New Category for NHC this year!

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New Category for NHC this year!

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AHA to Add Glitter Beer Category to National Homebrew Competition

Responding to the increasing popularity of glitter beer, the Brewers Association (BA) announced today that it will recognize these shimmering brews as an official beer style.

Following the lead of its parent organization, the American Homebrewers Association plans to add a glitter beer category to next year’s National Homebrew Competition (NHC), the world’s biggest beer competition.
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That's funny!!! Especially today!!
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Doesn't all beer glitter?
Maybe I'm using too much plutonium in the flux capacitor.
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What's a catagory? :cool:
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A messed up cat?
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John Sand wrote:A messed up cat?
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