Monthly Archives: March 2008

Fairfax Brewfest 2008

Who says 13 isn’t a lucky number? It is for the town of Fairfax, California as they host their 13th Annual Fairfax Brewfest on Saturday, March 15 at the Fairfax Pavilion from 1pm to 5pm. The event is being put … Continue reading

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Homebrew Session – Kölsch

This is the calm before the storm that is the spring season of beer. As spring approaches, brewers everywhere are starting to brew up their spring seasonals. Expect to see a variety of the lighter beers coming out like witbiers, … Continue reading

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Homebrew Session – Altbier 2

My homebrew altbier has been in primary fermentation for a solid week now and I just racked it to secondary fermentation this past Sunday. Actually, that’s a bit misleading. While there still may be some fermentation taking place with the … Continue reading

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BJCP class week 6

It’s the 6th week of the BJCP study class/group session and this week we covered some some light beers, American wheat beers and the classic German wheat beers. Compared to the marathon, malt-fest that was last week’s study group, this … Continue reading

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2008 Slow Beer Festival

Slow Beer Festival 2008 (click for photo gallery)

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Malternative: Beer and Dessert Recap

Malternative: Beer and Dessert (click for photo gallery)

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BJCP class week 5

Class this week ran long. We started a little after 7pm and didn’t get out until about 11:30pm. It’s not like we dilly dallied around either, we just had a lot of beers to taste. Good thing it was a … Continue reading

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