Hi All,
The First Weekend in November is getting close so it means that we need to start thinking about the Top Twister Brewers Championship held in conjunction with the Bitter & Twisted - International Boutique Beer Festival. Due to last year's 'stealth' marketing campaign we ran a small but very successfull competition with most entrants being impressed with the standard of judging and feedback provided.
This year's competition will be held at Potters Brewery on 4th-5th October, with the Pro-Am taste-off being held at the Bitter & Twisted festival. Entries close Wednesday 1st October. There will be more details on this shortly.
Last year's Top Twister Brewers Championship had the unique distinction of being the first competition in Australia to sponsor the winner to compete on the international stage. The NSW Brewers Guild covered all entry fees and transport costs for our Top Twister to enter the American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Competition. The winner was also invited to brew a batch of their beer at Potters Brewery.
The AHA National Homebrew Competition is the largest beer competition in the world and this year had 5,643 entries submitted by a total of 1,307 brewers from the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Twenty-eight categories were judged in each of the ten competition regions (nine US regions and one Canada region).
The 2007 Top Twister brewers were Chan & Eileen Lay of Richmond, Victoria and are active members of the Bayside Brewers club in Melbourne. Due to the difficult task of judging more than five thousand entries across the USA, the National Homebrew Competition is held in two rounds with the 1st round resulting in 825 beer, mead, and cider entries qualifying for the Final Round. I am delighted to say that our Top Twister advanced to the final round after placing 3rd with their Wit beer in Category 16 ( Belgian & French Ale) for the South West Region !
David
The First Weekend in November is getting close so it means that we need to start thinking about the Top Twister Brewers Championship held in conjunction with the Bitter & Twisted - International Boutique Beer Festival. Due to last year's 'stealth' marketing campaign we ran a small but very successfull competition with most entrants being impressed with the standard of judging and feedback provided.
This year's competition will be held at Potters Brewery on 4th-5th October, with the Pro-Am taste-off being held at the Bitter & Twisted festival. Entries close Wednesday 1st October. There will be more details on this shortly.
Last year's Top Twister Brewers Championship had the unique distinction of being the first competition in Australia to sponsor the winner to compete on the international stage. The NSW Brewers Guild covered all entry fees and transport costs for our Top Twister to enter the American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Competition. The winner was also invited to brew a batch of their beer at Potters Brewery.
The AHA National Homebrew Competition is the largest beer competition in the world and this year had 5,643 entries submitted by a total of 1,307 brewers from the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Twenty-eight categories were judged in each of the ten competition regions (nine US regions and one Canada region).
The 2007 Top Twister brewers were Chan & Eileen Lay of Richmond, Victoria and are active members of the Bayside Brewers club in Melbourne. Due to the difficult task of judging more than five thousand entries across the USA, the National Homebrew Competition is held in two rounds with the 1st round resulting in 825 beer, mead, and cider entries qualifying for the Final Round. I am delighted to say that our Top Twister advanced to the final round after placing 3rd with their Wit beer in Category 16 ( Belgian & French Ale) for the South West Region !
David