Over its 38-year history, the National Homebrew Competition has evaluated 126,873 brews. The AHA National Homebrew Competition recognizes the most outstanding homemade beer, mead and cider being produced by homebrewers worldwide. "He beat out many outstanding competitors at the National Homebrew Competition - the world's largest international beer competition - and that's something to be extremely proud of." "The American Homebrewers Association is thrilled to congratulate Etienne Bourgeois on his award," said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. This year, the final round of judging took place June 9 at Homebrew Con, where 1,074 entries were evaluated by the judges. The top three entries at each site in each of the 31 brew style categories advance to the final round of the competition, presented every year at the National Homebrewers Conference, which, in 2016 for the first time ever, went by its new name, Homebrew Con. The first round took place at 12 regional sites across the country. The 2016 National Homebrew Competition had a total of 7,962 entries from 3,396 homebrewers located in all 50 states, Washington D.C. The award was announced June 11 at the Homebrew Con 2016 awards banquet held at The Baltimore Convention Center.īourgeois, a member and president emeritus of the Treasure Coast Brewmasters, began homebrewing in 2011 and has won multiple awards throughout his four-plus years in the hobby however, this is his first on a national level. PALM CITY - Etienne Bourgeois of Palm City was presented the Bronze Medal for Light Lagers at the 38th annual American Homebrewers Association (AHA) National Homebrew Competition.
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