associated with
Charlie Papazian
Smithsonian contextualizes the coaster with Charlie Papazian and the AHA; this is not a claim that he designed the coaster.
Material-culture artifact · coaster
American Homebrewers Association Coaster, c.1983–1986
Smithsonian-preserved AHA paper coaster associated with late-20th-century U.S. homebrew culture.
Artifact facts
What this record represents
- Artifact kind
- coaster
- Identity class
- printed ephemera
- Date
- around 1983–1986
- Creators
- None asserted for this identity.
- Brand/brewery context
- None asserted for this identity.
- Place context
- None asserted for this identity.
- Package format
- None asserted for this identity.
- Glassware form
- None asserted for this identity.
- Design context
- Homebrew community ephemera · Breweriana point-of-sale objects
- Marks referenced
- None asserted for this identity.
- Media records
- None asserted for this identity.
Rights ledger
Citation/reference only by default
- Recorded uses
- reference · derived facts
- Constraints
- copyright · trademark · trade dress · museum archive terms · photography or scan rights
- Trademark reference
- descriptive reference only
- Review
- Item/use-specific review required
Metadata/reference use only by default. Reproduction of artwork, marks, photographs, scans, or trade dress requires item/use-specific rights review.
Material record
Physical/material notes
- paper
- printing ink
Knowledge graph
Documented relationships
Design context, creators, brands, places, formats, marks, and media remain separate nodes.
belongs to
American Homebrewers Association
Smithsonian identifies the object as an American Homebrewers Association coaster.
historically connected to
American Homebrewers Association founded
The later association coaster is contextualized by AHA institutional history; no claim that it dates from the founding year.
uses design context
Homebrew community ephemera
Artifact participates in a sourced BEU design/material-culture context; the context is not itself an artifact.
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historical event
American Homebrewers Association founded
Charlie Papazian and Charlie Matzen formed the American Homebrewers Association in Boulder in December 1978 with the first issue of Zymurgy.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
historically_connected_to · reverse
American Homebrewers Association founded — historically connected to → American Homebrewers Association Coaster, c.1983–1986. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Historical context only; this does not by itself prove invention, descent, causation, or exclusivity. The later association coaster is contextualized by AHA institutional history; no claim that it dates from the founding year.
Evidence: American Homebrewers Association Coaster
design context
Homebrew community ephemera
Printed community material such as association coasters used as evidence of late-20th-century homebrew culture.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
uses_design_context · forward
American Homebrewers Association Coaster, c.1983–1986 — uses design context → Homebrew community ephemera.
Artifact is produced within or materially demonstrates a sourced printing, design, typography, production, advertising, or material-culture context. Artifact participates in a sourced BEU design/material-culture context; the context is not itself an artifact.
Evidence: American Homebrewers Association Coaster
organization
American Homebrewers Association
U.S. homebrewing organization founded in 1978; treated here as a historical institution, not as an authority for all beer history.
Navigation heuristic: 33. semantic 10 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
belongs_to · forward
American Homebrewers Association Coaster, c.1983–1986 — belongs to → American Homebrewers Association.
Artifact/product belongs to or is issued by target in the stated context. Smithsonian identifies the object as an American Homebrewers Association coaster.
Evidence: American Homebrewers Association Coaster
person
Charlie Papazian
Co-founder of the American Homebrewers Association in 1978 and a central participant in modern U.S. homebrew culture.
Navigation heuristic: 29. semantic 6 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
associated_with · forward
American Homebrewers Association Coaster, c.1983–1986 — associated with → Charlie Papazian.
Broad association used only when a more precise relation is unsuitable. Smithsonian contextualizes the coaster with Charlie Papazian and the AHA; this is not a claim that he designed the coaster.
Evidence: American Homebrewers Association Coaster
Provenance
Sources and source-level rights
Source authority, artifact copyright, trademark rights, and reproduction rights are separate questions.
archive museum
American Homebrewers Association Coaster
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
BEU may cite and derive factual metadata from this source. Source-page authority does not by itself clear embedded images, trademarks, object photography, scans, or catalog text for republication.