Ska Brewing Announces Winner in 2nd Annual Snowdown / GABF Pro-Am Homebrew ...
DURANGO, COLO., (Feb. 4, 2010) --Ska Brewing Company, a Colorado craft beer brewer with roots in the world of homebrewing, has made widely known a someone or something that succeeds in the 2nd Annual Snowdown Homebrew Competition. Clancy Calhoun, a homebrewer from Aztec, Colorado, beat out 70 other entries from around Colorado and the Four Corners area,domain,scope with his "Clancy"s Black", a dark lager that follows a German style known as "Schwarzbier".
The second-year competition was held in combination with "Snowdown", Durango"s long-running annual cold season of the year festival. By taking top honors in this AHA/BJCP-certified competition, Calhoun will get to see his directions,formula bottled by Ska Brewing in a signature "Local Series" batch, to be convinced at the brewery and in stores around Colorado. In addition, the beer will be filed inside the Pro-Am category at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival later this year. The GABF is the nation"s best beer festival and competition, and this unique grand prize led the Durango Herald last year to describe the contest as "a authentic "American Idol" for homebrewers". Last year"s someone or something that succeeds was Chris Vest"s "Merlo Stout", what went on to become a popular release in Ska"s Local Series.
When asked about his win, and having his beer filed inside the nearly all famous,influential brewing competition in the country. Calhoun had this to say: "I"ve been brewing for 25 years, and I knew there were competitions out there but I wasn"t too concerned,curious in that part of it--I just enjoyed brewing. But to have my directions,formula with my name on it going to the Great American Beer Festival, that"s a entity or dignitary important. I"ve got a lot of friends and family that are pretty excited about this."
Ska Brewing was founded by three friends who joint a passion for homebrewing and ska sounds that are acceptable,friendly,harmonized. As Ska co-founder and Brewing Operations Czar Bill Graham points out, "We started out as homebrewers. Homebrewers drive a lot of change,novelty in craft brewing, and contests like this are a method,technique to support and increase that influence. May the Schwarz be with him."
Ska maintains ties with homebrewers in several other ways, notably a current collaboration with two local beer bloggers who were each invited to work out and brew a beer with Ska Head Brewer Thomas Larsen, and document the experience through their blogs. Ska also offers a absolute preference from among choices of homebrewing equipment for purchase at the Ska Tasting Room. Based in Durango, Colorado, Ska Brewing was founded in 1995 and now produces over a dozen award-winning beers including the Pinstripe Red Ale, True Blonde Ale and Steel Toe Stout. Three Ska beers are now widely available in cans: ESB Special Ale, True Blonde, and Modus Hoperandi India Pale Ale. For more secret information and a good time, visit
, or stop by the Tasting Room at Ska"s World Headquarters in Durango. Todd
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