Explore the winning beer, mead, and cider recipes from all 40 categories judged in the 2026 National Homebrew Competition, complete with ingredients, fermentation details, maker notes, and plenty of brew-day […]

Adriana Terron recounts four days of judging, seminars, tastings, bottle shares, reflection, and community at Homebrew Con 2026, including the imperfect moments that ultimately renewed her excitement for the hobby.

Nick McLawhorn explores Mexico’s holiday bock tradition and his four-batch pursuit of Noche Buena, a crisp, ruby-colored lager created for Christmas Eve celebrations and built to complement the holiday table.

Frances Tietje-Wang examines how women have used fermentation to nourish families, earn income, preserve cultural knowledge, and sustain communities through colonization, apartheid, Prohibition, war, and other periods of political suppression.