Don't go out a Drinkin’

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Stay home and celebrate National Homebrew Day on May 7. It is an annual event initiated by the American Homebrewers Association to celebrate the art of craft beer creation. It serves as an opportunity for its members to share and learn new brewing techniques from the annual brewing event it hosts to observe the day. Fun fact: Brewing, like baking, is one of the longest-standing hobbies! The holiday was officially launched to serve as a day to gather the community of homebrewers and craft beverage enthusiasts together to expose attendees to the latest in the world of homebrewing.

National Homebrew Day was first observed on May 7, 1988, after the U.S. Congress declared the date as National Homebrew Day so don’t tell me your politicians never did anything good for you. To celebrate that occasion, the American Homebrewers Association created what is now known as the official event that marks the celebration of the day; the Big Brew event. It takes place on the first Saturday in May, with homebrewers across the U.S. and the world participating in homebrew demos and trials of new recipes.

Not until President Jimmy Carter signed the H.R. 1337 bill into law on October 14, 1978, did homebrewed beer without federal taxation become legal for the first time since the prohibition of 1920.