Beer Brewing Classes Outlined

Review the choices for homebrewing classes
Today, more than ever, people are looking for ways to improve on the quality of their lives by taking control of the processes that provide good quality food for themselves on a local level. This means growing, harvesting, preserving and preparing your own wholesome food in the place that you live rather than relying on farms and processeser from far away to provide you with the essential foods of your life. Brewing beer at home is part of this movement and its revival is a reflection of the desire to provide essential foods for ourselves as we did as far back as the time of the establisment of this country. Most of the early American settlers brewed their own beer right along with baking bread and canning fruits and vegetables for the winter months.
This site is the home page for The Back Yard Brewer homebrewing school and is the portal to the different home brewing classes available in the Santa Cruz and San Miguel, Mexico. I also want to be a resource for those that are interested in brewing, providing helpful insight through information about the ingredients, equipment and techniques involved in brewing beer at home.




Cabrillo College 5 Week Brewing
This course in home brewing is being offered as a comprehensive and complete way of seeing the steps in brewing beer at home from the basic 5 gallon batch using malted extract to brewing 10 gallons of beer using whole malted grain.
Click here to get all of the details about this popular class and the information needed to sign up for this years summer and fall classes.

Testimonials
"That was a great class. You did such a good job of making the process of brewing at home comprehensible without oversimplifying, and showing us we could all do it. The more brewers in the world, the better! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and experience with us."
-Dave Kramer-Urner

Cabrillo College Beer Tasting
This class is 3 hours of sampling a wide variety of ales, lagers and specialty beers. We will use a simplified beer evaluation sheet to identify the aromas, flavors and mouthfeel in order to understand and appreciate the classic beer styles from around the world and a selection of micro brewed beers from the United States that exemplify the small brewer movement that is currently taking place.
Click here for more information about this exciting and memorable class and to register before the class fills.


Brewing 101 course
Learn the very basics of brewing beer at home. I will take you through the process showing you how simple and inexpensive it can be while we brew up a batch of pale ale and sample some home brews that I have on tap. Click here for all the information and fees for brewing up a 5 gallon batch of beer at my home in Aptos, California or in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico.