A BIG thank you to all staff, stewards, and judges for making the 4th Annual Biere de Rock a rousing success – especially the members of the Rock Hoppers Brew Club who donated their time and resources to pulling this event off. Overall, 166 entries were cataloged, sorted, and judged.
A special thanks and shout out to John, Bridgette, Jason, and everyone at Lone Tree Brewing Company for hosting our event and for being an out-and-out awesome sponsor!
Congratulations to Best of Show and Lone Tree Brewing Company Pro-Am winner Billy Beeson who beat out all other entries with his Biere de Garde, taking home a pretty cool trophy that he promised to display prominently on his mantle.
Gold medal Best of Category winners received sacks of malt generously donated by our great friends and uber-supporters at The Brew Hut.
Other Hopper winners include:
- Jim Denier (BOS Runner Up)
- Brian Pramov
- Mark Hartley
- Charlie Gottenkieny
- Geoff Humphrey
- Eric Seufert
- Chris Egolf
- Greg Geiger
- Phil Penningroth
The complete list of winners can be found at http://www.bierederock.com – entrants can view their scores by logging into the site and going to “My Info and Entries.”
Thanks to all of our sponsors for their generous donations that were used as prizes for the winners present at the awards ceremony:
- Lone Tree Brewing Company – Premier Sponsor
- Rockyard Brewing Company – Premier Sponsor
- The Brew Hut – Premier Sponsor
- Avery Brewing Company
- Beersmith
- Better Beer Scores
- Breckenridge Brewery
- Cargill Malt
- Dogfish Head
- Dry Dock Brewing Company
- Five Star Chemicals
- Flying Dog Brewery
- Glenwood Canyon Brewpub
- Gordon Biersch Brewery And Restaurant
- Grimm Brothers Brewhouse
- L. D. Carlson
- Lagunitas Brewing Company
- Left Hand Brewing Company
- Merchant Du Vin
- New Belgium Brewing
- Northern Brewer
- Pagosa Brewing Company
- Prost Brewing
- Quion
- Tap – A – Draft
- Tap Handles
- White Labs
