Irish Homebrew Conference

[Partridge9]

Jeasus lads - wouldn't it be great if we ran our own Homebrew Conference -

This event sounds absolutely fantastic - apparently it sells out in seconds ...

http://www.ahaconference.org/

We are learning so much from our presence at other events ....

[johnrm]

Include this as part of the homebrew fest?
Have a Homebrew fest/expo Weekend?

[Dunkel]

I think we're a little bit short on numbers for something of this size yet. But a man (or woman) can dream ... 

[Partridge9]

Have you fixed a date yet? Where ever it is, I'm there!

Ideally we would run several events
- say a homebrew club competition (pitting the clubs against each other)
- a live demo
- tasting sessions ..  BJCP etc...
- 3/4 15-20 minute lectures - perhaps yeast / mashing techniques / fermentation / brewing history / perhaps a brewing panel of experts.
- an AGM

- that sort of thing.

With regards to the lectures - from attending the All-tech lectures - I don't think its beyond the realms of our capabilities.

[Padraic]

I'd love to see a homebrewers conference starting up! We could tie it in with the competition in March?

I'll do the tasting talk! And could possibly cover another topic!

[Shane Phelan]

I have made no attempt to hide that I am a fan of Club Night. 

[Partridge9]

I'd love to see a homebrewers conference starting up! We could tie it in with the competition in March?

I'll do the tasting talk! And could possibly cover another topic!

And I would be delighted to talk about Commodore 64s and another topic maybe Sinclair spectrums?

Isnt there some brewery game for the commodore 64 ??

[JD]

I'd love to see a homebrewers conference starting up! We could tie it in with the competition in March?

I'll do the tasting talk! And could possibly cover another topic!

And I would be delighted to talk about Commodore 64s and another topic maybe Sinclair spectrums?

Isnt there some brewery game for the commodore 64 ??

There was this that with a gorilla flinging kegs down ramps...

[Rossa]

We also made some friends at the Alltech gig. Institute if brewing's Tim O'Rourke for example. Couple of the big boys too. Very knowledgeable lot. There is a lot of goodwill out there I was told. There is also some high profile Irish brewers working in the UK plus our own brewers.

[Partridge9]

May I suggest throwing everything on there and we can remove the things that dont work later.


- Simply Hops on hopping techniques (they offered before)
- el-tube-o on growing your own hops up to commercial scale
- MCI on the state of Irish malting
- MCI on malting
- Someone from a UK maltser on speciality malts
- Our affiliates on their topics of choice
- James9 on the NHC, and the future of it
- Rossa on competitive home brewing
- Blackbrew on crossing from home to pro brewing

[johnrm]

- Simply Hops on hopping techniques (they offered before)
- el-tube-o on growing your own hops up to commercial scale
- MCI on the state of Irish malting
- MCI on malting
- Someone from a UK maltser on speciality malts
- Our affiliates on their topics of choice
- James9 on the NHC, and the future of it
- Rossa on competitive home brewing
- Blackbrew on crossing from home to pro brewing
- Yeast
- Water Profiles

[Partridge9]

- Simply Hops on hopping techniques (they offered before)
- el-tube-o on growing your own hops up to commercial scale
- MCI on the state of Irish malting
- MCI on malting
- Someone from a UK maltser on speciality malts
- Our affiliates on their topics of choice
- James9 on the NHC, and the future of it
- Rossa on competitive home brewing
- Blackbrew on crossing from home to pro brewing
- Yeast
- Water Profiles
- Beer Tasting and Off-tastes

[brenmurph]

- Beer Tasting and Off-tastes- Simply Hops on hopping techniques (they offered before)
- el-tube-o on growing your own hops up to commercial scale
- MCI on the state of Irish malting
- MCI on malting
- Someone from a UK maltser on speciality malts
- Our affiliates on their topics of choice
- James9 on the NHC, and the future of it
- Rossa on competitive home brewing
- Blackbrew on crossing from home to pro brewing
- Yeast
- Water Profiles
- Beer Tasting and Off-tastes
-The health benefits ( and up to date science) on the consumption of beer ( in moderation) more importantly Real beer.
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