ACS Webinarrs is hosting a webinar on Brewing Chemisty. Dr. Charlie Bamforth and Dr. Steve Carlo will present many topics of interest in Brewing chemisty. From the ACS Webiste:
ACS Webinars: Professional Development Series
Do you like your beer malty? Hoppy? Smooth? Light? Dark? How about in a chilled glass with a side of chemistry, instead of bad bar food? With over 1,500 professional breweries and many dedicated home brewers, the United States takes the lead in producing this popular alcoholic beverage. Whether you’re a seasoned home brewer or just like to go “where everybody knows your name,” you don’t want to miss Dr. Charlie Bamforth, brewskie extraordinaire and Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences at UC Davis, as he brews up advanced insights and explanations about the chemistry behind beer brewing!
Here's a link to the main story and registration, which is free: http://acswebinars.org/bamforth2011
Lagunitas to take over the world
Do you enjoy a nice pint of Lagunitas IPA? If so, looks like you have been funding thier plans to take over the world. Well the world of craft brewing anyway. Preliminary reports indicate Lagunitas is planning a $9.5M expansion of thier Petaluma based brewry. The expansion looks to take them from 100,000 barrels per year to just over 600,000 per year. Below is a link to the Press Democrat that ran the original story.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110320/BUSINESS/110319432/1350?p=1&tc=pg
I hope you all enjoy these stories, always fun to find new stuff going on in the home brew and craft brewing industries.
Cheers,
Daniel T. Goodman
www.goodbrewer.com
daniel@goodbrewer.com
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