Three breweries medal at 2016 U.S. Open

Boiler Brewing of Lincoln, Nebraska Brewing of LaVista/Papillion, and Scratchtown Brewing of Ord were all medal winners this past week at the 2016 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Nearly 5,000 entries were judged at this international competition with the final round of judging taking place in Oxford, Ohio.

Having only been open to the public since April 1 of this year, the first two medals won by Boiler Brewing as a commercial brewery is quite an impressive feat. Nebraska Brewing is no stranger to this event, having medaled at the U.S. Beer Open in multiple categories in all eight years this competition has existed. Scratchtown Brewing medals for the same beer, Black Eye Imperial Porter, for the second consecutive year.

Congratulations to all three breweries!

Raise a Glass with Farnam House

As I'm sure you know by now, Farnam House recently won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup for the Bier de Garde. So, they've decided to celebrate tomorrow (June 2nd at 5pm) by cutting the price of the Bier de Garde in half until the keg blows. At 6pm, they'll have a big "Chalice Hoist" for everyone to cheer the victory.

And of course they couldn't just leave it at that. There will be a special menu available and they'll be tapping their 100th batch, a 10% ABV Belgian Golden Strong.

Nebraska Brewers Win at the World Beer Cup

At the recent World Beer Cup, two Nebraska breweries took home medals. Farnam House won a silver medal for their Bier de Garde and Ploughshare won silver for their blond bockbier, Pivo Bublina. Congratulations, you guys! Here's to more future medals!

By now I am sure you have heard that Farnam House took home a silver medal for our Biere de Garde. It was in the category for Belgian and French style Ales. There are many great beers in this category and to even be considered is an honor. To be judged as one of the three best is very humbling to say the least. We got to share this stage with Gold Medal winner Barrel Aged Woodthrush from Little Fish Brewing in Athens, OH. The Bronze went to Domaine DuPage from Two Brothers Brewing Company in Warrenville, IL. Cheers!! #Nebraskabeer #worldbeercup#worldbeercup2016 #craftbeer #Omaha #Nebraska#Wedontcoast #explorenebraska

Ploughshare Brewing Co. Wins Award at World Beer Cup℠Lincoln, Nebraska • May 9, 2016—Ploughshare Brewing Co. claimed a silver award in the 2016 World Beer Cup, a global beer competition that evaluates beers from around the world and recognizes the most outstanding brewers and their beers. Gold, silver and bronze awards in the competition’s 96 beer-style categories were presented May 6, 2016 during the World Beer Cup award ceremony at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ploughshare was awarded the silver award in the German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock beer style category for its Pivo Bublina, a

blond bockbier with notable honey, marmalade, and floral hop notes and an off-sweet finish. Maibock, literally a bockbier (strong lager) brewed for release around May 1st, is a traditional pale colored bock style and is generally hoppier and crisper than the sweeter dark bocks brewed brewed for Christmas and Easter.
 “This beer exemplifies what craft brewers can do to honor classic beer styles. Our custom brewhouse allows us to craft lagers such as Pivo Bublina in the same manner as the best German and Czech brewers,” said Matt Stinchfield, Founder at Ploughshare. “We chose the best quality German malt, hops, and yeast, which along with our exceptional brewing water and patience, gave us all the ingredients to produce a world class lager.”
 Pivo Bublina is Czech for “beer bubble.” Stinchfield explains the name: “After two glasses of this deceptively strong lager, you might find yourself in a place of mellow wellbeing. We call this “being in the beer bubble, hence the name.” The winning beer is on tap at the brewery’s taproom and at better draught accounts in the Lincoln area. World Beer Cup winners were selected by an international panel of 253 beer judges from 31 countries. Regarded as the “Olympics of Beer Competition,” the World Beer Cup saw an impressive field of 6,596 entries from 1,907 breweries in 55 countries. Presented by the Brewers Association, the World Beer Cup has been held every other year since 1996, to celebrate the art and science of brewing by recognizing outstanding achievement. For more additional information, visit the World Beer Cup website. Ploughshare is a 15-bbl microbrewery located at 1630 P St. in Lincoln. The brewery specializes in brewing classic styles of ales and lagers, as well as adventurous seasonal styles. Ploughshare has been selling its beers in draught format for just 18 months. Special cask beers are tapped weekly. The taproom also offers wine, gluten free beer, and non-alcoholic beverages, including fresh French pressed coffee and nostalgic sodas as well as an ever-changing beer-inspired menu.  The brewery sources only the highest quality ingredients for its beer and food.  Matt Stinchfield, Owner and Head Brew Master, opened Ploughshare Brewing Co. in July 2014. Learn more at:https://www.facebook.com/PloughshareBrewingCo/ https://twitter.com/ploughsharebrew https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/362920086/ http://ploughsharebrewing.com

