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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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, […]
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 […]
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.”
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, […]
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.
Dave brewed his first batch in 2009 and started writing about beer soon thereafter. In addition to geeking out on beer and language, Dave enjoys hiking, traveling, and other gerunds as well. Email Dave
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