Zymurgy Magazine | November/December 2025

November/December 2025

The November/December 2025 Zymurgy celebrates the winners of the 2025 National Homebrew Competition, and explores what it means to brew in the face of adversity. Plus, gold medal-winning recipes!

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NHC Intro & Major Awards

By Adriana Terron

In 2025, nine major awards were presented at the National Homebrew Competition, including Homebrewer of the Year, Cidermaker of the Year, Meadmaker of the Year, the Samuel Adams Ninkasi Award, […]

Zymurgy: November/December 2025

NHC 2025 Gold Medal Recipes

By: Adriana Terron

The National Homebrew Competition is the world’s largest stage for amateur brewers to display their skills, creativity, and passion for fermentation, and recognizes the most outstanding homebrewed beer, mead, and […]

Zymurgy: November/December 2025

Getting Past the Wall: Women in Brewing

By: Shawna Cormier

Women can make anything; beer is no exception. What stands in the way is what Robyn Schumacher calls the “invisible wall of respect…it’s not insurmountable, but it’s always there.”

Zymurgy: November/December 2025

Frugal Brewing

By: Jeff Weikert

As an economist, Jeff Weikert can’t help but think of ways to save time, money, and effort in the brewhouse. With the cost of brewing materials ever on the rise, […]

Zymurgy: November/December 2025

High-Gravity Beers: Homebrew Unicorns

By: Mark Pasquinelli

Mark Pasquinelli has a passion for making homebrew unicorns—those high-gravity mythical beasts based on obscure or difficult-to-find styles that become much-sought-after limited-run releases. But creating them comes with challenges.