Brewers Association
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Brewers Association
| logo = Brewers Association-Logo.png
| logo_size = 182px
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| formation = {{start date and age|2005}}
| merger = Association of Brewers, Brewers' Association of America
| type = Trade association
| tax_id = 84-0802918
| status = 501(c)(6) organization{{cite web |title=Brewers Association Inc |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/840802918 |website=Nonprofit Explorer |date=May 9, 2013 |publisher=ProPublica |access-date=25 March 2020 |language=en}}
| purpose =
| headquarters = Boulder, Colorado
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| region =
| membership = 5,400 brewers{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/who-we-are/ |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=25 March 2020}}
| membership_year = 2020
| leader_title = President and CEO
| leader_name = Bob Pease
| website = {{URL|brewersassociation.org}}
}}
The Brewers Association 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.{{cite web|title=About Us: Purpose & History|url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/about-us/mission-and-history|access-date=17 March 2012|publisher=Brewers Association}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/membership/membership-types/ |title=Membership Types |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=2017-03-03 |language=en-US}}
Two of the largest programs supported by the Brewers Association are the American Homebrewers Association and the annual Great American Beer Festival. On January 27, 2025, the American Homebrewers Association announced it is incorporating to become an independent organization from the Brewers Association.{{Cite web |last=Cormier and Herz |first=Shawna and Julia |date=February 27, 2025 |title=Homebrewers Association |url=https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/update-on-ahas-independence-and-call-for-member-comment/ |access-date=April 5, 2025 |website=homebrewersassociation.org}} As of this edit, this process is ongoing.
The current president and CEO is Bob Pease.{{Cite web |url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/news/charlie-papazian-adopts-new-role-brewers-association/ |title=Charlie Papazian Adopts New Role at Brewers Association |date=2016-01-02 |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=2017-03-03 |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/who-we-are/team/ |title=The Team |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=2020-01-11}} The American Homebrewers Association was founded by past Brewers Association president Charlie Papazian.{{cite web |title=About Us: Brewers Association staff |url=http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/about-us/staff |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=17 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312055602/http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/about-us/staff |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
American Homebrewers Association
The Brewers Association 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."
The American Homebrewers Association is a division of the Brewers Association focused on homebrewers of beer, cider, and mead. The American Homebrewers Association was founded in 1978 by Charlie Papazian in Boulder, Colorado. It runs the world's largest homebrew competition and organizes several homebrew events in the United States and Canada. Julia Herz is the current executive director. The American Homebrewers Association publishes the magazine Zymurgy six times per year to its 37,000 members.{{cite web|title=American Homebrewers Association Membership Surpasses 30,000|url=http://www.brewbound.com/news/american-homebrewers-association-membership-surpasses-30000|website=BevNET Magazine|access-date=17 March 2012|date=February 14, 2012}}
The American Homebrewers Association hosts the following events annually:
- 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
- Home Fermentation 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. 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.
==Past winners==
The winners since the introduction of the Ninkasi Award in 1992:{{cite web |url=https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/national-homebrew-competition/winners/ |title=Access the list of the current and past National Homebrew Competition winners! |publisher=Brewers Association |access-date=2020-01-11}}
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- 1992 – Steve & Christina Daniel
- 1993 – Walter Dobrowsky
- 1994 – Michael Byers
- 1995 – Rhett Rebold
- 1996 – Tom Bergman & 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{{cite web |url=http://thecoastnews.com/2011/07/computer-pioneer-is-a-brewer-at-heart/ |title=Computer pioneer is a brewer at heart |work=The Coast News |date=2011-07-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061631/http://www.thecoastnews.com/2011/07/12/computer-pioneer-is-a-brewer-at-heart/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2020-01-11}}
- 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 Lambert
- 2023 - Richard Shoff
- 2024 - Jarrett Long and John Bates
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Brewers publications
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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.{{Cite web |title=Greg Noonan |url=https://www.brewerspublications.com/blogs/author/greg-noonan |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Brewers Publications |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.brewersassociation.org/}}
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