Tasty's Tasting Room at Spring Brews 2025

Tasty's Tasting Room at Spring Brews 2025

Ken
Come on down to the 14th Annual Spring Brews in Todos Santos Plaza, Concord on Saturday, March 29 and join us at Tasty's Tasting Room. We'll have thirty (YES 30!) taps of our delicious DOZE Homebrew flowing for all. Look out for the Tasty's Tasting Room tent with Tasty's caricature. If you don't know who Tasty is, ask any one of the DOZE members pouring taps while you get your beer.
Report Back from Cusco, Peru – March Meeting

Report Back from Cusco, Peru – March Meeting

Ken
Our March 31 2025 meeting will be our very own Trevor McGuire and Jon Koerber reporting back on their experience in Cusco, Peru judging at the Gran copa y encuentro latinoamericano de cerveceros caseros (Great cup and latin american meeting of home brewers). We'll learn about Chicha, debunk some common misconceptions, and hear about their overall experience in Peru. See you there!
All About Yeast! February 2025 Meeting

All About Yeast! February 2025 Meeting

Ken
At February's DOZE club meeting Ken and Jordan gave a very interesting and informative talk on harvesting, culturing, and propagating yeast from previous brews, and even from nature. The talk included a live demonstration of how to perform a yeast cell count.
January 2025 DOZE Meeting

January 2025 DOZE Meeting

Ken
Join us Monday, January 27th, 6:30pm at Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek, for our DOZE meeting! We are back from Winter break and I'm excited to see you all there! Fire & Rocks!! This month's presentation will be a DOZE panel discussing the historical process of using rocks to heat mash and boil wort!! The club officers new and past will be presenting our experience. Social Table Don’t forget to bring a growler of your home-brewed beers, meads, or ciders for the Social Table.
Holiday Party

Holiday Party

Juan
Another great DOZE Holiday Party under wraps! A great time was had by all. The raffle was awesome thanks to our generous sponsors, and the dessert competition was –as always– off the hook. Thank you to all who made it such a great success, and a big thank you to the outgoing club officers, and a hearty welcome to the incoming Club President and officers. Happy Holidays, everyone! And here's to a great 2025!
2024 DOZE Holiday Party

2024 DOZE Holiday Party

Juan
DOZE club members, it’s the most wonderful time…for DOZE beer! It’s a time to don some holiday cheer, share a great meal and bring out our best holiday beers, meads, and ciders with other DOZErs, as we celebrate another DOZE Members’ Christmas Party! Monday, December 9th, 6:30-9:00 pm, at the Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek. This is the main event that keeps this club funded and we want to see you all there.
California Homebrew Competition 2024 Wraps Up

California Homebrew Competition 2024 Wraps Up

Ken
A huge thank you to all participants in this year's California Homebrew Competition (CHC), its 46th year! There were 549 entries judged and 215 registered participants, judges, and stewards. All judges, stewards, and participants worked hard across two weekends of judging to ensure a timely awards ceremony on Sunday, Nov 3. For the competition results, check out the website. Thank you all, and we'll see you next year!
DOZE Takes Home National Homebrew Competition Medals!

DOZE Takes Home National Homebrew Competition Medals!

Ken
Congratulations to the DOZE winners of NHC 2024! The NHC is the world’s largest amateur homebrewing competition that celebrates the most outstanding homemade beer, mead, and cider. The 2024 competition received 3,593 entries from 1,179 homebrewers across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and 7 countries. A complete list of winners of the 2024 National Homebrew Competition can be found here. DOZE WINNERS Jordan Reed – Silver in Pilsner Max Brown – Gold in Strong British Ale
2024 Martinez Zombie Crawl!

2024 Martinez Zombie Crawl!

Juan Fajardo
Come join us at the 2024 Martinez Zombie Brew Crawl. DOZErs don't forget to sign up to pour - the sign up sheet is on slack.
2024 Multi-Club Picnic & Hop Farm Tour

2024 Multi-Club Picnic & Hop Farm Tour

For those of you coming to Thomsen Hop Farm on Saturday the 17th for the tour and picnic. Please be there before 11. Tour starts at 11 and lunch around noon. This is a really great opportunity that we were presented with to check out a functioning hop farm right in our back yard….and in the middle of harvest. We have about 30 folks on the list from all the local clubs.