HomeBrewing &
Beer Appreciation
Learn to make beer & love it more
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Wild Parrot - Owner
John Jackson
WHo
How to Brew
John Palmer
Experimental Brewing
Drew Beechum
AGENDA
Home Brewing
The Whys and Hows
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Homebrewing
An absolutely 100% legal way to spend an afternoon better understand beer.
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Why Brew
- A practical act of creation without the birdhouse problem
- Physical, not virtual
- Connection to over 12,000 years of human practice and celebration
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What Do You Need
- A stove
- A pot
- A spoon
- A bucket
- Malt, hops, yeast
- Patience patience
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Your First Batch
- Don't get "crazy"
- Extract is not bad
- Beer happens regardless of mistakes
- Your job is to get it over the finish line
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The Basic Process
- Mash/Steep: Create Barley Sugar
- Boil: Concentrate, Add Hops, Sanitize
- Chill: Cool to add yeast
- Ferment: Let the yeast do their thing
- Package: Bottle/Keg and get ready to...
- Drink....
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Ways to Brew
- Extract Only: Simplicity defined
- Extract with Grains: Flexible
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All-Grain: Supremely Flexible
- Brew in A Bag: Cheap and Easy
- All-In-One: Controllable
- Cooler / Kettles: DIY Heaven
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Key Tips For All Brewers
- Cleanliness/Sanitation
- Vital Yeast
- "Clean" Water
- Temperature Control
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It Goes From Simple to OMG
- More fermentation control
- Obsessing about water
- More gear
- Kegerators, chillers, etc
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How We Brew
- Drew - Grainfather All in One
- John Palmer - Anvil All in One
- John Jackson - Igloo Cooler / Pot
- And how that plays out here...
Beer Appreciation
Let's Drink!
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Doug Days of Summer
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Macik
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Also Cute
The Beers
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Sniff, Swirl, Sniff, Drink, Think
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Use concrete images that make sense
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Everyone can taste - it's just tying the words with the sensation
How to Taste
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- American Lager - 5.1%
- Pale lager with adjunct (rice/corn)
- Very low hop character
- Cold/Crisp - Down for Summer
Doug Days Of Summer
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- Czech Dark Lager (tmavý ležák)- 4.7%
- Malty, rich, but with a dry finish
Macik
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- West Coast Pilsner - 5.8%
- A hybrid style of American hop expression in a lager.
- Clean expression of hops because it's not competing with the yeast
Also Cute
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And Now The questions...
Or Stories...
or beer.
- Books
- How to Brew by John Palmer
- Simple Homebrewing by Drew
- Later Books
- Brewing Classic Styles, Water by John Palmer
- Experimental Homebrewing by Drew
- Podcasts
- John: The Brewing Network
- Drew: Experimental Brewing
- Homebrew Clubs
- Yeastside Brewers (https://yeastsiderbrewers.org)
- Maltose Falcons (https://maltosefalcons.com)
Learning More
- Local
- Pacific Brewing Supplies - San Dimas
- Home Beer Wine Cheesemaking Shop - Woodland Hills
- Tavern Services - Northridge
- Steinfillers - Long Beach
- South Bay Brewing - Torrance
- Windsor Homebrew - Costa Mesa/Anaheim
- Online
- MoreBeer morebeer.com
- Williams Brewing williamsbrewing.com
- Northern Brewer northernbrewer.com
Getting Supplies
Homebrewing & Beer Appreciation
By Drew Beechum
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