AHA Releases More Than 650 Medal Winning Homebrew Recipes and Tutorials

The American Homebrewers Association now presents an archive of more than 650 medal winning recipes from the final round of the National Homebrew Competition. The collection is searchable and spans dozens of categories, including beer, mead, and cider, with entries that represent lagers, ales, sours, stouts, and specialty and hybrid styles. Each recipe page links into a broader set of AHA resources, including a Homebrew Recipe Library with more than 1,400 recipes and a suite of tutorials for beginners and advanced brewers.

This resource matters because it places competition proven formulas and techniques into the hands of everyday brewers. Rather than guessing at balance, grain bill proportions, or yeast and hop choices, you can study real examples that earned medals under judging standards. That makes the archive useful for brewers who want to learn by example, attempt a clone, or adapt a proven recipe to a home equipment setup.

Practical value is immediate. Use the searchable filters to find styles that match your interests, then compare similar recipes to identify common ingredient choices and process notes. Verify original recipe efficiency numbers and adjust your grain bill for your system efficiency. Pay attention to yeast strain and pitch recommendations, and plan yeast starters or oxygenation accordingly. Use the Homebrew Recipe Library to broaden your reference set, and follow the AHA tutorials for The Easy Guide to Homebrewing extract method, for partial mash procedures, and for all grain and BIAB workflows when scaling recipes to full volume systems.

The archive also supports competition entrants and club education. Judges in training can study medal winning profiles to calibrate expectations, while club coordinators can use recipes as templates for collaborative brewdays or style education nights. For new brewers the linked extract video and step by step tutorials provide a clear path from recipe selection to a successful brew day.

Maintained as an ongoing learning reference, the AHA archive gives the homebrewing community a practical, searchable trove of competition tested recipes and direct instructional material. Verify recipe details for water and efficiency, adapt proportions for your equipment, and use the tutorials to bridge any gaps between competition scale methods and your home system.