Pride Toast
PRIDE Belgian-style Strong Pale ale, aged in French oak Chardonnay barrels w/Brett
wins World Beer Cup 2008 award at Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego
BRONZE, Other Belgian-style ale category

World Beer Cup, APR 19, 2008, San Diego, CA
[photos by MSBC crew and friends]

Alaska brewers gather to celebrate WBC awards received by AK breweries.

Founder/Prez Mark Staples, Head Brewer Gabe Fletcher and General Manager Gary Busse graciously accept the WBC 2008 award for PRIDE from Brewers Association Prez Charlie Papazian in San Diego.

MSBC, MAY 2, 2008, Anchorage, AK
[photos by Barb and Bart]

Brewer Ben and Prez Mark ready to pour PRIDE for the toast.

Four and twenty Pride beers, sitting on the counter...

Climbing the ladder of success, Prez Mark steps up to announce our WBC win and describe the winner, PRIDE.

A couple dozen MSBC fans joined us for the 5 PM toast.
[Sorry, I cut off the folks on the ends, including MarK but, hey, I was up on the ladder in wedge sandals and could only human-ZooM so much without crashing and spilling!]

GM Gary, just back from his late FRI afternoon bank run, jumped into the MiX as we finished up the photo shoot.

MSBC family FoTo: L to R, Taylor, Gary, Kourtney, Barb, Jeremiah, Ben [in back with bottle], Mark and Reid. Missing: Gabe [excused, at the Egan Center doing a sound check for his death metal gig that night] and Matt [unexcused--oops!].