FW: Homebrewers Win Medals at AHA's National Homebrew Competition

-----Original Message----- From: Brewers Association [mailto:jennifer@brewersassociation.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:46 PM To: alboyce(a)bigfoot.com Subject: Homebrewers Win Medals at AHA's National Homebrew Competition You gave Brewers Association (http://www.beertown.org) permission to send you this email. Please add jennifer(a)brewersassociation.org to your address book or safe sender list. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brewers Association Cindy Jones, Sales & Marketing Director Phone: +1.303.447.0816, ext. 144 Fax: +1.303.447.2825 Email: cindy(a)brewersassociation.org Web Site: www.beertown.org Homebrewers Win Medals at American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Competition Boulder, Colo. .June 28, 2005-Two homebrewers from Virginia ran away with the national title - Homebrewer of the Year at this year's American Homebrewers Association's (AHA) National Homebrew Competition. David and Becky Pyle's Straight Lambic, a Belgian-style sour ale, was chosen Best-of-Show beer garnering them the most coveted title in homebrewing. The AHA also presented gold, silver and bronze medals in 29 style categories to more than 87 homebrewers, June 18 in Baltimore, MD in front of 500 fellow homebrewers at the 27th annual AHA National Homebrewers Conference Grand Banquet and Awards Ceremony. The 2005 National Homebrew Competition is the world's largest beer competition with 4,128 homemade brews from 975 homebrewers in 47 states and six Canadian provinces. The National Homebrew Competition is larger than the world's largest competition for commercial brewers, the Great American Beer Festival Competition, which evaluated 2,016 entries in 2004. The competition also presented five major awards. Homebrewers won the following titles: Ninkasi Award (Winningest Brewer) sponsored by Boston Beer Co. - Paul Long of Newberg, Ore., Strange Brew Homebrew Club Homebrewer of the Year (Best-of-Show Beer) sponsored by Muntons P.L.C. - David and Becky Pyle of Springfield, Va., Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) Meadmaker of the Year (Best-of-Show Mead) sponsored by Redstone Meadery - Curt and Kathy Stock of St. Paul, Minn., St. Paul Homebrewers Club Cidermaker of the Year (Best-of-Show Cider) sponsored by Vinoka c/o Oregon Specialty - Eric Dawson of Rochester, N.Y., Upstate New York Homebrewers Guild Homebrew Club of the Year sponsored by Coopers Brew Products - Quality Ales and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF) of San Diego, Calif. (5th year in a row!) Over its 27-year history the National Homebrew Competition has evaluated 53,802 brews. The first competition held in 1979 in Boulder, Colo., judged 34 beers. 2005 National Homebrew Competition Award Sponsors: Boston Beer Company, www.bostonbeer.com; Coopers Brew Products, www.cascadiabrew.com; Muntons P.L.C., www.muntons.com; Redstone Meadery, www.redstonemeadery.com; Vinoka c/o Oregon Specialty, www.oregonspecialty.com. 2005 National Homebrew Competition Category Sponsors: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/sponsors.html Based in Boulder, Colo., U.S.A., the Brewers Association (BA) is a not-for-profit trade and educational association for small and craft brewers. The Brewers Association was established in 2005 by a merger of the Association of Brewers and the Brewers' Association of America. Visit the website: www.beertown.org to learn more. The Brewers Association has an additional membership division of 9,000+ homebrewers: American Homebrewers Association. The association's activities include events and publishing: World Beer CupR; Great American Beer FestivalR; NBWA/BREWERS Joint Legislative Conference, Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo AmericaR; National Homebrewers Conference; National Homebrew Competition; American Beer Month (July); Zymurgy magazine; The New Brewer magazine; and books on beer and brewing. # # # * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * You gave Brewers Association (http://www.beertown.org) permission to send you this email. Please add jennifer(a)brewersassociation.org to your address book or safe sender list. 736 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302, US To review the Privacy Policy under which this email was sent, go to http://maildogmanager.com/privacy_policy.html To review our Acceptable Use Policy, go to http://www.maildogmanager.com/acceptable_use_policy.html To unsubscribe or manage your Subscription Preferences, simply go to http://www.maildogmanager.com/unsub.html?client=aobhtml&campaign=452&am… lboyce(a)bigfoot.com Instantly created and delivered by Brewers Association's Mail Dog (http://www.maildogmanager.com)