Technical Presentations
These are the technical presentations that take place at the monthly member meetings. Some have linked presentation slides and materials if the presenter had them, some don’t if the talk was done without visual aids.
2022
- Non- and low-alcohol brewing for homebrewers : Kyle Navis : August 2022
- Italian Grape Ale : Keefer : July 2022
- Brewing with Girl Scout Cookies : Greg Strong : April 2022
- Thiols : Sam Kopp : February 2022
- British Brown Beers : Nick Facciola : January 2022
2021
- Trappist Ales : Ed Chainey : April 2021
- New England IPA : Jason Davis : January 2021
2020
- Critique my Technique with Julian Borrill : October 2020
- Pale Commonwealth Beers : Nick Facciola : August 2020
- Brewing with East Bay Water : Matt Youngblut : June 2020
- American Stouts and Porters : Steve Altimari of Highwater Brewing : Jan. 2020
2019
- Nano Brewing System : Jason Davis : Nov. 2019
- Limitations Brewing : Nick Facciola : Oct. 2019
- Digital Brewing and Hydrometry: Adam Bradley : Sept. 2019
- Belgium Travel Suggestions: Aaron Schleifer : Aug. 2019
- Extinct Beer and Rarities : Jason Davis : July 2019
- A History of Homebrewing : Homer Smith and Adam Bradley : June 2019
- Off Flavors Workshop : Nicole Erny : May 2019
- Creating Genetically Modified Yeasts : Michael Meier and Rachel Li of Berkeley Brewing Science : April 2019
- American Amber and Brown Ales : Adam Bradley : March 2019
- Yeast : Steve Studebaker : February 2019
- The YETI Jockey Box Project : Jason Davis : January 2019
2018
- Holiday Party : December 2018
- Dark European Lagers & Strong European Beers : Adam Bradley : November 2019
- Legal Issues in Opening a Brewery : Laura Altieri : October 2018
- BIAB for BAM : Robert Ayasse : September 2018
- Farmhouse Ales : Nick Facciola : August 2018
- Carbohydrates and the Mashing Process : Aaron Weigel : July 2018
- European-Wheat and Rye Beers : Jon Sheehan : May 2018
- Sake – Exploring methods and innovations in sake and a discussion on how they can be applied to beer : Ry Beville : April 2018
- World Cup Round Table : Jon Sheehan : March 2018
- Off Flavors : Matt Youngblut : February 2018
- Amber Hybrid Beer : Jason Davis : January 2018
2017
- Holiday Party : December 2017
- Packaging Your Beer : Paul Keefer : November 2017
- Admiral Malting : Dave McLean : October 2017
- Technical presentation canceled : September 2017
- Growing and Using Hops : Janine Willis : August 2017
- Panel Discussion on Collaborating : July 2017
- Carbohydrates and the mashing process : Aaron Wiegel : June 2017
- The Grainfather Brewing System : Ian Carswell : May 2017
- Hazy IPAs with Sea Salt : Lester Koga : April 2017
- Share Your Brew series : Robert Ayasse : March 2017
- Turbid Mashing : Vito Delucchi : February 2017
- Beers from Scotland and Irish Red : Jon Sheehan : January 2017
2016
- Holiday Party : December 2016
- Sanitation and Cleaning for Brewing : Paul Keefer : November 2016
- Alcohols, Acids, and Esters in Beer : Matt Youngblut : October 2016
- Winter Warmers, Stock Ale, & Old Ale : Paul Keefer : September 2016
- Quick Turnaround Lagers : Mike “Tasty” McDole : August 2016
- Fruit Addition Beers : Dan Watson : July 2016
- Fieldwork’s Stouts : Alex Tweet : June 2016
- Belgian Partigyle : Matt Younglut : May 2016
- Wheat Beers : Scott Satterthwaite : April 2016
- Building a brewing rig / Brew Sculpture : Doug Smith and Gary Roberts : March 2016
- Homebrew Competitions : Panel : February 2016
- Sour Beers : Jay Goodwin of The Rare Barrel : January 2016
2015
- Holiday Party : December 2015
- Blending For Success : Paul Keefer : November 2015
- Brewing Jason Davis’s IPA (All Grain) (Extract) : Brian Buckingham : October 2015
- Fast Wort Souring : Jason Davis : September 2015
- Session IPAs : Patrick Bennett : August 2015
- Smoked Beers : Lee Shephard : July 2015
- Brewing in a Drought : Paul Keefer : June 2015
- Barrel Aged Brews : Daniel Langmaid : May 2015
- Session beers : Mike “Tasty” McDole : April 2015
- History and Homebrewing Sake : Brian Boshes : March 2015
- Formulation Procedure for No-Sparge and Batch Sparging (xls)
- Formulation Procedure for No-Sparge and Batch Sparging (pdf)
- Batch Sparging
- English Pale Ale : Jason Davis : February 2015
- Kegerator Presentation : Chris Niggel : January 2015
2014
- Faction brewery tour : Rodger Davis : November 2014
- Off flavors : Lee Shephard : October 2014
- Brewing a Cider : August 2014
- Brew in a Bag : Adam Wyss : June 2014
- Growing Hops : April 2014
2013
- Sour Beers – Gigayeast : November 2013
- Berkeley, CA Water Report
- Yeast — Marc Rehfuss : July 2013
- Water Chemistry in Brewing – Grant Kinney : May 2013
2012
2011
- Gene and Christine’s cheap beer challenge video (5 gallons of 1.047 OG beer made for $3.90) : September 2011
2009
- Topics on Water Treatment : November 2009
Tools
Links
- Brew Systems
- Brix to OG Chart
- Carbonation calculator
- Cheap and easy batch sparging
- Decoction Mashing
- Draft line system balancing
- Draft line system balancing 2
- Homebrewing yeast strain origin chart
- How to make a starter
- Sankey fermenter
- Stovetop Partial Mashing
- Water Calculator
- Water Chemistry
- Yeast Cell Biology
- EBMUD Water Quality (most recent report)
Brewing websites and blogs
- AHA Site
- All About Beer: Homebrewing Features
- Basic Brewing radio and video
- BJCP Style Guidelines
- Brewers Friend
- Brookston Beer Bulletin
- John Palmer’s book, online version
- Real Belgian Beers for Beer Lovers
- Spencer’s Beer Page
- BrewGeeks
- Tasty Brew
- Wort-O-Matic
Homebrewing Forums
Other Technical Presentations
- Dave’s Cheap n Easy fermentation chiller
- DIY pressure washer
- DIY Hop Bag Holder
- Jim’s minimalist fermentation chiller
- Kegerator build instructions with tower
- Kegerator build instructions
- Kegerator Presentation
- Carpuzzi Cooler — D.Sapsis
- Iodophor Dispenser — Bob Regent
- Cleaner and Sanitizer Comparisons (Dave Blank)
- Myrcene vs. Caryophellene and Humulene
- Batch Sparging — Bob Regent
- Black IPA’s (Jay Brooks)
- Iodophor
- The Care and Feeding of Stainless Steel
- A Formulation Procedure for No-Sparge and Batch-Sparge Recipes & Excel Spreadsheet (Ken Schwartz)
- Brewer’s Yeast Cell Biology — Scott Hansen