What

Learn to Homebrew Day was established by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) in 1999 to encourage people to homebrew. The event involves homebrewers bringing their equipment to a location and brewing beer while people new to the hobby ask questions.  More information on the event and the history of it can be found here.

If you plan on brewing please be patient when it comes time to chill your beer as this can be a bottleneck at events like this.

What we Provide

• Hot water for mashing.
• Cold water for chilling.
• A place to put your spent grains.
• Good times.

What you Provide

You will need to bring all the equipment you need to have to brew this includes but is not limited too:

• Kettles
• Mash Tun (If you are an all grain brewer)
• Lauter Tun (If you are a all grain brewer)
• Burner
• Propane
• Primary fermentation vessel
• Star San or other sanitation chemical
• etc, etc, etc.

When

Saturday November 2nd 2013
Start Time: 8am
Brewing Cut off Time: 10am (If you plan to brew start before 10am)

Where

Seventh Son Brewery
1101 N 4th St Columbus, OH 43201

Brewing will occur on the front patio/parking lot.

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Signup

If you plan to brew please signup using the form below so that we have an idea of how many to expect.

Clear your calendars and gird your loins as Summer Beerfest 2013 is right around the corner.

What

Volunteering for Beerfest

When

Friday, Aug. 16th from 6:30pm – 11:00pm
Saturday, Aug. 17th from 6:30pm – 11:00pm.

Where

LC Pavillion Downtown.

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Other

Don Croucher will be again organizing the volunteers so if you have a question about volunteering please contact him at croucher43@yahoo.com. Volunteers aren’t limited to SODZ members so invite your friends, spouse and whomever else enjoys beer.

Signup

Volunteer signup is now closed.

This years Big Brew is being hosted by the Columbus Brewing Company.  This event is not restricted to SODZ members and I encourage you to invite people who may be interested in the hobby.  Please signup using the form found at the bottom of the page so that we have a rough idea of how many to expect.

Date

Saturday May 4th
Wort will be available from 9am – 11am.
This is a hard deadline anyone who comes after 11am will not get wort.

Location

525 Short St,
Columbus, OH

The Columbus Half Marathon is happening on the same day so if you try to get to CBC using High St you will be less than happy. Please see the map below for an alternate route.

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What We Provide

1. Wort – CBC will be brewing wort for a Belgian Blonde. The recipe can be found here.
2. Water for chilling.

What You Provide

You will need to bring everything else. This includes but is not limited to:

1. Hops – Even though the wort is for a Belgian Blonde you can hop it anyway you like. What makes a Belgian beer a Belgian beer comes mostly from the yeast.
2. Kettle
3. Burner
4. Propane Tank
5. Wort Chiller
6. Hose Splitters – We should have some however having more is always better.
7. Folding Chair(s)
8. Pop Up Tent – If it rains you have two options:
   1. Get your wort and take it home to boil.
   2. Have a pop up tent and brew underneath.
9. Sanitizer
10. Side Dish
11. Etc, etc

Anything you need to brew at home you will need to bring with the exception of equipment used to create your wort.

Food

In years past there was a roasted pig provided. This year we were unable to do that but a Food Truck/Cart is being lined up to provide food for anyone who is hungry. The truck/cart will be there from 10am – 12pm and the name of the truck will be provided when we know what it is.

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