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Summertime:
Reminiscence and Anticipation
After a whirlwind trip to Minneapolis for the AHA Conference, we're back on
track with another issue of What's
Brewing. As we look back at our biggest (and possibly best!)
AHA Conference ever, we're already geared up for Mead Day in August and our
annual pilgrimage to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). We
hope you find this compilation of articles interesting and informative and
we look forward to seeing many of you again at GABF in September.
Inside
this issue
AHA Conference Wrap-up
GABF Tickets Selling Fast
Gear up for Mead Day
The Rise and Fall of New Albion Brewing
Member Survey Results
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AHA Conference
Wrap-Up
June saw the 32nd annual National Homebrewers Conference come to
Minneapolis, Minn. It was our largest conference ever, but if you weren't
one of the 1,300 homebrewers who descended on the upper Midwest last month,
you can still get a glimpse of the fun through the many great photos and
resources are posted online:
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GABF Tickets Selling
Fast
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is just around the
corner—have you bought your tickets yet? Tickets are more than 50 percent
sold in total and Saturday afternoon's Members-Only Session is about 75
percent sold. Friday's members-only Farm to Table Pavilion is sold out, and
as of this writing, literally one ticket remains for Thursday's Farm to
Table Pavilion!
Don't miss out on the beer event
of the year. Tickets are selling faster than ever and the GABF has sold out
for the past several years. Get your tickets online today!
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Gear up for Mead Day
Since 2002 we've been celebrating Mead Day every August, and this year's
big event is Saturday, August 7. If you're a mead aficionado, invite some
friends over and introduce them to the delicious fun that mead has to
offer. The AHA Mead Day page has everything you need to learn
about the oldest fermented beverage—including recipes to help you make your own.
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The Rise and Fall of
New Albion Brewery
Looking at the shelves of most beer stores these days, it can be easy to
forget that a little over 30 years ago there were few retail options aside
from the offerings of large breweries that survived Prohibition. That was
until John “Jack” McAuliffe came along and opened New Albion Brewing in
Sonoma, California in 1976.
What he did was extraordinary for the time but frustratingly short lived.
Before New Albion went belly up, however, McAuliffe was able to inspire
other brewers to follow his lead and, in the process, create breweries that
have become household names. Read more on CraftBeer.com.
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Member Survey
Results
A big "thank you" goes out to the 3,265 AHA members who took the
time to share information about their homebrewing practices. Both the AHA
Survey Sub-Committee and the AHA staff appreciate your input and support.
We will use the results to help identify what our members want. In
the meantime, take a look at our preliminary results to see how you stack up against
your fellow brewers.
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