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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Cane Island Alers have won the 2017 Gambrinus |
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Club Award, a prize presented by the American Homebrewers |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the AHA hosts the National Homebrew |
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Competition, which recognizes the best homemade beer, mead, and |
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cider from across the nation and around the world; the 2017 contest |
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featured more than 8,600 entries from 3,530 brewers representing |
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all 50 states and 13 foreign countries; the final 1,134 entries were |
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evaluated by some of the nation's top beer judges at the annual |
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National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis; and |
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WHEREAS, Named for King Gambrinus, the unofficial patron |
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saint of beer, the Gambrinus Club Award is presented each year to |
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the brewing club that wins the most final round points per number of |
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entries in the national competition; in addition, at least two of |
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the winning club's members must have advanced to, and one member |
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must have placed in, the final round; and |
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WHEREAS, Cane Island Alers is a club of home brewers in the |
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Katy area; two of its members helped propel the group to victory by |
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earning individual honors: Ryan DeLaRosa, of Houston, won first |
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place in the stout category, and David Rogers, of Cypress, took |
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second place in the bock category; and |
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WHEREAS, The Cane Island Alers are making their own creative |
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and distinctive contributions to a tradition that dates back |
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millennia, and this prestigious award is a testament to the |
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enormous skill, enthusiasm, and dedication that they bring to their |
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craft; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate the Cane |
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Island Alers on winning the Gambrinus Club Award from the American |
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Homebrewers Association and extend to its members sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Cane Island Alers as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |