Home Brew Beer in Fairfax

Home Brew Workshops in Fairfax
Introduction to the Art of Beer Brewing

Backyard Homebrew with The Beer Guy

Friday March 3rd & Saturday March 4th

On a misty hillside in Forest Knolls the sweet smell of boiling malted grains and hops wafts into the crisp morning air from an open cellar door
British born Guy Pawson beams as he stirs a large steaming kettle of ingredients that he will magically transform , with time and care into a distinctive Belgian style ale.
A few pints of this batch will surely find their way to friends and family and what remains will swiftly disappear as well with help of Guy himself for he is as enthusiastic about drinking his creation as as he is about brewing it .
" There's nothing like the taste of your own brew" he says smiling as another batch is tucked away onto the cool cellar shelf for several weeks of slow churning fermentation before it is ready to enjoy, and enjoyed it will be. Guy brews for the pure pleasure of hand crafting his own beer.

He has been brewing for decades improving his craft along the way.
Originally from a small town where the local brewery dates back to the middle ages today Guy practices his passion of brewing in this small west marin hamlet just a stones throw from a nearby town where another home brewer launched a now world famous brewing dynasty…

Here at the Fairfax Backyard Farmer we are very fortunate to have teamed up with our local expert Guy Pawson “The Beer Guy” to offer casual and informative beer appreciation and brewing workshops. See our website for details on these very popular events

Here are our upcoming classes

Join us as we take a Friday evening and Saturday morning to explore the appreciation and crafting of home brew .

Friday 7:00-8:30pm
Join us as we taste select home brewed craft beers while Guy describes the two main ways of producing quality beers at home: extract and all grain brewing.

We will explore the ingredients and processes for each method and describe the basic setup for a successful home brewery.


Saturday 9am-12noon
Roll your sleeves up as we get down to business and work as a group to transform raw ingredients, through the alchemy of brewing ,into a living fermenting batch of home-brew !

Using a commercially available kit, we will brew a strong European style ale using a combination of extract and all-grain methods.

The methods we use are easily transferred to the home stovetop brewery but are also the foundation of a scaled-up process for producing larger quantities of
all grain homebrew, as outlined in the advanced course.

WHEN:
Friday, March 3rd, 7pm - 8:30pm
Saturday, March 4th, 9am - 12pm
WHERE:
The Fairfax Backyard Farmer
135 Bolinas Rd
Fairfax, CA 94930
$55.00

Register Here