The 2010 National Homebrewers Conference is a scant 3 months away. If you haven’t registered yet – what ‘s the holdup? Last year’s conference was pretty spectacular and this year’s event in Minneapolis promises to be even better. Bring your liver; the party starts Wednesday (June 16) with pre-conference activities including some pub crawls, brewery [...]
Beer Appreciation
As promised in the previous post, here’s the follow-up for my trip to Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp. All of the pictures I took are on Flickr here. There are titles/descriptions for most of them. Even if you’re just stopping in for the normal tour, Sierra Navada is still well worth the trip. The front of [...]
This is part 2 of our 2009 National Homebrewers Conference trip. Check out the pre-conference shenanigans here. You know you’re having a good time when you can’t remember what day it is. I seriously had to ask several times throughout the week. And this state wasn’t even alcohol-induced. We kicked off Thursday (I think it [...]
One word: Wow. What an unbelievable week. If you’ve been on the fence about going, or just never been to the National Homebrewer’s Convention – you’re really missing out on something special. Seriously. This year it was held in the bay area of California – home to dozens of breweries, brewpubs and excellent beer bars. [...]
If you’ve never done a group brew – where a bunch of brewers all make the same recipe and compare results – give it a try, its lots of fun. This particular recipe was from the Aleuminati internet group. The recipe is for an English bitter and to make it a little unique everyone selected [...]
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Hi there! My name is Jimmy VerVaecke and I’m a brewer. I discovered brewing in 2004 and have been hooked ever since.
My beer has won numerous awards, including one at the National level. 