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Portland, are you ready for a bunch of homebrewers coming into town in just over two weeks? On June 28-30, 2018, the American Homebrewers Association will be hosting the 40th annual National Homebrewers Conference for three days of special events, seminars, and of course the awards ceremony for the annual … Continue reading
It’s once again that time of year, when the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization hosts its annual Spring Fling homebrew competition—coming up on the last weekend in April, the 27th through 29th. The competition is both BJCP-sanctioned and OSHBOTY-sanctioned and open to anyone who brews beer. I just sent out the … Continue reading
The Amercian Homebrewers Association‘s Homebrew Con 2018 is coming to Portland, Oregon this year, spanning three days from June 28 through 30. The conference is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and registration opened up today—you need to be a registered member of the AHA, of course, and if so you can register … Continue reading
Here is the roundup of entries for this month’s edition of The Session which I hosted, our 132nd edition of the monthly group blogging project. I chose the topic of “Homebrewing Conversations” and though it was a late announcement, there was some excellent conversations started from the entries that I … Continue reading
This month’s edition of The Session is hosted by yours truly, and I’ve asked folks to start a conversation about homebrewing: “the good, the bad, your experiences, ideas, (mis)conceptions, or whatever else suits you!” I’ll be compiling links to all the participating posts next week, to give everyone who wants … Continue reading
We’ve been shy on hosts for The Session in recent months, and didn’t have a firm commitment for February, so I have stepped in to host our 132nd edition which will take place this Friday, February 2. With the news last week that Charlie Papazian would be exiting the Brewers … Continue reading
My latest article for my local newspaper is out, on the topic of homebrewers teaming up with commercial, pro brewers to brew their recipes commercially: Deschutes releases Hazmat Munich Dunkel Thursday. The title refers to the Pro-Am beer Deschutes Brewery brewed with COHO member Joe Mikus. But more importantly, I also … Continue reading
Happy Total Eclipse Day 2017! What an amazing morning; here in Bend we weren’t quite in totality of the eclipse but we had something like 99.6% of it, and we avoided fighting the crowds and watched the eclipse from our backyard. Of course me being me, I had to enjoy … Continue reading
I spent this past weekend judging beers at the Central Oregon Homebrewers‘ annual Spring Fling competition, where we had a record 363 beers entered. Spring Fling is a BJCP-sanctioned homebrew competition, and follows the 2015 style guidelines. Over the weekend I judged the Wood Beer, IPA, and Pale American Ale … Continue reading
Homebrewers take note! The Spring Fling homebrew competition hosted by the Central Oregon Homebrewers Association (COHO) is returning this April, and the comp is open to entries now. I’m helping out with the competition—in fact, I’m currently the (new) president of the COHO club—and sent out a press release this week … Continue reading