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It’s that time of year again: Registration is open for the 2025 National Homebrew Competition (NHC)! Since the first NHC in 1979, more than 166,000 homebrewed entries have been evaluated by our team of expert judges, and this year is your chance to go for gold.

Put your beer, cider, or mead to the test, get invaluable judge feedback, and compete for eternal glory and exciting prizes. Registration closes Feb. 19, 2025.

Competition Details

The 2025 competition includes seven First Round judging sites. Brewers are welcome to select their preferred site and do not need to choose the one that is geographically closest to them.… Read the rest “Register Now: 2025 National Homebrew Competition”

Mash in at 148°F (64°C) for 10 min. Raise to 158°F (70°C) and hold for 90 min. Mash out at 168°F (76°C) for 10 min. Boil for 120 min. Cool to pitching temp and add yeast. Ferment for 4 weeks. Age the beer in a second-use 5-gallon rye bourbon barrel for 3 months. Keg, and condition in the kegerator for about 2 years.

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How We Got Here and WHY We Celebrate

By Shawna Cormier and Julia Herz

Hello everyone. We hope you each had a fantastic and healthy holiday season filled with good homebrew, family, friends, and rest. Today the American Homebrewers Association® (AHA) is sharing big news! We have filed for incorporation in the state of Colorado as a step to becoming an independent 501(c) nonprofit organization. View the press release.

Founded in 1978, the AHA has operated as a division under the umbrella of the Brewers Association℠ (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers—since 1983. Before… Read the rest “AHA Is Going Independent!”

Mash at 158°F (71°C) for 45 minutes. During Vorlauf, raise temperature to 165°F (74°C) to ensure smooth runoff and sparge with 168–170°F (76–77°C) water until pre-boil volume is met.  Boil 60 minutes, perform whirlpool with Incognito hops for 25 minutes. Cool wort, transfer to fermentation vessel and pitch appropriate amount of yeast by using a yeast calculator. Ferment at 69°F (21°C).  Begin dry hop schedule at day 6 into primary and begin crashing the hops out at day 8. Package the beer into kegs by day 10 to limit contact with the vegetal hop matter.… Read the rest “The Juice Extractor Hazy IPA”

Find links to all the web pages mentioned in the January/February 2025 Zymurgy magazine.

About Zymurgy Magazine

Zymurgy is the bi-monthly journal for members of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA). All issues of Zymurgy magazine through the year 2000 can be accessed digitally online or with your smartphone device.

Join the AHA for a Zymurgy magazine subscription and to enjoy other member benefits!

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• NHC Winners
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• Rock Hoppers Brew Club
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Mash at 148°F (64°C) for 50 minutes, with a 10-minute mash out at 168°F (76°C). Boil 60 minutes. Pitch yeast at 52°F (11°C) and ferment one week. Bump to 56°F (13°C) on day 7, then to 64°F (18°C) on day 9 and hold for fermentation to finish. Once F.G. is stable, crash cool to 38°F (3°C) and pressure transfer into kegs to carbonate. Enjoy!

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(Photo credit: The LBJ Presidential Library)

Though he was often associated with peanuts, for some, former President Jimmy Carter’s name evokes thoughts of hops.

On October 14, 1978, President Carter signed bill H.R. 1337, which contained Amendment 5354 sponsored by Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) and Representative William Steiger (R-WI). That amendment created an exemption from taxation of beer brewed at home for personal or family use. Essentially, it lifted regulations imposed by Prohibition laws over 50 years previous.

Some states were quick to adopt federal legalization as their state’s policy on home beermaking, while others developed their own language.… Read the rest “Homebrewing Community Remembers President Jimmy Carter”

The January/February 2025 Zymurgy highlights the 2024 National Homebrew Competition winners and recipes, 2024 GABF Pro-Am winners, homebrewing gadgets, lager coolships, and brewing in the Guianas.

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