As you all know the drop-off window is open for the first round of the AHA National Homebrew Competition. As in recent years, DOZE is taking on the cellaring responsibilities.

There will be three cellaring sessions and we are looking for volunteers. The first two sessions will be the unpacking and checking-in of the entries. The third session will be the sorting of the entries into their respective categories.

Here are the dates:

March 29, 6:30PM to 8:30PM

April 5, 6:30PM to 8:30PM

April 12, 6:30PM to 8:30PM.

Let Matt Sager know via the DOZE email list which session(s) you can attend. We’ll be working in the Ale Industries brewery,

Ale Industries
975 Detroit Ave
Unit E
Concord, CA 94518

Its okay to come late or leave early. Pizza and a couple of beers will be provided.

In February 1979 President Jimmy Carter signed a law repealing federal prohibitions on homebrewing.   Two decades later, homebrewing has come to the White House itself!

The beginning of the month, the Obama Foodorama blog reported that the Obamas had served their guests at the White House Superbowl party a honey ale brewed on premises using honey from the White House beehive.   However, contrary to reports that followed on other  sites, it was not President Obama himself who brewed the beer, but the White House kitchen staff.    However, it is the first time that there is any record of beer -or any alcoholic beverage- being brewed in America’s Executive Mansion.