INTERNATIONAL BIRD BEER LABEL ASSOCIATION

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WELCOME ! 

The International Bird Beer Label Association is 17 years old in 2010!

This organization began as the American Bird Beer Label Association. However, in November 2000 we changed ‘American’ to ‘International’ to more accurately reflect the worldwide scope of our checklist and membership.

Membership Guidelines

To become a Contributing Member of IBBLA, one must submit (send or hand deliver) a previously undocumented bird beer label or can - or full beer delivered in person - to one of the founding members or IBBLA at:
I.B.B.L.A.
P.O. Box 2551
Homer, AK  99603

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The reporting of bird beer label subspecies (unlisted varieties of an already documented beer/species) is appreciated and new sightings will be added to the above list. However, subspecies sightings do not qualify one as a Contributing Member.

¨ The identified bird must be on a bottle’s or can’s label – birds found on the beer boxes, cartons, bottle caps, coasters, brochures, etc. do not qualify as valid submissions. Submission of a label with a bird name but no image of a bird does not qualify one as a Contributing Member.

¨ A full, authentic home-brewed beer must accompany all home brew sightings.

We have received many sightings in past years and want to congratulate our members on their perseverance in conducting outstanding field work…no matter what the country, the weather, or enthusiasm of your drinking (ie. birding) partners. The IBBLA field team is made up of individuals and couples from all over the globe. This group's collective checklist now includes over 350 bird beer species, scores of subspecies, and 3 homebrews.

We encourage those of you who have mentioned possession of possible new bird beer species to us in past years - and still have the labels, bottles or cans - to submit these by post so they can be properly documented and added to our next checklist update.
Happy Birding!

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IBBLA co-founders Carmen & Conrad Field hiking with their daughter - Grewingk Glacier Trail

Fostering a worldwide appreciation of birds and brew