As our own Mike Smith puts it, the history of brewing is largely the history of home brewing. That is because the art and craft of brewing has been non-professional for most of its existence. Brewing was instead mostly carried out in countless camps, hovels, huts, and kitchens wherever humans were enjoying beer.

Homebrewing is also a sensational, hands-on way to learn about beer. And we can credit American home brewers for keeping the flame of beer diversity and innovation alive during the long years of Prohibition and its aftermath, when this fabulous drink had in a very real way either been stamped out or homogenized into a rut of mediocrity.

The women and men at the forefront of today’s exciting developments in the craft beer world almost uniformly began as home brewers. And all we beer lovers have been quaffing down the delectable dividends of their experience ever since.

So it’s a singular thrill for us to have The Comic Book Story of Beer come on the radar of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), founded, of course, by the great Charlie Papazian. The AHA has seen fit to review the book on their website. Please check out the link below, and go finish rinsing out those jars of malt extract!

THE COMIC BOOK STORY OF BEER ON HOMEBREWERSASSOCIATION.ORG