Register Today for ACM's Home Brewing Competition at Western Md. Craft Beverage Festival

 

 

Winning Home Brewer Receives their Own Locust Post Brewing Run, College Scholarship 
 

CUMBERLAND, Md. (May 20, 2024) – Home brewers are running out of time to register for Allegany College of Maryland’s (ACM) first home brewing competition. Applicants have until May 31 to register by visiting https://tinyurl.com/wfrv8tce. Only 10 home brewers will be chosen, and all brewers must be 21 or older.  

The competition is part of the Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival, which runs from 12-6 p.m. on Sunday, September 1, at Hoffman Park. Hoffman Park is at 11200 Hoffman Hollow Road in Frostburg.

Competitors should bring a two-gallon sample of their beer to the competition. All sample beers must be brewed in your own home using your brewing supplies and proper sanitation practices.  Six judges will ‘blind taste’ all 10 home brews.  

The top three home brewers receive multiple prizes in addition to bragging rights.  

• The first-place competitor will have their beer brewed by Locust Post Brewing and receive a plaque, an ACM Foundation scholarship, ACM gear, and a Culinaire Cafe certificate.  
• The second-place winner receives a plaque, an ACM Foundation scholarship, ACM gear, and a Culinaire Cafe certificate.  
• The third-place brewer receives plaque and ACM gear.  

For more information about Allegany College of Maryland’s home brewing competition, please call 301-784-5406. ACM has a Brewing Operations certificate program for home brewers and anyone who wants to train for positions in Maryland's growing craft beer industry. More information is available online at www.allegany.edu/brewing. 

More about the Western Maryland Craft Beverage Festival is available online at https://tinyurl.com/5axc372f. All festival proceeds benefit the Allegany County Animal Shelter, Maryland's only "no kill" municipal animal shelter.