
The American Homebrewers Association has a new AI-powered tool: the AHA Assistant Brewer. Now we need your help giving it a name and look.
The AHA invites members to submit a name, mascot design, or both. Help us capture the spirit of homebrewing, the AHA community, and the creativity that makes this hobby so much fun.
Competition at a Glance
- Who can enter: Current AHA members
- Competition opens: Aug. 10, 2026
- Entry deadline: Sept. 8, 2026
- Member voting: Sept. 22, 2026
- Winners announced: Oct. 12, 2026
- Enter: A name, a mascot design, or both
Two Ways to Enter
Submit a name, a mascot design, or both. Name ideas and mascot designs will be evaluated separately.
If you submit both, the AHA may select your name, your design, both, or neither. The final name and mascot may come from two different entrants. In other words, the best name and the best design win, even if they did not arrive together.
This competition is your chance to help shape the AHA Assistant Brewer—and part of the future of the AHA.
What is the AHA Assistant Brewer?
The AHA Assistant Brewer is a new AI-powered tool designed to help homebrewers get fast, useful answers to brewing questions.
Members can use it to explore homebrewing topics, troubleshoot brewing questions, learn from AHA resources, and get support as they brew, ferment, package, and improve their beer, mead, and cider.
Think of it as a brewing helper in your pocket.
Competition Guidelines
Help us bring the AHA’s new AI assistant to life! We’re inviting members to design a fun, friendly mascot, and/or suggest names that embody the spirit of homebrewing, the AHA, and creativity.
Your proposed name should:
- Be original
- Be easy to say, spell, and remember
- Feel friendly, helpful, and creative
- Connect to homebrewing and the AHA community
- Work across beer, mead, cider, and other fermentation topics
- Avoid existing brands, products, organizations, characters, or trademarks
- Avoid offensive, discriminatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise inappropriate language
- Avoid the name or likeness of a real person without written permission
Please include a brief explanation of the idea behind your name.
The AHA may adjust a selected name for spelling, clarity, usability, or brand alignment.
Your design should:
- Use a 1:1 canvas, with equal width and height
- Be compact enough to work inside a square, circle, app icon, or website tile
- Use AHA brand colors (see below)
- Include no text
- Be original artwork
- Avoid copyrighted or trademarked elements, including clip art, brand logos, or characters
- Feel friendly, approachable, and helpful
- Feature a human, animal, object, or abstract character
File requirements:
- PNG with a transparent background
The AHA may adjust a selected design for usability or brand alignment.
AHA Color Palette
Judging Criteria
Your AHA Community and Education Committee and AHA staff will evaluate names and designs.
Name submissions will be evaluated based on:
- Creativity and originality
- Memorability and ease of use
- Connection to homebrewing and the AHA community
- Fit with the AHA’s brand, vision, and values
- Suitability for long-term use across the website, social media, publications, and other communications
The AHA may modify a submitted name for clarity, usability, spelling, or brand alignment.
Mascot designs will be evaluated based on:
- Creativity and originality
- Alignment with AHA branding, vision, and values
- Friendly and approachable appearance
- Clarity and usability at the required size
- Adaptability across digital and print formats
The AHA may modify a submitted design for usability or brand alignment.
Competition Details
Ready to Enter?
Put your creativity on tap and help give the AHA Assistant Brewer a name and look worthy of the homebrewing community.
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