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Subject: Homebrewers Win Medals at AHA's National Homebrew Competition
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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.
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