Check out the featured stories, such as The Origins of the American Homebrewers Association, Covering Zymurgy for 25 Years, Zymurgy Volume 1, Number 1, 25 Years of Zymurgistic Nonsense, Blasts From the Past, and Winners Cicrle: 25 Years of Homebrew Excellence.
Covers weren’t always colorful but they have certainly been playful. From bathtub-bound Colonels to beachwear supermodels, Zymurgy covers have chronicled homebrewing in every walk of life.
In the early years, the AHA survived on heartfelt commitment and homebrew as volunteers chipped in to create the organizationthat we know today. We caught up with some of the founding staff members to find out what life was like before computers and color printing.
The first issue of Zymurgy rolled off the presses shortly after President Carter signed the law legalizing homebrewing in 1978. If you missed that first 12-page issue, we show you the actual first two pages with complete text of the articles they introduced.
When Charlite Papazian was still drinking cream soda, Fred Eckhardt was already well familiar with what was then a wretched world of homebrewing. Starting “before the beginning”, he tells us how that all changed.
Funny stories, odd items and just plain “back then” reminisciences from the days of homebrews past.
This special installment of Winners Circle includes the recipe for every Homebrewer of Year beer from the founding of the National Homebrew Competition in 1979 to the present.
Dave brewed his first batch in 2009 and started writing about beer soon thereafter. In addition to geeking out on beer and language, Dave enjoys hiking, traveling, and other gerunds as well. Email Dave
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