http://www.zuvaruvi.com It's all about the beer! Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:47:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en San Diego County Fair Homebrew Results have been posted! Click here for results. Thanks to everyone for entering, judging, stewarding, working as table captains at the International Beer Festival...I want you all to know that you are a vary large part of what makes San Diego America's Finest BEER City! Many ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2010/07/09/fair-homebrew-results/ 388 Beers 156 Breweries 22 Countries The San Diego International Beer Festival is June 25th-27th, 2010. Local Homebrew/Beer Club members may purchase tickets in advance for a special early entry on Friday at 3:00 p.m. (regular session runs 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.). Be the first to sample before kegs blow by ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2010/06/17/2010-festival-list/ Just a few stats to tease your taste buds: 639 entries in the IBF competition. 380 beers in the festival. 173 breweries. 20 countries. 20 states. Just another fun stat (not that I would advocate this sort of behavior...and I don't) simply to illustrate what a massive selection this is, you would have to attend all ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2010/05/20/sd-ibf-update/ The San Diego County Fair beer events Judge, Steward, and Table Captain registration is now closed. We still need Table Captains and Judges however. If you are available, send me an email ASAP: zuvaruvi (at) cox.net Judges: - June 27th Homebrew Judging 12:00p - 4:00p Table Captains: - June 25th ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2010/03/13/judges-wanted/ Dates for the 2010 San Diego International Beer Festival have been set. Mark your calendar, over 300 beers from around the world, beer/food pairing, and roller derby (yes, you read that right, Roller Derby!!) will be featured: June 25th - noon-4p June 26th - 11a-3p and 4p-8p June 27th - 1p-5p That's right, ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/10/24/2010-sd-international-beer-festival-dates-set/ The San Diego International Beer Festival Best of Show was announced Friday June 26th at the festival. Jeff Bagby of Pizza Port – Carlsbad took BOS with Good Grief Brown Ale. Congratulations to Jeff and the entire staff at Pizza Port. With a free festival photo booth, food-pairing classes ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/06/27/a-pictures-worth-a-thousand-words/ Results for the 2009 San Diego International Beer Festival are in! 60 certified judges and professional brewers sampled 524 entries on May 9th at the San Diego County Fair Grounds in Del Mar. The Best of Show winner will be announced at the San Diego International Beer Festival ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/05/22/2009-ibf-results-are-in/ The 2009 American Homebrewers Association national conference in Oakland is sure to be memorable. I wrote a few weeks ago about one of the commemorative beers, Brother Levonian Saison. It will be available through the conference and the Michael Jackson rare beer club in 750’s. The other ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/04/28/sippin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-ipa/ April 8th I went to O’Brien’s. Vince from Pizza Port was making pizzas in the pizza wagon. Tom had some very interesting Italian Beers on…glad I tried them all! First was Birrificio di Como Malthus Birolla. It had a ‘naturally inoculated’ funk; a flavor and aroma not for ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/04/18/obriens-italian-beer-night/ Dave was my best friend. He liked to drink and brew Saison’s. After several attempts on my own, he got me going on the right path. This is a recipe he helped me with on August 31, 2005. It took a second and first in America’s ... http://www.zuvaruvi.com/2009/04/04/brother-levonian-saison-2/