Brewers Association

The Brewers Association (BA) is an American trade group of over 1,000 brewers, particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing.

The BA was established in 2005 through a merger of the Association of Brewers 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."

Two 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 is Charlie Papazian.

American Homebrewers Association

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 US and Canada. Gary Glass is the current director. The AHA publishes the magazine Zymurgy six times per year to all paid members.

Every year the AHA hosts the following events.

• National Homebrew Competition
• National Homebrewers Conference (including the finals of the National Homebrew Competition), held the third week in June
• 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

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