Homebrewing Archives Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:20:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://brilliantstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-BeerFlag-5-32x32.jpg Homebrewing Archives 32 32 Charles Bockway & Erin McCoy false episodic Charles Bockway & Erin McCoy info@brilliantstream.com podcast Homebrewing Archives https://brilliantstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WVBR-NewArt-1920px487KB.jpeg https://brilliantstream.com/west-virginia-beer-roads/ West Virginia, United States West Virginia, United States KVHC selects top spring lagers https://brilliantstream.com/2026/04/kvhc-selects-top-spring-lagers/ https://brilliantstream.com/2026/04/kvhc-selects-top-spring-lagers/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:37:57 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=274458 CHARLESTON, WV — Area home brewers selected the best beers from club member entries last night in their Spring Lager Competition, hosted by the Kanawha Valley Homebrew Club. The three highest scoring entries came from Matt Brummond and Mark Javins,… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2026/04/kvhc-selects-top-spring-lagers/feed/ 0 Coal Country Brewers Cup coming up soon https://brilliantstream.com/2026/02/coal-country-brewers-cup-coming-up-soon/ https://brilliantstream.com/2026/02/coal-country-brewers-cup-coming-up-soon/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:13:59 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=272573 Coming up on March 28, 2026, in Charleston, WV, is the area’s largest homebrew competition: Coal Country Brewers Cup 2026. The event will recognize the region’s best porters and stouts made by amateur homebrewers. Are you a Coal Country region… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2026/02/coal-country-brewers-cup-coming-up-soon/feed/ 0 A dark brown beer day ends brightly https://brilliantstream.com/2025/03/a-dark-brown-beer-day-ends-ends-brightly/ https://brilliantstream.com/2025/03/a-dark-brown-beer-day-ends-ends-brightly/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:50:01 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=268031 West Virginia’s largest homebrew competition concluded this past Saturday with some exceptional brown brews taking home the medals. The annual Coal Country Brewers’ Cup focuses on stouts and porters of all shades and types. Earning first place in the Porter… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2025/03/a-dark-brown-beer-day-ends-ends-brightly/feed/ 0 Homebrew club makes magic with Avalon malt https://brilliantstream.com/2024/05/homebrew-club-makes-magic-with-avalon-malt/ https://brilliantstream.com/2024/05/homebrew-club-makes-magic-with-avalon-malt/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 20:02:49 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=262414 This week, Charleston, West Virginia, was awash in beers made with the new Avalon malt. The beers were featured at the Kanawha Valley Homebrew Club’s (KVHC) brewing with regionally-sourced malt competition. Sixteen entries, all made with at least 80 percent… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2024/05/homebrew-club-makes-magic-with-avalon-malt/feed/ 0 May the fourth be with you https://brilliantstream.com/2024/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/ https://brilliantstream.com/2024/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:57:55 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=261625 On May 4, homebrewers around the world will get together to celebrate Big Brew 2024. Big Brew is an annual celebration on the first Saturday of May that commemorates National Homebrew Day. It encourages beer enthusiasts and homebrewers from all… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2024/04/may-the-fourth-be-with-you/feed/ 0 Charleston hosts Coal Country Brewer’s Cup https://brilliantstream.com/2024/03/charleston-hosts-coal-country-brewers-cup/ https://brilliantstream.com/2024/03/charleston-hosts-coal-country-brewers-cup/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:20:23 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=261256 CHARLESTON, WV—Homebrewers from across the state competed last Saturday in the 2024 Coal Country Brewer’s Cup. This year the annual homebrew competition drew 46 entries from 31 homebrewers. Entrants submitted their beers for evaluation by a panel of judges accredited… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2024/03/charleston-hosts-coal-country-brewers-cup/feed/ 1 KV Homebrew Lawnmower beers https://brilliantstream.com/2023/06/kv-homebrew-lawnmower-beers/ https://brilliantstream.com/2023/06/kv-homebrew-lawnmower-beers/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:22:28 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=257127 Kanawha Valley Homebrew Club members held their annual club picnic and summer beer competition on Saturday, and it was a fun one. The theme: Lawnmower Beer. Following indulgence in a delicious picnic food spread, the beer competition began. Each club… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2023/06/kv-homebrew-lawnmower-beers/feed/ 0 Big Brew 2023 this Saturday https://brilliantstream.com/2023/05/big-brew-2023-this-saturday/ https://brilliantstream.com/2023/05/big-brew-2023-this-saturday/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 16:23:12 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=256384 On Saturday, May 6, a couple of West Virginia homebrew clubs will be holding brewing events for Big Brew for National Homebrew Day. Homebrew-curious folks and club members are invited to attend. Big Brew is the annual event established by… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2023/05/big-brew-2023-this-saturday/feed/ 0 Coal Country Cup seeks entries https://brilliantstream.com/2023/02/coal-country-cup-seeks-entries/ https://brilliantstream.com/2023/02/coal-country-cup-seeks-entries/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:47:45 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=254835 West Virginia’s premier homebrew competition these days is the Coal Country Brewers Cup, which is coming up soon in Elkins. Consistent with its name, the Coal Country competition is limited to dark beers, including porters and stouts. This year, the… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2023/02/coal-country-cup-seeks-entries/feed/ 0 Homebrew club features regional malts https://brilliantstream.com/2022/09/homebrew-club-features-regional-malts/ https://brilliantstream.com/2022/09/homebrew-club-features-regional-malts/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:20:20 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=253063 The Kanawha Valley Homebrew Club (KVHC) recently completed an exercise in learning to use regionally-sourced craft malts. The exercise ended with a club competition in which 13 brewers competed to see who could make the best beer with craft malts… Continue Reading…

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]]> https://brilliantstream.com/2022/09/homebrew-club-features-regional-malts/feed/ 0 We owe a great debt to homebrewers https://brilliantstream.com/2022/06/we-owe-a-great-debt-to-homebrewers/ https://brilliantstream.com/2022/06/we-owe-a-great-debt-to-homebrewers/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:41:31 +0000 https://brilliantstream.com/?p=250602 Homebrewing is the primary incubator for generating future commercial brewers and future craft beer styles. Without the homebrewing culture, we would have a much less robust craft brewing industry today. No doubt about it. So even with the over 9,000… Continue Reading…

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