Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am
Ever dreamed of having your homebrew brewed at a commercial brewery? Does the idea of having a Great American Beer Festival medal draped around your neck appeal to you?
If so, your homebrew could be the inspiration for a local brewery to brew your homebrew on their professional system and enter it in the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition (GABF Pro-Am)!
Brewers Association member breweries are eligible to submit one entry into the Great American Beer Festival each year. Entries must be based on homebrew recipes from American Homebrewers Association members that have won an award in an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition. Competitions held after January 1, 2009 will be eligible for the 2010 GABF Pro-Am Competition.
2009 GABF Pro-Am Competition
The Brewers Association and the American Homebrewers Association proudly present the Fourth Annual GABF Pro-Am Competition of the Great American Beer Festival.
The GABF Pro-Am entries are brewed by professional craft brewers based on award-winning homebrew recipes from American Homebrewers Association (AHA) members. Homebrew recipes are scaled up and brewed at a craft brewery for submission into the competition. Visit Great American Beer Festival Competition Info to learn about the Pro-Am Competition Rules and Regulations that apply to the homebrewer and the brewery. The medals for the GABF Pro-Am competition do not count toward the GABF Brewery or Brewpub of the Year award.
Medals were awarded to both the professional and amateur brewers of the top three entries submitted to the competition. Representatives of Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. and HopUnion, sponsors for the 2009 Pro-Am Competition, presented the awards.
View this year's Winners.
Questions about the GABF Pro-Am Competition?
Contact AHA Project Coordinator, Janis Gross, at 888-822-6273.
Many breweries and homebrew clubs have existing relationships which will form the basis of partnerships for this program. Breweries looking for assistance finding a club or competition to join up with, can contact the AHA Project Coordinator, Janis Gross.
See AHA Events Calendar for a calendar of up-coming AHA/BJCP sanctioned competitions or visit BJCP: Competition Registration to register your own competition.
