C.B.&Potts Restaurant and Brewery
1415 West Elizabeth
Fort Collins, CO 80524

For Immediate Release

C.B & Potts Brew Honored with Gold Medals at the North American Beer Awards

C.B & Potts Restaurant and Brewery was recognized by the North American Brewers’ Association at their 14th annual beer awards in Idaho Falls, Idaho on June 5, 2010. C.B. & Potts and the RAM International restaurants received 11 medals for their hand-crafted beers from Colorado, Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.

C.B & Potts was awarded with gold medals for the Bohemian Pilsner, “Pilsner Noelle” and the Alt style, “Highwater Altbier” out of the Westminster, CO C.B. & Potts location.

Winner of the gold medal for the “Pilsner Noelle,” Dennis O’Harrow, head brewer at C.B. & Potts said he was “excited to have won at this prestigious event, I have been brewing for 10+ years and this is the first time I entered this event and feel very honoured that the judges found my beer worthy.”

Assistant brewer to Dennis O’Harrow, Ty Nash, won the gold medal for the “Highwater Altbier.” When asked about his experience at the NABA, Ty said, “Having only worked at C.B. & Potts for eight months, I was very excited to find that not only had my alt won a medal in my first competition with my first professional brew but had taken the gold for the style. I feel very privileged to have had the chance to brew this beer and owe a lot of credit to Dennis for guiding me from start to finish of this beer.”

The RAM Int’l was also awarded with gold medals for their "Big Horn Blonde" out of the Seattle, WA RAM, "Auntie Esthers Best Bitter" from the Tacoma, WA RAM, and the American-style India Pale Ale, "Taildragger IPA" out of the Boise, ID RAM location.

From the Boise, ID RAM Restaurant was the silver medal winner, "Owyhees Oktoberfest."

Bronze medals were awarded to the “Ski Lifter” Belgian Dark Ale and the “Salem Spring Bock” from the RAM in Salem OR, the “West Village Red” out of the RAM in Happy Valley OR, and the “Sawtooth Stout” and the “Bottle Rocket Lager” from the RAM in Boise, ID.

The North American Beer Awards were held June 2-5, 2010 and awarded medals to the best beers from over 1,200 entries in 72 categories. The judges are professional brewers and certified beer judges who evaluate samples over four days in blind tastings

For additional information contact Regional Brewer Kirk Lombardi at klombardi@cbpotts.com or Head Brewer at the Westminster C.B. & Potts location Dennis O’Harrow at DOHarrow@cbpotts.com.