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
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.