News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: March 19, 2015
Over 70 attend first ABC Mass. Chapter's FeBREWary Fest: Riverwalk Brewing Co.'s Gnomad voted most popular
Thank you to everyone who attended our first ABC MA FeBREWary Fest on February 25! We all had such a fun time and it was so good to see everyone in great spirits and laughing off the winter blues! We also want to thank all of the breweries who were in attendance last night. All the brewers and brewery representatives who were here were true class acts. We couldn't have asked for a better group of breweries!
Now is the time to also announce the winner of the 1st Annual ABC MA FeBREWary Fest...drum roll please...out of 72 attendees, 64 guests voted....and edging out Wormtown Brewery by 1 SINGLE VOTE is RiverWalk Brewing Company! Congratulations to Aly and the whole River Walk crew out in Newburyport!!
RiverWalk's Gnomad was the most popular beer of the night with a very close 2nd (by 1 vote) being the Irish Red Seasonal by Wormtown Brewery. Ipswich Ale's Revival finished in 3rd place followed by Mystic Brewery's Renaud and the All Nighter by Banner Beer.
Thanks again to everyone who was in attendance last night.
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