THE
GLEN HAY FALCONER FOUNDATION BREWING SCHOLARSHIP
About the
Brewing Scholarship
In
co-sponsorship 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 24, 2011 and runs
through July 1, 2011. The website lists the class as full. This is an additional
place in the class reserved for the scholarship.
The
Intensive Brewing Science & Engineering (“IBS&E”) course is a 22-week
distance education program with a final week of residential instruction in
Sacramento, California. 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 $500 stipend to
help offset travel and lodging expenses for the final onsite week in
Sacramento, California.
The
selection committee is comprised of professional craft brewers and brewing
industry experts. The full application must be received no later than November 11, 2010.
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 fifteen brewing education scholarships to
brewers from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The
Foundation receives funding from the annual Sasquatch Brew Fest. In 2010, over 4,000 people enjoyed over 60
beers from throughout the Pacific Northwest in an all-day event that also
featured live music, great food, and an exciting silent auction and
raffle. Visit www.northwestlegendsfoundation.org
for more information.
The
Foundation also produces the Sasquatch BrewAm golf tournament pairing all
levels of golfers and beer lovers with celebrity brewers. Proceeds from the Sasquatch Legacy Project,
an annual initiative where former Foundation brewing scholarship recipients
jointly develop and brew a beer for limited distribution, provide additional
funding for the Foundation’s brewing scholarship program. For more information on the Foundation and
its activities, please visit www.glenfalconerfoundation.org.
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.
In 1990,
Glen followed his dream and pursued a professional brewing career, beginning at
Steelhead Brewery in Eugene. Glen
continued to refine his skills at the renowned Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon,
working side-by-side with his close friend and mentor John Maier.
In 1996,
Glen became head brewer at the Wild Duck Brewery in Eugene, providing six
regular beers on tap as well as a wide variety of specialty ales and lagers
each season. Glen continued as head brewer at the Wild Duck until his untimely
death in 2002.
Enlarging on
the tradition of brewing, laughing heartily and embracing adventure fully
represented Glen’s life. While Glen won numerous professional craft brewing
prizes and accolades, perhaps his finest accomplishment was the back-to-back
Gold Medals received posthumously for his Auld Gnarly Head Barley Wine at the
2002 and 2003 Great American Beer Festival.
Application
for Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarships
Candidates
applying for the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Brewing Scholarship must include
a completed application and supporting information as described on the Admissions
page.
Note that the application fee is waived for scholarship applicants.
In addition
to the standard application, applicants must also address the two essay
questions below and provide two letters of recommendation, with one
letter being from a professional brewer.
1) Relate how your accomplishments have
demonstrated your dedication to the art of craft brewing.
2) Discuss how you will help further the
goals of the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation.
Note the
content of your application, quality of your essay responses, and letters of
recommendation are very important, as this information is all the Selection
Committee has to evaluate your candidacy.
The complete application package including
essay questions and letters of recommendation must be sent for arrival by
November 11, 2010 to:
Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Scholarship
American Brewers Guild Diploma Program
1001 Maple Street
Salisbury, VT
05769
All
applicants will be contacted directly by the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation by
December 16, 2010.