Foraging and Making Wild Beer in the Forest

Join one of North America's top fermentation experts for an immersive workshop! Led by the bestselling author of The Wildcrafting Brewer, Wildcrafted Fermentation, and Wildcrafted Vinegars, this hands-on experience will introduce you to the art of brewing and making tasty beers with plants that you can find in nature or even at some ethnic supermarket.

You'll be amazed how easy it is to brew at home with little equipment and no prior experience. During this workshop, you learn about plants that have been used during history as brewing ingredients, how to extract wild yeast, creating sugar sources from fruits and berries and much more!

First we'll go on a plant walk and identify some of the plants and other ingredients (such as barks and roots) that have been used historically to create interesting brews (Horehound, mugwort, yarrow, etc...). We'll also talk about medicinal and edible plants during the walk. It's a very slow walk, probably 1hr.

After the walk, we'll go back to the workshop area and I'll show you the process of making a simple wild beer on location - together, we'll go through all the steps so you can easily redo it at home.

Some wild refreshments, beer tasting and snacks will be served.

During this workshop you'll learn:

How to find and forage wild yeast

How to make a wild yeast starter

Traditional plants used for brewing

How to easily brew beer at home with little to no equipment

How to make gluten-free beer and even medicinal brews

We meet in front of a place called Reptacular 8828 Gold Creek Rd, Sylmar, CA 91342

Just keep driving on the road pass the main entrance Just keep driving on the road pass the main entrance. We park on the side of the road a bit further (don't enter the main gate, just drive a bit further - around 25 yards). We park on the side of the road a bit further

See you there!