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World Beer Cup 2008The seventh bi-annual
This year, 644 breweries from 58 countries competed for various awards. 2,864 beers entered in 91 beer style categories and blind tasting evaluations were conducted by judges from 21 different countries. Brewery Recognitions were given to Blue Moon Brewing Company for the 2008 World Beer Cup Champion Brewery in the Large Brewing Company Category and Port Brewing Company was recognized as the Small Brewing Co. champion! For a full list of winners in all the beer style categories go to www. worldbeercup.org. "Evaluating beer happens on many
levels. On a professional level, beer
evaluation is a form of peer review.
The results are public, so consumers
can learn what beers meet a high
level of quality and what beers exemplify
certain styles as interpreted by
the judges. When industry professionals
acknowledge the excellence in
products from around the market, the
consumer can be sure that those
products are the finest available." |
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Yuengling and The Palestra: Silent Auction |
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The final promotion was conducted for the Yuengling sponsorship of the documentary, The Palestra: Cathedral of Basketball, where several autographed items from the film were auctioned off. All proceeds were donated to the Coaches for Cancer charity. Kevin Stone, former owner of Stone’s Fairmount Beverage (pictured right next to Jody McDonald, host of Sports Talk on 950 WPEN) put in the winning bid for an autographed basketball from the film! |
Congratulations Kevin! |
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"Olympics of Beer"
event, The World Beer
Cup, was held in San
Diego, California this
April. "Brewers from
all over the world participate
in this event in
order to win recognition
for creativity and
brewing ability", says
Charlie Papazian,
President of the Brewers
Association. "For a
brewer, a World Beer
Cup gold medal
allows them to say
that their winning
beer represents the
best example of that
beer style in the world."