The Brew Site
My latest article for The Bulletin was about the Central Oregon Pro-Am People’s Choice tasting event which took place this weekend—not the particulars of the event itself, but looking instead into what’s involved in scaling up homebrew-sized recipes for commercial systems. The article is here: A typical batch size for … Continue reading
The Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) Central Oregon Pro-Am Brewing Challenge I posted in June took place over the summer, winning beers were judged, and homebrewers teamed up with commercial brewers to brew those beers on a commercial system. And coming up on November 5, these beers will be available … Continue reading
Central Oregon-based homebrewers, take note! The Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is presenting a regional homebrewing competition, the 2022 Central Oregon Pro-Am Brewing Challenge, which will pair up winning homebrewers with commercial breweries to brew their winning beers. If you’ve wanted to have a pro brewery brew and release one … 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
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
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