Ploughshare founder Matt Stinchfield receives the silver award for Pivo Bublina from BrewersAssociation president Charlie Papazian at the 2016 World Beer Cup awards ceremony in Philadelphia, May 7, 2016.

Scratchtown, Nebraska Brewing medal at U.S. Beer Open

Scratchtown Brewing Company and Nebraska Brewing Company both took home medals from the recently completed 2015 U.S. Open Beer Championship held in Oxford, Ohio.

 

Nebraska Brewing is no stranger to the winner's circle at the U.S. Beer Open, having medaled in multiple style categories in each of the past seven years the event has existed. For Scratchtown Brewing, their first gold medal win is also their first-ever medal win at this annual event.

Congratulations to both breweries!

NHC First Round Winners!

The first round results for this year's National Homebrew Competition have been posted. You can see the lists here. These winning homebrews will now move on to the second and final round which takes place June 21st. I did a quick search of each region's results looking for any Nebraskan homebrewers who placed. Here's what I found (hopefully I didn't miss anyone!):

Brewer(s)	Place	Category
Thomas Malowski	1	1A: Light American Lager
Thomas Malowski	2	1B: Standard American Lager
Thomas Malowski	1	6A: Cream Ale
Scott Schneider	1	9D: Irish Red Ale
Kevin and Marcia Kroll	2	9E: Strong Scotch Ale
Matthew Misfeldt	2	11C: Northern English Brown
Thomas Malowski	2	15B: Dunkelweizen
John Whisler/Thomas Malowski	1	16C: Saison
John Whisler	1	18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Thomas Malowski	1	22B: Other Smoked Beer
Mike Klimek	1	22C: Wood-Aged Beer
Brian Leising	3	22C: Wood-Aged Beer
Jason McLaughlin	3	25C: Other Fruit Melomel

As far as clubs go, the Railroaders, South Omaha Brewers, OmaHops, Lincoln Lagers, and The Brewing Network were all represented. Nice work guys! Good luck in the second round!

Congrats to a couple Nebraska breweries in the FoBAB

Just wanted to send out a tip of the hat to Upstream and Nebraska Brewing Company on pulling in some hardware last weekend in Chicago. 

Here are the results.


Category 6: Strong/Double/Imperial Dark Beers by Tom Griffin Barrels  
1 Upstream Brewing Company (Old Market) NE Kurgan  
2 Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Des Moines IA Barrel Reserve Illuminator Doppelbock
3 Sun King Brewing Company IN

Category 5: Strong/Double/Imperial Pale Beer sponsored by Goose Island Beer Company  
1 Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Chicago IL Sled Dog Imperial Red
2 Nebraska Brewing Company NE Melange A Trois  
3 Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant CA  

The awards just keep coming in for the Nebraska breweries so tell your friends and get out and enjoy them so they continue to make them and more! 

Nebraska Brewing Company wins big at North American Beer Awards

Surprise, surprise, Nebraska Brewing Company is pulling in more medals at a beer competition.  This isn't just any beer competition though, this is one of the biggest.  So when NBC pulls in 2 GOLD medals it is very exciting.  If you have yet to have their beers or visit their brewery get on over there, it is worth it, as the awards are proving. 

Here is their press release.

(Papillion, NE) – Nebraska Brewing Company claimed 2 Gold Medals in the recently concluded 2011 North American Beer Awards.

