Competitions

Here are the top winners in each ribbon category for the 2010 Kitsap County Fair Homebrew Competition. The awards ceremoney will be Monday, August 30, 6:30 pm and Silver City's new brewery in Bremerton. I will try to post full results within the next day or so:

Best of Show-Pure Pils-2A-German Pilsner-Mike Wood

Best of Class (Lager/Hybrid)-Pure Pils-2A-German Pilsner-Mike Wood
2. Klassic Kolsch-6C-Kolsch-Sean C. Brooks
3. Jagerbrau-3A-Vienna Lager-Dan Kranenburg

Best of Class (Mead/Cider)-Harvest Moon Cyser-26C-Open Category Mead-Paul J. Mackanos III

Best of Class (Ale)-Insanity Imperial-13F-Russian Imperial Stout-Steve Moga

Best Belgian Ale-Saint Erasmus-18E-Belgian Dark Strong Ale-Paul J. Mackanos III
2. Amber Hall-16B-Belgian Pale Ale-Noal Hall

Best British Ale-BIG Mild-11A-Mild-Kevin Hovater
t2. McKay Clan's Best-9C-Scottish Export 80/--Donald Beckett
t2. Chesterton's Special Bitter-8C-Extra Special/Strong Bitter-Dan Kranenburg
t2. Potsies Porter-12A-Brown Porter-Mike Montoney

Best American Pale/Amber Ale-Hop Kitty Pale Ale-10A-American Pale Ale-Dave Frombach
2. Double Barrel Red-10B-American Amber Ale-Mike Montoney
3. Fair Daze Pale Ale-10A-American Pale Ale-Sean Reichle

Best American IPA-Broken Wing IPA-14B-American IPA-Mike Montoney
2. Mystic Brew IPA-14B-American IPA-Dave Frombach
3. Pliny the Elder Clone-14B-American IPA-Richard Mueller

Best Wheat Beer-CarlyWeizen-15A-Weizen/Weissbier-Bruce and Joel "Joe" Michelson

Best Special/Other Beer Categories-Old 44 (Black IPA)-23-Specialty Beer-Mike Montoney

Judges' Award-Weirdest Wonderful Brew-Banana Cream Ale-Steven Adams

Just a quick post to let you know there has been a slight change to our competition procedures. Fair passes will not be available until after the entry window closes, so we will mail the passes to all entrants who have paid the entry fee when they become available. When you enter, whether by using the online label generator (highly recommend) or by filling out a label form, please include your mailing address so we can mail you the passes when we receive them.

Again this year the club is organizing the Kitsap County Fair Homebrew Competition. This year, select entries will be chosen to be brewed by professional breweries, with participation from Silver City, Hale's Ales, and possibly Der Blokken.

The dropoff window will be July 17-24. Once again, we will use the online entry/label maker system we used last year. It's live, so go ahead and make your labels if you are ready.

If you have your beers ready, and you come to the July Meeting at the Riggs' home, you can give them to Brad Ginn and save yourself a trip to drop them off.

Click Here for a lot more info about the competition.

I received this competition announcement from a home-brewing buddy of mine in Fairbanks:

Dear West Sound Brewers,

Announcing the 14th Annual E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition!

This is a AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition.

The grand prize for Best of Show is a certified check for $500!!!

Great prizes and custom medals will also be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of each of the seven judged categories. Also we generally have random prizes that go to...whoever.

Since shipping for this event is a bit more expensive than elsewhere we try to at least partially compensate the entrants for the added shipping costs by 
giving away nice prizes. Last year every entrant received over an ounce of  
whole hops, a bottle of Homebrew Hot Sauce, a bottle opener, and at least two t-shirts plus a zip-close bag containing coasters, labels and other promotional materials.

The seven categories that will be judged are: European Amber Lager (3A-B); English Pale Ale (8A-C), American Ale (10A-C), Porter (12A-C), Stout (13A-F), IPA (14A-C) and Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (20 & 21A).

Entries will be accepted: July 12 - July 28, 2010

Entry fees: Submit three 12-16 oz brown or green crown capped bottles and a check or money order for $5.00 in U.S. funds per entry.

Judging: Judging will take place on Saturday, July 31st.

Location: Fox, Alaska (a small mining community ~10 miles north of Fairbanks)

Note that several homebrew clubs ship their entries together in a single box thereby cutting down the per entrant shipping cost.

More information as well as Entry and Bottle ID forms may be found at the following URL: 
http://www.mosquitobytes.com/Den/Beer/Events/Events.html

Should you have any questions or are interesting in judging contact Scott Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or (907) 474-2138.

We hope to see entries from your club in this year's competition!

