After Pro Night and Club Night, on the Saturday of the National Homebrewer’s Conference I was finally able to attend some educational sessions.  Let’s dive right in, shall we?  Below you’ll find pictures and notes from sessions on Champagne beer, brewing with chocolate and brewing with anything else Tomme Arthur can get his hands on.
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Club night offers the chance for local homebrew clubs from all over the country to showcase their homemade creations for an appreciative crowd.  The breadth of offerings is staggering, ranging from traditional brews made to style, to fruit filtered golden pales, to stouts being filtered through a coffee machine – and coffee.   All told, [...]

The National Homebrewer’s Convention is off to a rocking start.  I can’t make it to the educational sessions during the week, but am trekking out on BART to Oakland in the evening for the festivities. Last night was Pro Brewers Night, and the brewers came out swinging.  They broke into some highly desirable beers for [...]