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Every year the [http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ American Homebrewers Assocation] hosts the [http://www.ahaconference.org/ HomebrewCon (formerly the "National Homebrewers Conference")]. This is a list of seminars that were given at past conferences that involve sour/funk brewing.

All seminars are located hereon the AHA website, and require a membership to the American Homebrewers Association to access: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/resources/conference-seminars/

===2019===* Brewing Sour Beer at Home: Coolships, Wild Strains, and Commercial Sources by Dr. Douglas Gladue* Flavor Impacts of Brett Fermentation under Pressure by Jonah Greenbaum-Shinder & Chris Saunders of Escarpment Labs* How to Facilitate a Club Barrel-Aging Program and Produce Quality Beer by Aaron De Boer & Matt Johnson* Improving the Quality of Your Sour Beer through Blending by Chris Rabeau* Physiology of Alternative Yeasts and Bacteria: How to Use Unique Organisms to Emphasize Flavors in Beer by Dr. Matthew Humbard* Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus: The Story of a Contaminant Yeast That Shook the Brewing World by Seth Clearwater & Katelyn Roberts* Yeast Harvesting, Banking, and Quality Control by Eric Lowe ===2018===* Aging Beer in a Barrel or Wood Alternatives from Stouts to Sours by Dr. Douglas Gladue* Beasts and Bugs: Using the Science of Kombucha in Brewing Beer by James Czar* Biggest Mistakes in Sour Beer Making by Jay Goodwin* Bringing a Brewery Quality Control Lab into Your Home by Dr. Kevin McCabe ([https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IsB_deiFyJfwKbHiKFf5-YCWwEufHQk1 free presentation material here)]* Imbibing in Ancient Iberia: Celtic to Flemish Brewing and Beyond by Travis Rupp* Kettle Souring: Four Brewers’ Different Approaches by Adam Rabbings, Ben Edmunds, Ben Love, Sean Burke (editor's note: in our opinion, some information in this talk is superseded by the [[Wort_Souring|information on this wiki]])* Sour Power! A Pro Brewer Spontaneous Fermentation Roundtable by Averie Swanson, Dave Logsdon, James Howat, Jeff Mello, and Trevor Rogers* The "Sour" in Sour Beers: Microbiology Sensory Perception and Styles by Robert Hall* Wild Beer Curling: Course Correcting and Guiding Your Beer to Success by Shilpi Halemane* Yeast Genome Changes During Serial Repitching by Maitreya Dunham ===2017===* Achieving the Flavor Profile You Want from the Microorganisms in Your Homebrew by Dr. Douglas Gladue* Against the Grain: Wood Aging and Barrel Alternatives by Matthew Del Fiacco* Becoming a Better Beer Judge Amanda Burkemper (contains a section on mixed fermentation beers)* Beer Blending Tips and Techniques by Aaron Hyde* Brewing Berliner Weisse: Moving Beyond Kettle Souring by Jace Marti* Embrace Your Inner Nerd: Simple Steps to Setting up a Home Lab by Zachary Taggart* Fermenting All of It! Filling the Table with Home Fermented Goodness by John Wilson, Brian Wolf* Lagers to Lambic: Hard Stuff the Easy Way by Derek Springer, Brian Hall* Use of Dry Yeast for Fermentation and Bottle Conditioning by Jennifer Helber * Using Trees in Unsual Ways to Create Unique Flavor Profiles by Marika Josephson, Aaron Kleidon ===2016===* A Timeline for Sour Beer: How to get the Flavors you Want, When you Want Them by Brian Hall* Beers That Flunked The Reinheitsgebot— Or How to Brew with Ingredients from Your Yard Without Killing Your Neighbors by Stan Hieronymus* Brewing Grisette and Saison: Insight from Historical Records and Modern Producers by David Janssen* Brewing Wild by John Wilson and Brian Wolfe* Contemporary Experiments in Ancient Brewing by Steve Hulbert and Ben Freund* Farmhouse Sabbatical: What I’ve Learned from Brewing Saison (And Only Saison) by Kyle Kohlmorgen* Homebrew Bloggers Roundtable by Derek Springer, Marshall Schott, Ed Coffey and Matt Humbard* Hoppy Sour Beers: Taking the Bitter out of IPA by Michael Tonsmeire* Launching a Communal Sours Program by Andy Gamelin* Phenolic Compounds in Beer: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Mike Lentz* Small Barrel Strategies by James Shamas and CJ Shamas* Trouble-Free Tart Beers: Alternative Souring Methods by Mary Izett* What is Wild Yeast, Where is It, and How do you Brew With It? Jeff Mello ===2015 Seminars===* [http://www.fivebladesbrewing.com/presentations/berliner-and-beyond-sour-mashing-and-its-applications/ Berliner and Beyond: Sour Mashing and Its Applications by Derek Springer]

===2014 Seminars===

===2013 Seminars===

===2012 Seminars===

===2011 Seminars===