Modern Sensory Science and the Art of Homebrewing
Randy Mosher has spent the last six years in his writer’s dungeon researching and writing a book called Your Tasting Brain: A Sensory Approach to Wine, Beer and Other Pleasures, which covers every imaginable aspect of tasting and flavor creation. Really two sides of the same coin, understanding these two activities are key to brewing delicious beer. The science has been moving very rapidly over the last decade or two, so there’s something new—and useful— here for every level of brewer.
About Randy Mosher
Author of Tasting Beer, Radical Brewing and other books, Randy Mosher is a creative consultant specializing in food and drink as well as a partner in Forbidden Root, a botanically-inspired brewery with locations in Chicago and Columbus Ohio.
Randy will be bringing copies of the new book to sell and sign, plus some of my other books in case anyone’s interested.
We will be meeting at Energy City Brewing for our social event, located at 917 1st St, Batavia, IL 60510.
Energy City Brewing specializes in heavily fruited Berliner Weiss beers and flavorful stouts.
The tech topic this month will be a discussion about various methods for temperature control for mash and fermentation.
The tech topic this month will be an open discussion about sourcing ingredients, equipment, and consumables (ie. CO2) for the homebrewer.
We will be meeting at Art History Brewing for our social event, located at 649 W State St, Geneva, IL 60134.
Experience traditional beer styles from around the world in the comfort of a modern taproom and beer garden.
Big Brew Day Brewing at Church Street Brewing – Starting at 9 a.m., we’ll setup for a Brew-In event at Church Street Brewing, 1480 E Industrial Dr Unit C, Itasca. Church Street will be brewing a Red Ale that day and will give each person 5 gals of wort to do with as they wish. Bring your propane setup to brew right inside the brewery at Church Street or take your 5 gallons home to brew at home.
Grist for the Red Ale will be 70% Pils, 8.74% Vienna, 17.49% RedX, 2.12% Roast, 1.7% Bairds medium Crystal. Plato 12.3 = 1.050 SG. Bring a jar or container if you’d like free yeast… Augustiner lager yeast will be made available.
Equipment swap and bottle share, sponsored by Brixie’s Brewers but members of other homebrew clubs are welcome. Bring your own surplus equipment, or come empty-handed and see what you can find. Buy, sell, swap, barter, or just give stuff away. And bring homebrew to share, of course.
Location: Imperial Oak Brewing in Willow Springs, in the parking lot. Imperial Oak doesn’t serve food, but you may bring your own.
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 3 sessions at 9:00 am, 11:00 am, and 1:30 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 2 sessions at 2:00 pm, and 6:00 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
Regional judging of the 1st Round of the AHA’s National Homebrew Competition, 6:30 pm. Judging will be at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine Ave in Chicago. This competition is always short of volunteers, so please consider judging or stewarding if you can.
