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Applications Are Now Being Accepted For Falconer Foundation Seibel Institute Brewing Scholarships
With the generous co-sponsorship of the Seibel Institute of Technology, the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is offering two full-tuition brewing education scholarships in 2012.
One scholarship is to the World Brewing Academy Web-based Concise Course in Brewing Technology from August to November 2012. The Concise Course in Brewing Technology is a two-week intensive program that covers every topic critical to successful brewery operations. The program is designed for brewers pursuing a wider knowledge of professional brewing standards and techniques in order to advance their brewing careers as well as individuals planning to enter the brewing industry.
The second scholarship allows candidates to apply for one of three two-week Web-based modules from the International Diploma in Brewing Technology Program. This specialty brewing scholarship is intended for those brewers who seek an in-depth understanding of a specific brewing discipline. Candidates must designate which module they wish to attend.
Link to learn more and apply>>
The Sasquatch Brew Fest and the Northwest Legends Foundation is excited to announce a GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTEST for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Sasquatch Brew Fest. We invite you to show your creative genius by creating a graphic for our 2012 event. The graphic will be used on festival t-shirts, print advertising, posters, and additional collateral material created to advance the event.
Link to Sasquatch Brew Fest web site and learn more and apply here>>
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. The Foundation is also committed to honoring Glen's broader interests by working with the Northwest Legends Foundation to contribute directly to local Eugene-based organizations that represent his ideals and passions.
In 2011, the Foundation is offering two educational scholarships to the World Academy of Brewing at the Siebel Institute and one to the American Brewer's Guild.
The Foundation is supported by donations from the annual Sasquatch Brew Fest, which is organized and produced by Northwest Legends Foundation.
The Northwest Legends Foundation is a sister non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting the greater Eugene community through donations to charitable organizations, which embody Glen’s broad interests and ideals. Last year, more than 5,000 people enjoyed more then 60 beers from throughout the Pacific Northwest in an all-day event that also featured live music, great food, and a silent auction and raffle.
The Ninth annual Sasquatch Brew Fest is scheduled this year in Eugene, Oregon for Saturday, May 7, 2011. Stay tuned for information about next year's Sasquatch Brew Fest.
Brew Am Golf Tournament
The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation produces the Sasquatch BrewAm, a golf tournament designed to appeal to all levels of golfers and beer lovers. The seventh annual Sasqutach BrewAm will be held at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon on July 29, 2011. Sign-up now for the Sasquatch BrewAm.
The Foundation also receives donations from participating pubs in the Sasquatch Legacy Project where scholarship recipients join together to brew a specially crafted beer. Finally, private donations and independent fundraisers provide an important source of support for the Foundation’s brewing scholarship program.
For more information on the Foundation or how to become involved in realizing its goals, please contact us.
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 area. As a professional brewer, Glen remained engaged and committed to his roots, providing sagely advice, recipies, and ingredients to his homebrewer community.
Glen assisted many professional brewers that relocated from Eugene, Oregon to areas throughout the United States as they began their professional brewing careers by making himself available as a human database of brewing techniques.
In 1990, Glen followed his dream and pursued a professional brewing career, beginning at Steelhead Brewery in Eugene. Glen completed the Siebel Concise Course in Brewing Technology in 1994. Glen then refined his skills at the renowned Rogue Ales in Newport, Oregon, working side-by-side with his close friend and mentor John Maier, one of the most celebrated and respected professional brewers in the country.
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, until his untimely death in 2002.
The memorial service held at the Wild Duck to honor Glen attracted hundreds of brewers and friends from all over the country, amazing even his close friends and family at the amount of people his life touched and affected, all of whom were willing to travel vast distances at short notice to pay tribute to such a singular individual.
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.
Glen had a virtually insatiable thirst for adventure, traveling extensively and experiencing cultures in Southeast Asia, Central America, Europe and the Caribbean. Glen enjoyed the outdoors with interests that included scuba diving, camping, and cycling.
Glen was a great soccer fan, coaching young people in the sport for many years in Eugene. Glen could also be found each year at the annual Oregon Country Faire in Veneta, Oregon with a gleam in his eye, surrounded by old friends, family and new acquaintances during a festival created to celebrate the idiosyncratic nature of life.
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