Matt Sager won First Place for bourbon bbl aged barley wine, and Second Place for German Pilsner. Vito Delucchi won a First Place ribbon and a Third Place ribbon. (Photo credit Matt Sager)

Come join Dan Sherman and Craig Danielson at The Bistro in Hayward next Saturday November 7th. Festival hours are 11-6. Dan and I plan on showing up around 2:00. Bistro is a short walk from the Hayward BART station. Live music and 65 barrel aged sour and spirit beers on tap. Initial buy-in a little on the pricy side, approx $60 for 8-10 taste, but usually they offer a nice glass to take home and additional taste tickets are reasonably priced.

Our next meeting will be at the usual time and place on Monday, October 26th. We will have special quest Jon Plise, presenting Brew Cribs, his new app and software. Jon is one of the original members of DOZE and was a longtime employee of More Beer, so it will be a treat to have him back. We will also have a lager presentation from Jeremy Pendrey about his process and how it scales up to brew on a professional system.

Many thanks to Jon Koerber, for originally sharing this information via DOZE Mail List. I was shopping around for a replacement carbon block water filter for my Culligan HF-360 inline filtration system, and came across an interesting filter on Amazon. While MoreBeer and other retailers sell the standard 10 micron 10″ x 2.5″ carbon block filters, this model is the only one I have seen that actually specifies the removal of Chloramine (chlorine in gas form) from drinking water.

The Big C Athletic Club in Concord is having a Non-Profit Fundraiser for the CYC (Community Youth Center) on Friday Nov 6th. All paying attendees will receive a souvenir glass and unlimited beer refills. As well as food pairings prepared by The Big C Grille. Local breweries pouring will be Black Diamond, Ale Industries, Epidemic Ales and EJ Phair. Big C Members/Pre Sale $30 Day of event $35 For more information visit or call:

Morebeer recently added Imperial Organic Yeast to their line up. I’ll admit I’ve long been a fan and supporter of White Labs yeast products, as their products in my experience have always been top quality and yielding good results. But for kicks I thought I’d give this new product a go. The first and most obvious difference is packaging (more on this later). Second difference is price. The Imperial product retails for $9.

COMPETITION DETAILS • Entries due by Saturday, December 5, 2015; Awards announced Sunday, December 13, 2015 • Grand Prize Winner will have the option to refine and brew the winning recipe for release and feature during SFBW 2016 • First, Second and Third Places will receive prizes • Full Official set of rules can be downloaded here: LocalLighthouse_Rules2015 • All entries must be from non-commercial/professional brewers • All entrants must be 21 years or older

Hey Dozers, Fieldwork is doing their first home brew competition the 2nd week of October. Entries will be accepted at their tasting room until closing of October 1st, with a public awards ceremony held in the tasting room on October 11th. The winner will get a chance to scale up their recipe and brew it with the FieldWork team. Entry Requirements Two bottles (12oz-26oz) of the same beer must be entered.

Heretic Brewing Co. is hosting another AHA Rally on October 10. This is a great event where you can: Enjoy Heretic beer samples. Take home a Rally-exclusive gift from the AHA. Meet Heretic brewers and staff. Take a VIP brewery tour. Mingle with local homebrewers. Win great prizes from the AHA and Heretic. The wort giveaway has reached the maximum of 200, but you can still attend and have a great time!