Lots of great benefits from the AHA. Just from the legality standpoint, the AHA rocks. They do so much for the brewing community nationwide.
A member for over 10 years. I don’t use the benefits much, since I live in nowheresville, but do like the magazine.
As what the AHA can do for me since I am hundreds of miles away from a pub that honors the discount, maybe send me free beer?
I am. There aren’t any pub discounts around me, but I use the 10% discount at Midwest and Northern Brewer all the time. I went to Colorado this summer and visited a bunch of breweries and pubs where I could have used it, but just kept forgetting.
Is this discount only in-store, or can you use it when ordering online?
I have a 10% club discount at NB, Midwest, Wind River and Cap’n’corks and that is “In Store Only”.
I signed up again last year thanks to a kind old gent and again this year after another kind old man
told me of th forum. I told him I let my membership lapse and he said I didnt need one to join th forum,
but I didnt think it right for me to poke around here and not help out so I joined up th next day. Seemed
like th right thing to do. Thanks old guys.
I joined as soon as I found this. The primary reason is because I felt this was a forum/cause I wanted to support. Second, and with increasing relevance, is the support and information I receive from others. Thirdly, I am looking forward to my first copy of Zymurgy. Finally, my local pub-Deschutes Public House and Brewery provides the discount.
This is one big reason why I am a member…An organization that not only helps protect my right to brew my own beer but fights to get brewing legalized in the states where it currently is not legal is definitely worthy of my support.
As one of those old guys, Matt, it’s a pleasure to have you here.
I’m curious if AHA has ever been involved in or been asked to provide legal opinion or counsel in any case whereby an over zeaolus local jursdiction may have over stepped the bounds of what is by law completely legal.
I ask because in the local paper this week a guy got busted for supposedly running a still . . The officers were quoted as saying . . “We found a lot of empty buckets and sugar in the house . . .”
I thought to myself . . THROW AWAY THE KEY!! 
I use the club discounts all the time. My membership pays for itself that way. I havnt been able to go to any rallies though. None have been in my area in a few years.
I have only used it in-store, but a club member buddy of mine who told me about the discount uses it while ordering, he said he asks for it in the instructions box online and puts his AHA member # in there.
This discount has saved me several times over my the cost of membership this year since I upgraded my kegerator in the summer.
I have to say that the AHA is the best thing going for homebrew. I have been homebrewing for about 3.5 years and a member of AHA for about 3 years. As far as the AHA benefits goes, to me, promoting the hobby to new and current membership is the most important benefit. I always want to homebrew and by promoting the “industry” of brewing I know that I will always be able to homebrew. I love Zymurgy, that is a very very professional publication that I read cover to cover. The other benefits to AHA members are nice but I currently have not partaken in them mainly because there are no close pubs and I don’t really brew for competition much. This forum and new website is a major perk also.
i’m a member. not that kind of member, an aha member.
How long does it usually take to get your membership card?
Thats funny, I kinda thought you had to be a member to be on this forum.
We will be adding some Members only areas in the future.
Fred
So do we get the jackets too then? :D ( Members Only )
I’ll see what can be worked out 
Jackets would be so so coooool!