting
5/9/18	Desert Island Beer
5/16/18	Bocks, Maibocks, and Dopplebocks
5/23/18	I Only Bought it Because…
5/30/18	Beer with a Backstory
6/6/18	Weird Beers
6/13/18	Brewery has a Name in it
6/20/18	Blind Tasting: IPAs vs. Pales
6/27/18	Convince Me Beers
7/4/18	World Cup Beers
7/11/18	Animal on the Can
7/18/18	Best of Beer School
7/25/18	Get a Recommendation
8/1/18	Beer under $10
8/8/18	Bangerz
8/15/18	They Can’t All Be Bangerz
8/22/18	On Sale Beer
8/29/18	Southwest Beers
9/5/18	Midwest Beers
9/12/18	Northwest Beers
9/19/18	Northeast Beers
9/26/18	Southeast Beers
10/3/18	Saisons, Wild, and Farmhouse Ales
10/10/18	Variants
10/17/18	Cool Label
10/24/18	Cool Bottle Cap
10/31/18	Fall Beers and Spooky Labels
11/7/18	Brewery/ Beer Name has a Location
11/14/18	In a Growler
11/21/18	Person on the Bottle
11/28/18	Crushable Beers
12/5/18	Don’t Chug That
12/12/18	Blind Tasting: Stouts and Porters
12/19/18	Friendship Beer (White Elephant)

2017

7/5/17	Summer Beers
7/12/17	Number in the Name
7/19/17	Sours
7/26/17	Beer Starts with a Vowel
8/2/17	Hefeweizens
8/9/17	Animal on the Bottle
8/16/17	IPAs
8/23/17	Your Go-to
8/30/17	ABV >9%
9/6/17	Pils and Lagers
9/13/17	Imports
9/20/17	U.S. Beers Free for All
9/27/17	Your Home State Beer
10/4/17	Closest Brewery to You
10/11/17	Fall Beers (Oktoberfest, Pumpkin, etc.)
10/18/17	Ciders and Fruit Beer
10/25/17	Color in the Name or Brewery
11/1/17	Ambers, Reds, and Browns
11/8/17	Coolest Bottle or Can Art
11/15/17	Barrel Aged Beers
11/22/17	Special Tasting
11/29/17	Beers you’re Ashamed you Haven’t Tried Yet
12/6/17	Scotch Ale, Barleywine, and Old Ale
12/13/17	Breaking the Reinheitsgebot
12/20/17	Christmas Beers and Winter Warmers