Homebrew Con - American Homebrewers Association

In December, 26 years after its founding, Queen of Beer (QOB), a women’s homebrew competition, took bold new steps toward its original vision. The 2019 competition featured major educational prizes to advance women’s brewing skills.
Organizer Melissa McCann spent months visiting gatherings such as Homebrew Con to raise awareness, while pondering what QOB means to people. Knowing homebrewers who’d joined the industry, she saw an unexplored link between women homebrewers and women...

[Above: American Homebrewers Association Director Gary Glass awards James Zorn from the Office of Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL, 13th District) with the 2020 Homebrew on the Hill competition trophy.]
On November 1, the AHA, along with our parent organization the Brewers Association (BA), hosted a daylong homebrew demonstration in Washington, D.C.: the second annual Homebrew on the Hill, held in conjunction with National Learn to Homebrew Day. AHA...

Mash all malts in London porter water (adjust as necessary to produce a mash pH of 5.5 to 5.6) at a temperature between 150-154° F (65-68°C) for 60 minutes. A mashout step to 168° F (76° C) is helpful, but optional. Sparge the mash with low-alkalinity...

[Featured above: members of the SoCal Cerveros homebrew club.]
In 2019, the American Homebrewers Association conducted the first annual demographic analysis of our membership as part of the tactics laid out in our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategic plan....