Pontiac Brewing Tribe

Pontiac Brewing Tribe We are a member club of the American Homebrewers Association. We strive to make better beer and share in the camaraderie of fellow craft beer enthusiasts.

Rich took second place at Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers annual Chili Cookoff. A fun time was had by everyone attending. Al...
10/19/2025

Rich took second place at Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers annual Chili Cookoff. A fun time was had by everyone attending. All 17 chili's were delicious.

This is a fun event. Come out and enjoy great chili and great beer. Rich will be entering a chili.
10/03/2025

This is a fun event. Come out and enjoy great chili and great beer. Rich will be entering a chili.

Big thanks to Nick and Becky for hosting PBT's 2nd annual fresh/wet hop brew day Sat!Beers were brewed for our 4th annua...
09/15/2025

Big thanks to Nick and Becky for hosting PBT's 2nd annual fresh/wet hop brew day Sat!
Beers were brewed for our 4th annual Sma$h beer comp at our upcoming October 14th meeting!

Remember we decided at the September meeting you can enter more than one Sma$h beer this year!
You could win the coveted Sma$h beer trophy and more importantly bragging rights for the year!
Nick won it last year.
Who will it be this year?
Good luck to all!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

Another epic Michigan Homebrew Festival is in the books.From the kickoff toast Thur to the final beer poured Sat night.....
08/17/2025

Another epic Michigan Homebrew Festival is in the books.
From the kickoff toast Thur to the final beer poured Sat night...

We've never seen so many Blackstones, grills and smokers at club sites!
The food served all weekend proves homebrewers are awsome foodies as well...

Matched perfectly with all the great homebrews, ciders, meads and "other " fermentables to sample!

The food p**n pic of the festival definitely was the 100+ chickens roasting on spickets at the AABG site! They were delicious!
Thx for sharing with every club!

PBT did very well in the Mi Beer Cup comp this year! Picking up 7 medals plus the High Gravity award/plaque for highest average score of all the entries! 🏆
Congrats to the 7 winners!
Awards ceremony video attached.
Thx to Keepers of the Craft hbc for that!

Special thanks to PBT's event coordinator Marcus/Beersquatch for his awsome job all weekend!
His Fat Elvis French Toast placed 2nd this year.

Please post any additional pix that you may have!
Wedding pix anyone?

Looking forward to '26 MHF when PBT celebrates our 30th anniversary and Pamela's 21st B-day!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
pontiacbrewingtribe.com About joining PBT.
Michigan Beer Cup Video 2025 Link
https://share.google/tX8WhpFmoXYUnejrZ

Thanks to all the homebrewers who brought their beers Sat for the Big Brew Review!Special thanks to Gordie and the outst...
07/13/2025

Thanks to all the homebrewers who brought their beers Sat for the Big Brew Review!
Special thanks to Gordie and the outstanding crew at Cadillac Straits Brewery for hosting the event again this year!

The winners:
PEOPLE'S CHOICE:
1st: Jeff Fijal, Bourbon cream stout.
2nd: Steve and Kyle Anderson, Strawberry blonde.
3rd: Ed Radzioch, Czech Pils.
HM: Peter Jones, Ipa.
HM: Zach Hyso, Fruit beer.

BREWER'S CHOICE:
1st: Steve and Kyle Anderson, Strawberry blonde.
2nd: Jeff Fijal, Bourbon cream stout.
3rd: Ed Radzioch, Czech Pils.
HM: Ron Hyso, Bock.
HM: Joe Tyszkowski, Ipa.

Congrats to the winners of both categories! We had some great homebrews to vote on this year! 1st & 2nd place in both categories were decided by 1 vote...

Our next event is the Michigan Homebrew Festival in August! mhfsite.com

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

07/11/2025

*****Attention *****
Homebrewers,

Looking for a fun & free homebrew event this weekend? Do you need homebrew supplies for your next beer? Check this out!

Cadillac Straits Brewery & supply house!
Tomorrow 3-6pm
Awards ~5:30pm.
PBT's Big Brew Review.
Sample and vote on your favorite homebrews from some of the best homebrewers in Michigan!
They will be pouring their beers and answering any questions you have.

It's free and open to the public 21 & over please!
See you tomorrow!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
We brew the beer we drink!

07/03/2025

PBT's 14th annual Big Brew Review:
July 12th, 3pm-6pm.
Set up 2:30pm.
Cadillac Straits Brewery.

Judging beers brewed on May 17th at Rochester Mills Beer Co.

Brewers & Peoples Choice judging 1-3rd.
Custom medals & awsome homebrew related prizes to the winners!

*PLEASE fill out the attached survey so we can properly staff for the competition.

As always this event is free and open to the public. 21 & over please!
Be sure to pick up your brewing supplies while there...

Looking forward to another great homebrew comp!
Good luck to all brewers!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe
We brew the beer we drink!

Usual Suspects Homebrew Crew Thanks to the Usual Suspects hbc for inviting PBT out to their annual 24 hr Brew a Thon Fri...
06/15/2025

Usual Suspects Homebrew Crew

Thanks to the Usual Suspects hbc for inviting PBT out to their annual 24 hr Brew a Thon Friday!
The homebrews, food & brewing were awsome!

We're looking forward to the charity auction at MHF. We saw the prizes and will definitely be buying tickets to help surpass your goal for the Rainbow Connection charity.
Great job all around!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

*Pictures attached.

