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Latest Guild News

2024 Falconer Brewing Scholarship

Posted by Gina Sherwood on Tuesday 22 August 2023 at 12:54 PM

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 22, 2024 and runs through June 28, 2024.

The Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering (“IBSE”) 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 3, 2023.

 

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 Falconer Foundation has granted 52 scholarships since 2004 and is dedicated to promoting knowledge and expertise in the craft brewing industry in memory and honor of Glen Hay Falconer.

For more information on the Foundation and its activities, please visit http://www.glenfalconerfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook.

 

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 completing the Standard IBS&E Application Form, 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 3, 2023 the address below.  If you submit your application electronically, it must be in one single PDF file which you can e-mail to education@abgbrew.com.

 

American Brewers Guild Diploma Program

610 Rt 7 South

Middlebury VT 05753 

 

All applicants will be contacted directly by the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation by December 8, 2023.

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2023 Falconer Scholarship

Posted by Steve Parkes on Wednesday 14 September 2022 at 02:28 PM

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 22, 2023 and runs through June 30, 2023.
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 9, 2022.

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American Brewers Guild 2023 Scholarship Grants

Posted by Gina Sherwood on Friday 5 August 2022 at 03:57 PM

The American Brewers Guild is proud to announce two new Scholarship Grants. The ABG Greg Noonan Industry Grant; celebrating the life of Brewer Greg Noonan, and the innovative impact he had on Brewing through the Vermont Pub and Brewery. The second grant we are introducing is the ABG Sensory Grant, a grant dedicated to highlighting the importance of technical sensory and sensory training.

Grant proposals are open to any prospective student that is applying, or has applied to the American Brewers Guild that plans to attend a session in the upcoming calendar year. This is open to all classes: IBSE, CBA, and Working Brewers. The deadline for grant proposals will be December 1, 2022. Grant recipients will be announced in January of 2023.

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