Location: Blue Monkey Brewery
Date: November 10
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Curious about sourdough but don’t know where to start? This beginner-friendly class breaks sourdough down into simple, easy-to-understand steps — no baking experience needed.

Join Grateful Grain Sourdough Bakery for a fun, relaxed, hands-on intro to the art and science of real sourdough. Learn how flour, water, salt, and wild yeast turn into beautiful artisan bread — all while enjoying the awesome brewery atmosphere.

• The Science of Sourdough Starter — and Why It Changes Everything
Discover how wild yeast and beneficial bacteria work together to create flavor, rise, and naturally preserved bread.

• How to Feed, Strengthen, and Maintain a Reliable Starter
Master simple routines, feeding ratios, and visual signals so your starter performs consistently.

• The Fundamentals of Mixing and Fermentation
Learn how hydration, temperature, and time shape dough strength, flavor depth, and crumb texture.

• Gluten Development Through Stretch & Fold (Live Demonstration)
Watch dough transform in real time and learn how to build strength without overworking it.

• Artisan Shaping Techniques for Bakery-Quality Loaves
Create structure, surface tension, and beautiful natural scoring patterns.

• Confident Home Baking Methods
Dutch oven baking, steam alternatives, doneness cues, and troubleshooting for consistent results.

Your Personal Fermentation Toolkit

Etched Personalized Mason Jar + Active Starter
Your own living fermentation culture — a wild yeast + bacteria ecosystem you’ll take home and keep feeding (like a delicious science pet).

Pre-Mixed Dough to Bake at Home
Practice fermentation timing and dough structure in your own kitchen with confidence.

Bread Lame for Scoring + Loaf Design
Learn how controlled scoring supports oven spring and lets you create beautiful artisan patterns.

Fresh Baked Artisan Sourdough Loaf
Taste real long-fermented sourdough and understand how fermentation impacts flavor, texture, and digestibility.

Sourdough Cinnamon Roll Sampling During Class
Because fermentation science is better with snacks — and brewery vibes.

Grateful Grain Tote Bag
Carry home your starter, tools, baked bread, and sourdough goodies in style.

This is a fully immersive sourdough experience — part bakery, part brewery hangout, part fermentation lab.

• Curious Beginners
No experience needed — just an interest in real bread, fermentation, and learning something new.

• Home Bakers Ready to Level Up
If your bread is “pretty good” but you want consistency, structure, and bakery-quality results.

• Food Science + Fermentation Nerds
If microbes, fermentation, and dough chemistry fascinate you — this is your happy place.

• Craft Beer + Artisan Food Lovers
Perfect for anyone who appreciates slow processes, quality ingredients, and handcrafted food.

• Hands-On Learners
If you learn best by doing, tasting, and seeing the process happen in real time.