Charles N. "Charlie" Papazian is a former nuclear engineer who is regarded by many as the father of the modern homebrewing movement. Nuclear engineering is the practical application of the principles of nuclear physics and the interaction between radiation and matter. ... Homebrewing typically refers to the brewing of beer on a very small scale, as a hobby for personal consumption or small scale distribution at parties or picnics. ...

History

Prior to 1979, brewing beer in the home was illegal in the United States on both the state and Federal level. The illegality of homebrewing was a direct consequence of Prohibition: Prohibition had outlawed all forms of beer brewing, in the home or otherwise. When Prohibition was repealed with the 21st Amendment, home wine-making was legalized. Homebrewing of beer should have also been legalized at this time, but a clerical error omitted the words "and/or beer" from the document which was eventually passed into law. Thus, homebrewing remained illegal for several decades. This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Brewer, designed and engraved, in the Sixteenth. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... This article describes the government of the United States. ... Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ... Amendment XXI (the Twenty-first Amendment) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition. ... Grow and harvest grapes. ...

In November 1978, Congress passed a bill repealing Federal restrictions on the homebrewing of small amounts of beer. Jimmy Carter signed the bill into law in February 1979, and many states soon followed suit. Later that same year, Papazian founded the Association of Brewers and remained President of that organization until 2005, when the Association of Brewers merged with the 63-year-old Brewers Association of America, and Papazian was named President of the combined organization. Papazian also founded the American Homebrewers Association in 1978, and remains President of that organization as of August 2005. Other organizations and annual events subsequently founded by Papazian include the Institute for Brewing Studies, Brewers Publications, the Great American Beer Festival, the World Beer Cup, and Zymurgy magazine. For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Seal of the Congress. ... A mug of lager beer, showing the golden colour of the beer and the foamy head floating on top. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ...

In 1984, Papazian wrote his first book on the subject of homebrewing, titled The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. As of August 2005, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing has seen 25 reprintings, 3 editions, and has sold over 900,000 copies. As the first (and, for over a decade, the only) mass-market book to provide in-depth information on subject of how to brew beer in the home, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing was very often the sole source of homebrewing information for novice homebrewers. Consequently, the book has gained iconic status among the homebrewing community, and is frequently referred to as the "homebrewer's bible." Papazian has since added four more books to his oeuvre. This page is about the year 1984. ...

Books

• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (3rd Edition), ISBN 0060531053
• The Homebrewer's Companion, ISBN 0060584734
• Brewing Mead: Wassail! In Mazers of Mead (co-authored with Robert Gayre), ISBN 0937381004
• Home Brewer's Gold: Prize-Winning Recipes from the 1996 World Beer Cup Competition (compiled by Charlie Papazian, currently out-of-print), ISBN 0380791927
• Zymurgy For The Homebrewer And Beer Lover: Best Articles and Advice From America's #1 Homebrewing Magazine (edited by Charlie Papazian, currently out-of-print), ISBN 0380793997