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RHBC’s Kelly Kruegel IS the Queen of Beer

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QOB LogoOur own Kelly Kruegel has won the Best in Show at the 2010 Queen of Beer competition with her En Francais Si Vous Plait Biere de Garde! She is the Queen of Beer!

Additionally, Kelly and her neighbor Danielle won a Honorable Mention with their Red Sceptor Irish Red Ale and Kelly received two additional Honorable Mentions, one in Belgian Beer with her Born Blonde Belgian Blonde, and one in Specialty Beer with Wild One.

Not to be outdone, Hopper Bridgette Jackson received three awards at this year’s competition as well:

  • A second place in Roasty Beer with her American Super Stout Russian Imperial.
  • A third place in Belgian Beer with her Ryes’n Sun Saison.
  • A third place in Weizen Beer with her Liquid Sunshine Hefeweizen.

Congratulations to these awesome brewers!

By the way, these ladies were the only entrants to place from the state of Colorado.

No Less Than Four Hopper Pro-Am Brews a GABF 2010

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UPDATE: The Rockyard/Adam Glaser collaboration, Ryed Hard and Put Away Wet, won a silver medal in the ProAm category! Congrats to Jim, Kjell, and Adam!

GABF Pro Am 2010

The Rock Hoppers Brew Club is proud to announce that four of our members are competing in the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition, starting September 16, 2010.

Congrats to each of the following Hopper brewers. Stop on by and sample their commercial-sized homebrews!

Adam Glaser’s American Rye, Ryed Hard and Put Away Wet, brewed at the Rockyard in Castle Rock, will be at tap #24 on Thursday night, September 16.

Aaron Bush’s Munich Dunkel, brewed at Upslope in Boulder, will be on tap #25 on Saturday, September 18.

Greg Geiger’s Imperial Stout, Chase’s Grit, brewed at the Dry Dock in Aurora, will be on tap #12 on Thursday, September 16.

Michael Bade’s India Pale Ale, Kneewalker, brewed at the Sandlot in Denver, will be on tap #25 on Thursday, September 16.

 

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Hoppers,

A local business association, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
(CBCA), has asked the Rock Hoppers /exclusively/ to participate in their
October Happy Hour Event.

During the event, members of the club will be serving homebrewed beverages
donated by our membership -* and this is where /you/ come in*.

If you are able, please bring samples of your homebrew to the September
meeting to serve at this event. No amount is too small.

Another BOS for Hopper Michael Bade at the 2010 FoamFest

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Hoppers showed their strength in the Colorado homebrewing scene with 17 medals and another Best of Show award for our own Michael Bade!

Congrats to all who entered. The complete winners list is here.

The Hoppers who medaled are:

Michael Bade

  • Best of Show with My Own Private Little Helles
  • 1st in Light Lager with My Own Private Little Helles
  • 2nd in Light Lager with Giro Pils
  • 2nd in Pilsner with Pink Ping Pong Ball

Walt Chleva

  • 2nd in Strong Ale with Kick in the Knickers Again
  • 1st in Smoke/Wood Aged Beer with RHBC Bourbon Barrel Porter
  • 2nd in Smoke/Wood Aged Beer with Stranahans Stave Barleywine
  • 2nd in Specialty Beer with Black Eis

Greg Geiger

  • 1st in Amber Hybrid with Geiger’s Sticke Altbier
  • 3rd in Fruit Beer with Peach Thunder

Geoff Humphrey

  • 3rd in Belgian and French Ale with Sardonic Wit

Bridgette Jackson

  • 1st in Belgian and French Ale with Ryes’n Sun

Bryan Kaes

  • 1st in Fruit Beer with Coo Coo for Coconut Porter
  • 1st in Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer with Coo Coo for Coconut Porter
  • 3rd in English Pale Ale with Bitter Beer Face!

Kelly Kruegel

  • 1st in IPA with Hopportunity Knocks

Kjell Wygant

Possible Inter-Club Brew Experiment / Competition

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Poste by Ryan Thomas on the Front Range Homebrewer’s Guild Board:

Jeff Griffith at Golden City Brewing Company (the 2nd largest brewery in Golden) has suggested what I think will be an interesting experiment. He’s willing to give out one of his recipes, which our various groups (individuals, teams, clubs, etc.) would brew.

All interested parties could gather at the end to sample the different end-products and possibly do a blind judging. Writing up the results for one of the brewing mags would also be an option.

If any Hoppers are interested, please sign up below and I’ll let Ryan know.

Thanks,

Geoff