NFBL Education Opportunities
Each year, our goal is to not only promote homebrewing education to the community, but also to provide educational opportunity to our members. Our hope is that we all continue to brew good beer and to have some fun doing it. NFBL educational strategies include: educational information in the newsletter, standard tastings at meetings, periodic presentations at the general membership meetings, occasional educational seminars in addition to the regular meetings, club brews, and community brews.
Learning About Beer at Meetings and Events
At many of the monthly meetings of the NFBL, we like to feature a particular style of beer. We discuss that beer style, including how to brew it, how to evaluate it, and how to identify the subtleties of the beer style that only it possesses. If someone has that style of beer on hand, we encourage the brewer to bring it along for sharing and tasting, so that club members are able to share in the joy of homebrewing and so that brewers can receive informal feedback from other members.
Periodic Presentations at NFBL meetings
We provide educational discussions at the membership meeting once a quarter. Currently, these presentations are scheduled at the beginning of each quarter: January, April, July, and October. For some months, but not all, presentation topics are tied to the featured style of the month. Information about the presentations is published in the newsletter.
Educational Seminars
In addition to the quarterly meeting presentations, we will offer some brewing and beer education seminars. These seminars will be scheduled periodically throughout the year and advertised in the membership newsletter.
Educational Information
Club Brews
NFBL club brews are great ways to get lots of hands-on education, see many different brew techniques, and to learn more about our
fellow brewers. Typically, the NFBL hosts three club brews a year.
NFBL Monthly Tasting Schedule for Meetings and Educational Sessions
| Month |
General Meeting Presentation |
Homebrew Tasting |
Commercial Style(s) |
| January |
Let's get the new year started. |
Open call: Bring what ever you have |
TBD |
| Febuary |
Brown Ales: English, American Browns, and Mild Ales |
Brown and Mild |
TBD |
| March |
The bitter truth: The difference between the pale ales |
Amber, India Pale and English and American Pale Ales and Bitters |
TBD |
| April |
My yeast swings both ways. Amber and Light Hybrids. |
Amber and Light Hybrids: Altbier, Blonde Ale, Cream Ale, Kolsch, and California
Common |
TBD |
| May |
Cold, Clear and Yellow: Light Lagers |
Dortmunder Export, Munich Helles, German andn Bohemian Pilsner, Light
American Lagers |
TBD |
| June |
Bread or Beer? Wheat and Rye |
Weizen, Dunkelweizen, Weizenbock, Roggenbier, American Wheat and Rye,
Wit |
TBD |
| July |
(LSD) Lactobacillus Sour Drink |
Sour Beers and Ciders: Berliner Weisse, Lambic, Flanders Brown and Red,
Gueuze, Ciders |
TBD |
| August |
From Flowers to Elixirs |
Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, and Braggot |
TBD |
| September |
Wild Brews |
Belgian and French Beers |
TBD |
| October |
What else can I put in my beer? |
Anything with Fruit, Beggies, Sugar, Spice, Chocalate, Smoked and Herb |
TBD |
| November |
Big butt brews, brown ale's heavy cousin |
Porter: Brown, Robust, and Baltic
Stout: American, Dry, Sweet, Oatmeal, Foreign Extra, Russian Imperial
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TBD |
| December |
Best and Worst of the year |
Best and Worst |
Holiday Beers |
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