An introduction to making beer at home

I'm gearing up to teach another class on homebrew. This class is an introduction to brewing at home and will be held on Sat. March 12th at 4 daughters Irish pub in their upstairs room. 1:30 to 4pm. Cost is 15$. Register at Grains Beans N' Things or contact me directly.

In this class we'll cover the variety of ingredients used, how to brew, ferment and bottle home made beer. Other keys ares we will discuss are sanitation vs. cleaning, temperature control, equipment needs, and troubleshooting.

This class isn't just for first timers! Even if you've been brewing with extract, you'll learn quite a bit!

Oregon Green Expo

I will be hosting a "Brew Your Own" class at the Oregon Green Expo on June 20th at 1pm. Anyone interested should stop on by and find out just how easy brewing your own beer really is! This class will cover an introduction to brewing beer at home, we will discuss the variaty of ingrediants on the market, and how best to get started. Hope to see you there!

SImple Steps to Brewing Great Beer

The "how to brew" class went off pretty well. 11 folks showed up, we brewed 2 seperate batches of Eagle Point ESB, and now its been bottled. About half of the class has, in the two weeks since, gone out and bought thier supplies and started brewing. In June and July I will be teach another Introduction to Brewing, and an Advanced Brewing class. Keep tuned or contact me if you are interested in learning about how to brew great beer!

National Homebrew Day and the Big Brew

Calling all local home brewers. Sat. May 2nd is National Homebrew Day, and that means Big Brew! This year the Rogue Valley Home Brewers will be brewing and hosting a BBQ. Contact me to time and location if you are interested. Head over to Beertown.org for more info on the event.

Oregon Brewers Festival here I come!

Here at Everyday Drinking, I am getting ready to visit the Oregon Brewers Festival. Its just over three weeks away. This will be my first festival and I am very excited! I hope to get a lot of good photos to share along with drinking some great beers. I think what is most exciting is that there will be a small posse of home brewers attending the festival with me so I'll be able to talk beer without needing to watch out for the glazed eyes of non-interest. I also plan to attend a homebrew session with the Oregon Brew Crew on Saturday just outside the festival grounds.

The Oregon Brewers Festival (OBF) runs from July 24th to July 27th, and this will be the 21st year of the OBF. With 72 craft breweries from 18 different states and a special 73rd beer that is a collaboration between the Oregon Brew Crew and Widmer you know there will be great beer there. The OBF gets 60,000 visitors from around the world each year. There will be exhibits from hop growers and home brewers, live music, food, collectibles, and much much more.

I also plan to visit a few of the really exciting pubs and breweries while in town as well as a short stop at John's Market and Liquid Solutions for a few bottles to bring home. That is going to be one very beery week!

Reminder: Rouge Valley Homebrewers Porter Compitition

This is a reminder for those entering the Rouge Valley Homebrewers Porter Competition. Tastings will be held during the June 19th club meeting. If you are interested in joining the Rouge Valley Home Brewer's just contact me.


The Porter tasting/competition is a local and informal homebrew competition being hosted by RVHB with help from Southern Oregon Brewing. RVHB meets once a month officially, and several times a quarter unofficially and always warmly welcomes new members.

Southern Oregon Brewing is the Rouge Vally's newest brewery. SOB is doing some really interesting work. All their ales are fermented with a hybrid ale/lager yeast, giving their brews a very smooth, pleasing taste and body. Visit them at 1922 United Way in Medford, behind Lava Lanes and tell them Chris sent you!

Local (informal) Homebrew Contest

Southern Oregon Brew Crew, along with the great guys at Southern Oregon Brewing, are holding an informal, locals only, home brew contest. We are brewing Porter ales, to be judged according to BJCP guidelines, with the tasting to be held on June 19th, location TBD. If you would like more info please contact me.