The best beer-writing in North America, for 2012 / 2013.

The newly re-born North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) announced the winners of its inaugural Beer Writing Contest ... in October! Tardy and abashed, I'm posting the results only today. From more than 100 entries, awards in six categories were given to works that had been published between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Click on the links, and read!

NAGBW co-chairs: Don Russell (l), Jay Brooks (r).

• Best Brewspaper/Free Zine Writing
  
  
  • 1. Randy Clemens, “Drinking on the Job: Traditional Belgian & French Farmhouse Ales” [Edible Westside, May 2013.]
  • 2. Brian Yaeger, “An Oral History of Widmer Hefeweizen”[Willamette Week, March 2013.]
  • 3. Ken Weaver, “The Big Show: Local brewers prepare for the Great American Beer Festival” [Bohemian.com, Sept. 2012.]
  
  
• Best Beer Blog
  
  
  • 1. Oliver Gray, “Literature and Libation”
  • 2. Alan McCormick, “Growler Fills: Craft Beer Enthusiasm”
  • 3. Terry Lozoff, “Drink Insider”
  
  
• Best Beer and Food Writing
  
  
  • 1. Ken Weaver, “Genesis of a Beer Dinner” [All About Beer, Vol. 33, Issue 4, Sept. 2012.]
    
  • 2. Kurt Epps, “Now Batting: Ted Williams at Tapastre” [The Pub Scout, Sept. 2012.]
    
  • 3. No award.
  
  
• Best Newspaper (Paid Circulation) Writing
  
  
  • 1. Evan Rail, “In London, A Flood of Pints” [New York Times, July 2012.]
    
  • 2. Josh Noel, “The Best Beer in the World” [Chicago Tribune, April 2012.]
    
  • 3. No award.
  
  
• Best Magazine Writing
  
  
  • 1. Martin Thibault, “Top Secret - The Farmhouse Brewing Traditions of Lithuania” [Beer Connoisseur, Summer 2012, Issue 11.]
    
  
  
  
  Joe Stange (r); YFGF's Thomas Cizauskas (l)
  
  
  • 2. Joe Stange, “Alt Reality” [DRAFT Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2012.]
    
  • 3. Aleszu Bajak, “Brewing in Thin Air” [Beer Advocate, March 2013.]
  
  
• Best Book
  
  
  
  Stephen Beaumont
  
  
  • 1. Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont, “The World Atlas of Beer”
    
  • 2. Janet Fletcher, “Cheese and Beer”
    
  • 3. Tom Acitelli, “The Audacity of Hops”

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• More about the North American Guild of Beer Writers, at YFGF Plan for next year!
• To join the NAGBW, go to the website: http://nagbw.org.
• Martin Thibault's "The Farmhouse Brewing Traditions of Lithuania" can only be viewed with a subscription to Beer Connoisseur.