Director’s Cut: A Little More About My Journey, Thanks to the AHA
In my first Zymurgy Director’s Cut column, May/June 2022, I shared the fact that I’ve been reading Zymurgy religiously since the 1990s, when the stars aligned, the universe…
Peruse pairings, learn how to make beer, cider, mead, kombucha, and other alternative fermentations, get DIY tutorials, and much more in our archives.
In my first Zymurgy Director’s Cut column, May/June 2022, I shared the fact that I’ve been reading Zymurgy religiously since the 1990s, when the stars aligned, the universe…
On Saturday, June 20, 2026, the American Homebrewers Association® (AHA) gathered more than 1,000 members at the 46th Homebrew Con in Asheville, N.C., for an update on your national association’s first year as an independent nonprofit and a…
Asheville, N.C. | June 20, 2026 — The American Homebrewers Association® (AHA), the national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the hobby of homebrewing, announced the winners of the 2026 National Homebrew Competition (NHC) during the awards ceremony at Homebrew…
This July/August 2026 issue of Zymurgy celebrates all things AHA, from the future of homebrewing and the return of Homebrew Con to wet hops, stock ale, Schlenkerla, new National Homebrew Competition leadership, and why homebrewed beer really is the best…
At the 2025 Great American Beer Festival, the AHA raffled off a poster of one of the most iconic Zymurgy covers in the magazine’s history. Janet Anderson was the lucky […]
The American version of this historical style was brewed before Prohibition and can be seen as a direct ancestor to today’s West Coast IPAs and cold IPAs.
Mattias Trum has to be careful to balance the history of this 500-year-old Franconian brewery with the advancement of technologies and the realities of the modern world.
Meet the AHA’s new veteran homebrew competition organizers. Charlie Harr and Jen Pereira volunteered to run the greatest amateur brewing competition in the world: the NHC.
Homebrewers are the stewards of an ancient and proud tradition that brings order to chaos and connects us with clubs, community, and our ancestors.
Veteran homebrewer and AHA member Jim Spaulding shares some tasty nuggets of brewing knowledge he’s learned over the past 37 years of studying, and making, great beer.
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