THE
GLEN HAY FALCONER FOUNDATION BREWING SCHOLARSHIP
About the
Brewing Scholarship
In collaboration
with the American Brewers Guild, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering a
full-tuition scholarship to the Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course
that begins on January 21, 2013 and runs through June 28, 2013.
The
Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering (“IBS&E”) course is a 22-week
distance education program with a final week of residential instruction in Middlebury,
Vermont. The IBS&E course is
specifically designed for professional and aspiring craft brewers seeking
formal training in brewing science. The
program provides a comprehensive learning experience that focuses on the
technical, scientific, and operational matters and issues that brewers face in
a craft brewing environment.
The
scholarship is open to professional brewers and homebrewers from the states of
Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and California’s northern geographic region
(San Francisco Bay/Monterey Bay areas and north). The scholarship includes a $1,000 stipend to
help offset travel and lodging expenses for the final onsite week in Middlebury,
Vermont.
The
selection committee is comprised of professional craft brewers and brewing
industry experts. The full application must be received no later than November 8, 2012.
About the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation
The Glen Hay
Falconer Foundation is a non-profit organization created to commemorate and
celebrate the life, interests, and good works of a well-loved and leading Northwest
brewer. The mission of the Foundation is
to contribute to the Northwest craft brewing community by providing
opportunities for professional and aspiring brewers to further their knowledge
and expertise. Since 2004, the
Foundation has granted a total of twenty brewing education scholarships to
brewers from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The
Foundation receives funding a variety of sources including the annual Sasquatch
Brew Fest. In 2012, we celebrated the 10th
Annual Sasquatch Brew Fest. Over 5,000
people enjoyed over 60 beers from throughout the Pacific Northwest in an
all-day event that also featured live music, great food, and an exciting silent
auction and raffle
The
Foundation is a beneficiary of Hopunion’s Falconer’s
Flight® initiative. Falconer’s Flight® is an exclusive
proprietary blend created to honor and support the legacy of Glen Hay
Falconer. The Falconer Flight®
hop has been enormously popular with professional and homebrewers
around the world.
The
Foundation also produces the Sasquatch BrewAm golf tournament pairing all
levels of golfers and beer lovers with celebrity brewers. Proceeds from the Sasquatch Legacy Project,
an annual initiative where former Foundation brewing scholarship recipients
jointly develop and brew a beer for limited distribution, provide additional
funding for the Foundation’s brewing scholarship program.
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About
Glen Hay Falconer
Passion,
dedication, and creativity defined Glen Falconer’s beers and his entire
approach to life.
Glen began
his brewing career as an avid homebrewer and dedicated member of the Cascade
Brewers Society, a clan of skilled homebrewers based in the Eugene/Springfield,
Oregon area. As a professional brewer, Glen continued to support the craft of
homebrewing by providing access to brewing ingredients, procedures and unique
beer recipes.
In 1990,
Glen followed his dream and pursued a professional brewing career, beginning at
Steelhead Brewery in Eugene. Glen
continued to refine his skills at the renowned Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon,
working side-by-side with his close friend and mentor John Maier.
In 1996,
Glen became head brewer at the Wild Duck Brewery in Eugene, providing six
regular beers on tap as well as a wide variety of specialty ales and lagers
each season. Glen continued as head brewer at the Wild Duck until his untimely
death in 2002.
Enlarging on
the tradition of brewing, laughing heartily and embracing adventure fully
represented Glen’s life. While Glen won numerous professional craft brewing
prizes and accolades, perhaps his finest accomplishment was the back-to-back
Gold Medals received posthumously for his Auld Gnarly Head Barley Wine at the
2002 and 2003 Great American Beer Festival.
Application
for Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships
Candidates
applying for the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarship must include
a completed application and supporting information as described on the admissions page. Note that the application fee is waived for
scholarship applicants.
In addition
to the standard application, applicants must also address the two essay
questions below and provide two letters of recommendation, with one
letter being from a professional brewer.
1) Relate how your accomplishments have
demonstrated your dedication to the art of craft brewing.
2) Discuss how you will help further the
goals of the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation.
Note the
content of your application, quality of your essay responses, and letters of
recommendation are very important, as this information is all the Selection
Committee has to evaluate your candidacy.
The complete application package including
essay questions and letters of recommendation must be sent for arrival by
November 8, 2012 to:
American Brewers Guild Diploma Program
1001 Maple Street
Salisbury, VT
05769
All
applicants will be contacted directly by the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation by
December 14, 2012.