The North American Beer Awards is a unique event sanctioned by the North American Brewers Association. The competition provides an opportunity to be judged by qualified judges against the best beers, ciders and sodas in the country today. Judges at the annual NABA sanctioned beer awards include brew masters from major national breweries as well as experts from small, independent breweries. Also judging are beer journalists and certified judges. Evaluation and judging of beers are conducted in sessions which lead to the award of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

Medals in the competition’s 27 beer-style categories were awarded June 3rd 2011.
Nebraska Brewing Company’s Reserve Series Black Betty Oak-Aged Russian Imperial Stout was awarded the Gold Medal in the Wood Flavored Beer Category and Infinite Wit, a Belgian Style Wit beer, was also awarded a Gold Medal in the Belgian Wit Category.

Paul Kavulak, President of Nebraska Brewing Company stated: “It is absolutely fantastic to be recognized among so many of the Nation’s finest beers. As we continue to create the Craft Beers that we feel best represent us as brewers, it’s very gratifying to know that others enjoy them so much as well.”

Kim Kavulak, Vice President & General Manager noted: “We take great pride and pleasure in the beers produced here at Nebraska Brewing Company. Recognition on a national level is an indicator that great beers can be produced from breweries of any size, even small ones like us.”

Nebraska Brewing Company was formed in November of 2007 and has established itself as a Midwest Innovator of quality Craft Beers and artisanal Barrel-Aged Products. Building on a reputation for quality, flavor, and creativity – Nebraska Brewing Company strives to be a stand-out in an ever growing field.
Nebraska Brewing Company is proud to be a locally owned and locally operated brewpub in Papillion, Nebraska. Small, independent, and pushing the envelope.

For interviews, additional information or media interviews, please contact Kim Kavulak @ kim@nebraskabrewingco.com.

Nebraska Brewing Company
7474 Towne Center Parkway, Suite 101
Shadow Lake Towne Center
Papillion, NE. 68046
402-934-7100
www.nebraskabrewing.com
  

Congrats Nebraska Brewing Company

They are starting to pull in the awards already this year.  They just won the Midwest region in the US Beer tasting Championships for Barrel Aged Beer with Melange a Trios and the Imperial Stout category with Black Betty.

That is awesome gang, congrats!!

Here is the link to all the results. 

Best of Omaha 2011

We have several locations to honor this year.  Congrats to the winners.  Go to the site for more information.  http://bestofomaha.com/


Appetizers

Upstream Brewing Company

Kona Grill

España Restaurant Tapas Bar Paella Sangria

Bowl of Soup

Panera Bread

Paradise Bakery & Cafe

Upstream Brewing Company

Indian

Indian Oven

Jaipur Indian Restaurant & Brewing

The Taj Kabob & Curry

Sunday Brunch

Granite City Food & Brewery

WheatFields Eatery & Bakery

Upstream Brewing Company

Beer Selection

Old Chicago

Crescent Moon, Huber-Haus, Max & Joe’s, Beertopia

Upstream Brewing Company

Microbrewery

Upstream Brewing Company

Lucky Bucket

Nebraska Brewing Company

Beer & Spirits Store

Hy-Vee

Spirit World

Brix

Congrats Zac on being the top Young Business Person of the Year!

Zac and Lucky Bucket continue to pile on the awards and recognition.  Zac has recently been elected one of the top 40 business persons in the greater Omaha area under 40 by Midlands Business Journal.  Being one of the top 40 is great in itself, but Zac was also picked as the TOP Young Business Person of the Year too.  AMAZING!!  This is a great accomplishment and with the distillery about to release some more products it couldn't come at a better time.  Congrats Zac!

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Nebraska Brewing Company Wins Again

Congratulations to Nebraska Brewing Company for placing first and third in category 5 (Strong/Double/Imperial Pale Beer) at the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer put on by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild.

Keep cranking out those great beers.

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Congrats Upstream

Congrats Upstream for winning a silver medal for their Gueuze-Lambic at GABF this year. Wait to represent with a sour beer. See, we do drink more than Miller Lite in Nebraska.

Go get-em Zac!

Great News in Kearney!!

I received word from Rich at Gottberg the other day, and confirmed it with Trevor, that Thunderhead won some medals at the International Mead Festival last week.

Gold - Braggot division - Tiny Tim

Silver - Braggot division - Golden Frau Honey Wheat

Some other great news from that competition is Kearney homebrewer Kim Harold won a Gold in the Pyment division in the homebrewer class.

So a big congrats to Thunderhead and Kim, wait to bring it home in the largest Mead competition in the world, I believe.