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BrewUnited Hall of Homebrew Heroes


HomeBrew Hero is a prestigious, "lifetime achievement" type award meant to honor those special brewers who demonstrate repeated excellence. To qualify for consideration, a brewer must enter three beers (the maximum number of entries allowed) into a single BrewUnited Challenge event, and each beer must score high enough to qualify for a medal. Furthermore, no more than three such brewers may be recognized in any given year. Finally, this is an award that may onlybe won once per brewer.

In 2015, we had one hundred sixty-five brewers enter the BrewUnited Challenge, fifty-two of which entered three beers. Of those, exactly three brewers scored well enough on all three entries to be eligible for designation as a Homebrew Hero.

Get to know our heroes by clicking on their individual bios.

Gregory Ellis (vinpaysdoc)
High Point, NC
2015 winner

Beers Entered
Strong Scotch Ale, Extra Special Bitter, American Pale Ale

Cory Meyer (Corbinaack)
Sacramento, CA
2015 winner

Beers Entered
Imperial IPA, American Amber Ale, Brown Porter

Justin Dufault (mr_samsonite)
Atascadero, CA
2015 winner

Beers Entered
Strong Scotch Ale, Kolsch, American Pale Ale