Amber Waves of Grain

Since 1997, Amber Waves of Grain has grown to be one of New York’s biggest homebrew competitions.  We would love for you to be part of it this year and there are many ways you can participate:

• Enter your beers, meads and ciders.
• Register as a judge or steward.
• Join a committee (prize patrol, food & beverage, banquet, etc).
• Become a competition, category or judge gift sponsor.
• Donate brewer prizes.

Entry Deadline: March 31, 2018

Judging: April 13-14, 2018

Winners: List of 2018 winners can be found HERE

Register as a Judge or Steward

Our competition website can be found at http://awog.niagarabrewers.org.  Please register as a judge or steward if you can help. Entries will be accepted starting March 1, 2018.

Our Sponsors

We couldn’t have carried this competition on for the past 20+ years without the generosity of our sponsors. Please support them with your business.

• 12 Gates Brewing Company
• 42 North Brewing Company
• 810 Meadworks
• American Homebrewers Association
• Becker Farms
• Big Ditch Brewing Company
• Blichmann Engineering
• BrewDemon
• Briess Malt & Ingredients Company
• BSG Craftbrewing
• Certo Brothers Distributing
• Cherry Bank Farm Cider Mill
• Community Beer Works
• Consumers Beverages
• Crazy Jake’s
• Custom Brewcrafters
• Ellicottville Brewing Company
• Five Star Chemicals & Supplies, Inc.
• Flying Bison Brewing Company
• Founders Brewing
• Fresh Hops
• Hamm And Fattey’s
• Hopsteiner
• Hopunion
• Irish Carbonic
• Kegconnection
• Lagunitas Brewing
• Lilly Belle Meads
• Magic Hat Brewing Company
• Moor Pat
• New Belgium Brewing Company
• New York Beer Project
• Niagara Tradition Homebrew Supply
• Northern Brewer
• Pizza Plant
• Resurgence Brewing Company
• Sierra Nevada
• Southern Tier Brewing Company
• Spike Brewing
• Tavern at Windsor Park
• The Electric Brewery
• Travelling Growler
• Williams Brewing
• World Of Beer
• Wyeast Laboratories

Brewer’s Night Out Banquet and Awards Ceremony – April 14, 2018

Click HERE for event and ticket information.

Past Winners

• Best of Show: Beer
• Best of Show: Cider & Mead
• Red Mrozek Award Winners
• 2017 Winners
• 2016 Winners
• 2015 Winners