founder of
American Homebrewers Association
No narrower time scope asserted
The Brewers Association timeline identifies Charlie Matzen as an AHA co-founder in 1978.
Beer actors · person
Charlie Matzen
Co-founder with Charlie Papazian of the American Homebrewers Association in 1978.
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- Identity class
- homebrewer · association founder · organizer
- Temporal status
- lifespan not asserted
- Place context
- United States
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historically connected to
American Homebrewers Association founded
No narrower time scope asserted
The 1978 AHA foundation event is directly connected to co-founder Charlie Matzen.
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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: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
founded_by · reverse
American Homebrewers Association — founded by → Charlie Matzen. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Organization/brewery was founded by person. The Brewers Association timeline identifies Charlie Matzen as an AHA co-founder in 1978.
Evidence: Brewers Association Timeline
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: 40. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
historically_connected_to · reverse
American Homebrewers Association founded — historically connected to → Charlie Matzen. 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 1978 AHA foundation event is directly connected to co-founder Charlie Matzen.
Evidence: Brewers Association Timeline
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