Amber Waves of Grain
Our 21st Year!
Over the past 20 years, Amber Waves of Grain has grown to be Western New York’s biggest homebrew competition. This year marks our 21st year and we would love for you to be part of it. Whether you sponsor the competition, help organize the competition or banquet, judge, steward, or just enter your beers, meads and ciders, your role is important in making this the biggest and best year yet!
Entry Deadline: March 11, 2017 (March 9 for Southtown Beverage drop-off)
Judging: March 24-25, 2017
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 February 11, 2017.
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
- American Homebrewers Association
- Amherst Pizza And Ale House
- Becker Farms
- Big Ditch Brewing Company
- Blichmann Engineering
- Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.
- Buffalo Brew Pub
- Certo Brothers Distributing
- Cherry Bank Farm
- Community Beer Works
- Consumer’s Beverages
- Custom Brewcrafters
- Crazy Jake’s
- Ellicottville Brewing Company
- Five Star Chemicals & Supplies
- Flying Bison Brewing Company
- Freshops
- GAEL Brewing Company
- Hop Union
- Irish Carbonic
- KegWorks
- Lyonsmith Brewing
- New York Beer Project
- Niagara Craft Spirits
- Niagara Malt
- Niagara Tradition Homebrew Supply
- Norwesco
- Pearl Street Grill And Brewery
- Pizza Plant
- Sierra Nevada
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- Spike Brewing
- The Brewing Network
- White Labs
- Wyeast
Brewer’s Night Out Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Tickets are on sale now and are discounted until March 18th, 2017. This year’s venue has a 100 seat limit and it does sell out each year. Click here for details and to purchase tickets. 3/21 UPDATE: Tickets are no longer available for this event.
