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Boutique Beer Makers Fusion Brewing Win Silver and Bronze at Australian International Beer Awards 2009
Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) March 24, 2009
Having been in market for little over two years young start-up boutique brewer, Fusion Brewing wins two awards at The Australian International Beer Awards. The winners were announced last night at The Crown Palladium in Melbourne, Australia.
From a field of 1140 entries, Firefly Beer was awarded top prize with a silver medal within the ‘European Lager’ category (Gold was not awarded) and Bluebottle Beer awarded Bronze within the ‘Other styles’ section. The full results are at http://www.beerawards.com.au.
Director of Fusion Brewing, Scott Douglas was thrilled with the result, “We’re only relatively new however these awards really demonstrate the impact we’ve made. Such recognition really brings the idea to the forefront and we hope to continue this enhancement of the palettes of Australian diners and beer lovers.”
He continues, “Other companies occasionally claim their beer may vaguely suit a type of food but we create them from the start to be the perfect match – Bluebottle with seafood and Firefly with spicy foods. We use top experts and hundreds of consumers to craft the flavours and these awards are testament as to the quality of beer Fusion Brewing produces.”
These recent awards add to Bluebottle’s win last year as the ‘Best Lager’ at the Australian Beer Awards so it has been a very successful few months for Fusion Brewing. Fusion’s third beer is in the testing phases for release in the coming months. Scott Douglas has tasted it and is sure it will collect a few awards of its own next year.
Additional information:
The Awards:
The Australian International Beer Awards were presented on the 19th March at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, Australia. The awards were conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria and The University of Ballarat. They are considered Australia’s most coveted beer awards also held in high regard throughout the world.
Fusion Brewing:
Fusion Brewing began in 2006 with one clear intention – to be the perfectly match beer to food flavours.
After a year of consumer testing and close consultation with Brian Watson (Fusion Brewing’s head brewer) and Matthew Evans (Acclaimed author, food journalist, gastronomer and food-matching consultant to Fusion Brewing), Bluebottle Beer was released to market in November 2007. Bluebottle Beer is also the only beer endorsed by the largest fish market in the Southern Hemisphere – Sydney’s Pyrmont Fish Market.
Fusion’s second beer, firefly, was borne out of the same rigorous testing and matching process and was launched in March 2008.
Fusion’s boutique beers are available in over 700 locations throughout Australia.
The Beers:
BlueBottle Beer – designed to complement seafood, it’s a European style lager with gentle bitterness and subtle citrus hints. Bluebottle adds to the delicate flavours of seafood without overpowering the palette.
FireFly Beer – designed to complement spicy foods such as Thai, Indian and Malaysian. Firefly is a Pilsner style beer with fine bead carbonation and an understated sweetness.
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Library of American Broadcasting Honors 17 “Giants”
(PRWEB) September 19, 2004
For the Library of American Broadcasting?s (LAB) second annual ?Giants? luncheon, September 15th, a capacity crowd gathered at the Grand Hyatt in New York to honor broadcast pioneers Ralph Baruch, John R. Gambling, Don Hewitt, Ed McLaughlin, Pierre ?Pepe? Sutton, Marlo Thomas and Mike Wallace, who were in attendance, and Merv Griffin who participated via videotape.
As the ?Giants of Broadcasting? were being honored by the LAB, host for the afternoon, Charles Osgood (CBS News Sunday Morning and The Osgood File) pointed out the import of the library noting that it ?is the industry?s attic?where we store all things too precious to throw away…(and) it is the industry?s historian, keeping the record of everything that has happened to these two great media (radio and television) since the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.?
Broadcasting legends Roone Arledge, James Cox, Fred W. Friendly, John B. Gambling and John A. Gambling, Shari Lewis, Don McNeill, Jack Paar, Tony Randall, Todd Storz and Danny Thomas, who are no longer with us, were also honored.
A tribute was paid to President Ronald W. Reagan, who began his long and illustrious career as a radio sports broadcaster for station WOC/Davenport. Eddie Fritts, President of the National Association of Broadcasters delivered the LAB tribute and presented to Charles Lowry, Dean of Libraries of the University of Maryland, which houses the library, a Proclamation, dedicated to our 40th President, ?a broadcaster first and always, and our friend forever,? a copy of which will also be presented to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Retiring Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) board member, Virginia Pate-Wetter, in appreciation of her more than three decades of service as a director, was named the first Honorary Trustee of the LABF.
For additional information about the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, headquartered at 21 Seven Bridges Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514, contact President/CEO Lucille Luongo – phone: (914) 238-8292, FAX: (914) 238-9187, or email: broadcastlibrary@aol.com
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