NHC offers expert advice and information for homebrewers

GRAND RAPIDS — Seminars are a part of any conference that the most devoted of attendees geek out about — technical details, pie charts, information from the EXPERTS. Homebrewers are no exception. In fact, they may enjoy it more than most. With the intricacies of their field and the easy accessibility of so many experts at hand, the National Homebrewers Conference offered up some seminars ranging from blending yeast strains to vintage beer, there was something that interested everyone.

Here’s a synopsis of some of the seminars, representing some hometown speakers.

Farm to Glass: Brewing With Local Ingredients

MittenBrew spoke with Nick Rodammer from the Brewsquitos Home Brewing Club, who, along with Erik May from Pilot Malt House and Brian Tennis from New Michigan Organics Hop Farms, hosted this seminar.

“We’ll be talking about the use of local ingredients, especially malt and hops. It’s an emerging trend, especially in Michigan. Brewers want to use local more and more. We’ll talk about

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