Jake's Craft Brewers Conference 2011 Recap

CBC Symposium Beer

A special perk of working for Northern Brewer is being able to attend some of the best beer-related events in the country.  We travel throughout the year to attend everything and anything that has do with homebrewing and craft beer.  For the past couple of years, we have been going to the Craft Brewers Conference, which is kind of like the National Homebrewers Conference for the craft beer industry. This year's CBC was held March 23-26 in San Francisco, and I wanted to share my impressions.

Mid Winter Homebrew Competition

It's time for you to start thinking about entering into competition with some of those beers you and your friends love to brew so much. I suggest you consider the Mid Winter Homebrew Competition.

Here's a handful of reasons why:

NB MKE is 7 Dog Years old!

It was a Saturday in November and about 3,614 degrees warm at Northern Brewer Milwaukee...

Mid-Winter Homebrew Competition Winner's Release Party

Dan's French Saison took "Best Of Show" at the Mid-Winter Homebrew competition in February. Dan got to brew it with the pros at the Milwaukee Brewing Company, and it was debuted to the public this  week.

Gasto Non Grata roll call

Some of the Northern Brewer crew were on hand for the most recent Gastro Non Grata show. GNG, is a local event that combines great local chefs, adult beverages, and rock and roll. During the show, we brewed a batch of beer as a demo. If you can brew beer next to a stage at a show, you can brew beer pretty much anywhere.

Brewing TV: Episode 1

A webcast about homebrewing and beer culture.

Our first episode (which premieres today) visits four homebrewers gone pro at Fulton Brewing Co. and goes behind the scenes at the Upper Mississippi Mashout, one of the largest homebrew comps in America. We also brew a wheat beer, which bores the hell out of Jake's cat.

Big Brew Day

Cheers to all who made it to Big Brew Day with the Saint Paul Homebrewer's Club at Northern Brewer's retail location.

Lawnmowers and Weddings.

Summer is just around the corner, which means that the season for weddings and lawnmower beers is also around the corner.

NHC? What's that?

What THAT is, my fellow homebrewers, is the National Homebrewers Conference.

NB brews w/ MNHS 'n GNG @ FC

Wow. That's a lot of acronyms. LMAO? Perhaps an explanation would help.