Brewpublic Receives Bung Award
I never thought I’d be honored to receive a bung. But, I truly am. The Oregon Brew Crew has awarded me on behalf of Brewpublic the esteemed 2009 Pulp Bung award. This award recognizes “Outstanding Craft Beer Promotion Through Printed Word.” I am truly honored to have received this award from the OBC, and pleased to be the first on-line publication to be bestowed with this recognition. In total, six bungs were awarded recognizing proponents of craft beer and brewing in a number of capacities.
Fellow 2009’s Bung winners were:
Gold: Russ Menegat, Green Dragon / Rogue Brewery
Enthusiasm/Red: Michael Brown, F.H. Steinbart Co.
HBOTY/Silver: Bill Schneller
Volunteer/Orange: John Heasley
Enterpeneur/Purple: Sarah Pederson, Saraveza
What made this event cooler was that I was awarded the Bung with my good friend Sarah Pederson, owner of Saraveza. Sarah’s little pub on N. Killingsworth Street has quickly become a destination for beer geeks from around the world. She was awarded with a well deserved purple Jim Kennedy Entrepeneur bung.
Thank you to Aaron Cohen and Aaron Grier who were on hand at Saraveza to present Brewpublic with this prestigious award. Past winners of this award included esteemed and impassioned writers John Foyston, Lisa Morrison, and Abram Goldman-Armstrong. I hope to continue to provide everyone who reads Brewpublic with more interesting content. Sorry if this sounds like an Oscar speech, I am just beatified and exultant. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our website and promotes craft beer.
About The Author
Angelo
Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com
Congrats, folks! I’ve been writing about beer in Portland for 13 years, and I’ve never won the bung. I thought I might have had a shot this year–I managed to get the Brew Crew mentioned in Sunset Magazine. But no.
Not that I’m bitter or anything…
Maybe you should have won it. I didn’t even check my facts. I just assumed you had. I will nominate you next year. You are great, dude
Congrats Angelo and Brewpublic! You deserve it. Keep up the good work. See you Saturday at Saraveza.
Congratulations Angelo!
You are working hard and I wish this award will be the first of a long serie.
Lâche pas, j’aime beaucoup lire tes articles. À+
Marc
Congrats, Angelo! Well deserved.
Angelo and Margaret, in case it wasn’t clear, my sour grapes are a side issue: you have done yeoman’s work with Brewpublic this year, and you definitely deserved it. Full stop. Not that Brewpublic wasn’t a great blog at the outset, but you really added a bunch of stuff this year. You break news, offer in-depth pieces, and your video is really looking professional, too.
Congrats–
Thanks to all of you for the overwhelming support. It is an honor to have accomplished writers chime in and offer kind words. Killer!
Congrats M.O.B.!