This article is about the American professional brewing organization. For other beer-related groups, see List of beer organizations.
The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 5,400 brewers, breweries in planning, suppliers, distributors, craft beer retailers, and individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing.[3][4]
Brewers Association
Formation
2005; 18 years ago (2005)
Merger of
Association of Brewers, Brewers' Association of America
Logo of the American Homebrewers Association featured in 2011
The BA was established in 2005 through a merger of the Association of Brewers headed by brewer Charlie Papazian and the Brewers' Association of America, intending to "promote and protect small and independent American brewers, their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts."[3]
The American Homebrewers Association is a division of the Brewers Association focused on homebrewers of beer, cider, and mead. The AHA was founded in 1978 by Charlie Papazian in Boulder, Colorado. The AHA runs the world's largest homebrew competition and also organizes several homebrew events in the United States and Canada. Julia Herz is the current executive director. The AHA publishes the magazine Zymurgy six times per year to its 37,000 members.[8]
Every year the AHA hosts the following events:
National Homebrew Competition
Homebrew Con (previously known as the National Homebrewers Conference) which includes the finals of the National Homebrew Competition
Big Brew, held the first Saturday in May
Mead Day, held the first Saturday in August
Learn to Homebrew Day, held the first Saturday in November
Ninkasi Award
The Ninkasi Award is the prize given by American Homebrewers Association for the brewer who gains the most points in the final round of the National Homebrew Competition, judged at the National Homebrewers Conference.[9] Points are gained from the brewer's winning entries in the 23 categories of beer and several categories of mead and cider. At least 2 points (1 bronze placement) must come from a beer entry.
The Ninkasi Award is named in honor of Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer.[9]
Past winners
The winners since the introduction of the Ninkasi Award in 1992:[10]
Brewers Publications was started in 1986 and is under the umbrella of the Brewers Association organization. The first book Brewers Publications published was Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home- and Microbreweries by Greg Noonan.
References
^"Brewers Association Inc". Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^"Who We Are". Brewers Association. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^"Membership Types". Brewers Association. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^"Charlie Papazian Adopts New Role at Brewers Association". Brewers Association. January 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^"The Team". Brewers Association. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
^. Brewers Association. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
^"American Homebrewers Association Membership Surpasses 30,000". BevNET Magazine. February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
^ abc. The Coast News. July 12, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
^"Access the list of the current and past National Homebrew Competition winners!". Brewers Association. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
External links
Official website
January 24, 2023
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This article is about the American professional brewing organization For other beer related groups see List of beer organizations The Brewers Association BA is an American trade group of over 5 400 brewers breweries in planning suppliers distributors craft beer retailers and individuals particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing 3 4 Brewers AssociationFormation2005 18 years ago 2005 Merger ofAssociation of Brewers Brewers Association of AmericaTypeTrade associationTax ID no 84 0802918Legal status501 c 6 organization 1 HeadquartersBoulder ColoradoMembership 2020 5 400 brewers 2 President and CEOBob PeaseWebsitebrewersassociation wbr orgTwo of the largest programs supported by the BA are the American Homebrewers Association AHA and the annual Great American Beer Festival GABF The current president and CEO is Bob Pease 5 6 The American Homebrewers Association was founded by past BA president Charlie Papazian 7 Contents 1 American Homebrewers Association 1 1 Ninkasi Award 1 1 1 Past winners 2 Brewers Publications 3 References 4 External linksAmerican Homebrewers Association Edit Logo of the American Homebrewers Association featured in 2011 The BA was established in 2005 through a merger of the Association of Brewers headed by brewer Charlie Papazian and the Brewers Association of America intending to promote and protect small and independent American brewers their craft beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts 3 The American Homebrewers Association is a division of the Brewers Association focused on homebrewers of beer cider and mead The AHA was founded in 1978 by Charlie Papazian in Boulder Colorado The AHA runs the world s largest homebrew competition and also organizes several homebrew events in the United States and Canada Julia Herz is the current executive director The AHA publishes the magazine Zymurgy six times per year to its 37 000 members 8 Every year the AHA hosts the following events National Homebrew Competition Homebrew Con previously known as the National Homebrewers Conference which includes the finals of the National Homebrew Competition Big Brew held the first Saturday in May Mead Day held the first Saturday in August Learn to Homebrew Day held the first Saturday in NovemberNinkasi Award Edit The Ninkasi Award is the prize given by American Homebrewers Association for the brewer who gains the most points in the final round of the National Homebrew Competition judged at the National Homebrewers Conference 9 Points are gained from the brewer s winning entries in the 23 categories of beer and several categories of mead and cider At least 2 points 1 bronze placement must come from a beer entry The Ninkasi Award is named in honor of Ninkasi the Sumerian goddess of beer 9 Past winners Edit The winners since the introduction of the Ninkasi Award in 1992 10 1992 Steve amp Christina Daniel 1993 Walter Dobrowsky 1994 Michael Byers 1995 Rhett Rebold 1996 Tom Bergman amp Chas Peterson 1997 George Fix 1998 Art Beall 1999 Tom Plunkard 2000 Joe Formanek 2001 Brian Cole 2002 Curt Hausam 2003 Curt Hausam 2nd win 2004 Jamil Zainasheff 2005 Paul Long 2006 Joe Formanek 2nd win 2007 Jamil Zainasheff 2nd win 2008 Gordon Strong 2009 Gordon Strong 2nd win 2010 Gordon Strong 3rd win 2011 Paul Sangster 9 2012 Mark Schoppe 2013 David Barber 2014 Jeremy Voeltz 2015 Mark Schoppe 2nd win 2016 Derrick Flippin 2017 Jeff Poirot and Nicholas McCoy 2018 Greg Young 2019 Mark Peterson 2020 No Competition COVID 2021 Jason Lowery 2022 Timothy LambertBrewers Publications EditBrewers Publications was started in 1986 and is under the umbrella of the Brewers Association organization The first book Brewers Publications published was Brewing Lager Beer The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbreweries by Greg Noonan References Edit Brewers Association Inc Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica Retrieved March 25 2020 Who We Are Brewers Association Retrieved March 25 2020 a b About Us Purpose amp History Brewers Association Retrieved March 17 2012 Membership Types Brewers Association Retrieved March 3 2017 Charlie Papazian Adopts New Role at Brewers Association Brewers Association January 2 2016 Retrieved March 3 2017 The Team Brewers Association Retrieved January 11 2020 About Us Brewers Association staff Brewers Association Archived from the original on March 12 2012 Retrieved March 17 2012 American Homebrewers Association Membership Surpasses 30 000 BevNET Magazine February 14 2012 Retrieved March 17 2012 a b c Computer pioneer is a brewer at heart The Coast News July 12 2011 Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved January 11 2020 Access the list of the current and past National Homebrew Competition winners Brewers Association Retrieved January 11 2020 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brewers Association amp oldid 1119879099, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
