Hoppers Clean Up Dredhop, Geiger Wins BOS!

Congratulations are in order to for your fellow hoppers who cleaned up at the 2009 Dredhop competition!

A BIG contratulations to Greg Geiger who won Best of Show with his Chase’s Grit Imperial Stout (named after his grandson). Greg will be brewing Chase’s Grit at Mountain Sun later this year.  He also nabbed third place in the BOS round with his Fruity Saison.  Not too shabby.

Another notable win was Kelly and Jason Kruegel’s first place finish in the German Wheat and Rye Beer category with their Drunken Uncle Weizen-Dunkel – the first Hopper Dunkelweizen to place in a show this year, making it eligible for the Rockyard pro-am entry.

Here’s the list of Hopper winners:

Best Of Show – Beer
3rd Place: Greg Geiger – Geiger’s Fruity Saison
1st Place: Greg Geiger – Chase’s Grit Imperial Stout

Category 2 – Pilsner
2nd Place: Michael Bade – Pink Ping Pong Ball

Category 3 – European Amber Lager
2nd Place: Michael Bade – Breakfast Beer

Category 8 – English Pale Ale
1st Place: Michael Bade – Republican Bitter

Category 10 – American Ale
2nd Place: Walt Chleva – Nailhead Pale Ale

Category 13 – Stout
1st Place: Greg Geiger – Chase’s Grit Imperial Stout

Category 14 – India Pale Ale (IPA)
2nd Place: Michael Bade – Simcoelicious

Category 15 – German Wheat And Rye Beer
1st Place: Kelly & Jason Kruegel – Drunken Uncle Weizen-Dunkel

Category 19 – Strong Ale
1st Place: Adam Glaser – Birthday Barleywine

Category 20 – Fruit Beer
1st Place: Greg Geiger – Geiger’s Fruity Saison

Category 21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
3rd Place: Aaron Bush – Cinnamon Disk

Category 23 – Specialty Beer
1st Place: Larry Hood – War Mondo Ale

2009 Dues

Pay your dues online!

Price reflects an additional $0.90 to cover PayPal service fees. Not much for the added convenience of paying online.

Site is Up and Revamped!

Awesome!

The site is now updated and the PHOTOS are now restored and integrated into the site!

Flippin’ awesome (I say that yet again from a geeky standpoint).

Anyway, you’ll note the new look and feel. Kinda the same, kinda different.

Coming Soon on the Heels of this Upgrade!

  • Pay your dues online. Yep, you’ll be able to pay your dues to the club via PayPal.
  • Video support. Upload your videos to the site and post them to the Forum.
  • Other cool stuff that I can’t think of right now.

Geoff Humphrey
Communications Director and Website Geek-o-rama

February 2009 Meeting Minutes

Call to Order

  • Meeting called to order at 6:58pm by president Kjell Wygant
  • In attendance (20): Chris Egolf, Walt Chleva, Adam Glaser, Rodney Gravenor, Michael Bade, Rick Mazza, Kelly Kruegel, Jason Kruegel, David McHugh, Jacob Harres, Jim Stinson, Izzy Kalinchuk, Kjell Wygant, Geoff Humphrey, David Havelka, Greg Geiger, Justin Martz, Brad Schamp, Nate Kanous, Ward Argust

Officer Reports

  • Events – Izzy Kalinchuk
    • There will be a brewery tour at Breckenridge Brewery on March 24. Check the website for details.
    • A tour and tasting afternoon is being planned for Oskar Blues Brewery. More info to come.

New Business

  • Elections will be held at the March 2009 general meeting
  • The following people have been nominated for officer positions for the 2009-2010 year:
    • President – Greg Geiger, Kjell Wygant
    • Event Director – Kelly Kruegel, Adam Glaser
    • Communications Director – Geoff Humphrey
    • Treasurer – Jason Kruegel, Chris Egolf
    • Competition/Education Director – Greg Geiger, Walt Chleva

Old Business

  • Yearly dues begin March 2009
    • Dues will be $20 per year, collected at the March meeting.