The event dedicated to Homebrewing

Homebrewing Techniques

Learn from some of the best minds in the industry!

Go to Equipment Demonstrations

Equipment Demonstrations

Check out the latest and greatest homebrewing tech with demonstrations from Blichmann Engineering and PicoBrew!

Go to Homebrew!

Homebrew!

Chat (and drink) with homebrew clubs from all over the Midwest, and vote on your favorite beer in our People’s Choice competition! Need we say more?

Event Schedule

10AM to 5:30PM | November 5th, 2016

Sample Our Homebrew!

B.U.Z. (Bootheel United Zymurgist)
East Side Brewers
Hop Heads of Southeast Missouri
Jefferson County Home Brewers
St. Louis Brews

10:00AM
Doors Open
11:00AM
Opening Speech
11:15AM - 12:00PM
Seminar A: Blichmann Demonstration
Seminar B: PicoBrew Demonstration
***Lunch and Social***
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Seminar C: Annie Johnson - The Perfect Pilsner
2:15PM - 3:00PM
Seminar D: Dr. Matt McCarroll - SIU Brewing Program & Mixed Fermentation
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Seminar E: Kevin Lane - Fermentis
4:15PM - 5:00PM
Keynote Speech from Stan Hieronymus & People's Choice Winner Announcement

Join us at 5PM the night before for a free social event at Homebrew Supply of Southeast Missouri! This is a gathering for socializing and exchanging beer with fellow homebrewers. The Hop Heads of Southeast Missouri will supply equipment for 20 taps if you are unable to bring your own serving equipment.


Update as of 10/12/2016: For those traveling, hotels in the area are filling up fast! Please check our Venue and Hotels page for more information.

MRHC Speakers

Stan Hieronymus

Lifelong journalist and author of books such as “For the Love of Hops”, “Brewing with Wheat”, “Brew Like a Monk”, and “Brewing Local”.

Annie Johnson

Award-winning brewer, winning The Pilsner Urquell Master Homebrewer Competition held in San Francisco in 2012, and the prestigious American Homebrewers Association’s Homebrewer of the Year award in 2013.

Kevin Lane

Yeast expert – Kevin is the Technical & Regional sales manager for Fermentis, a supplier of many dry yeasts including Safale US-05 and S-04.

Dr. Matt McCarroll

Professor and Director, Fermentation Science Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Matt and his wife own Windy Hill Hops Farm and Brew Shop in Murphysboro, IL.

Sponsors

A shout-out to those who made this possible!