Home›Hobbies and Pastimes›HomebrewingHobbies and PastimesHomebrewingCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextHome, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. "Homebrewing." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/homebrewing.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextHome, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas. (n.d.). Homebrewing. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/homebrewingCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{home,craftsandhobbiesatlas-homebrewing, author = {Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas}, title = {Homebrewing}, year = {2026}, url = {https://home.interactiveatlas.org/hobbies/homebrewing}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingBrewing beer, mead, cider and wine at home on a kitchen or garage scale. Brewing was a household art for most of history before industrialization and prohibition pushed it out; its modern revival trained the palates and brewers who launched the craft beer movement.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsHobby ClassWell-attestedMaking and Building 1Established When (Circa)Well-attestedAs old as brewing itself; in the United States, home beer brewing was federally legalized again in 1978 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmerican Homebrewers Association, Institutions and Societies Well-attested Source American Homebrewers Association (Wikipedia)Legalization of Home Brewing in the United States, Milestones Well-attested Source Homebrewing (Wikipedia)Sources1. Homebrewing (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationView the SourceAmerican Homebrewers Association (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: American Homebrewers Association, Section on the AHAQuote, Associated With: American Homebrewers Association, Section on the AHAIt was founded in 1978 by Charlie Papazian and Charlie Matzen in Boulder, Colorado and helped found the Brewers Association.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year