National Homebrew Day – All the Big Brew Day Events

Homebrewing has been legal in the United States since 1978, and in 1988, May 7 was announced before Congress as National Homebrew Day.  The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) created AHA Big Brew Day as an annual event to celebrate around the world.  AHA Big Brew Day is held each year on the first Saturday in May.  It’s held on Saturday for one, because it’s easier to get a group of people together on the weekend and two, the first National Homebrew Day in 1988, was on a Saturday.

A few homebrew groups and retail stores are holding events in our area.  Here’s the list:

• Greater Topeka Hall of Foamers, 3422 SW 47th Ct. Topeka, KS 66610,  are at 9am at. They’ll be brewing a Barleywine and a Pale Ale from the 2nd Runnings. Brats and Chips for Lunch. Samples of Homebrew will be available.
• KC Nanobrews,  635 E 61st St, Kansas City, MO 64110, will begin at 10am.
• Bacchus & Barleycorn, 6633 Nieman Road, Shawnee, KS 66203, will begin at 10am at their store location. They invite you to bring your kettle and propane burner and brew with us or just come and celebrate homebrewing with them.
• Grain to Glass, 1611 Swift Avenue, North Kansas City, MO 64116, starts at 10am.  Join local homebrewers, including Missouri Mashers, brewing in the Grain to Glass parking lot (making a really big brew). They’ll be serving bratwursts.

Each one will be toasting to homebrewers at noon.

If you’ve never homebrewed before, it’s a fun experience especially with a group of like-minded people.  This Saturday is a good opportunity to participate or just hang out and ask questions.