


Incorporating a Homebrew Club
In Zymurgy Spring 1995 (Vol. 18, No. 1) “Club News,” we learned that clubs may apply for not-for-profit status through the Internal Revenue Service. Once clubs are established as not-for-profits, they are considered tax-exempt and are able to…

Homebrewing: A Tasteful Act of Revolution
This post was originally published on BrewmanceMovie.com. Learn more about the Brewmance documentary, which follows three groups of homebrewers as they adventure into the world of professional craft brewing. *…

SoCal Cerveceros: A Revolutionary Homebrew Club That Supports Young Latino Brewers
"For the last three years, SoCal Cerveceros members have come from across the L.A. basin for meetings held at a rotation of Latino-owned breweries, taprooms, restaurants and homebrew supply stores. At each, they bring new experimental beers to try, give…


Brewers Association Launches Independent Craft Brewer Seal
In an effort to educate beer drinkers about which beers are independently produced, the Brewers Association launched a new independent craft brewer seal.

2017 Zymurgy Best Beers By State
Each year we ask Zymurgy readers to share a list of their 20 favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States. It’s always a mad dash to find out who makes the list and we’ve already tallied the votes for…

Copa Cerveza Mexico 2016
This article is the July/August 2017 Zymurgy magazine online extra. * * * Last November, I traveled to Mexico to serve as one of 22 judges in Copa Cerveza, the largest craft beer competition in the country. I was…

2017 Best Beers in America Results
Each year we ask Zymurgy magazine readers to share a list of their 20 favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States. We’ve tallied the votes, and here are the results for the 2017 Best Beers in America survey including Top Ranked…

[Video] Celebrating Homebrew Day Around the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKhTgnobo0c In honor of National Homebrew Day, our friends at Ornery Ales Productions took to social media and asked its followers to send videos of their homebrew equipment, their latest brew, and their locations. Most of our followers are outside…

Brewing Brewers: Beer in College is Not What You Think
Today’s college kids are not the same. I see them as freshmen, and again as seniors, and the evolution is stark. Most freshmen have never lived away from home or had a job. They’ve been shuttled from sports to lessons,…

Great Merchandising Can Influence Customers and Increase Your Sales
Shoppers are leaving their homes less and less to venture into the real world of weather, traffic, and parking. When they make the effort to visit a brick-and-mortar store, your first chance to say It’s different here is…