The Brewers Association is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital/familial status. Follow the AHA on Twitter, and join us on Facebook and Instagram. The AHA is part of the Brewers Association, whose Brewers Publications division is the largest publisher of contemporary and relevant brewing literature for today’s craft brewers and homebrewers.īeer lovers and anyone interested in making their own homemade beer are invited to learn more at. The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) organizes events including the National Homebrewers Conference and National Homebrew Competition. The American Homebrewers Association has worked on behalf of the homebrewing community since 1978 and celebrates a membership of more than 44,000 homebrewers. High resolution photos can be found here.Ĭontact: Abby Berman, on behalf of the American Homebrewers Association, (646) 695-7044Ībout the American Homebrewers Association The National Homebrewers Conference is made possible by the generous support of its sponsors. In 2016, homebrewers will meet in Baltimore from June 9-11 for the 38th rendition of the event. The Homebrew Expo & Social Club, Welcome Reception and Club Night were opportunities for participants to try craft beers and meads from homebrew clubs and breweries nationwide, while brewing up new friendships with their fellow hobbyists. Attendees were also able to enjoy a series of events where they sampled each other’s brews and commercial craft beers. Tomme Arthur, best known for co-founding Port Brewing Company and The Lost Abbey, keynoted the event. The conference also offered attendees the opportunity to hone their homebrewing skills by learning from a variety of expert speakers-92 in total-providing 56 distinct seminars across 14 educational tracks. “Each year we look forward to the AHA National Homebrewers Conference as an event for the community to come together and toast homebrewing’s best of the best, all while educating and inspiring each other,” said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. Gold, silver and bronze medals were presented in 28 style categories.Ī complete list of 2015 National Homebrew Competition winners can be found here. Mark Schoppe won the Ninkasi Award as the winningest brewer in the competition. Winners of this year’s National Homebrew Competition include Oskar Norlander, Peter Salmond and Erik Norlander as Homebrewer of the Year with their Geuze Brett Glenna as Cidermaker of the Year with his Common Cider and Donald Boyle and Stephen Boyle as Meadmaker of the Year with their Semi-Sweet Blueberry Honey Traditional Mead. The first competition, held in 1979 in Boulder, Colo., judged 34 beers. Over its 37-year history, the National Homebrew Competition has evaluated 118,911 brews. In the final round of competition at the National Homebrewers Conference, 949 entries were evaluated by some of the top beer judges in the country. Recognizing the most outstanding homemade beer, mead and cider produced by homebrewers worldwide, this year’s competition saw 7,663 entries from 3,170 homebrewers located in 50 states, the District of Columbia and 12 other locations around the world entered in the first round of the competition. A confluence of incredible beer, creativity and community, the conference culminates with the world’s largest beer competition: the AHA National Homebrew Competition.
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