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PHC's Award of Brewing program was featured in the May/June 2006 issue of Zymurgy.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact our AOB Administrator.
Purpose
This program has
been established to promote an awareness of world beer styles and
the technical knowledge necessary to brew them. Its goal is to
determine if a brewer can produce a particular style of beer
without major defects and to expose members of the Prairie
Homebrewing Companions to a variety of brewing options.
Guidelines
Two liters of beer
are required for the evaluation tasting. The sample should be
presented and registered prior to the start of the club’s
monthly meeting. Only 1 liter is needed for high gravity
(>1.080) beer, mead or cider. The program participant must fill
out an AOB
Registration Form and indicate the target style before having
the beer judged. The judges will not assist the brewer in
determining the style.
The judges will
return a copy of the Registration Form and communicate their
impressions of each beer tasted so the brewers can make
improvements and / or adjustments in recipes or techniques. Plus
the judges will provide a "reference score" with their
results so they might determine just where the panel feels the
beer might fit in the range of overall quality. After the
beer has been sampled by the judging team it may be made available
to everyone in attendance for the People Choice competition.
Brewers may work
together but no more than two individuals will receive credit for
a beer that has successfully passed the judges’ examination.
Credited brewers should be involved in all aspects of the brewing
process from recipe development through packaging.
Award
of Brewing Levels
Brewers advance
through the program by demonstrating their ability to produce
beers that accurately reflect the characteristics of world beer
styles as defined by the Beer Judge Certification Program
guidelines and brew them without major defects.
Recognized
Brewer: To reach the “recognized” level a brewer must
make a beer from 6 of the major categories currently sanctioned by
the AHA. At least 1 of these must be a lager and at least 1 of
these must be an ale.
Accomplished
Brewer: To reach the “accomplished” level a brewer
must make a beer from 12 of the major categories currently
sanctioned by the AHA. At least 2 of these must be lagers and at
least 2 of these must be ales. Beers credited to a Recognized
brewer count toward this obligation.
Master of
Brewing: To reach the “master” level a brewer must
make a beer from every major category currently sanctioned by the
AHA. Beers credited to an Accomplished brewer count toward this
obligation.
Brewers wishing to
advance beyond these levels have these options:
Master of Brewing
2nd Degree: To reach this level a brewer must produce
beers representing 26 additional styles beyond those credited for
the “master” level. A club service component is also required
to advance to this level. This will include, but not be restricted
to, a demonstration of the brewer’s knowledge of world beer
styles and technical aspects of homebrewing.
Grand Master:
To reach this level a brewer must produce every style of beer
currently sanctioned by the AHA (currently 80). Beers credited to
a 2nd Degree Master brewer count toward this obligation. A club
service component is also required to advance to this level. This
will include, but not be restricted to, a demonstration of the
brewer’s knowledge of world beer styles and technical aspects of
homebrewing.
Awards
and Recognition
A certificate will
be presented to the brewer upon fulfillment of the requirements
necessary to reach a level in the program. These awards serve as
the club’s acknowledgement of the brewer’s achievement and as
a means of thanking the brewer for participating in the program.
Upon reaching the
level of Master Brewer, the participant will also receive
an engraved and personalized glass stein with a pewter lid, an
engraved plaque to hang on their wall indicating they are a Master
Brewer and their name added to the Award of Brewing plaque of
Master Brewers currently hanging at the Country Cannery.
A
new award was recently added to the AOB program, the Dennis Reimer
Award of Brewing, Brewer of the Year award given to the brewer who
advanced the most beers in the program during the prior
year. We give out this award at our annual Holiday Party and
all beers advanced since the prior year's Holiday Party count
towards this award. This award is a memorial to Dennis
Reimer who was a huge supporter of the AOB program having attained
the rank of Grand Master before he passed away in 2005.
PHC
Brewers
Current PHC members
who are participating in the Award of Brewing and have achieved
the Recognized Brewer level and beyond are:
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Grand
Master
of Brewing
Wayne Fehrenbach
Dennis Reimer
Master of Brewing
2nd Degree
Dick
Nilles
Rick Reilly
Susan Ruud
Master of Brewing
Ron Stroh
Ray
Taylor
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Accomplished
Brewer
Randy Behrens
Paul Frank
Karl Gunderson
Steve Leno
Jim Marback
Perry Mertz
Bill Nagle
Vince Rokke
Paul Vogel |
Recognized Brewer
Carl Eidbo
Jason Huck
Tim Lamey
Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Eric Swanson
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Dennis Reimer Brewer of the Year
Award
2006 - Paul Vogel
2007 - Rick Reilly |
Program
Administration
A Program Administrator will keep all
records concerning brewer participation and will coordinate the
beer evaluations. A team of experts will taste the samples
presented at each meeting. This team will consist of at least two
experienced BJCP judges. Contact
the AOB Administrator
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