NCHF 15: Founding Fathers

Four Score and seven years ago... wait, that's was later. This year we return to the beginning of... Our great nation? Our great brewing traditions? See what you can do with home brewing around this idea!

What better way to kick off the festival than "Hoppy Hour"?

Enjoy appetizers and many different homebrews with old friends and new, surrounded by the beautiful redwoods at Lake Francis Resort.

Camping under the trees and stars

Only a short walk from the festival grounds, including a beautiful lake for boating, swimming and fishing.

Fantastic Raffle Prizes!

Last years grand prize: a new 14.4 gal Conical Fermenter from More Beer! Grain, hops, hats, brewing hardware are just a few items we raffle off during the festival. The more tickets you buy, the more you can win!

Hear from the best brewers in the craft brewing industry!

Sampling, critiques, techniques and brewing trends are some of the topics covered by our panel of invited experts.

Friday Night Brewers Dinner

Sean Paxton, the fabulous "Homebrew Chef" is back! He'll once again dazzle us with a gastronomic/zymurgistic experience few others will ever taste. Tickets for this event go fast, so once sales start, don't be late!

The main festivities are on Saturday

The festival takes place on the beautiful Lake Francis fest grounds on a natural grass field, surrounded by pines and redwoods in the lower Sierra foothills.

What's required for the Club Keg Competition?

Each years' festival includes a beer competition in two beer styles. Clubs can submit one beer in each of the two styles (that's two kegs total for any one club).

If you want to submit your beer(s) here's what you need to provide:

  • Clubs need to provide the beer in a korny keg only (no Sanke)
  • A Ball Lock or Pin Lock BEER OUT for each beer, with hose and cobra tap
  • A GAS IN fitting for each beer, with hose
  • Dispensing CO2 cylinder/regulator
  • A container to keep your beer cold.

We connect the kegs to the jockey box for anonymous tasting. We have only so much space on the tap board. We try to accommodate as many brewers as possible, so once the board is filled we set up beers on cobra taps (hence the additional hardware we need).