Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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How and where do Brewtubers meet?

Brewtubers meet both online and in person. As a matter of fact, we’ve been meeting online since 2011!

Online

Brewtubers meet online in three primary ways:

  1. The Brewtubers official monthly club meeting is held online the first Thursday of each month at 9 PM Eastern US time. This time allows members from across the globe to participate.

  2. Club members engage in frequent online brew days, some formal, and some more spur of the moment.

  3. We participate the American Homebrewers Association’s Learn to Homebrew Day and Big Brew Day every year. For these events open our online meeting space to the general public so people can learn more about homebrewing and see what Brewtubers is all about!

In-Person

While our in-person meetups are less frequent, we meet in person in three different ways:

  1. Ad-hoc meetups with members for collab brew days or just to hang out and talk homebrewing and craft beer, likely while enjoying a beer.

  2. Club-sanctioned events that the club’s Event Planner plans. At a minimum is this includes the Brewtubers annual “Brewunion” which consists of Brewtubers voting on a destination, dates, accommodations, and a general plan to gather in person and do a beer tour of the selected location over the course of a weekend.

  3. The Brewtubers gathering at the National Homebrew Conference (NHC). In 2019, Brewtubers had a booth at NHC’s Club Night where we poured our beers for the first time as a club.

How can I show people I’m a member of Brewtubers?

A few different ways!

  1. If you’re a YouTube Brewtuber, visit our Media page. From there you can download an intro video and logos to use in your videos. Additionally, we have sponsorship requirements to meet for Brewtubers sponsors, and as a paying member you can help us meet these requirements by including sponsor logos in your YouTube videos.

  2. Camera shy but still want to show people you’re a Brewtuber? You can tag @Brewtubers in your Twitter/X, Bluesky, and Instagram bios!

  3. Check out our online store to show the world your Brewtubers pride!

When are the regular Brewtuber online club meetings and how do I attend?

The two recurring online Brewtubers meetings are:

  1. The official Brewtubers club meeting, held on the first Thursday of each month at 9 PM Eastern US time. In this meeting we review club business, invite sponsors to present, and have guests from the brewing community come chat with us. Free members are allowed to attend one live club meeting as a guest and can view recordings of meetings, while paid members may attend all live club meetings.

  2. The Brewtubers online happy hour, typically held on the second Friday after the official club meeting, where we get together to talk homebrewing over a beer or two. No club business is conducted at our happy hours, but we do occasionally have organized activities like beer trivia. It’s a great way to get to know your fellow Brewtubers in a less formal setting and once the conversations and beers get flowing, these often go long into the night!

For details on how to join, check out our events page or the event announcements on our Discord.

Is everyone who posts homebrewing videos online a Brewtuber?

No! Unfortunately we’ve had other groups of people claim they’re Brewtubers, but we’re the only ones who have the official name licensed in the United States and registered as an official homebrew club with the American Homebrewers Association. We’re the original Brewtubers!

Is there a cost to join Brewtubers?

Brewtubers has two membership tiers: Free Membership, which as the name indicates has no cost associated with it; and Full Membership, which has annual dues. See our member benefits page for full details.

How does the club pay for web hosting and other expenses?

Brewtubers is funded through our club sponsors, club dues, merchandise sales, and donations. We are a registered Non-Profit Social Club under the United States IRS rules governing that type of entity. All financials are made public once per year at our January club meeting. In additional to web hosting, online services, and other club expenses, club funds are also used for the club’s annual Brewunion, Club Night at National Homebrew Conference, and other social events. All expenses are subject to fund availability and must be approved by a vote of full members.

What are the club’s educational activities?

The primary educational activity of the club are the legendary annual Brewtubers brewing experiments. Instead of boring one another with a digital meeting where someone creates a PowerPoint presentation, a club member will run a brewing experiment in which members of the club (we typically limit experiments to 12 members to keep it manageable) all brew the same recipe except for one variable: a grain, yeast, water profile, or hops. The experiment beers are shipped by each individual homebrewer to the experiment coordinator who then sends one of each of the experiment beers to each participant for review.

Brewtubers brewing experiments are fun, enlightening, and a lot is learned from each one!

Note that club members participating in the experiments are responsible for purchasing the necessary ingredients to brew the experiment beer, and are also responsible for shipping their beers to the hub for distribution to other participants. Participants must also create one YouTube video per experiment beer to review each of the submitted beers. In exchange, Brewtubers sponsors typically provide products to participants, and by participating you also get the tremendous benefit of having highly skilled Brewtubers give you feedback on your beer.

To get an idea of how the experiment works, search “Brewtubers experiment” on YouTube. Our most recent experiment was adding strawberry in various creative ways to an American Wheat beer.

Do I have to have a YouTube channel or make videos to be in Brewtubers?

You don’t have to have a YouTube channel or make videos to be a member of Brewtubers, but it helps support the club and your fellow Brewtubers if you follow both the club and our members on YouTube and other social media platforms. Additionally, we do ask that you participate in social media activities such as commenting on YouTube videos published by Brewtubers, interacting with the club on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms, attending group get togethers, or participating in discussions on our Discord. We also welcome you to be as involved as you’d like to be in other ways such as posting your own videos, volunteering to help with club activities, and entering into competitions either locally or nationally and listing Brewtubers Online Brewers Club as your homebrew club.

Is Brewtubers an officially registered homebrew club?

Yes, Brewtubers Online Brewers Club is an officially registered American Homebrewers Association homebrew club, and is a federally registered social club under the not-for-profit rules governed by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS).