Comments on: An American Homebrewers Association Membership Rally is Coming to a Brewery Near You http://thespiritworld.net/2006/04/25/ahamembershiprallynearyou/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Donavan Hall http://thespiritworld.net/2006/04/25/ahamembershiprallynearyou/#comment-569 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:48:39 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/04/25/ahamembershiprallynearyou/#comment-569 Sal- You must be looking at my notes for the Brooklyn Brewery rally article. The availability of really good microbrew just might be hurting homebrewing (in terms of numbers). The membership numbers for the AHA are down to about 9000 from a high of 25,000 a few years ago. Keep you eyes pealed, I've got more homebrewing articles on the way. And, indeed! All hail Charlie! -Donavan Sal- You must be looking at my notes for the Brooklyn Brewery rally article. The availability of really good microbrew just might be hurting homebrewing (in terms of numbers). The membership numbers for the AHA are down to about 9000 from a high of 25,000 a few years ago. Keep you eyes pealed, I’ve got more homebrewing articles on the way. And, indeed! All hail Charlie! -Donavan

]]> by: Sal DeTraglia http://thespiritworld.net/2006/04/25/ahamembershiprallynearyou/#comment-570 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:42:03 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/04/25/ahamembershiprallynearyou/#comment-570 Hey Donovan:<br /> <br /> What memories! I was a member of the AHA during the last '80's-early 90's. It was during the period after I returned from living in England. At that point, there were hardly any (if any) microbrews available in the midwest and I was desperate to continue indulging my newly-found passion for British-style ales. In the end, I had no choice but to make them myself. <br /> <br /> "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" was a fascinating book and homebrewing become an all-consuming passion. <br /> <br /> Eventually, however, microbrews started flooding the midwest market and they were better (and cheaper) than anything I could make at home. So I stopped. <br /> <br /> But I think that any serious beer connoisseur needs to try homebrewing at least once. His outlook on beer will be forever changed.<br /> <br /> All hail Charlie Papazian! <br /> <br /> Sal Hey Donovan:

What memories! I was a member of the AHA during the last ’80’s-early 90’s. It was during the period after I returned from living in England. At that point, there were hardly any (if any) microbrews available in the midwest and I was desperate to continue indulging my newly-found passion for British-style ales. In the end, I had no choice but to make them myself.

“The Complete Joy of Homebrewing” was a fascinating book and homebrewing become an all-consuming passion.

Eventually, however, microbrews started flooding the midwest market and they were better (and cheaper) than anything I could make at home. So I stopped.

But I think that any serious beer connoisseur needs to try homebrewing at least once. His outlook on beer will be forever changed.

All hail Charlie Papazian!

Sal

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