Emmett's Brewing Company Earns Bronze Medal At Great American Beer Festival

WHEATON, IL — The Great American Beer Festival is one of the most elite beer competitions in the nation and Wheaton-based Emmett's Brewing Company just returned from it with a medal. The three-day competition, which was held in Denver, Colorado, this year, awarded the brewery a bronze medal for its Munich Light in the Munich-style Helles category.

Emmett's Brewing Company's Munich Light was picked from similar brews across the nation after judge's engaged in five different three-hour tasting sessions to determine the best beers in each of 96 beer-style categories. Tough job, but somebody's got to do it.

Winning beers are chosen based on how close they fit style parameters and how well they balance "taste, aroma, and appearance," according to the Great American Beer Festival website. As a bronze medal winner, Munich Light was deemed to be a "fine example" of the Munich-style Helles with only minor variations in appearance, aroma, and taste.

This isn't the first Great American Beer Fest win for Emmett's Brewing Company. Munich Light took gold in the Munich-style Helles category last year. Some of their other beloved brews have taken home medals at the annual festival and garnered awards at the World Beer Cup competition.

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