{"id":6073,"date":"2016-04-04T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T22:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=6073"},"modified":"2016-04-04T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T22:56:42","slug":"the-aha-and-homebrewcon-2016-with-gary-glass-beersmith-podcast-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/the-aha-and-homebrewcon-2016-with-gary-glass-beersmith-podcast-123\/","title":{"rendered":"The AHA and HomebrewCon 2016 with Gary Glass &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #123"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/04\/the-aha-and-homebrewcon-2016-with-gary-glass-beersmith-podcast-123\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4549\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BSRadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Gary Glass, the Director of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) joins me to discuss trends in homebrewing, the AHA, and this year&#8217;s HomebrewCon 2016 conference. Gary is Director of the 40,000+ member AHA organization representing American home brewers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-123-AHA.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-123-AHA.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_WA-w9PUTGY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (45:15)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Today on the show Gary Glass, Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewersassociation.org\/\">American Homebrewers Association<\/a>, joins me to talk about the AHA, state of home brewing and upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebrewcon.org\/\">HomebrewCon scheduled for June 9-11 in Baltimore<\/a>. Gary heads up the 40,000+ member homebrewer\u2019s association, and is also active in the parent Brewer\u2019s Association organization.<\/li>\n<li>Gary shares some of the new activities going on at the AHA and changes at the Brewers Association headquarters.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss some of the trends in homebrewing including the diversity of new brewers entering the hobby, and rapid expansion of knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Gary shares his thoughts on the trend where a majority of brewers are brewing all grain for the first time ever.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the slight decline in home brew shop sales and potential causes.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about additional trends in home brewing.<\/li>\n<li>Gary discusses the AHA and some of the many things the AHA does for homebrewing in general.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the upcoming HomebrewCon conference including the change of name and some of the great events planned for this year&#8217;s conference in Baltimore.<\/li>\n<li>Gary explains the AHA&#8217;s relationship with the Brewer&#8217;s Association and how the two work together to advance brewing in the US<\/li>\n<li>Gary shares his closing thoughts on why now is the best time ever to be a home brewer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> who is still offering a 15% discount with your subscription or other items when you use the new offer code <strong>beersmith2015<\/strong> when you purchase.<\/li>\n<li>And also <a href=\"http:\/\/anvilbrewing.com\">Anvil Brewing Equipment<\/a>. Anvil is a new line of kettles, burners and accessories from John Blichmann at Blichmann Engineering. They make top quality brewing equipment built to last a lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">BeerSmith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/mobile\">BeerSmith Mobile software<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">new DVDs John Palmer and I filmed<\/a> &#8211; How to Brew with Malt Extract and How to Brew All Grain are available now. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to the BeerSmith newsletter<\/a> for free to get some great articles on home brewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Gary Glass for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now &#8211; so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station! 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