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	Introducing and tasting new hop varieties	Open call: Bring what ever you have	TBD
Febuary	Brown Ales: English and American Browns, and Scottish Ales	Brown Ales	Brown Ales
March	Pale Ale and Amber: English Pale Ale, Bitters, American Pale Ales, American Amber	Pale Ale and Amber	Pale Ale and Amber
April	TBD	Open call: Bring whatever you have	TBD
May	India Pale Ales (IPA): English IPA and American IPA	India Pale Ales	India Pale Ales
June	American Light Ale, Blond and Cream Ale, Wheat	American Light Ale	American Light Ale
July	Yeast and Fermentation Temperature	Lagers and Hybrids: Kolsch, Alt and Steam	Kolsch, Alt and Steam
August	Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb/Spice beers	Fruit, Vegetable, Herb/Spice	Fruit, Vegetable, Herb/Spice
September	Porter and Stout	Porter and Stout	Porter and Stout
October	Making Cider	Mead, Cider and Braggot	Mead, Cider and Braggot
November	Belgians	Belgians	Belgians
December	Best and Worst of the year	Best and Worst	Holiday Beers