Awards

South Beer Cup Winners Announced

May 15, 2011

Regular readers have probably noticed that my usual output has been diminished here of late, that’s because I’ve been in Buenos Aires, Argentina since Monday. I was fortunate enough to be invited to judge at the very first South Beer Cup, South America’s version of the Great American Beer Festival and the Craft Brewers Conference [...]

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For May 2011

May 2, 2011

The May 2011 standings will soon be released for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. Stan at Appellation Blog got a sneak peak at the new rankings, so here’s what happened to the Top 20 over last month: Wikio May 2011 Beer Blog Rankings 1 Brookston Beer Bulletin (+1) 2 Beervana (-1) 3 The New School (+1) 4 [...]

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For April 2011

April 5, 2011

The April 2011 standings have just been released for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. I’ve been knocked from my four month reign at the top, and Jeff from Beervana has once again assumed the #1 Spot. Congratulations Jeff. Here’s what happened to the Top 20 over last month: Wikio April 2011 Beer Blog Rankings 1 Beervana (+1) [...]

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Hard Liver Barleywine Fest Winners 2011

March 12, 2011

Here are the results from the 2011 Hard Liver Barleywine Fest in held at Brouwer’s Cafe in Seattle, Washington: 1st Place: Old Sebastes; Anacortes Brewery 2nd Place: Anderson Valley Horn of the Bear ’09; Anderson Valley Brewing 3rd Place: Old Woody; Glacier Brewhouse Congratulations to all the winners.

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For March 2011

March 5, 2011

The March 2011 standings have just been released for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. For an embarrassing fourth straight month, I’m still clinging to the top spot. Here’s what happened to the Top 20 over last month: Wikio March 2011 Beer Blog Rankings 1 Brookston Beer Bulletin (+/-0) 2 Beervana (+/-0) 3 Brewpublic (+/-0) 4 The New [...]

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Phil Farrel Wins 2011 Beerdrinker Of The Year

February 26, 2011

When I saw Phil Farrel during SF Beer Week I congratulated him for being nominated once again for Beer Drinker of the Year and told him I thought “it was his year.” It turns out I was right, as earlier today he emerged as the 2011 Beer Drinker of the Year. From the press release: [...]

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Indianapolis Man Wins “Brew Your Cask Off” Contest

February 23, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, All About Beer magazine conducted a contest, to win a trip to the “Brew Your Cask Off” beer festival hosted by Georgia’s SweetWater Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia on March 5, 2011. The winner had to write an essay explaining what type of cask they’d brew, in 300 words or less. [...]

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Bistro Double IPA Winners 2011

February 12, 2011

Firestone Walker‘s Double Jack was chosen best in show at the 11th annual Double IPA Festival today at the Bistro in Hayward, California. The full winner’s list is below. 1st Place: Double Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing 2nd Place: Hopsickle XXXIPA, Moylan’s Brewing 3rd Place: Hopocalypse, Drake’s Brewing People’s Choice Award: Kern River Citra Double IPA

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Brookston Football Pool Winners

February 7, 2011

With a most satisfying conclusion to the Super Bowl yesterday, the winners of the Brookston Football Pools 2010 have been decided. Congratulations to everyone who played this year, the winners are: Pick ‘Em League nighthops (174) Austin Hopheads (165) TIE: Beerguy101, HoldFastBrewery (160) TIE: The Beer Runners, bbbilly, GreenMachine-MWA, OakshireMatt (158) Piranha Pale Riders (157) [...]

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For February 2011

February 7, 2011

The February 2011 standings are out for Wikio’s Beer Blogs. For a third straight month, I’m still hanging on to the top spot. Here’s what happened to the Top 20 over last month: Wikio February 2011 Beer Blog Rankings 1 Brookston Beer Bulletin (+/-0) 2 Beervana (+/-0) 3 Brewpublic (+1) 4 The New School (-1) [...]

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For January 2011

January 9, 2011

I noticed today that the Wikio Top Blogs for Beer badge on the Bulletin still listed me as the #1 beer blog, so out of pure vanity I checked it out to see if the new Beer Blog standings for January 2011 were out. Apparently, I’m still clinging to the top spot. Here’s what happened [...]

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Wikio Beer Blog Rankings For December

December 6, 2010

At first I wasn’t sure why I was asked to get a sneak preview of the rankings for beer blogs by Wikio and blog about them, apart from Stan recommending me and Alan, but I got a pleasant surprise when they finally arrived in my inbox. For the category Beer Blogs, which appears to cover [...]

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Shameless Bragging: Winning the Russian River Invitational Washoe Tournament

October 24, 2010

I love the game of Washoes, a game that Tomme Arthur from the Lost Abbey introduced into the brewing community almost ten years ago. I’ve been known to play for hours, given the chance. Almost every small brewery along the west coast has a set of boards, and you see them fairly frequently at events, [...]

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Canadian Brewing Awards 2010

September 25, 2010

Last night, Friday September 24, the 8th annual Canadian Brewing Awards were presented at the Cool Brewery in Etobicoke, Ontario. At the CBA Gala and Medal Presentation, 93 medals were awarded in 31 style categories. This year, there were 390 entries from 76 Canadian breweries, “making the 2010 edition the largest brewing competition ever held [...]

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Ken Grossman One Of CHOW 13

September 20, 2010

Ken Grossman, the co-founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing was chosen by the food website CHOW as one of their CHOW 13 for 2010. They describe the 13 folks chosen as “honoring the people pushing the food world in new and adventurous directions.” Last year — the first year for the awards — Sam Calagione was [...]

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GABF Winners 2010

September 20, 2010

On Saturday, the winners of the Great American Beer Festival were announced for 2010. A total of 236 medals were awarded in 79 categories (gold, silver and bronze). California breweries took home the highest total of any state, with 52 of the 236 awards, or about 22% of the total. Colorado won 40 and Oregon [...]

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