AHA First Round South Region 2008

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by John Little

I received my scoresheets from the 9 entries I submitted to the AHA First Round (South Region) and am happy to add a few entries to my Mastering World Beer Styles attempt records.

31.5 - Spiced Belgian Dark Strong (10/28/2007)
31.5 - Traditional Bock (11/11/2007)
30 - Schwarzbier (12/8/2007)
37 - Dark American Lager (11/4/2006) - Third Place
40.5 - [...]

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Ninkasi Award Winners

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by John Little

Thanks to BrewTa2 for putting together a list of former AHA NHC Ninkasi Award winners and posting it on the Brewing Network.
The Ninkasi Award is the prize given by American Homebrewers Association for the brewer who gains the most points in the second round of the National Homebrew Competition judged at the National Homebrewers Conference. [...]

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2007 Sam Adams Longshot Weizenbock

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by John Little

Here’s a good article about one of the 2007 Sam Adam’s Longshot Competition winners. Thank you Sam Adams for recognizing how important homebrewing is to the craft brewing industry. And congratulations Rodney Kibzey. more info here.
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine), April 6, 2008 Sunday, Pg. B5
Give that man a beer
Joe Gray, Chicago Tribune
Rodney [...]

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Filed under: Commercial Beer, Competitions, In the News, Weizenbock

Ron Paul and Obama win Nevada Beer Caucus

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by John Little

Obama, Paul win N. Nevada beer caucus
Posted: 1/19/2008
While many Northern Nevadans argued for their candidate of choice or filled out an official ballot, others cracked a cold one and participated in another type of preference polling: beer caucusing.
At Great Basin Brewery Brewing Co. in Sparks, the rules for caucusing were pretty simple: One ballot for [...]

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Bad Faith Budejovice

Posted on January 8th, 2008 by John Little

I’ve decided to post another recipe of a past beer I’ve brewed that turned out pretty good. By the way, it’s not easy to come up with a criminal law theme for each beer name, but Bad Faith Budejovice works ok. The first German Pilsner I brewed was on November 4, 2006, at [...]

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