Dear G.L.,
That’s right, due to another successful competition in 2008 the contest is back again! Announcing the 2009 Samuel Adams® American Homebrew Contest®! Here’s your chance to have your homebrew brewed, packaged and nationally distributed in the 2010 Samuel Adams LongShot® package! It’s simple. Well, not really. You will have to brew a winning entry and send it in to face a panel of certified beer judges, but no one ever said taking a shot at glory was simple!
Get yourself to www.samueladams.com to learn all the details including how much time you have to brew and ship it to us (less than you think!). You can even purchase homebrew supplies; watch the instructional “The Art of Homebrewing” video hosted by our own Jim Koch or become a member of the American Homebrewing Association.
Here are some quick facts:
Submission Window:
April 15th – May 1st, 2009
Prizes:
Four finalists will be awarded a trip to attend the 2009 Great American Beer Festival® in Denver, CO where Samuel Adams will announce the winning two recipes to be included in the 2010 LongShot
six-pack.
If you have questions about the competition or the website, please email homebrew@bostonbeer.com.
Good luck!
Please note that this competition is registered with the BJCP as an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition Program (SCP) event.
Keep an eye out! The 2009 LongShot® 6 pack will be released in April 2009. The variety pack is composed of a Double IPA brewed by Mike McDole of CA, a Traditional Bock brewed by Alex Drobshoff of CA and a Cranberry Wit brewed by Samuel Adams employee Carissa Sweigart of MA. Enjoy!!