The High Plains Brewer
is an award given to an individual brewer from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota or Minnesota who demonstrates outstanding and consistent brewing skills. The award recipient is chosen based on performance in seven regional competitions. Qualifying events are hosted by Kansas City Bier Meisters; Iowa Brewers Union; Prairie Homebrewing Companions; OmaHops; Minnesota Home Brewers Association & St Paul Homebrew Club;THIRSTY;Garage Brewers Society and Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers. To be eligible, a brewer must reside in or belong to a club located in one of the aforementioned states. Points will be awarded as follows: 5 for 1st, 3 for 2nd and 1 for a 3rd place finish in a qualifying competition. A brewer can only receive points for the highest scoring beer per category/subcategory.

High Plains Club-of-the-Year. All clubs from the above mentioned states are eligible. Brewers points from those clubs are summed to produce the club points. Clubs whose members amass the most points as defined above, will receive the Steven H. Ford traveling trophey

Qualifying Competitions Clubs hosting Qualifying events are required to notify the High Plains program administrator when and where their competition willl be held, as well as the name and contact information for the competition coordinator. The competition coordinator is also responsible for insuring their club remits the $25 trophy fee to the High Plain program administrator. See Competition reporting requirements.
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High Plains
Club Comp Name Dead Line Comp Date
Prarie Home Companions Hoppy Halloween 21-Oct-2011 29-Oct-2011
Fellowship of OK Ale Makers FOAM Cup 12-Nov-2011 19-Nov-2011
THIRSTY Iowa Thirsty Classic TBD 14-Jan-2012
Minn Home Brewers Association & St. Paul Home Brewers Club Upper Mississippi MASH Out TBD 31-Jan-2012
KCBM   04-Feb-2012 18-Feb-2012
Iowa Brewers Union IBU 24-Mar-2021 31-Mar-2012
Garage Brewers Society Champion of the Pint 23-Mar-2021 31-Mar-2012

 

Year High Plains Brewer Award High Plains Club of the Year
2010 John Fowler & Any Satterlund St Paul Hombrewers Club
2009 Mark Tanner Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers
2008 Mark Tanner St Paul Hombrewers Club
2007 Ed Vandegrift St Paul Hombrewers Club
2006 Al Boyce St Paul Hombrewers Club
2005 Kris England and the Pete St Paul Hombrewers Club