San Diego to host 2023 Homebrew Con
45th annual national homebrew conference to take place at Town & Country Resort
San Diego has been selected as the site for the 2023 edition of Homebrew Con, the country’s largest homebrewing conference and competition, featuring more than 2,000 amateur and pro brewers. The 45th annual event, put on by national trade organization, the Brewers Association and the American Homebrewers Association, will take place June 22-24 at the Town and County Resort in Mission Valley.
The three-day conference will consist of more than 50 speakers from the U.S. craft-beer industry and will encompass eight tracks: Beer Styles, Brewing Process, Homebrewing Culture, New to Homebrewing, Beyond Beer, Clubs & Competitions, Ingredients & Adjuncts, and Quality & Sensory.
Held as part of Homerew Con, the National Homebrew Competition is the world’s largest homebrew competition, recognizing excellence in amateur production of beer, mead and cider. There will be nine regional judging sites across the U.S. during the spring (including one in San Diego) that will combine to determine which beers advance to Homebrew Con. Local homebrewers must register between January 24-31. More information can be found here.
Eight San Diego amateur brewers won medals at the 2022 competition in Pittsburgh, including three who finished in first place: Doug Brown in the Pilsener category (146 entries), Billy Lampert with Theresa Wilks in the American Porter & Stout category (86 entries), and Scott Voak in the Spice Mead category (24 entries).
Second-place finishers in 2022 were Brown in the Dark European Lager category (108 entries), Jared Rowley in the Irish Stout category (36 entries), and Robert Knipper in the Strong American Ale category (76 entries). Third place winners were Brown in the Pale Malty European Beer category (110 entries), Dan Stoneman in the British Stout category with Brown (48 entries), Josh Arnold in the Amber European Beer category (110 entries), and Eric Bridges (who has gone on to the professional ranks after opening El Cid Brewing in North Park last summer) in the American IPA category (117 entries).
This will be the first time Homebrew Con has been hosted in San Diego since 2015, and the third time America’s Finest City has hosted it overall.