
Samuel Adams Ninkasi Award: Awarded to the entrant accumulating the most points in the Final Round of competition.In addition to category style awards, six major awards recognizing overall brewing excellence were presented. SILVER: Gregory Irving, North Royalton, OH, Society of Northeast Ohio BrewersīRONZE: Maggie and Tom Seitz, Fort Meyers, FL, Hangar 41 Brew Club GOLD: Josh Baas and Jeff Rorison, Elk Grove, CA SILVER: Wesley Carmichael and Mandy Naglich, New York, NYīRONZE: Jonas Geiss and Luiz Carlos Gaspar, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, AcervA PaulistaĬat 13: British & Irish Stout (369 entries) GOLD: Michael Maugel and Jarrod Hanson, Denver, CO SILVER: Metts Potter, Browns Summit, NC, Battleground Brewers GuildīRONZE: Russell Berger, Portland, OR, Portland Brewers Collective

GOLD: Gregory Irving and Mike Yingling, North Royalton, OH, Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers SILVER: Scott Sykes, Plymouth, MN, Mötley Brüe - Twin Cities Home Brew ClubīRONZE: Keith Linn, Rogers, AR, Fayetteville Lovers of Pure Suds FLOPS GOLD: Tom Lawrence and Zach Dixon, San Diego, CA SILVER: Josh Clark, Littleton, MA, Boston Wort ProcessorsīRONZE: Matt Cowper and Aaron Vieira, Costa Mesa, CA, Orange County Mash Ups GOLD: Tom Beach, Rocky River, OH, Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers The winners of the top five most-entered categories were: The most-entered category was Specialty IPA, with 475 entries.

This year’s competition judged 9,189 entries from 3,492 homebrewers located in 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 17 countries. Over its 41-year history, 152,429 brews have been evaluated since the inaugural AHA National Homebrew Competition in 1979 in Boulder, Colo.

In a ceremony Saturday at the Rhode Island Convention Center, medals were presented for the most outstanding homemade beer, mead, and cider in 34 categories. June 29, 2019-The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) awarded 102 medals to amateur brewers and homebrew clubs worldwide at the 2019 AHA National Homebrew Competition (NHC).
