The Beer Cellar

PrimeTime Perry

This New World Perry recipe won a gold medal in the 2024 National Homebrew Competition Final Round.

Wisco Chillin’ Ice Cider

This Ice Cider took home the gold in the Speciality Cider or Perry category in the 2024 National Homebrew Competition Final Round.

jar of beer, mead, cider, or kombucha. red color

Recipes

Westside Lingonberry Cider

This Lingonberry Cider earned gold in the Fruit or Spice Cider category in the 2024 National Homebrew Competition Final Round.

Recipes

Flaming Globes of Sigmund Braggot

This gold medal-winning braggot involves brewing a cream ale, fermenting a mead, and blending the final products into a delicious beer-mead hybrid.

Julia Herz presenting at the NHC 2024 awards

Community & Culture

Director’s Cut: Living, Liquid History and Terroir

Brewing captures living history in a beverage that evolves over time, reflecting the choices, processes, and people behind it. Like beer, the AHA celebrates 46 years of shaping homebrewing through tradition, innovation, and a passionate, ever-growing community.

Recipes

Nectar of Näkki Sahti

This National Homebrew Competition gold-winning Sahti is described as comfort food in liquid form. It is thick and malty, with rye spice and just enough juniper to stand in for the hops.

Zymurgy: January/February 2025

A Cool Tradition

By: Ryan Packmayer

Few breweries still employ coolships for lagers. The extra step in the process, the maintenance, and the physical footprint of these large wort coolers make it impractical, but you can still find them in many countries, and for good reason.