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 What is Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day?

The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day is an international event to introduce people to the homebrewing hobby and establish relationships with local homebrew supply shops.

Each year on the first Saturday in November, homebrewers around the world are encouraged to invite non-brewing and brewing friends and family to celebrate Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day and brew a batch of beer together.

Before the event, participants that have Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day events register their site on this web page. These registered sites help the American Homebrewers Association track how many participants celebrated the event.

Site organizers, promote the event and your participation through a customizable Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day site press release (Microsoft Word file).

How to Celebrate

Before the event

• Register your Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day Site/Event.
• View registered Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day sites.
• Invite friends who are not yet homebrewers to teach them to brew beer at home.
• Take your new homebrew recruits to your local homebrew supply shop to buy ingredients.
• Hold a special beer dinner for friends or family you're going to teach to homebrew.

During the event

• Tell friends and family about other American Homebrewers Association fun events: Big Brew, National Homebrewers Conference, Mead Day.
• Hand out free copies of Zymurgy for Beginners to all your friends.
• Bring out homebrewing literature for your friends to read: Zymurgy, Zymurgy for Beginners, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing and other homebrewing books.
• Drink homebrew, pair your homebrew with food, and HAVE FUN!

After the event

• Please take a minute to give us your site's numbers by going to the Teach a Friend Post-Event page.
• Contact us if you didn't receive your free copies of Zymurgy for Beginners.
• Check out the post-event numbers.
• Teach your friends how to bottle the beer you brewed together.
• Encourage new homebrewers to go to their local homebrew supply shop.
• Buy an American Homebrewers Association membership as a gift for new homebrewers.
• Have new homebrewers check out www.beertown.org/ for up-to-date brewing information.

Last November there were 128 sites registered for Teach A Friend to Homebrew Day on the first Saturday of November. Roughly 1200 brewers gathered and brewed up over 2,200 gallons of beer while teaching another 540 people how to brew. Teach a Friend to Homebrew sites were registered in 31 states, Canada, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Indonesia, and two sites in South Africa.

Questions? Contact: Janis Gross, Project Coordinator, Brewers Association 888.822.6273 (U.S./Canada Only) / +1.303.447.0816 / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it