![]() Homebrew Bloggers Roundtable – The folks behind Brulosophy, Five Blades Brewing, Ales of the Riverwards, and A Ph.D in Beer gave a great talk about some of the issues surrounding some of the (bigger) homebrew blogs out there. Several seminars stood out for me this year: At times, it was necessary to make difficult decisions about which seminars to attend luckily, the AHA posts video recordings of all the seminars on their website. The seminars at Homebrew Con form the backbone of programming for the overall conference. In terms of content, the AHA seems to strive to address a broad spectrum of interests and levels of complexity, from beginner discussions about simple brewing techniques to highly technical overviews of contemporary research into brewing. The SeminarsĬharlie Papazian gave us a high-paced photographic tour through the last 30 years of homebrewing. In between, plenty of informal drinking happens via an abundantly stocked hospitality suite located in the middle of an exceptional trade show displaying the wares and gadgetry from different vendors around the country. Conference days are generally spent in a variety of seminars, whereas social events keep you busy at night. Every June, the conference lands in a different city for three days, bringing along with it over two thousand fanatic homebrewers ready to learn more about the hobby they love and to hang out with the community of people that makes the hobby so great. Four years, hundreds of batches, and four conferences later (I missed Grand Rapids in 2014), I’m only slightly less doe-eyed, but equally as enamored with what is undoubtedly the marquee event of the homebrew calendar.įor those unfamiliar, Homebrew Con is the annual conference hosted by the American Homebrewers Association. In 2017, homebrewers will meet in Minneapolis from June 15-17 for the 39th rendition of the event.It seems like only yesterday I was a doe-eyed, neophyte homebrewer enamored by the spectacle of the National Homebrewers Conference, my first being Bellevue in 2012. The Homebrew Expo & Social Club, Keynote Address & Welcome Toast 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. The conference also offered attendees the opportunity to hone their homebrewing skills by learning from a variety of expert speakers and attending a number of educational seminars. “As the hobby of homebrewing continues to grow and reach new heights, each year Homebrew Con and the National Homebrew Competition - which is the pinnacle event for homebrewers from around the world to showcase their prized brews - bring the community together so we can all keep learning from and inspiring each other.” “This year’s Homebrew Con was a great success, and we look forward to hosting many more,” said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. QUAFF (Quality Ales and Fermentation Fraternity) of Carlsbad, Calif., won the NHC Homebrew Club award, and Derrick Flippin of Rural Hall, N.C., won the Ninkasi Award as the competition’s winningest brewer.Ī complete list of 2016 National Homebrew Competition winners can be found here. This year’s winners include Nick Corona of San Marcos, Calif., who earned the Homebrewer of the Year Award with his Weissbier Jeff Carlson of Grand Rapids, Mich., who won the Cidermaker of the Year Award and Steve Fletty of Falcon Heights, Minn., who received the Meadmaker of the Year Award. RELATED: SAVOR craft beer and food pairing event as awesome as ever (photo blog) The first competition, held in 1979 in Boulder, Colo., judged 34 beers. Over its 38-year history, the National Homebrew Competition has evaluated 126,873 brews. The final round of competition took place at the National Homebrewers Conference, where 1,074 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 7,962 entries from 3,396 homebrewers located in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 13 other countries. Hosted by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), the conference - a three-day extravaganza of homebrewing culture and community - culminated with the AHA National Homebrew Competition, the world’s largest beer competition. Some 3,000 homebrewers and beer enthusiasts gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for the National Homebrewers Conference, which for the first year ever went by its new name: Homebrew Con.
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