2024 Winners
2024 Winners
2024 Final Round Winners - San Diego, CAMajor Awards Samuel Adams Ninkasi Award Jarrett Long with John Bates Arlington, TX Urban Knaves of Grain
Tank 1587 Saison
Tank 1587 Saison
Randy Daniels and Kc McKinney of Des Moines won gold for their Saison in the 2024 National Homebrew Competition, earning the title of 2024 Homebrewers of the Year.
2022 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition Recipes
2022 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition Recipes
Access the three winning homebrew recipes from the 2022 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition.
Iowa Brewers Bevvy Scottish Light
Iowa Brewers Bevvy Scottish Light
Start with Aaron Reif’s 2017 gold-medal-winning Scottish Light recipe. Throw away the recipe and start from scratch. Go to the homebrew store for Wyeast 1728. If it’s not in stock, do what we did and go with 1098 instead. Robobrew…
World’s Best Homebrewers Honored at 43rd Annual National Homebrew Competition
World’s Best Homebrewers Honored at 43rd Annual National Homebrew Competition
The 43rd National Homebrew Competition awarded 126 medals to homebrewers worldwide, celebrating excellence in homemade beer, mead, and cider.
Polk County Stout
Polk County Stout
Aaron Reif of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, a member of the Iowa Brewers Union, won a gold medal in Category 23: Imperial Porter & Stout during the 2022 National Homebrew Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kaltrauch Rauchbier (2023)
Kaltrauch Rauchbier (2023)
Randy Daniels and KC McKinney of Des Moines, IA, a member of the Iowa Brewers Union homebrew club, won a gold medal in Category 30: Smoke-Flavored Beer in the 2023 National Homebrew Competition Final Round in San Diego. The duo's Rauchbier earned gold out of 78 entries.
Blue Gueuze
Blue Gueuze
This recipe has changed and evolved over the last 5 years, as the beer is in a 15-gallon solera barrel. Usually, I pull 5 gallons and top up with fresh beer every 4 months. A beer from this same barrel…
Scottish Light
Scottish Light
Mash at 154°F (68°C ) for 60 minutes. Wyeast 1728 smack pack smacked 2 hours prior to pitching. No starter. Pitched yeast at 60°F (16°C) and let rise to 62°F (17°C) to ferment. Only primary, no secondary. Water: Aim…
Blue Barrel Sour
Blue Barrel Sour
Age hops in open bags for over a year, or until they smell more of hay than cheese. Unmalted grains and boiled oats make the total efficiency lower than calculated. Step mash starting at 130°F (54°C), raising to 160°F (71°C)…
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