{"id":576,"date":"2013-10-21T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2013-10-21T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T22:13:32","slug":"newsletter-writer-ken-weaver-picks-2-prestigious-beer-writer-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/newsletter-writer-ken-weaver-picks-2-prestigious-beer-writer-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Newsletter Writer, Ken Weaver, Picks up 2 Prestigious Beer Writer Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-577\" alt=\"Ken_Weaver_1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ken_Weaver_1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re pretty proud of what we do over here and feel pretty confident that no other beer club spends the time, money or energy both lining up special beers for our members or putting together a quality newsletter that we feel is a big part of the overall experience.\u00a0 So when one of our newsletter writers, Ken Weaver, picks up two, count &#8217;em, two awards from The North American Guild of Beer Writers, we want to brag about him a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Ken&#8217;s a freelance beer writer and editor. His first book is <em>The Northern California Craft Beer Guide<\/em>, a must for anyone either living in Northern California or planning a trip.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a frequent contributor to <em>All About Beer<\/em> magazine and editor of\u00a0<em>RateBeer\u00a0Weekly<\/em>. He&#8217;s also written for publications including <em>DRAFT<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Saveur<\/em>, and <em>Wine Enthusiast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He recently received the following awards from the\u00a0NAGBW:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Best\u00a0Brewspaper\/Free\u00a0Zine\u00a0Writing for his article,\u201cThe Big Show: Local brewers prepare for the Great American Beer Festival\u201d, and<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Best Beer and Food Writing for his article, \u201cGenesis of a Beer Dinner\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Ken!\u00a0 Well done.<\/p>\n<p>Prost!<br \/>\nKris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re pretty proud of what we do over here and feel pretty confident that no other beer club spends the time, money or energy both lining up special beers for our members or putting together a quality newsletter that we feel is a big part of the overall experience.\u00a0 So when one of our newsletter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[8,3,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our Newsletter Writer, Ken Weaver, Picks up 2 Prestigious Beer Writer Awards! 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