How to Celebrate

Before the event

• Register your Learn to Homebrew Day site on the AHA Forum under the Events board.  Registration isn't required, but it may help spread the word about your event.
• Edit and distribute the  2010 Customizable Press Release (Word document). Send it to your local newspapers, radio, and TV news stations.
• Print and distribute the 2010 Poster (PDF file) to advertise Learn to Homebrew Day in your community.
• Print and distribute the 2010 Flyer (PDF file) to use to invite your friends who are not yet homebrewers to teach them to brew beer at home.
• Download a copy of Zymurgy: An Introducation to Homebrewing to hand out at your event.  Printed copies of Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing are also available by e-mailing your request with the number of copies needed to Kathryn@BrewersAssociation.org.  Requests must be made before October 29, 2010 to allow for shipping.
• Take your new homebrew recruits to your local homebrew supply shop to buy ingredients.
• Hold a special beer dinner for friends or family who you will teach to homebrew.

During the event

• Tell your friends, family, and attendees about other American Homebrewers Association fun events: National Homebrew Day, National Homebrewers Conference, and Mead Day.
• Hand out copies of Zymurgy: An Introducation to Homebrewing to all your friends.
• Bring out homebrewing literature for your friends to read, such as Zymurgy, Zymurgy: An Introduction to Homebrewing, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, and other homebrewing books.
• Take photos/video of your Learn to Homebrew event to post on FaceBook and YouTube.
• Share your homebrew, or pair your homebrew with food.
• Have fun!

After the event

• Post the photos/video of your Learn to Homebrew event to FaceBook and YouTube.  Be sure to use “AHA Learn to Homebrew Day 2010” in the title to ensure they can be easily searched. Adding tag lines like “beer", "homebrew" & "brewing” will also help search functions.
• Teach your friends how to bottle the beer you brewed together.
• Encourage new homebrewers to go to their local homebrew supply shop.
• Buy an American Homebrewers Association Gift Membership as a gift for new homebrewers.
• Have new homebrewers check out the AHA Homebrewopedia for up-to-date brewing information.

Learn to Homebrew Day Contact

Janis Gross, Project Coordinator
American Homebrewers Association
Phone (US/Canada): 1.888.822.6273
Phone (International): +1.303.447.0816 x134
janis@brewersassociation.org

 

Photo © 2010 Cindy Jones