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2012 Hopper ProAm Watch

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Current Count = 5

GABF ProAm

Geoff Humphrey

Brian Pramov

Bill Beeson

  • ProAm with Left Hand Brewery
  • Chosen from the Peak to Peak ProAm Competition (March ’12)
  • Style: Sweet Stout with Coffee
  • Watch the video from Left Hand below!

Mark Hartley

Michael Bade

  • ProAm with the Sandlot Brewery
  • Style: Schwarzbier

Hoppers Win Two of Three ProAms at 2012 Peak to Peak ProAm

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P2PHoppers win 9 medals including a BOS runner-up and Left Hand Pro-Am Win for our own Bill Beeson and a Pro-Am selection for Mark Hartley with Pumphouse Brewing!

Two of the three ProAms available went to Rock Hoppers! Awesome.

The complete list of winners is available at http://peaktopeak.brewcompetition.com. You can log in to see your scores for each of your entries.

Congratulations to the following Hoppers for placing at the 2012 Peak to Peak ProAm:

Bill Beeson
  • 1st in Spice/Herb/Vegetable with Java Lava (Sweet Stout with Vietnamese coffee) * Left Hand Brewing ProAm Selection *
  • HM in Light Lagers with Dortmunder Plunder (Dortmunder Export)
Mark Hartley
  • 1st in Amber and Dark Lagers with Pine Hollow Dunkel (Dunkelweizen) * Pumphouse Pro-Am Selection *
  • 3rd in English Brown Ale with North Hollow Brown (Northern English Brown)
Geoff Humphrey
  • 3rd in Bock with Goatboy’s Revenge (Maibock)
Bryan Keas
  • 2nd in Fruit Beer with Coconut Porter
Jason Kruegel
  • 1st in Specialty with Lick the Towel (Chocolate covered cheery old ale)

Kelly Kruegel

April 2012 Meeting

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Scottish AlePlease join us at the Rockyard Dawghouse (their bottling facility, located in a building to the west of the Rockyard) for the next RHBC general meeting, April 12 at 6:45 PM. [Map]

Pre-Meeting Happy Hour

Join your fellow Hoppers in the Rockyard bar for a pre-meeting happy hour around 5:00. Support the Rockyard by having a beer and some food.

Unfortunately, the Rockyard is closed for renovations. The meeting is still on, but the pre-meeting happy hour is cancelled.

Beer Theme

This month, bring your Irish and Scottish ales (BJCP Category 9) to compete to be the RHBC’s entry into the May 2012 Club Only Competition.

2012-2013 Officers Elected

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A new corps of officers were elected at the March 8 general meeting. They are:

President
Dave McHugh

Competition Director
Geoff Humphrey

Communications Director
Greg Geiger

Education Director
Jim Denier

Event Director
Bridgette Geiger

Treasurer
Phil Penningroth

Many thanks to the outgoing officers for their service to the club: Kelly Kruegel, Steve Marquez, Aaron Bush, and Ward Argust.

Judging: National Homebrew Competition First Round

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Come be part of the largest Homebrew Competition in the World and choose the brews that will move on to the NHC Finals in Seattle!

Judging sessions will be held Friday April 20th and Saturday April 21st at Arvada Beer Co.

If you would like to Judge please send the following information to Don Blake, Stewards send information to Dani Parris-Exline.

  • Name
  • BJCP # (if applicable, even if just planning to steward)
  • Categories you have entries in at this judging center
  • When you are available to Judge or Steward
  • Email
  • Contact Phone Number