Homo sapiens didn’t really start to understand Saccharomyces cerevisiae until late in the 19th century, but our histories have been intertwined for a long, long time.

At the 2017 Great American Beer Festival, three AHA members got about as close to pro as you can without quitting your day job.

Sharpen your saws and dust off your drills. Zymurgy readers share the homemade homebrew tools that make for better brewing, cleaning, and serving.

AHA member Martin Bradley’s high-tech brewery is a labor-saving labor of love. Here, he shows us how he takes brewing automation to the next level.

Brewing beer used to be all about buckets and and carboys. Now countertop appliances make homebrewing as easy as pushing a button. We consider four of them here.

Propane gas remains the fuel of choice for most homebrewers who conduct full wort boils. Learn how to connect several burners to a single propane source.

Typically brewed with simple ingredients and ale yeast, weissbeir is a great style that can teach brewers a lot about brewing. Much complexity lies beneath the surface.

Even if you don’t avoid gluten all the time, you might just discover that alternative grains offer their own unique delights.

The term “session” is an adjective, an expression, a descriptor of certain beers rather than a style in and of itself. Defining session beer can feel like defining the undefinable.

Homebrewers in Mexico are bucking the status quo in a power struggle that dates to the Spanish conquistadors’ introduction of malt beer to the Americas.