Cheers,

Scott & Chérie Stihler
Fairbanks, Alaska

The entry window for the Puget Sound Pro-Am is open. Here's the latest from Mark Emiley of WAHA:

From: Mike Brown [mailto:brewmanator@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 10:13 PM

Subject: Call for Entries - 14th Annual Cascade Brewers Cup

 

On behalf of the Cascade Brewers Guild, I am happy to announce the 14th annual Cascade Brewers Cup!

 

The CBC is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition and the first Washington Homebrewer of the Year competition qualifier for 2010.

  

Check the competition website at www.cascadebrewersclub.org for the latest details.  Entries (three 10-12 oz brown bottles) are due March 3rd with an entry fee of $6 per beer, mead or cider submitted (several drop-off locations accepting entries beginning February 23rd).  Judging of individual flights will be held on March 6th at McKinstry Corporation in the Georgetown district of Seattle, WA.  If you are interested in judging, stewarding, or helping with event execution, contact Mike Brown at brewmanator@gmail.com .  The Best of Show round will take place on March 13th at the ExBEERience Festival held at Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA.  At the festival you will be able to witness live announcements of the winners plus all the 2009 Washington Homebrewers Association awards (Bert Grant, Golden Mash Paddle and Washington Homebrewer of the Year).

 

If you have any questions send me an email.

 

Cheers,

Mike Brown - CBC Competition Organizer

brewmanator@gmail.com

From: Mark Emiley [mailto:markemiley@earthlink.net]

Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:23 AM

Subject: 2010 Puget Sound Pro-Am Announcement - Best Chance to Get in GABF Pro-Am!

On behalf of BEWBC, the Impaling Alers, and WAHA, we are happy to announce the kick-off of the 2010 Puget Sound Pro-Am!  This is the country's largest GABF Pro-Am qualifying competition with 14+ breweries selecting homebrew recipes to scale up (more breweries still being added!)  Last year the PSPA sent 12 of the country's entries into the GABF Pro-Am and brought home the gold medal in 2008!

 

This is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition aimed at providing award winning homebrew recipes to be brewed by Puget Sound breweries with the goal of capturing a medal from the Great American Beer Festival's Pro-Am Competition.  The Puget Sound Pro-Am is unique in that it will have at least FOURTEEN breweries selecting their favorite homebrew beers from the best of show round to scale up and brew on their systems.  Winning beers of AHA members may be sent on to the GABF for a shot at national glory!  Not from the Puget Sound area?  Out of state entries are more than welcome (the 2008 GABF gold medal winning entry was from a Colorado brewer).  Non-AHA members can still enter the competition and win other awards and prizes (the Powerhouse Brewery will not be submitting to the GABF and will be free to pick any entry).

 

Start dreaming and brewing up your entries today!  We want you to have plenty of time to brew up that perfect beer!  The brewers are not just looking for stylistically accurate beers, but they will be looking for damn tasty beers.  This is a perfect shot for that hybrid beer you make.  You've got plenty of time to brew up entries specifically for one of the slots!

 

Check the competition website at http://www.bewbc.org/pro-am for the latest details including participating breweries, desired styles, contest rules, and links to online registration.  Entries (three 10-12 oz brown bottles) are due April 20th with an entry fee of $6 per beer submitted online (several drop-off locations accepting entries beginning in early April).  Judging will be held on April 24th at Larry's Brewing Supply in Kent (if you are interested in judging, stewarding, or helping with event execution, contact Mark Emiley at markemiley@earthlink.net or register online).  Winners will be selected in the weeks following.  Check the website frequently for updates on participating breweries and contest details as the competition grows.  If you are receiving Tech Talk, you already have met the AHA membership requirement for having your beer sent to the GABF so get your entries ready!  Invite your friends to join the AHA and submit beers as well (all beers will be judged and ranked regardless of AHA membership).  Good luck, and may your wildest brewing dreams come true!

 

Mark Emiley

PSPA Competition Organizer

www.bewbc.org/pro-am

If you don't have beer in the bottle ready to ship off to the National Homebrew Competition there is still time to brew something up before the April deadline. Entries for the first round will be accepted March 22 through April 1. First round judging for our region is taking place in Seattle this year on April 9th & 10th. The main drop-off and judging location will be Pyramid and there may be other drop-off locations around the state (likely organized by local clubs). If you are interested judging, stewarding, or helping out in some other way contact Tim Hayner at tim@bigalbrewing.com.

Here are the important dates to keep in mind. I'll get more info out as it becomes available:

• Entry Deadline: Monday, March 22 - 5 p.m. Thursday, April 1, 2010
• Online Registration: Available mid-February 2010
• First Round Competitions: April 3 - April 25, 2010
• Final Round Entries Due: Monday, May 24 - 5 p.m. Monday, June 7, 2010
• Final Round Competition: Thursday, June 17, 2010
• Awards Ceremony: Saturday, June 19, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN