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	The 2010 enrollment period for becoming a member has ended. Please rejoin next year. The 2011 SCHF will be held Saturday, April 30. Please read the link at left titled "Become a Member" before purchasing your membership.

Members get free entry to the Southern California Homebrewers Fest, which is a members-only event. Memberships are not sold at the fest. Email Vin Ludwig or call (714) 771-1174 if you have questions about membership.

Never been to the SCHF? Check out this video!
and this tri-fold brochure advertizing our 2010 fest.

We e-mail our past and current members to keep them informed about the SCHF and other CHA activities. If you haven't bought a membership, but would still like to stay informed, you can add yourself to our e-mail list by registering as a guest using the link under our logo to the left. Don't worry; we won't inundate you with e-mail!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIAN SHRAGO

Congratulations once again to our first place Stout Competition winner Julian Shrago of the Long Beach Homebrewers. His winning entry was an Imperial Stout with Expresso and Blackstrap. Julian is no stranger to the winner's podium as he won our Belgian competition in 2008. Second place was Kyle Manns of the IBU's with Third place going to Jason Osborne of the SLOBS.

We had every kind of Stout you can imagine from Bacon Stout to Imperial Stout and everything in between - 19 in all. Thank you all for your entries!

We were fortunate to have highly qualified professional brewers judging our competition. Ryan Fields from Port Brewing/Lost Abbey, Todd Peterson of Craftsman Brewing, and Ron Gordon from Big Cheese Pizza did an outstanding job! Thank you so much - your expertise is certainly appreciated!

Thanks also to Donald Ackerman, winner of the 2009 Porter competition, for supplying a honey stout for our Volunteers that was located at the Front Gate. Our volunteers were still able to do their jobs for us without missing out on the great brews, thanks to you!

FEST RETURNS TO LAKE CASITAS

The 2010 Southern California Homebrewers Festival will be held April 30 & May 1 at Lake Casitas Recreation Area just outside Ojai, California.

Join us for the 20th SCHF and drink the finest and freshest handcrafted beer in California! Talk beer with fellow brewers; check out what our guest speakers have to say; and enjoy a diverse line-up of great music.

NEW The Ojai Beverage Co. will be hosting a fantastic beer tasting of rare and exotic European lagers Friday on their patio in Ojai. The $20 tasting includes light snacks and a shuttle ride to town and back to Casitas. OBC has a fantastic selection of beer, both in bottles and on tap, and access to anything they want from their distributors, so this won't be some ho-hum lager tasting. To purchase a ticket, click the Purchase Membership or Event link at the top of the page. The tasting is from 4:35 to 5:55. The shuttle will leave the Lake Casitas main gate for Ojai at 4:20 and will return to Lake Casitas at 6:10, stopping at the main gate and the fest area. Don't miss the bus!

The Ojai Beverage is also sponsoring Salute!, a craft beer and food tasting, at San Buenaventura State Beach on June 19. See our Brew Event Calendar.

In addition to Gazzolo's and Hot Pot Teriyaki Bowl, we welcome LamroN Catering as one of our food vendors. They will be serving breakfast burritos in the morning, and Texas Pit BBQ the rest of the day.

This year's fest is sponsored in part by Beer Candy . Available soon.

You really don't want to miss this year's speakers. For your edification, we've lined up some brewing superstars: Tomme Arthur, Byron Burch, and Vinnie Cilurzo. Byron will talk about "Mead in the 21st Century", Tomme will talk about his brewery's "Collaboration Beers", and Vinnie will ask "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Brett?"

Lee Koch will entertain us on Friday night. Steve Casselman,
Roman Alexander and the Robbery, and the Maltose Falcons Brews Band
will be back by popular demand on Saturday.

CHA is offering unimproved tent sites again. As before, the sites are located in the Teacup 1 & 2 areas beyond the fest site, and in the grassy area between the road and the lake just before the fest site. These sites have few or no amentities, but they are very convenient and overlook the lake. To purchase a tentsite, click the Purchase Membership or Event link at the very top of the page.

We'll be celebrating National Homebrew Day by doing a Big Brew on site, along with thousands of other groups around the world.

Click here for more information about the Big Brew.

FRIDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES

We can't advertise who they are, but four of your favorite craft brewers
have donated beer and will be serving it Friday night.

	Does your club want bragging rights? Stout is the style for the Friday night Bragging Rights Only Beer Competition. On the left is a link to the BRO competiton rules.
	Rum has been selected by the clubs for the Friday Night Top Shelf Spirits Tasting. Trayce Holliday from Hi-Time Cellars will once again host our tasting.