History and Archives
MCAB, the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing, was started in Houston Texas in 1998. The qualifying Events were in ’98 and the first annual MCAB was held February 12 & 13, 1999 in the form of a conference, complete with guest speakers. After a few years the conference format was dropped, but the Qualifying Events and annual MCAB event continued each year without interruption.
MCAB I Houston, TX Feb 12 – 13, 1999
MCAB II Saint Louis, MO March 24 – 26, 2000
MCAB III Oakland, CA 2001
MCAB IV Medina, OH 2002
MCAB V Arlington, VA 2003
MCAB VI Warren MI July 22 – 24, 2004
MCAB VII North Wales, PA 2005
MCAB VIII Saint Paul, MN March 11, 2006
MCAB IX Saint Paul, MN February 23 - 24, 2007
MCAB X Houston, TX February 8 - 9, 2008
Louis Bonham, a Houston amateur brewer, is credited as the father of MCAB, and he directed it for some time. David Houseman took over as director for 2004 and 2005. Curt Stock took over as director for 2006 through 2008. John Peed took over as director for 2009.
Check out the past MCAB winners. I have no idea how long these links will continue to work – some of them are pretty old and pretty obscure. Please let me know if you have any links to the missing information.
MCAB I Information (winners list not available)
Original MCAB Logo:
