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…and on the porch is this white, unassuming package. My daughter said she had a delivery coming, so I assumed that it was her package. But no, it was a package from Hop Union! Here’s the back story…
Back in June, Stephen and I went to the 2009 National Homebrewers Conference in Oakland. I attended a [...]
Stephen (formerly known as Some Guy:) and I got back home from NHC shortly after 11:00 a.m. this morning. As much as I really enjoyed NHC, it was nice to get home to familiar, comfortable surroundings and my family.
The 2009 National Homebrewers Conference was without a doubt one of the best organized conferences, on any [...]
Day 3 at NHC and I’m still alive! Today I attended the following sessions:
Commercial Hop Production and Sales and Its Effect on Homebrewers with Ralph Olson (of Hop Union)
The Equipment Geek with Kent Fletcher
Maintaining Ideal Yeast Health: Nutrients Yeast Need with Dr. Tobias Fischborn (of Lallemand, Inc.)
Yeast: Build Your Own Library with Maribeth Raines
Yeast: Ask [...]
The first couple of days at NHC have been blast! I’ve been really impressed with the organization of the entire event and I’m particularly pleased that everything starts on time. Kind of surprised that a bunch of beer guys (and guyettes:) can do that!
We saw a presentation at 9 a.m. this morning with Sam Calagione [...]
Stephen and I are off to the National Homebrewers Conference, in Oakland, tomorrow. The conference is being held at the Oakland Marriott City Center, and there is a BART station right across the street, so the family is joining me to take in the sights of the city. Stephen and I are staying one night [...]
I’ve been a terrible blogging slacker lately. I’ve brewed twice – 10 gallons of Two Hearted Ale and another 10 gallons of my house German Hefeweizen. Unfortunately, work has been very busy as we prepare hundreds of new computers for a brand new middle school that is opening in early August. I’m off until mid-July, [...]
