Category: Homebrew Beer

Registration for the National Homebrew Competition (NHC)—the world’s largest amateur homebrew competition for celebrating the most outstanding beer, mead, and cider—is open through Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. MT.

Presented by the American Homebrewers Association®, members are encouraged to enter their best brews to receive valuable feedback from qualified judges and vie for gold, silver, or bronze medals. Since the inaugural American Homebrewers Association National Homebrew Competition in 1979, 162,710 entries have been evaluated.

During registration, participants will pay for their entries, select style categories, and indicate a First Round judging site preference.… Read the rest “Go for the Gold, Enter the National Homebrew Competition”

Display your American Homebrewers Association member card when redeeming discounts or bragging to your buds with these easy steps:

Desktop Instructions:

1. Log in by clicking the Account dropdown in the top right of the website and selecting Log In.

2. After authenticating with Salesforce you will be redirected back to the homebrewersassociation.org website. Click My Account in the top right of the website and select Membership Card.

3. You will be taken to a screen displaying your membership card. You can print or download the card using the link underneath the card.… Read the rest “How to Save and Display Your Membership Card”

Mark your calendars and get ready to go for the gold! The 2023 National Homebrew Competition (NHC) registration will open on January 24, 2023, 10:00 A.M. MT.

During the registration period, brewers will register and pay for their competition entries, including style categories and judging information (as needed), as well as select their First Round judging site. First Round sites have a limited capacity and will be available first-come-first-serve. The registration period may close earlier than January 31 and move to a waitlist if we exceed the demand for competition entries.

Registration links will be available on the NHC website once the registration period has opened.… Read the rest “National Homebrew Competition Registration Opens Jan. 24”

Join for One Year and Select a Book of Your Choice*

Purchase an annual American Homebrewers Association® membership and expand your knowledge and brewing library with one free brewing—valued up to $ 24.95.

Through Dec. 31, 2023, join for one year and choose from 64 qualifying Brewers Publications books* featuring different beer styles and alternative fermentations, ingredients, techniques, history, and more!

*Some Fine Print: Within 24 hours of purchasing a digital or print one-year membership, members will be emailed a code redeemable for one book on BrewersPublications.com

Chocolate and beer have long been a combination used to elevate the beer-drinking experience. If you’re a craft beer enthusiast or homebrewer, you’ve very likely had a chocolate beer or two grace your coaster. So it should come as no surprise that zymurgists worldwide are making chocolate beer at home.

Stouts—typically malt-forward dark ales—lend themselves particularly well to accommodating chocolate additions. The bold flavors of stout, often with notes of roast and coffee, pair perfectly with sweet additions of chocolate.

Browse through our selection of stouts that are the basis for fantastic chocolate beer recipes.… Read the rest “9 Chocolate Beer Recipes”

Mash at 151°F (66°C) for 60 minutes. Sparge at 171°F (77°C). Boil 75 minutes, adding hops and Whirlfloc as indicated.

Pitch yeast at 59°F (15°C) and let rise to 70°F (21°C). When terminal gravity is reached, condition and add finings (e.g., Biofine Clear) and store at 34–36°F (1–2°C) for at least 6 days.

Carbonate beer to approximately 2.5 vol. (5 g/L) CO₂.

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Styles, as a whole, are a difficult topic within the beer world. Constantly changing, ever-evolving, and hard to pin down exactly, beer styles are a topic of much debate in brewing circles. Passionate pleas on the true definition of a saison versus a farmhouse ale have been made by brewers over many a pint. The nuanced differences between various nationality-based pilsners can be debated until the cows come home. One thing that leaves little room for debate, however, is the explosion of “clean” sour beers in recent history and the overall lack of stylistic structure to contain methods of producing them.… Read the rest “Homebrewing a Midwest Fruit Tart Beer”

By Julia Herz, American Homebrewers Association Executive Director

You’ve heard of thinking and drinking outside the box. What about brewing outside the box? As in, brewing outside the physical box of your kitchen and home. In 2022, my favorite brew day was a full-on mobile brew, a 1-gallon, all-grain batch of beer, lovingly made on an in-and-out, two-burner, propane camper stove connected to my Aliner Classic pop-up camper. More on this brew day shortly.

Mobile brewing is nothing new. It’s wayyyy older than mobile phones. Ha. But a movement, dare I say?… Read the rest “Is Mobile Brewing a Movement?”