Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Thursday, August 7, from 7 – 8:30 for a lecture on the description and history of hops, and the decades of the Northeast’s leadership in US hop production. Discover how you can grow hops at home, the structures you can use for the vines. Roger Savoy will also describe each individual ingredient in beer: malt, hops, yeast and water. Learn how we use those to make beer, supplimenting the four ingredients with adjuncts and specialty herbs, spices, fruits and such.

Roger Savoy is President of Homebrew Emporium, which sells equipment and supplies to make beer, wine, cheese and other home prepared foods. He taught at and worked as a consultant and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Incubator, helping small businesses develop locally and internationally. He, wife Anita, and friend Bruce Lucier purchased a small 500 sq ft homebrew store in Rensselaer, NY in 1997. Since then, the company has become the largest in the Northeast and one fo the largest in the country. He has been a regular on NPR, and frequently speaks at brewing related events.

Roger is also an avid cook and gardener. His garden has many herbs including those used brewing, such as hops, coriander and lemon balm.  Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $10, Non-Members $15.  The lecture takes place in The Parkman Room at the Education Building, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley.  Register online at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e9hk0rw5b3814e98&llr=kzaorjcab, or call Katie Folts at 617-933-4973.