In the autumn of 2004, our headquarters, the harbor bar in Solothurn, took our leave of the winter break. The prospect for the next 7 months to get no good beer any more made the thought of brewing our own. Well, nice and good but how do you get from the beer drinker to the beer brewer? A brewing seminar had to be visited! Armed with pen and paper we met in January 2005 with like-minded in the Öufi brewery in Solothurn.