BOULDER, CO—Celebrating one of America’s fastest growing hobbies, the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) invites homebrewers and beer aficionados around the world to toast National Homebrew Day with AHA Big Brew. This worldwide event brings together thousands of homebrewers from around the globe, all ...
It typically starts off in a basement or a garage, or perhaps, if you’re lucky, in 10 square feet in the corner of the den....
After the repeal of national prohibition in 1933, only 756 of the nation’s estimated 1,900 pre-prohibition breweries resumed operations. WWII and its aftermath had a further effect on their numbers, with the largest American (and world) brewers buying out smaller ...
I used to cleave to the old Groucho Marx adage, “I’d never join a club that would have someone like me as a member.” But that was before I found out about homebrew clubs, which are, by and large, the ...
In 1980, a homebrew shop, if you could find one, was an unkempt corner of a wine-making shop or Italian hardware store, a few dusty cans of English malt extract crowned by wrinkly packets of dying yeast. On the shelf ...
