Tucker Brewing Company, out of Tucker, GA, was founded in 2017 by brother and sister team Ryan Chapman and Ashley Hubbard to bring the flavors of classic German pilsners and light lagers to Georgia.

The brewery is a family-owned operation that exists “to live our passions and share them with others.” Ryan and Ashley’s venture has proven to fill a void in the local beer market as well as the community; Tucker Brewing Company is currently the only brewery in Georgia dedicated to making easy-to-drink, flavorful lager beers, and its taproom and courtyard space have become a popular place of beer-drinking and pretzel-eating communion for friends and families.

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Leon Farmer & Company is pleased to announce that several of our distribution partners were awarded medals for their beer submissions in the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship! In addition, one was named a Top 10 Brewery! Congratulations and cheers.

From the U.S. Open Beer Championship website, December 6, 2020 – Breweries from Luxembourg to Louisiana sent in more than 6,000 beers representing over 140 different styles for the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship. This competition is the only one to include beers from professional breweries and beers from gold medal winners from the National AHA Homebrew Competition.

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Fire Maker Brewing Company was built to inspire others, celebrate their achievements, and create a spark!

West-Midtown Atlanta brewery Fire Maker Brewing is family-owned and operated by co-founder Elliott Hall along with his father Larry and brother Josh. Elliott, whose family carries a fine tradition of entrepreneurship, developed a strong passion for craft beer early in his life. After a decade of immersing himself into the industry–home brewing, retail alcohol sales, beer distribution, and helping launch and manage small breweries–he knew that building his own brewery was the right path for him, not only because of his love for craft beer,

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*Press Release provided by GABF*

Boulder, Colo. • October 16, 2020 — The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 272 medals* to 240 breweries across the country during the 2020 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awards ceremony. The best beers in 91 beer categories covering 170 different beer styles (including all subcategories) were awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals during a virtual ceremony hosted on The Brewing Network.  

Judges for the 34th edition of the celebrated competition evaluated 8,806 entries from 1,720 breweries from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Socially distanced judging took place in 35 sessions over 18 days with strict safety measures in place.

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The 37th annual Great American Beer Festival took place October 3-5, 2019 in Denver, CO, bringing together more than 800 of the world’s best breweries and thousands of the world’s biggest beer enthusiasts.

Four tasting sessions over the three-day festival offered more than 4,000 unique beers to sample, along with lots of food, music, merchandise, and the opportunity to meet brewers and industry professionals.

GABF isn’t just about sampling and celebrating beer; nearly 3,000 breweries also entered around 9,500 beers into a professionally judged beer competition,  contending for coveted gold, silver, or bronze medals in 107 unique beer style categories.

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