This year’s US Open Beer Championship announced winners yesterday after its panel of judges selected the best submissions in 99 different beer style categories.

Leon Farmer & Company is pleased to announce that several of our distribution partners were awarded medals for their beer submissions in this year’s competition!

Cherry Street Brewing Co-op

• Grand National Champion of the 2017 US Open
• Gold – O.A.S.I.S American Imperial Stout
• Gold – Ta Ta Pilsner
• Gold – Damebier Maple Strong Ale
• Silver – Dirty Frenchman Saison
• Bronze –

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The Pale Ale is a hoppy style of beer that’s one step down from IPAs, one step up from Amber Ales.

Pale ale is named because brewers use a larger proportion of hops than most beers, which results in a lighter color, and less wheat. It is synonymously referred to as a bitter ale. There are many types of pale ale, including Amber Ale, India Pale Ale, Golden Ale, and English Bitter, but for now I’d like to present some American Pale Ales.

Kona Brewing Company from Hawaii has an island-style pale ale called Fire Rock that has been a medal winner at numerous beer competitions over the years,

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AthFest is an annual three-day event that showcases local and regional musicians and artists in downtown Athens.

The festival entertains on two outdoor stages and multiple indoor venues, and features artwork, crafts, and food from local artists, small businesses and restaurants. Its purpose is to celebrate art and music in the Classic City while generating awareness and fundraising for AthFest Educates, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of music and arts education for youth. Click here to learn more about Athfest Educates and its upcoming fundraisers.

In addition to all of the awesome Athfest happenings,

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Head to Atlanta on Saturday, January 21st and be a part of the annual Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting, brought to you by Brewtopia Events!

From 2:30pm to 6pm at 5 Seasons Brewing Sandy Springs and Taco Mac Prado, ticket holders will have the chance to sample 50 rare, cask-conditioned real ales from the US and United Kingdom and purchase food from 5 Seasons and Taco Mac. A Monday Night Brewing pint glass is included with each ticket, which you can get at the ACAT’s website here. The event is put on by Owen Ogletree of Brewtopia Events;

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