About this episode
Drew Beechum discusses the upcoming Southern California Homebrewers Festival and the Bragging Rights Only Competition with guest Andy Carter, while exploring Abstrax hop extracts.
Southern California Homebrewers Festival is right around the corner and Drew sits down with Andy Carter to discuss the Fest and this year’s Bragging Rights Only Competition. In the brewery, Drew gets a bit abstract with a class about Abstrax hop extracts. Episode Links: Ask The AHA Board Anything! – March 18th – 5PM PT – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/zymurgy-live/town-hall-what-an-independent-aha-means-for-you/ Abstrax Hops – https://abstraxhops.com/ California Homebrewers Association – https://www.calhomebrewers.org/ Volunteer for the Fest – https://www.calhomebrewers.org/volunteer/ World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/ Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:02:14 Announcements 00:05:36 The Pub 00:23:46 The Brewery 00:40:17 The Lounge – Andy Carter – “What’s Local Mean?” 01:10:21 Quick Tip and Something Other This episode is brought to you by: Jaded Brewing Wyeast Labs YCH Hops Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) – contact…
People in this episode
Host: Drew Beechum
Guest: Andy Carter
Topics covered
- homebrewing
- hops
- competitions
- localism
- charity
Keywords
- homebrewing
- Southern California Homebrewers Festival
- Abstrax hops
- competition
- charity
Sponsors
Jaded Brewing, Wyeast Labs, YCH Hops
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Southern California Homebrewers Festival, California Homebrewers Association, World Central Kitchen, Abstrax Hops
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