Our Malt Konocti Mashers’ booth on the right with a little waiting area in front of the dispensary.
This year’s theme was Prohibition. Under the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, doctors could write prescriptions for alcohol. “You’ve gotta fever and the prescription is more beer.”
Looking toward “Home” (left of photo) where you register and buy tee-shirts.
Dr. Paul tasting a prescription to see if it meets his exacting standards.
Patients could choose from a tasty array of medications.
Next door to our booth was a “barber shop” where one of the aerosol cans of Barbasol dispensed an IPA.
The D.O.Z.E. ([Mt.] Diablo Order Of Zymiracle Enthusiasts) booth was a Dept of Treasury office with soda up front and samples of forbidden beer in the back.
Looking to the left of our booth.
Evidence tags on illegal beer at the GBA booth.
The Worts of Wisdom booth had soda in the front (self-serve). Word is that they had beer behind the curtain.
GBA’s serving list being prepared.
Almaden Brewers prove that tie-die is not dead, though it should be.
Silicon Valley Sudzers had some cute names for their beers.
The Silicon Valley Sudzer branch office of the IRS.
The Doctor is in.
GBA getting rid of the evidence by drinking it away.
A wanted poster for Willie the Brewer on a trash can.
Across from our booth. The lecture tent and stage on the left.
The checkered awning is the booth for tasting the club competition beers.
Lecture tent and stage on the right. More booths on the left.
The “Library” with the faux stone walls had some amazing food.
Dr. Jon dispensing medicine to needy patients. The sign in front says, “The Amazing Dr. Paul’s Healthful Elixirs: Good for What Ales You.”
These photos are from the Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF).
NCHF was bittersweet this year, landing as it did, during the Valley Fire. When we set up our booth, we knew at least one member had lost his home and two others were not sure. To say it put a damper on our spirits would not be overstating it.
We thought we might just have a pile of burnt rubble instead of any booth. In the end, we set up and made the best of it.
The theme this year was Prohibition. Prior to the event we did some research (okay we Googled it) and learned that prescriptions were written for alcohol. So we ordered some toy stethoscopes and reflective mirrors for our foreheads, and printed up some fake Rx pads. We prescribed many of the following: Dr. Kam A. Sutra’s India Pale Tonic, Dr. Paul’s Chocolate Coconut Porter Elixir, Blanche’s Nutritive Cream Ale Tonic, Dr. Jon’s Mother’s Milk Stout, or Dr. Jon’s Three for the Road Tripel.
Next year’s theme is…wait for it…Belgium. So if you like beer that tastes like a barnyard with cloves and bananas sprinkled about, you’ll love the NCHF in 2016.
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