1.   They come from a brewery not much bigger than the average garden shed.And, as Clare Lafferty reports, the head brewer is also the pub landlord.

2.   Clay Gentry, head brewer at Rock Bottom, achieves a different effect with the Bramling Cross hop in his excellent Loop IPA.

3.   In addition to winning the coveted cup, Woodstock head brewer Nat Collins also won a gold medal for his Braveheart Scotch Ale.

4.   One of the reasons is the Ahtanum hop that Brian Buckowski, head brewer at Red Brick, found last year in Washington state.

5.   Today he holds the title of president and head brewer.