1,000 homebrewers convene in Oakland

June 17, 7:38 AMBeer ExaminerCharlie Papazian

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AHA membership coordinator, Kate Porter
and Beer, Beer & More Beer's Chris Graham
ready for the celebrations.  Photo by Ed
Bronson.

The American Homebrewers Association is about to launch its 31st annual National Homebrewers Conference in Oakland, California.  The event, mostly sold out two months ago, will be attended by 1,000 of the world’s best homebrewers and the many thousands of the world’s best homebrews. 

Yesterday’s AHA twitter felt a tremble in the bay area, “I suddenly felt a disturbance as if millions of gallons of beer are on the move. Oakland will [be] washed anew with suds.”  While there won’t be a million gallons of suds at the conference, there certainly will be a boatload as individuals and homebrew clubs from around the country bring their samples to share and talk beer.

Meanwhile, the final rounds of the National Homebrewers Conference are being judge as other beer moves in.  Over 5,000 entries have been judged at regional sites across the U.S. and Canada and now the final rounds will choose the first, second and third place finishes in 28 categories.  Winners will be announced Saturday, June 20 and posted on beertown.org 

I’ll be there to be inspired and for beer and celebrations.   Here's a sampling of a few presentations:

• Beer Alchemy: Pre and Post Flavor Ideas presented by Sean Paxton, The Homebrew Chef  
• Brewing Great German Lagers: Finding the perfect balance of traditional and modern techniques in your brewery presented by Michael Ferguson, BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
• Chocolate and Beer Presented by Timothy Childs, TCHO chocolate makers 
• The Equipment Geek presented by Kent Fletcher, Maltose Falcons 
• Extreme Fermentables presented by Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
• Funkification: A 100% Brettanomyces Spontaneously Fermented Mind Dump
• presented by Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River Brewing Co
• Great Brewery Tours Around The World: How to make the most of your beer travel experiences presented by Peter Symons, Extra Special Brewers Homebrew Club
• Ingredients 5-10 presented by Tomme Arthur, Lost Abbey and Port Brewing Co 

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