A competition for everyone
• Apr 6th, 2009 • Category: Beer Events
Some people only need one chance in life before they can rise up and become something much greater than themselves and breweries are no exception. For the first time the smallest home brewers in the world will be given the opportunity to take on the beer giants — for pride, honor, and stein medals.
The U.S. Open Beer Championship begins on June 1 but has an entry deadline of June 14.
“The best homebrew beers as recognized by the National Home Brewers’ Association and the Canadian Homebrewer Associations, will receive a special invitation to compete against the big boys,” Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer Championship, said in a press release.
One thousand breweries, 30 countries, 29 National champions, and one competition to decide the Grand National Champion of beer.
Going head-to-head in over 50 categories, breweries from all over the world will bring their best to the table and leave everything in the bottles they provide to be judged.
Breweries are allowed to submit two beers free of charge to the competition with a minimal charge of $50 per beer with a limit of 10 total submissions.
To be considered one of the Top Ten Breweries applicants are required to submit a minimum of five beers to the open.
Only the best will walk away with a first place stein medal. The rest will just have to go to the store like everybody else and see what an award winner really tastes like.
