Following the same structure as our previous beer seminars (our last one being at the AHA Conference June 16th 2009), our next one is the opening day of San Francisco Beer Week on February 7th at noon http://www.sfbeerweek.org/schedule. You can register at http://beerjudging101sfbw.eventbrite.com/ The previous blogs have the details, including what beers we tried.  San Francisco Beer Week also includes the Toronado Barleywine Festival judging. This will be February 13th at The Peacock Lounge, across the street from the Toronado. This is sort of the opening of the beer judging season for those in Northern California. The Toronado will feature only Barleywines on their draft system. And 50 Barleywines on tap is a sight to behold.

The next beer judging event will be the National Homebrewers Conference. One of the first rounds will take place in Lodi, California. April 17th and 18th we will be looking for qualified judges to handle one of the premier homebrew competitions in the world. Organizer Brian Cooper has shown great skill with organizing our beer judging seminars, and I expect this event to be run just as smooth.

Hope to see you at these events.

David Teckam