I will continually update this list of resources for all things beer, wine, spirits, coffee, food, and culture.
Brewing-related Organizations
- Cicerone Certification Program provides education and certification of beer professionals
- Beer Judge Certification Program provides resources for judges and competition organizers including beer, cider, and mead style guidelines
- Brewers Association organizes the Great American Beer Festival in early October and the Craft Brewers Conference and World Beer Cup in mid-April
- American Homebrewers Association organizes the Homebrew Con
- Master Brewers Association of the Americas
- American Society of Brewing Chemists
- Beer Institute
- American Distilling Institute
- American Craft Spirits Association
- American Cider Association
- Craft Maltsters Guild
- Hop Growers of America
- Master Homebrewer Program
- National Black Brewers Association (NB2A)
- Crafted for Action
- Pink Boots Society
- Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing & Distilling
- California Craft Brewers Association organizes the CA Craft Beer Summit in mid-September
- Bay Area Brewers Guild organizes the SF Beer Week in late January/early February
- Central Coast Brewers Guild
- Inland Empire Brewers Guild Southern California
- Los Angeles County Brewers Guild organizes the LA Beer Week in mid-June
- Orange County Brewers Guild
- Sacramento Area Brewers Guild
- San Diego Brewers Guild organizes the SD Beer Week in early November
- North American Guild of Beer Writers
- British Guild of Beer Writers
- International Association of Culinary Professionals
- James Beard Foundation
Brewing Archives and History
- American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History
- Beer Advocate is useful to find closed breweries
- Beer Culture Center
- Beer of the Month Club has write-ups about each beer and brewery featured, many now closed
- Beerology at the Museum of Us
- Breweriana
- Chicago Brewseum
- CSU San Marcos Brewchive™
- Michael Jackson: the Beer Hunter
- Old Breweries
- Oregon Hops & Brewing Archives
- RateBeer is useful to find closed breweries