2023 Falconer Scholarship

Posted by Steve Parkes on 2022-09-14 at 14:28 PM

THE GLEN HAY FALCONER FOUNDATION BREWING SCHOLARSHIP
About the Brewing Scholarship
In collaboration with the American Brewers Guild, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering a
full-tuition scholarship to the Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering course that begins on
January 22, 2023 and runs through June 30, 2023.
The Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering (“IBS&E”) course is a 22-week distance education
program with a final week of residential instruction in Middlebury, Vermont. The IBS&E course is
specifically designed for professional and aspiring craft brewers seeking formal training in
brewing science. The program provides a comprehensive learning experience that focuses on
the technical, scientific, and operational matters and issues that brewers face in a craft brewing
environment.
The scholarship is open to professional brewers and homebrewers from the states of
Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and California’s northern geographic region (San Francisco
Bay/Monterey Bay areas and north). The scholarship includes a $1,000 stipend to help offset
travel and lodging expenses for the final onsite week in Middlebury, Vermont.
The selection committee is comprised of professional craft brewers and brewing industry experts.
The full application must be received no later than November 9, 2022.
About the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation
The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is a non-profit organization created to commemorate and
celebrate the life, interests, and good works of a well-loved and leading Northwest brewer. The
mission of the Foundation is to contribute to the Northwest craft brewing community by providing
opportunities for professional and aspiring brewers to further their knowledge and expertise.
Since 2004, the Foundation has granted a total of 51 brewing education scholarships to brewers
from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The Foundation receives funding a variety of sources including the annual Sasquatch Brew Fest
that takes place in Eugene, Oregon, and through the Sasquatch Legacy Project where
scholarship recipients join together each year to brew a specially crafted beer, and by private
donations and fund raisers.
The Foundation also produces the Sasquatch BrewAm golf tournament pairing all levels of
golfers and beer lovers with celebrity brewers.
For more information on the Foundation and its activities, please visit our website at
http://www.glenfalconerfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook.
About Glen Hay Falconer
Passion, dedication, and creativity defined Glen Falconer’s beers and his entire approach to life.
Glen began his brewing career as an avid homebrewer and dedicated member of the Cascade
Brewers Society, a clan of skilled homebrewers based in the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon area.
As a professional brewer, Glen continued to support the craft of homebrewing by providing
access to brewing ingredients, procedures and unique beer recipes.

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