The First Annual Beer Commissioner Awards!  Yes, you heard me, the Beer Commissioner is giving out awards.  Does this mean I'm straying off course from my stated mission of not endorsing one beer over another?  Oh heavens no!  After all, Gary Bettman gives out the Stanley Cup every year.  The football commissioner hands out the Lombardi trophy.  Bud Selig gives out MVP awards, Cy Young awards, etc. 

So, this year the Beer Commissioner is giving out his First Annual Beer Awards.  Awards will be given in the following categories:

Best New Brewery:     Awards will be given to any brewery opened from January 1, 2008 until now.

Best Import:     Are you the type that likes to stick a lime in the neck of your beer bottle?  Or do you like watching black bubbles in a proper beer mug?

Best Stout including Irish Dry Stouts, Imperial Stouts, Oatmeal Stouts

Best Ale, including wheat ales, blonde or golden ales, cream ales, Belgian style ales, English style Pale ales, Scottish ales and Irish Ales.

Best Lager

Best Specialty Beer:  This category will apply to limited run beers put in distribution for a short period of time, e.g. Holiday Beers.

Best Weizen Beer

Best Hefeweizen

Best Brewery

Best Bock

Best Porter

Best Overall

That's 12 categories of Beer Commissioner Awards.  I have assembled a distinguished panel of judges and beer tasters to hand out the awards.  You might ask what does the winner receive?  Well, each winner will receive the prestigious Beer Commissioner trophy, they will get notoriety on the Beer Commissioner website, as well as one year worth of Beer Commissioner goodwill.

If your brewery wants to be considered for a Beer Commissioner award just shoot me an email, and I'll let you know what you need to do.  commissioner@beercommissioner.com

The awards will be announced on June 30, 2009.  Good Luck!