Resources

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.

2024

Lawnmower Beers : Greg Strom : April 2024

2023

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
- BAM tropical brew recipes
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

High Gravity Brewing (Lee Shephard) : November 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