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US Beers to Head Down Under for International Awards
MELBOURNE, Jan. 5 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
The Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) has kicked off its annual search
for the world's best beers, with US brewers encouraged to enter the second largest
beer competition of its kind, joining the global battle for beer supremacy.
The AIBA offer US exhibitors the chance to test their skills against the best
brewers in the world. In 2009, a record 1,140 entries were received across the world,
including more than 160 entries from US based brewers. Long heralded as a leading
beer nation, US breweries have produced a number of AIBA winning entries since the
Award's inception in 1993.
According to AIBA Chariman Peter Manders, the Awards offer large and craft brewers
from the US the opportunity to showcase their talents, and pit their products against
the best in the industry.
"The Australian International Beer Awards has grown in stature to sit alongside
The Great American Beer Festival as one of the most highly regarded awards of its
industry, attracting a remarkable number of high quality and innovative beers from
around the world," said Mr Manders.
"The Awards recognise brewers that are influencing the evolution of the beer
industry through innovation, and provide an international benchmark of industry
excellence," he said.
"We expect US breweries to attract strong attention from the judges once again in
2010, with the Champion Belgian and French Ales Trophy awarded to the Anderson Valley
Brewing Company (California) for their Brother David's Double Abbey Style Ale in
2009.
The competition's global reputation has been reinforced in recent years with the
inclusion of some of the world's most respected judges who join a panel of Australian
industry experts to judge a variety of classes.
The annual AIBA judge beers in a variety of classes. In addition to awarding the
coveted gold, silver and bronze medals in each class, judges award 16 prestigious
Championship Trophies, including a new Champion Gluten Free Beer Trophy.
Presented annually by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria in conjunction
with the University of Ballarat, the event will culminate in a gala awards
presentation dinner at Crown Palladium, Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, 20 May
2010.
For all media inquiries: Cara Norden, Wrights
+61 421 549 408
cnorden@wrights.com.au
SOURCE: Australian International Beer Awards
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