Ram Restaurant and Brewery
10019 59th Ave. SW
Lakewood, Wash.

July 14, 2009

For Immediate Release

Boise brews honored with two awards at North American Beer Awards

The Ram Restaurant and Brewery was recognized by the North American Brewers’ Association at their 13th annual beer awards in Idaho Falls, Idaho on June 5, 2009. The Ram received more awards than any other craft brewing company in the competition with 9 medals for their hand-crafted beers from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.

The Ram was awarded gold medals for three brews including the “Bottlerocket Lager” from Boise, Idaho. Kevin Bolen, Boise brewer describes the gold medal winner as a “light, well-balanced and refreshing, summertime Bavarian style golden lager.” “It was a pretty fantastic feeling winning gold this year. Being amongst all those other great beers and winning was pretty cool,” says Bolen.

Also receiving gold medals were the “Slam Dunkel Bock” brewed in Salem, Oregon and “Hell’s Bock” brewed at C.B. & Potts Restaurant in Fort Collins, CO.

Silver medals were awarded to three Ram Brews; the “Big Horn Blonde” from Lakewood, WA, the “Big Horn Hefeweizen” from the Northgate location in Seattle, WA, and the “Bus Stop Brown” from Salem, Ore.

Three Ram Brews were awarded with bronze medals including the “Dubbel Barrel Belgian Ale” from Boise, Idaho. Bolen describes this brew as a “rich, malty Belgian amber ale with spicy character and a clean finish.”

Also, winning bronze were the “Uber Dunkel 2009” from Puyallup, WA and “Azreals Castle” from Big Horn Brewery in Denver, CO.

The North American Beer Awards were held June 2-5, 2009 and awarded medals to the best beers from over 1,100 entries in 72 categories. The judges are professional brewers and certified beer judges who evaluate samples over four days in blind tastings.