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Tired of Bud Lite, Blue Moon, and PBR? Maybe you could do a better job making beer for yourself. Bryan Hermannsson is a man with a passion for DIY beer, and he is paying it forward by hosting free weekly Homebrew 101 sessions out of the garage that he calls his "nano-brewery." The former bio-engineer teaches you how to mash and mill the grain, add the hop, and how the beer machine works. You then get to drink the dark lager fruit of your labor. Stay thirsty my friends. - Michelle Broder Van Dyke

Homebrewing 101 @Clara St

Hello Beer Enthusiasts!

This Saturday I will be teaching a homebrewing workshop at the Clara St Brewery space.  If you're interested on how to brew all grain batches of beer come on by.  I will get started at 11am and run probably until about 5pm.  You can come by for any amount of time and I'll get you up to speed.  I will be giving explanations of the brewing process as well as info on how to get started in your own kitchen.  During this session we will be crafting 10 gallons of a dark larger.  I'm asking for a $10-$20 donation to keep the brew machine running, but of course no one will be turned away.  In the past,  I helped teach a workshop along side the UCSF Brewer's Guild at Langton Labs with about 30 beer lovers in attendance.  This time it will be in a smaller space and therefore less people with more of a chance to ask questions.  I hope you can make it!

Cheers,
-Bryan

What: Clara St Beer Brewing Workshop
When:  11am-5pm, Saturday April 3rd
Where: Clara St, SF, CA (email me for the address)
Why: Because you love craft beer.

Clara St. Brewing Sessions

As many of you know, we have weekly brew sessions where we experiment with amazing new beer flavors never before heard of to the modern world.  You will have to visit in order to taste and hear what these flavors are!  Below are a few amazing pictures of two brew nights we've had recently.  Photos taken by the talented Chris Willis.

Wafting in those wonderful beer aromas during the boil.

Owen take'n a sip of unfermented wort from the hydrometer cylinder.

Joey from Cherry Voodoo and guests enjoying the fruits of our labor.

Beautiful grain shot post mashing.

BOIL OVER!

Controlling the boil overs with a spray gun while Yuri adds hops.

The beer machine at work.

Explaining my precious tanks to Patrick, a fellow homebrewer.

The grill master in the back yard!

Socializing amongst the hoses.

Milling the beautiful grains.

"Have some grains, I promise you'll love it!"

I'm probably telling a fascinating story.

TASTY!

Get'n rowdy during clean up!

Blog Love

Clara St recently got some great shout outs from other great beer enthusiasts.

Hess blog:

From Clara St Brewing

(I'm actually a Bioengineering researcher, but its all science....)

Pencil & Spoon Review of my Belgian Ale:
I brought my Belgian Ale over to Richard's homebrew superbowl party and apparently someone liked it. Rock on!

Pirate Cat Radio Podcast!

Recently I was on the radio again, but more local. Pirate Cat Radio is a small low power pirate radio station in the Mission where people from the community can have show about anything they want. My friend Will does a show called Sound Bites about the local food and beverage scene in SF so he asked me if I would come on. Richard from Elizabeth Sreet Brewery was also on the show with me. We had a great time talking about the SF Beer scene and the great fun of homebrewing! Check out the podcast!

Clara St. featured on NPR

I was interviewed for KQED's California Report along with fellow homebrewer, Richard Brewer-Hay from Elizabeth St Brewery in Noe Valley, San Francisco. The show was mainly interested in homebrewing during the recession. I have to say, I don't really save much money making my own beer. Renting the warehouse, the initial cost of the equipment, throwing away bad batches, not to mention all the time I spend brewing, it all adds up. I definitely save money and time if I just bought beer from the store, but it just wouldn't be as fun.

Opening a brewery in a recession is other story. I think opening any business in general in this economy is tough. However, I think beer businesses (especially micro breweries) are receding a lot slower than most businesses. Science research, for example, is very slow. So the bottom line... now is the time to open a brewery.

Check out the radio piece!
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R910161630/c

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From Clara St Brewing

Pulished on Wired.com for hacking a kegerator

My friend Tim and I created a Tweet-a-Beer device for a kegerator. Every time a beer is poured from the tap, the amount poured is sent to a computer and twittered to the world! Tim created the magic software and I installed the hardware. Check out the article!

From Clara St Brewing

Tim vs. BeerRobot

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Tim pondering how the pressure sensor outputs can be interpreted by his C code.

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Me goofing off after testing too much beer!