Zymurgy Magazine | January/February 2024

January/February 2024

The January/February 2024 Zymurgy magazine is now available! Check out the featured stories including Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am, Bierscapes, Stowe-Aways in Vermont, Master Homebrewer Program, and Gadgets 2024.

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Cover Story

Winners of the GABF 2023 Pro-Am competition

Leveling Up

By Kristen Kuchar

At the Great American Beer Festival® (GABF) Pro-Am competition, every entry has already medaled at an AHA/BJCP-sanctioned competition. Professionals select these beers to brew commercially in partnership with the homebrewers who created them and compete at the highest level.

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Stowe—Aways In Vermont

By: Mark Pasquinelli

A tiny town in northern Vermont has become the epicenter of a craft beer Mecca, the home of New England IPAs and wunderbar German lagers. At Idletyme, von Trapp, and The Alchemist, Stowe lives up to its reputation for friendliness.

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Bierscapes

By: Ryan Pachmayer

The very best times in the world of beer usually involve great beer, but there’s more to it than that. It’s also about the company you keep and the environment you are in. If you have those three things, you might just create a great memory.

Zymurgy: January/February 2024

Master Homebrewer Program

By: Charlie Scudder

The Master Homebrewer Program (MHP) is changing the competitive brewing landscape in the United States. The program aims to connect brewers from around the country through competition; at the same time, it’s reshaping how the nation’s top brewers compete.

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Gadgets 2024

By: Zymurgy readers

Today’s homebrewers enjoy unprecedented access to purpose-built brewing equipment, but the do-it-yourself spirit remains very much a part of homebrewing culture. Zymurgy’s annual gadgets feature is dedicated to that spirit.