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Beer, Brewing & Sustainability |
Fermenting Revolution |
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During the past three decades, beer drinkers and homebrewers have quietly conducted a transformation within the beer industry, reclaiming traditions as old as human society itself by taking beer and brewing back from corporations and putting them where they rightly belong—in the kitchen and the local brewpub.
Led by beer activist Chris O’Brien, we gain hands-on basic knowledge of brewing, including how to select equipment and ingredients, prepare the yeast, boil the brew, and add the hops. We brew our own beer while learning the global cultural history of beer and brewing, including the central roles women, spirituality, and health and medicine have played. We also explore how the modern microbrewing movement has transformed brewing from industrial and exploitative to community centered and sustainable.
$25 materials fee; include when you register. You must be at least 21 years old to attend.
Chris O’Brien is the author of Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World. He is currently director of the Responsible Purchasing Network at the Center for a New American Dream and co-owns the Seven Bridges organic brewing supply cooperative. He is the former director of the Co-op America Business Network and the Fair Trade Federation, two of America's leading sustainable business associations. BeerActivist.com |
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