Local Brewers Win People’s Choice Awards
The results are in for Nash Community College’s “Best New Brew Contest” held at the annual Blue Fest. Community members voted for their favorite craft beer brew in Professional and student/Home Brewer categories.
The Best New Brew Contest promotes the NCC Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation program while providing an opportunity for student, home and professional brewers to showcase their best new creation. The people’s choice event allowed Blue Fest attendees to provide input on the brewers’ craft beer by voting for their choice of taste. Student brewers received real-world feedback on the brews they developed in the program. And, student beer was compared and contrasted with brews made both recreationally and professionally.
People’s Choice Winners, Professional Category:
First Place – Bull Durham Beer Company
Second Place – TBC
Third Place – HopFly Brewing Company
Ryan Trecartin, Bull Durham Beer Company, left with NCC President Dr. Bill Carver
People’s Choice Winners, Student/Home Brewer Category:
First Place – Marshmallow Brown Ale (Randy Griffin)
Second Place – The Juice is Loose (Randy Griffin)
Third Place – Holly’s Golden (Holly Carmichael)
Randy Griffin, NCC Brewing, Distillation and Fermentation student with NCC President Dr. Bill Carver
NCC Board Chair, Paul Jaber (left) and NCC President Dr. Bill Carver (right) with 2018 Best New Brew winners.Winners were awarded custom-machined hardwood medallions designed by the NCC Computer-Integrated Machining Department in a ceremony held Saturday, April 28 at NCC’s Rocky Mount Mills 360° Brewer Production Lab.
