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The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Pro-Am competition pairs teams of home and commercial brewers together in a competition that brings homebrew recipes to the masses. This year, the 2015 GABF Pro-Am competition had 92 entries from professoional-amateur collaborations…
NYC homebrew shop brings homebrewers together in support of a great cause. Brooklyn-based homebrew supply shop, Bitter & Esters is participating in charity event Ales for ALS, a collaboation between Loftus Ranches, Yakima Chief-Hopunion and homebrewers around the country,…
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Pro-Am competition is a chance for homebrewers to team up with a commercial brewery to bring a homebrew-inspired beer to the masses. The beer is entered into the GABF Pro-Am competition…
A homebrew after dinner not only tastes great, but it is good for your health! A digestif is typically an alcoholic drink consumed after a meal to aid the digestive process. Although the medical field is uncertain as to whether these nightcaps…
by Gary Glass The American homebrewing community lost one of its pioneers with the passing of Byron Burch on August 20th. Byron authored one of the original modern American books on homebrewing, Brewing Quality Beers, first published in 1974. Byron founded…
The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) has members all across the globe, with five of the six continents (all but Antarctica) represented by the membership. There are bustling homebrewing and beer scenes in every corner of the world and if you…
Dogs can be the best brew day assistants, but make sure to keep them away from your hops! Canine ingestion of hops is highly poisonous and can be fatal.
If you're considering going pro, or are in the process of starting a new brewery, you probably know that it takes more than heart to succeed. To avoid common missteps and costly detours, you need a guide—a mentor who has…
Trappists, more formally known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, are a Roman Catholic contemplative order with history that stretches back hundreds of years and roots long before that. The monasteries of Trappist monks and…
by Gary Glass, American Homebrewers Association Director On Monday, August 10, Fred Eckhardt of Portland, OR, one of the true pioneers of America’s homebrewing and craft brewing community passed away in his sleep at the age of 89. Fred Eckhardt was…
Homebrewers love to share their beer with those they care about. So the marriage of two homebrewers, Amanda and Myles Burkemper, wouldn’t have been complete without beer made with their own hands served at their wedding. Here is their tale…
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 2015 Best Beers in America survey, including Top…
