Events for November 24, 2024 - November 24, 2024

The 2022 Oaktoberfest will return in its full Bavarian glory this October with outdoor dining and drinking with live German music, traditional German food options, hundreds of venders, live music and the Bay Area’s best craft beers. Come and celebrate in Oakland’s historic Dimond District!

Our October club meeting will be next Thursday 10/13 at Pennyweight Brewing in Livermore. We will be upstairs in the loft again. Meeting hoppy hour starts at 6:30pmand official meeting starts at 7pm. Topics to include: NCHF & Oaktoberfest review, Club Business, Budget, Topic: Recipe Design, Upcoming Events. Come share a homebrew. Get tips on [...]

Reminder/Update: 1) We will be hosting our last club comp of FY22 at the holiday party on 12/10. Feel free to bring a keg or bottles for tasting if you’re competing. If your club comp is a keg, just don’t share the style in the party link below. 2) We will be sharing some used [...]

Our first meeting of 2023 will be held TONIGHT Thursday 1/12 at Pennyweight Brewing in Livermore. Hoppy hour starts at 6:30, upstairs lounge area, with the official meeting starting at 7pm. Agenda includes: - Brewing Style (Stouts) Sample and discussion - 2023 Club Officer nominations - HomebrewCon (June, San Diego) - Club Glassware (available at [...]

Our February club meeting will be held at Shadow Puppet Brewery in Livermore. Thursday 2/9, 6:30pm Social Hour, 7pm official start. Agenda includes: Welcome & Intros Brewing Gadgets What are folks brewing? Club Business - Call for Officer Nominations, Club Glasses and New Club Shirts Blended Style Tasting

April Club Meeting 4/13 will be held at Shadow Puppet Brewery. Brian Cooper will be comparing a Cold IPA style. The Bay Area Brew Off (BABO) Comp is open for entries. This is the comp that displays winning bottles at the Alameda County Fair. It would be great to see some Mad Zs with winning [...]

Looking forward to enjoying the spring weather at BottleTaps. We will be meeting outside on the side patio. We may need seats, so bring a folding chair If you got em. This meeting will host our first club competition of the new year. The meeting topic will be about the new club officers and the [...]

Hello Mad Zs, It seems like forever since we’ve officially met. We hope to see many of you at our next meeting on Thursday Oct 12th at BottleTaps in Pleasanton. We will be meeting in the 2nd outdoor patio. Might want to throw a chair in your trunk in case we run out of chairs. [...]

Our first club meeting of 2024 will be Thursday January 11th at BottleTaps in Pleasanton. We will have a presentation on yeast forward beers. We will also discuss some minor updates to the 16 year old club charter, which requires a vote to approve. We will collect annual dues, which we’re proposing at $35 to [...]