Home Brew
The festival for hobby brewers in Bayreuth
Get-together and award ceremony of the hobby brewer community
HOME BREW Bayreuth is the place for home, hobby and garage brewers. And even better: We award the best home brewed beer!Let this get-together of the German home brewer community widen your knowledge about beer in interesting expert talks and on the „brau@home“ fair, where you can meet many exhibitors of hobby brewing equipment and suppliers for hop and malt. Try a wide variety of lovingly brewed hobby brewer beers and yummy festival food and take your vote on the "audience prize" which awards the most popular beer. The awarding ceremony, at which the winner of the hobby brewer competition is ceremoniously determined, is the highlight of this great day.
HOME BREW Bayreuth 2024
Are you a passionate hobby brewer, are you interested in the scene or do you simply want to try the home-brewed beers of the community? Then join us in Bayreuth on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 1 p.m. and visit our popular hobby brewing event, the largest in southern Germany.
For all enthusiastic home brewers, there will be a small get-together in the Maisel & Friends beer store on Friday, April 12, 2024, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM
Once again this year, over 25 hobby brewers will be on site, offering their home-brewed beers for tasting on two floors in return for a donation. Great brewery creations and stimulating discussions await you in the "Brausaal" and "Brennerei". At the same time, you can vote for your favorite beer and give your favorite the chance to win the audience award! You will receive five voting tokens with your tasting glass, which you can put in the box next to your favorite. Would you like to pour yourself? Get one of the popular places at the community bar now!
In addition to the beers from the hobby brewers, you can also sample a selection of our Maisel & Friends beers. For the first time this year, another brewery will also be presenting its beers: Budvar Brewery from the Czech Republic will be there with a selection of its range (Original Lager, Dark Lager and Budvar Reserve (limited strong beer aged for 200 days)).
Another highlight will be exciting presentations on the subject of brewing and numerous information stands from various exhibitors of brewing equipment and raw materials. These include CRAFT-ING, Fermentis, Brumas Hausbrauerei (Braueule), Braupartner, Hopfen der Welt, Hopfen und mehr, One Pot Brewing, Gastro Brennecke and BarthHaas. You will find the exhibition area in the "Laboratory" room on the second floor. There you can also watch hobby brewer Brauwolf brewing live.
The bar and information stands will be open until around 9 p.m., followed by the award ceremony for the hobby brewer competition and the public prize at around 9.30 p.m. The expert jury of master brewers, journalists and hobby brewers will taste the beers entered the day before. After the award ceremony, the bar area of our Liebesbier restaurant is the perfect place to party to the fine beats of DJ Burner.
There is something to be won not only for the hobby brewers, but also for all visitors who collect their tasting glass at the entrance and receive a raffle ticket. The winning ticket will be drawn during the award ceremony. The winner will receive a voucher for a beginner's beer brewing set worth 125 euros, sponsored by Gastro Brennecke.
Admission to the event is free. At the entrance (via the main entrance at Liebesbier) you will receive - if you wish - your tasting glass incl. token for voting for the audience prize and a raffle ticket. There is a 5 euro deposit and a small contribution towards expenses of 3 euros.
THE HIGHLIGHTS AT A GLANCE
- Hobby brewer tasting - Taste through the variety of brewery creations and vote for your favorites!
- Lectures - Learn more about the world of hobby brewing!
- Information stands - Find out about brewing equipment and raw materials!
- Show brewing - Watch beer being brewed live!
- Signature brewery - Taste the beers of the Budějovický Budvar brewery from the Czech Republic!
- Hobby brewing competition - Be there when this year's winner is announced!
- Afterparty at Liebesbier - End the evening with "Beer & Beetz" with DJ Burner!
Submission of beers and registration for exhibitors
Registration for hobby brewers and exhibitors starts fall 2022.
