# October 2025 Happy Hour with John Palmer: All the Questions You Can Brew **URL:** \ **Category:** Happy Hour Zoom\ **Created:** [October 7, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479 "2025-10-07T20:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/1 "2025-10-07T20:15:31Z")
![Johnwithbeer](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/original/3X/0/d/0da929ffe0724364c03312e1cbfd6955dc9e3e32.jpeg) Hey AHA People **The American Homebrewers Association’s Community & Education Committee is trying something new!** Join us for a **Thursday Happy Hour Q&A with John Palmer** — October 9 at 6:00 PM MT. You’ve read his books, you’ve listened to his podcasts - now it’s your turn! This isn’t a “sit back and watch a lecture” kind of night — it’s a **“grab a pint and ask your brewing questions”** kind of night. Think less corporate presentation, more chat around the boil kettle. **Click the link, hop in, and join the conversation!** [Zoom Link](https://sam-firm.zoom.us/j/81349896377?pwd=KYXeyc80d1UQXiggo8XWqRuMjPqClY.1&from=addon) Meeting ID: 813 4989 6377 Passcode: 623699 ---
**Author:** ![POPTOP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/poptop/32/20763_2.png) [@POPTOP](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/POPTOP)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/2 "2025-10-09T11:43:39Z")
It’s awesome that John Palmer is our very first AHA Happy Hour! Yay John. I look forward to seeing everyone. ---
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/3 "2025-10-10T00:00:49Z")
We’re starting now! ---
**Author:** ![andyfarke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/andyfarke/32/20688_2.png) [@andyfarke](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/andyfarke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/4 "2025-10-10T00:59:49Z")
Kudos to everyone involved here - it was a great, accessible format, and the hour went by quickly. It was also an excellent opportunity to get questions answered by experts. Thank you! For those not able to join, it was around 15 - 20 people; everyone who asked a question got it answered! The time and date worked great for me - I of course know that won’t be true for everyone, so I’m interested to see if different times work better for different cross-sections of people. One comment - I know that “no video” is common for many folks (and I know not everyone wants to be on camera), but it is nice to be able to put faces with names from the forum and see what everyone might be drinking at the moment! I would never mandate cameras-on, but perhaps encourage? (I say this from my experience as an educator during the Zoom days of the pandemic - it’s ways easier to feel part of a community and read the room if you can see people live, versus an anonymous avatar) This is a true “value added” offering from AHA - more like this, please! ---
**Author:** ![alestateyall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/alestateyall/32/21186_2.png) [@alestateyall](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/alestateyall)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/5 "2025-10-10T01:50:08Z")
I think an AHA happy hour where you talk about dinosaurs would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![andyfarke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/andyfarke/32/20688_2.png) [@andyfarke](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/andyfarke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/6 "2025-10-10T03:05:04Z")
I’d be down for that - or if we wanted to broaden the appeal, perhaps a “scientists bring their science into the homebrewery” kinda thing. (I gave a talk called “The Dinosaur in My Beer” at AHA some years back, covering the evolutionary history of hops, how Pangaea led to the development of some beer styles, and the link between _Archaeopteryx_ and pilsners; it was a good time! Not sure if it’d be quite a homebrew happy hour kind of thing exactly, but it would be fun to deploy again) ---
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/7 "2025-10-10T03:30:59Z")
I think tht would be rad. Get a history one going so I can ask question about Babylon ---
**Author:** ![andyfarke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/andyfarke/32/20688_2.png) [@andyfarke](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/andyfarke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/8 "2025-10-10T03:32:37Z")
That’s current events in geological terms… ---
**Author:** ![Drewch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/drewch/32/20911_2.png) [@Drewch](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/Drewch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/9 "2025-10-10T21:22:28Z")
I, sadly, had a prior conflict last night. Were you by chance able to record it? ---
**Author:** ![BrewBama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/brewbama/32/21184_2.png) [@BrewBama](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/BrewBama)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/10 "2025-10-11T14:00:14Z")
My takeaway was the comment concerning competitions. Something like: it’s not really a brewing competition, it’s a packaging competition. …and a lot of luck. ---
**Author:** ![Megary](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/megary/32/900_2.png) [@Megary](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/Megary)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/11 "2025-10-11T16:37:00Z")
Hmm. Was that a quote from Palmer? A bit of a disservice to home brewers if you ask me. Competition brewing requires two sets of skills, and one of them most definitely is brewing. Seems John should apologize to all the medal winners. ---
**Author:** ![alestateyall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/alestateyall/32/21186_2.png) [@alestateyall](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/alestateyall)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/12 "2025-10-11T17:07:37Z")
John Palmer quoted someone else who said that. It wasn’t said negatively towards homebrewers. He was just emphasizing the importance of packaging when sending beers to competitions. He said two of the biggest problems he sees when judging are oxidation and flat beer. ---
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/13 "2025-10-11T18:57:30Z")
Actually that was probably me quoting a brewer here in LA that’s awash in competition medals. The thing I quoted from him was him saying that competitions really are a test of your packaging skills. (to Megary’s point - I would think that it’s a given that you have to brew good beer first.) ---
**Author:** ![CAVIE06](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/cavie06/32/21831_2.png) [@CAVIE06](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/CAVIE06)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/14 "2025-10-12T16:39:28Z")
Sorry I missed this one. Was there an email blast sent out about it? That’s where I usually find out about AHA events. ---
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/15 "2025-10-12T20:20:16Z")
No email about this - this was a test event that we put out on the “QT” so we could see how well it worked. I do think we’re working on a recap video. ---
**Author:** ![dbeechum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brewersassociation/user_avatar/forum.homebrewersassociation.org/dbeechum/32/12418_2.png) [@dbeechum](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/u/dbeechum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.homebrewersassociation.org/t/october-2025-happy-hour-with-john-palmer-all-the-questions-you-can-brew/39479/16 "2025-12-10T06:49:25Z")
Anyone wants to review the video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJHRPln4\_U0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJHRPln4_U0)