Thanks to UrbanRest Brewery for hosting the all IPA's comp Sunday!All beers were brewed there for Nat'l homebrew day in ...
06/09/2025

Thanks to UrbanRest Brewery for hosting the all IPA's comp Sunday!

All beers were brewed there for Nat'l homebrew day in May!

People's Choice top 4 IPA's:

-Soup & Salad IPA 6.8%. #5
Hops: Comet, Chinook, Simcoe & Mosaic.
John Balch brewer.

-Hopical Storm 6.0%. Mango IPA. #7
Hops: Comet, Nectran & Vista.
Steve Zimnie & Jason Weihnan Co-brewer's.

-Wheat the People
Wheat IPA 6.5% #8
Hops: Citra, Nectran & Columbus.
Carter Yount brewer.

-Tunnel Vision Neipa. 6.0% #9
Hops: Eldorado, Nectran & Peacherine.
Joel Miller brewer.

Some outstanding IPA's with very creative hop combinations provided by UrbanRest Brewery.

The winning beer that will be brewed on UrbanRest's system...
#5 Soup & Salad IPA. John Balch brewer.
Congrats to John!
Only a few votes separated these awsome IPA's.

PBT's next event is our own Big Brew Review comp.
Beers that were brewed on May 17th!

July 12th 3pm-6pm at Cadillac Straits Brewery.
Great prizes, medals and a 50/50 drawing.

Stop by Cadillac Straits and vote for your favorite homebrews, pickup supplies for your next beer and stick around for the ever popular after glow beers in the brewery!

*Zach owner/brewer announcing the winners. Pic below...

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

05/30/2025

Big Brew Review:

July 12th.

3-6pm at Cadillac Straits Brewery.

We're hoping everyone's beer is fermenting nicely at this point!

We'd like to thank everyone who came out to brew with us May 17th in Rochester.

What a great day it was!

A record turnout at our new location!

Part II of this event is Big Brew Review July 12th 3pm at Cadillac Straits Brewery in Madison Heights.

Save the date.

Enter the beer you brewed on May 17th. We do check...

Judging will be your fellow homebrewers who brewed that day for the coveted Brewers Choice 1-3rd place.

Plus the Peoples Choice 1-3rd place as voted by the public.

Over $500 of prizes and custom medals to the winners.

Yes you can win both categories!

It was done last year by Chris Stern!

Two of the brewers who have won in previous years did not brew this year, so this is your chance to win!

Also a 50/50 raffle.

Over $200 last year! Cash is king!

Pick up your brewing supplies for your next homebrew...

Details as we get closer to July 12th!

Cheers!

Pontiac Brewing Tribe

We brew the beer we drink!

Michigan homebrewers, It was a bit of a challenge weather wise for brewing Sat but that didn't stop the hard-core Michig...
05/18/2025

Michigan homebrewers,

It was a bit of a challenge weather wise for brewing Sat but that didn't stop the hard-core Michigan homebrewers!

Sat was a record turnout for our new/old spot at Rochester Mills Beer Co in downtown Rochester Mi.
Special thanks to RMBC and Joe Price (Head Brewer).

Plus the dedicated members of Pontiac Brewing Tribe who volunteer their valuable time and energy to make this brew day what it is 14yrs running!
Especially Marcus M, Scott B & Don M!

We shared homebrews, meads and other fermentables...
One of the best was a 12yr old barely wine aged in a Buffalo Trace barrel.
Shared by The No Restraints hbc.
It paired well with their liverwurst and sour dough bread they also shared.
They've been brewing at PBT's brew day for 14+yrs!
Member Scott has been homebrewing for 50yrs!

Duke from KGoB hbc shared an awesome peach mead among many others samples while brewing Sat.

It was great to see and catch up with old brew friends and meet new homebrewers as well.

Congrats to the winners of PBT's homebrew related raffle! See pix below.

Be sure to bring your homebrews to part 2 of our event.
July 12th at Cadillac Straits Brewery.
Time TBD...
1-3rd places in People's Choice and Brewers Choice!
Plus more great homebrew prizes!
Happy fermenting!

Cheers!
Pontiac Brewing Tribe

* Post your pix of Saturday!

05/16/2025

Brew Day Pro Tips checklist:

-Homebrews & glasses for sampling.
-Bottled water
-Brew system/gear.
-A wind block for your burner, gonna be a bit windy... 🌬
-Cart to transport provided Mills hot water.
-Hoses & ESPECIALLY splitters.

SANITIZED howler/growler for WLP 090 yeast.
Forget yours? Buy a container $5.

-Pop up & weights for sun/rain & wind?
-Club banners
-Tables & chairs

-Cash for the awsome homebrew related raffle! Cards accepted

Not brewing, stop by for our homebrew raffle and enjoy the day with some of Michigan's best homebrewers!

-Food available at the brewery or many other fine local establishments.
Or bring your own.

Group picture just before ~3pm raffle.

See everyone Saturday!

FAQ:
*9am setup. No early birds. We need to setup....

**Hot water ~9:30am.
Temp 180, PH unknown...🤷‍♂️
***No grain/hops given after 10:30am please!

****MUST brew Sat to receive ingredients & enter Big Brew Review July 12th at Cadillac Straits.
Unless already signed up to volunteer Sat.

Cheers!
PBT

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Rochester, MI
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