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From: Association of Brewers [mailto:cindy@aob.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:30 PM
To: mmoranz(a)net-info.com
Subject: AHA announces Winners of Largest Beer Competition in
the World
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
American Homebrewers Association announces Winners of Largest Beer
Competition in the World
Boulder, Colo. June 26, 2003 The Association of Brewers
crowned winners
of the largest homebrew competition in the world this past
weekend at the
American Homebrewers Associations 25th annual National Homebrewers
Conference in Chicago, Ill. The best of 3,340 beer and mead entries by
homebrewers from the U.S. and around the world advanced to
the second round
of the AHA National Homebrew Competition and were judged
onsite during the
conference.
Winners of the competition were announced at the conferences
Rogue Ale
Grand Banquet on Friday night and were awarded gold, silver
or bronze medals
in 29 style categories. The National Homebrew Competition
winners list is
at the end of this press release and also available on
www.beertown.org.
Some of the highlights of the awards were the crowning of
Homebrewer and
Homebrew Club of the Year. Bruce Stott of Hop River Brewers
in Rockville,
Conn. was named Homebrewer of the Year for his Cee Cee Schwarz Beer.
Homebrewer of the Year, sponsored by Muntons P.L.C., is given
to the Best of
Show beer from the 24 beer categories.
Homebrew Club of the Year, sponsored by Coopers Brew
Products, went to the
Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF) for the third
year in a row
making them only the second club ever to secure the award for
more than two
years running.
The Ninkasi Award, sponsored by Boston Beer Company, is given to the
winningest brewer in the 24 beer categories, with six points
for a gold
medal, four points for a silver medal, and two points for a
bronze medal.
For the second year in a row Curt Hausam of Salem, Ore. won
the Ninkasi
Award.
Meadmaker of the Year, sponsored by Redstone Meadery, was
given to Paul
Zocco of Andover, Conn. This award is given to the Best of
Show mead from
the three mead categories.
Cidermaker of the Year was awarded to Steve Olson of Menasha,
Wis. and is
given to the Best of Show cider from the cider category.
Alaskas homebrewers shined, winning 11 of the 87 medals awarded.
The American Homebrewers Association is a division of the
Association of
Brewers, established 1978 in Boulder, Colo., U.S.A. In 1979,
200 people
attended the first AHA National Homebrewers Conference held
in Boulder,
Colo. Now the conference is recognized as the worlds
largest-attended
conference devoted to amateur brewers.
Based in Boulder, Colo., U.S.A., the Association of Brewers (AOB) is a
not-for-profit educational, trade association for small and
craft brewers.
Its mission is to make quality beer and brewing knowledge
accessible to all.
Visit the website:
www.beertown.org to learn more.
The Association of Brewers has an additional membership
division of 8,000+
homebrewers: American Homebrewers Association.
The associations activities include events and publishing:
World Beer Cup®;
Great American Beer Festival®; Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo
America®; National Homebrewers Conference; National Homebrew
Competition;
American Beer Month (July); Zymurgy magazine; The New Brewer
magazine; and
books on beer and brewing.
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CONTACT:
Association of Brewers
Cindy Jones, Sales and Marketing Director
Phone: +1.303.447.0816, ext. 144
Fax: +1.303.447.2825
E-mail: cindy(a)aob.org
Web Site:
www.beertown.org