terça-feira, 13 de abril de 2010

Campeonato Americano de Cervejas


Campeonato Americano de Cervejas será em Junho de 2010


ATLANTA, Ga. – The 2010 United States Beer Championships will be held June 8 – June 18 with the winner being announced on July 4, 2010. This competition is the only one to allow award winning home brewers to compete against the best breweries worldwide. Last year, more than 500 beers were submitted for judging. Ten breweries were recognized among the top 10 based on the number of medals earned. Deschutes Brewing of Bend, Oregon was named Grand National Champion while Sprecher Brewing of Glendale, Wisconsin and the Boston Beer finished second and third respectively. Sixty-two individual breweries won at least one medal, and 14 won two medals or more. Phil Ferrall of Cumming, Ga. was the only homebrewer to win a gold medal. His homebrew, The Next to Last King of Scotland Ale, won the Strong Scotch Ale category.


2009 United States Open Championship’s Top Ten Breweries

Deschutes Brewing – Bend, Oregon
Sprecher Brewing – Glendale, Wisconsin
Boston Beer Company – Boston, Massachuetts
August Schell Brewing – New Ulm, Minnesota
Maui Brewing – Maui, Hawaii
Anderson Valley Brewing – Boonville, California
Terrapin Beer Company – Athens, Georgia
Tallgrass Brewing – Manhattan, Kansas
Atlanta Brewing – Atlanta, Georgia
Sweetwater Brewing – Atlanta, Georgia

Call for Entries Begin June 7, 2010 The call for entries for the United States Open Beer Championships will begin June 7, with the entry deadline set for June 18. Winners will be announced July 4. Each brewery may enter a maximum of 10 beers. In order to help small brewers in these tough economic times, each brewery will be allowed to enter 2 beers with no entry fee. If a brewery wishes to enter more than two beers, there will be a $50 entry fee per beer. A brewery must submit a minimum of five beers to be qualified to win one of the “Top Ten Breweries”. Entry forms and rules can found on the competitions Web site at U.S. Open Registration.

More than 50 categories will be judged. Winners will receive a medal in the shape of a beer stein for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Beers placing in the top 10 of each category and Top 10 Breweries overall will be featured in America’s Best and Top 10 as well as BeerInfo.com. Along with the medals awarded, a Grand National Champion will be awarded based on a point system for beers (five entered minimum) entered in the competition. To see last years’s individual winning brews and other winner and entrants’ details, go to http://www.usopenbeer.com/.
The United States Open Beer Championship invites more than 1,000 breweries from more than 30 countries, as well as the 29 National Homebrewing Champions from the United States and Canada, to participate.

Dow Scoggins
DirectorUS Open Beer Championship
Phone 334-444-3346Email: usopenbeer@live.com

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