I will be adding information about the San Diego Estate Beer Project (est. 2022). For the moment, I am using this space to add information for our upcoming presentation at the 2023 Homebrew Con: From Nomad to Farmer: Brewing Local.
I previously wrote us the SDEBP progress up to the beginning of January 2023. Here are other articles about the project:
- Homebrew Summer is Back (June 20, 2022)
- Guild Fest resurfacing in Del Mar (August 31, 2022)
- Hyper-local bragging rights (December 7, 2022)
- San Diego’s First Truly Local Beer (August 9, 2022)
- In pursuit of local beer: the San Diego Estate Beer Project (November/December 2022)
- From Nomad to Farmer: Brewing Local (June 2023)
- SDSU & CSUSM Hops Research (December 2023)
San Diego Beer News Homebrew Summer: SDEBP 1st Homebrew Competition winning recipes
White Labs Brewing Co. Admiral Maltings Honey Blond Ale homebrew recipe
Power BI of Brewing Ingredients in North America
I propose a Local Beer category with similar Additional Notes as Fruit, Spice, Herb, Vegetable, and Fresh Hop Beer styles:
These ales or lagers are brewed with locally-grown and processed ingredients, typically from within the brewer’s local region or state. Local ingredients may include fruits, spices, herbs, vegetables, nuts, hops, malts, specialty grains, adjuncts, harvested yeast, other fungi, seafood, or other grown or harvested ingredients. To allow for accurate judging the brewer must identify an underlying ale, lager or hybrid beer style being elaborated upon with local ingredients. The brewer may indicate ‘no classic style’ in instances where the base beer does not hew to a category within these competition guidelines. The brewer must list the local ingredient(s) used, how many miles between the ingredient(s) source(s) and the brewing location, and any other ingredients or processes used. Beer entries not accompanied by this information will be at a disadvantage during judging.
Mural Brewing 