Object Details
- Description
- By the 1960s, some Americans were tired of the narrow range of beer styles produced by big breweries. Inspired by European brewing manuals and beers they encountered abroad, homebrewers began to tinker in their kitchens and basements, seeking to make more flavorful beers themselves. Even though brewing beer at home remained illegal following Prohibition’s repeal, homebrewers embraced a do-it-yourself approach in line with other countercultural trends of the day.
- Charlie Papazian was a student at the University of Virginia when in 1970 he tasted a beer made by a local homebrewer. That first sip was a revelation to him, and he began to experiment with brewing his own beer. Papazian used basic equipment to homebrew. Papazian also wrote his first recipe for homebrewed beer while a student at the University of Virginia.
- After graduation, Papazian moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he taught homebrewing classes, wrote books, and founded the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), the journal Zymurgy, and the Great American Beer Festival. Papazian became beloved by generations of homebrewers for his trademark reassurance, "Relax. Don't Worry. Have a Homebrew."
- Papazian purchased this wood spoon after he moved to Colorado and used it for years when he brewed at home and taught homebrewing.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charlie Papazian
- ID Number
- 2017.0316.01
- accession number
- 2017.0316
- catalog number
- 2017.0316.01
- Object Name
- spoon
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 1/4 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 46.355 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1862566
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-8a9c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
