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USA, Colorado: Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc., the leading restaurant brewery group producing the highest volume of beer per year, proudly took home five medals at the 2004 Association of Brewers World Beer Cup held on April 17th, in San Diego, California, PRNewswire posted on April 28.

Rock Bottom Brewmasters were awarded the following: - A Gold Medal in the "English-Style Strong Bitter" category, for "Black Sheep ESB" brewed by Brewmaster, Marty Mendiola at the La Jolla, CA location; - A Gold Medal in the "German-Style Kolsch" category for "Mother Martha's Kolsch" brewed by Brewmaster, Mike Barker at the Arlington, VA location; - A Silver Medal in the "Scottish-Style Ale" category for "Highland Courage" brewed by Brewmaster, Geoff Lively at the Bethesda, MD location; - A Silver Medal in the "German-Style Brown Ale" category for "Terrapin Ale" brewed by Brewmaster, Geoff Lively at the Bethesda, MD location. This is the second medal for Mr. Lively at the 2004 competition; - A Silver Medal in the "Wood & Barrel-aged Beer" category for "Redline Imperial Bourbon Stout" brewed by Brewmaster, Pete Crowley at the Chicago, IL location.

"We are very pleased to receive this positive recognition of our Brewers' efforts," said Kevin Reed, Director of Brewing Operations. "It can only stand to improve our already strong position as brewers of quality products. It is also gratifying to see Mr. Lively and Mr. Crowley continue a run of prolific medal bagging in major competitions, as both are winners from the past two Great American Beer Festivals. I am very proud of them and all of our brewers."

The Association of Brewers World Beer Cup is the largest and most diverse competition among brewers worldwide with more than 1500 entries from 393 breweries in 40 countries. The World Beer Cup was founded to create greater consumer awareness around the world about the quality and diversity displayed by the various beers of the world.

Based in Louisville, CO, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates 88 restaurants throughout the United States - 54 "Old Chicago" restaurants and 34 brewery restaurants operating under the names "Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery," "ChopHouse & Brewery" and "Walnut Brewery." The company also owns and operates SingSing, a dueling piano bar concept with three locations. Since its privatization in August 1999, 27 new restaurants have been added and average annual sales are approximately $251 million. The company also recently entered into a partnership with Rockies Brewing Company, Colorado's first microbrewery, and began franchising its Old Chicago concept and it now has nine open franchise locations and agreements representing 70 new locations in 13 states.


04 May, 2004