Brewlab

SF Homebrewer's Guild-Brewlab SF Homebrew Share at Inferno Bar, Noon to 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 2nd

A big part of BrewLab is giving all the amazing home brewers in the city a chance to meet each other and share their wares. For our next homebrew share, we're excited to be teaming up with SF Homebrewer's Guild and Pizza Inferno, one of SF's best new craft beer bars! Join us as the homebrewers from SF's two premier homebrew organizations get introduced, geek out on homebrewing, and show off their goods. With our two organizations coming together, we're expecting a pretty amazing crowd of brewers--should be really fun!

We’ll be awarding prizes for the People’s Choice beer, and everyone gets a vote, so make sure to bring enough homebrew to share with everyone (it's hard to win if only 10 people get to try your beer!). We’ll also have a raffle to raise money so Brewlab and the SF Homebrewer's Guild and Brewlab can keep bringing you excellent events and purchase needed equipment.

The details:
* How much: $15 gets you in plus all the Inferno pizza you can eat.
* Homebrew requirement: We ask that each homebrewer bring at least two 22 oz or four 12 oz bottles of homebrew to share (bring more if you want to have a shot at the People's Choice award!). Each homebrewer can bring a guest.
* Where: Pizza Inferno, 1800 Fillmore St (between Sutter St & Bush St), San Francisco, CA 94115.
* When: Saturday, June 2nd from 12pm to 3pm.
* Bonus: Stay afterward to take advantage of the amazing tap lineup offered by our fabulous host, Pizza Inferno!

Posted by Sam Gilbert at 04:08AM on 05/18/12

Brewer's Meeting Recap and Upcoming Events

Sunday the East Bay brewer's meeting was held. There were a couple of SF brewer's on hand as well. Thank you for all of those that attended, and thank you for bringing the beer to share. The smoked porter (Rauch malt), and the mead were the two standouts in my opinion.

The upcoming event, that the meeting announced, was a Brewlab party, to be held in the East Bay in the beginning of May. We're still looking for locations for the party, but are generally looking for something in and around Jack London Square. If anyone has any ideas please let us know, and start planning you beers. Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Another notable was a "potential" Pilsner competition, with an AMAZING first place prize. The competition won't be until June or July, but it does take a while to lager. So although I am going to leave it vague, for now, I think everyone should start thinking about making a Pilsner.

Finally there are 2 sensory tasting kits that have been acquired. The first will be taking place in the upcoming week in SF, and the second is still to be determined somewhere in the East Bay. So if you're interested please email to tell us so.

Happy drinking and brewing.

Posted by Sam Gilbert at 10:18PM on 04/02/12

Coming up: East Bay Homebrewers Meetup, Sunday 4/1

Since day one, we've had tons of homebrewers in Berkeley and Oakland ask us when we plan to cross the bay bridge and bring Brewlab to their neighborhood. As we move into our second year, Brewlab is finally coming to the East Bay!

Expect to see a lot more Brewlab tastings, drinkups, and educational events in the East bay over the next few months. For starters, we're bringing together homebrewers in the East Bay to taste some beers and talk about how Brewlab can help out in the east bay homebrew community:

East Bay Homebrewer Meetup
Sunday, April 1st, 5pm

If you'd like to join us, sign up as a brewer here and we'll email you the details!

Posted by Sam Gilbert at 06:37PM on 03/24/12

So I’m going to make another Barley Wine. The last time I made a Barley Wine was 2 years ago, yesterday. And for inspiration I had to open a bottle for notes. When this was first brewed I absolutely hated it. It was peaty to the point of peated scotch, esters of pungent fig flew in your face, and the solventy nature of the 11.3% alcohol made it a little uncomfortable. Well I have to say that after 2 years he is beautiful! I mean we’re talking about a sweet malt aroma with hints of apricot and alcohol. A very creamy tan head that dissipates after a bit. It’s a burgundy color with hints of ruby. There is a definite alcoholic edge to this guy and he warms you I more ways than one. Its’ flavor is sweet with more dried fruit perceptions and a medium carbonation level. There’s definitely still a hint of its’ solventy roots, but it really has mellowed dramatically with time, and he is pretty smooth. So after the encouragement I weighed out the next guy!

Posted by Cortlandt Toczylowski "Honest Brewer" at 12:43AM on 03/12/12