We, your frothy and fearless leaders of the AHA, could not be more excited to announce: Homebrew Con (HBC) is BACK!
Asheville, North Carolina, June 19-20, 2026*
*Preceded by Final Round Judging of National Homebrew Competition on June 18
2026 will be the event’s 46th year.
Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on tap:
We’re bringing back Club Night, the Holy Grail of homebrew nights, Homebrew Expo with top suppliers and educators, HBC seminar sessions, and once again pairing the National Homebrew Competition (NHC) Final Round Judging and Awards Ceremony with the conference… And more!
Stay tuned for registration dates, hotel info, and more
Get the latest updates via AHA emails, Zymurgy magazine and monitor the HBC website.
Cheers and good beers to you each. Boo-flipping-yah to this news. Julia Herz - AHA Executive Director and fellow homebrewer
Huge kudos to the new and improved AHA to not only bring back the National HomeBrew Conference, but to break the mold of the N.E., N, West Coast merry-go-round it’s been on for over a decade by reintroducing it in the S.E.!
This news has spread like wildfire throughout the HomeBrew community around here. All the S.E. club Facebook pages are lit up like a Christmas tree
Cool. This is close enough for me to consider attending (I’ve never been to one). And Asheville is such a great town/area. Great job getting this set up.
There used to be a page that showed all the old sites. Here’s the list with my updates as to where it’s been. My first was 2001 in LA. I missed 2002, 2005, 2022 and 2024 in that time span.
And just because I couldn’t resist. I do some more crunching. Separated the locations into several region groups just to see how the distribution has been
