Mark Stoehr awards Derek Meyn with a green jacket emblazened with "MCAB 2009 Grand Champ"
Derek Meyn had a magical 2009 brewing year. Not only did he literally run away with the 2009 Carolina Brewer of the Year award, but he wrapped it up with a Grand Champion award at the Master Championship of Amateur Brewing competition on March 6, 2010.
The Master Championship of Amateur Brewing competition is by invitation only. There are select competitions throughout the USA that partner with the MCAB and the winners from those competitions are invited to enter their winning beers into the MCAB. This competition is literally the "cream of the crop" of homebrewers from all across the United States and just being qualified to enter one of your beers is to be considered an honor.
Derek had a heavy hand in the field, by qualifying 12 of his beers from 4 separate competitions. The competitions that he had winning beers go to MCAB from were The Palmetto State Brewers Open in South Carolina, The Blue Ridge Brew Off in North Carolina, The Dixie Cup in Texas and The Sunshine Challenge in Florida.
At the end of the day on March 6, 2010 in Asheville, NC, Derek stole the show once again by winning the most medals at the MCAB. By hauling home 4 medals, he was the most decorated brewer in the field and thus awarded with the prestigous "Grand Champion" award.
Derek's winning beers from MCAB are: Oktoberfest/Marzen - Silver Weissbier - Silver Belgian Specialty - Gold Smoked Porter - Second
Congratulations, Derek!!