2022 Southern California Homebrewers Festival Information
The 29th Southern California Homebrewers Festival will be on April 29 & 30, 2022. It will be held at Vail Lake KOA Resort, just outside Temecula, California. The Southern California Homebrewers Festival brings together more than 40 homebrew beer clubs for a weekend of tasting and education. The night of Friday April 29 will feature a […]
Legislative and Drinking Responsibly
AB 2609 (2014) AB 2609 (2014) was California State Assembly bill to legalize non-for-profit homebrew beer events where the charity exists primarily to support the homebrewing hobby. A previous bill, AB 1425 (2013), legalized the donation of homebrewed beer and other beverage to non-for-profits to help fundraising; a clause was put in AB 1425 that make […]
SCHF 2022 – RBS Training & Certification
As we have done in years past for the 2022 Southern California Homebrewer’s Festival (SCHF) it is required that all clubs pouring at the event have at least one person in attendance at the event who is Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) certified. In 2017, California passed AB-1221 which sets a new RBS requirement for all […]
2022-2023 Season: CHA Club of the Year
The CHA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual CHA Club of The Year Homebrew Competition! Formally known as The Southern California Homebrewers Festival (SCHF) Club of the Year, the CHA Club of the Year is determined by points accumulated throughout a season of recognized homebrew competitions. The club that accumulates the most points […]
AHA Members: Celebrate like it’s 1982!
Access 40th Anniversary Great American Beer Festival Presale Forty years ago in 1982, the first Great American Beer Festival was held at the Harvest House Hotel in Boulder. There were 24 breweries, 47 beers, and 800 attendees. Since the festival moved to Denver in 1984, first to various locations including Currigan Hall and the Merchandise Mart, then […]