April 2026 Zymurgy Live - HomeBrewCon is Back, Baby!

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Please join us for the April Zymurgy Live on Thursday, April 23 at 4pm MDT.

Whether this is your first Homebrew Con, or you’re a seasoned vet, this Zymurgy Live webinar will prepare you for what’s to come on June 19-20 in Asheville, NC.

Chris “Crispy” Frey, Mary Spivey, Jim Cope, and Paul West, AHA Community & Education Committee Member, will explain what events are planned and the ‘lay of the land’ in Asheville to make your trip one to remember!

Visit homebrewcon.org for tickets, schedule, and more.

You can register for this members-only event HERE. Not a member? Join today!

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I’m having trouble getting registered: Clicking on the Register Now button just launches the same page about the Zymurgy Live webinar in a new browser tab. I made sure I was logged into my account on the AHA website, so that doesn’t seem to be the issue. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi Brian! Give it another try.

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Did this work for you now Brian?

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Yes, I was able to register.

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They did some prep today and very excited to hear the locals give us the inside scoop. Thank you for the time behind this Zym Live.

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HomebrewCon is Back, Baby!

With HomebrewCon coming up, it’s time to get the inside scoop about what to expect, as well as what else you should consider during your visit to Asheville and its environs.

It’s been a couple of years since Helene tore through our fair town, and a similar amount of time since our last gathering of the homebrewing clans, so now it’s time to celebrate the rebirth and rising phoenix of both HomebrewCon & Asheville!

Join me, along with local Ashevillians Jim Cope and Mary Spivey, as Paul West (AHA Community & Education Committee) moderates our discussion on what to expect at HomebrewCon, as well as must see breweries, restaurants, activities and sites in and around Asheville.

There is a lot to take in and see, and I encourage those of you traveling for HomebrewCon to give serious consideration to tack on several extra days before and/or after the conference to take advantage of the arts, brews, tastes and beauty that Asheville offers.

The monthly meeting of our local homebrewers club, Mountain Ale & Lager Taster (MALT) will be at will be at The River Arts District (RAD) Brewing Co., (1.5 miles from the conference center) on Wednesday before the conference, and all conference attendees are welcome to join us. We meet downstairs and it is good form to buy your first pint (and tip) upstairs, as you will need a glass to share some homebrew. Heck, bring some of your own. Meeting typically starts at 7:00, but for this group, we will call it 6:00. Also, there is excellent pizza across the street at All Souls pizza.

MALT made a collaboration brew with fellow MALT homebrew club member David Byer at his Diatribe Brewing Co. that will be served Friday at HomebrewCon. A dark rye lager with American hops – that’s hardcore homebrewing, baby! Thanks to David for the hops and letting us brew with him, Riverbend Malting for donating the grains, and White Labs for donating the yeast.

In addition, since this is a true, non-commercial collab, David will be offering up free pints the Sunday after the conference to those who show proof of event attendance at Homebrew Con, and MALT will supply bagels & cream cheese (all while supplies last) from 10:30 AM to noon.

So, register at HomeBrewCon 2026 to join us at 6pm EDT/4pm MT/3pm PDT on April 23rd as we discuss the tantalizing, the delicious and the fun things that are in store for you at HomebrewCon, in Asheville and the surrounding area.

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Great ‘meeting’ you all last night and good to see that for about half of you it will be your first Homebrew Con. We are all truly excited for the event and I hope that the excitement came over in last night’s presentation. Please post any questions at all you have about the event here, and we’ll do our best to stay on top of them and respond in a timely manner.

And if you haven’t made plans yet to attend - do it! This will be the biggest gathering of home brewers in years!

Paul West

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I mentioned the variety of weird and wonderful beers at Homebrew Con. This is a photo of the Mexican lager with (FDA approved) ants in it. Worms in tequilla, ants in beer - what’s next! It was surprisingly good!

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I was unable to attend this Live. Is it posted somewhere that I can catch up on the info before the Con?

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Yup - Right Here - Homebrew Con is Back, Baby! - American Homebrewers Association

All Zym Lives are archived here: https://homebrewersassociation.org/presentations/zymurgy-live/

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Welcome to the AHA Forum (or at least your first post) @BlackLionHomeBrewery !

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Thank you. I had found that page, but it’s only got the option to register for the event. And when I click that button, it redirects to a crowdcast page letting me know that the event has passed. I wasn’t sure if I missed it posted somewhere else

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Ahh, that would be because it didn’t get uploaded to the web page.

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Well that isn’t helpful. Will work on team fixing and post here when done.

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Thank you very much! I can’t wait to be able to attend my first HomebrewCon after 13 yrs of brewing!