NCHF was a blast. It’s just your regular beer festival, without the massive crowds, drunken idiots, or lines.  Instead you have a community of homebrewers that come together to share stories and beers, and celebrate the craft together. The weekend if perfectly kicked on Friday night off with a massive Homebrew Chef German inspired dinner. [...]

A few highlights and pictures from a great weekend at NCHF:
Helping cook and serve the Friday night dinner:
Besides getting to taste and jot down some thoughts on the Friday night feast, I also got to see a bit behind the scenes and help put the dinner together.  Of course when i say “help” I really mean “stood [...]

Oh Sean, you sneaky, sneaky bastard.
I’ve heard you go on a few times about the value of putting beer into food, and how when used as an ingredient, it can equal or even surpass wine when integrated into a recipe.  You’ll get a beer into your head, and I’ll hear at length how the ingredient form of the beer, [...]

I’ve got a very exciting few weeks coming up, and am lucky enough to be going to two beer festivals.   First up, the Northern California Homebrewers Festival.  At that, I’m most excited about dinner friday night, which should be a spectacular feast prepared by Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef.  The meal is a series of [...]