Top Twister Pro Am

"The inaugural 'Top Twister' Brewers Championship held in conjunction with the 2007 Bitter & Twisted Beer Festival had the unique distinction of being the first competition in Australia to sponsor the the winner of the Top Twister prize to compete on the international stage. The NSW Brewers Guild covered all entry fees and transport costs for our Top Twister to enter the American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Competition. The winner was also invited to brew a batch of their beer at Potters Brewery.

The AHA National Homebrew Competition is the largest beer competition in the world and this year had 5,643 entries submitted by a total of 1,307 brewers from the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia.
Twenty-eight categories were judged in each of the ten competition regions (nine US regions and one Canada region).

The 2007 Top Twister brewers were Chan & Eileen Lay of Richmond, Victoria and are active members of the Bayside Brewers club in Melbourne. Due to the difficult task of judging more than five thousand entries across the USA, the National Homebrew Competition is held in two rounds with the 1st round resulting in 825 beer, mead, and cider entries qualifying for the Final Round. I am delighted to say that our Top Twister advanced to the final round after placing 3rd with their Wit beer in Category 16 ( Belgian & French Ale) for the South West Region ! 
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