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Clear your calendar—the world’s largest and most competitive homebrew competition is gearing up for another epic year. The 2026 National Homebrew Competition (NHC) is officially on the horizon. 2026 marks the NHC's 48th year, proudly…
The American Homebrewers Association will be closed December 25 through January 1 as our team celebrates the holidays. We’ll be back in the new year, refreshed, recharged and ready for more great homebrewing content! 🍻 Wishing you a…
The January/February 2026 Zymurgy highlights the Pro-Am Competition medal winners, legacy breweries, the evolution of West Coast IPA, brewing gadgets, and brewing in Mongolia. Plus 11 recipes!
Each year the Great American Beer Festival awards medals for the Pro-Am competition, in which AHA members team up with pros to brew their best homebrew recipes on a commercial […]
While most homebrew tales focus on equipment and recipes, there’s a lot to learn from history, and some of America’s deepest beer history has filtered down through four final families: […]
American IPA is by far the most popular beer style among craft drinkers and homebrewers, and some believe the highly hopped West Coast variant launched its meteoric rise. Firestone Walker’s […]
Although today’s hobbyists enjoy unprecedented access to purpose-built brewing equipment, the DIY spirit remains very much a part of homebrewing culture. Zymurgy’s annual gadgets feature is dedicated to that spirit.
Inhospitable to outsiders, the remote steppes and deserts of Mongolia are paradise to the nomads who live there. Horses are a central part of their lives, and much of their […]
Homebrew Con returns in 2026—coming to Asheville, North Carolina! Join us June 19–20 for Club Night, the Homebrew Expo, HBC seminars, and the NHC Final Round Judging on June 18.
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