Resources

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