Competition Corner

Information about upcoming competitions: club, local, regional, and national.

Congrats to Bryan Keas

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I know that this is a little belated, but congrats to Bryan Keas for taking a second place in the Fruit, Herb, Vegetable, Wood, Sour category at this year’s KROC World Brewer’s Forum Homebrew Competition. He placed with his Lemon/Lime/Orange Zest American IPA. Keep up the good work Bryan. You’re on fire!

 

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

RHBC Members Win 15 Medals at Gnarly Barley

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GBBFThe 2nd annual Gnarly Barley homebrew competition results are in and RHBC members took home 15 medals!

Here are the winners:

Aaron Bush

  • 2nd in Sweet Stout with Wedding Stout

Walt Chleva

  • 1st in Fruit Lambic with This’ll Never Win
  • 1st in Wiezen with Banana Boat Hefeweizen

Greg Geiger

  • 1st in Belgian Witbier with Wit and Wild
  • 2nd in Belgian Dark Stron with Monkey Spank
  • 2nd in Eisbock with Debockery
  • 2nd in Dusseldorf Altbier with Geiger’s Sticke Alt
  • 3rd in Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer with Geiger’s Holiday Ale

Geoff Humphrey

  • 1st in Belgian Specialty/Saison with Friar Confounded
  • 3rd in Belgian Tripel with Timothy’s Tripel
  • 3rd in Belgian Dark Strong with Blessed and Cursed

Nathan Kanous

  • 2nd in Belgian Specialty/Saison with Saison 2010

Bryan Keas

  • 1st in Fruit Beer with Sour Cherry Bomb
  • 1st in IPA with Greatest American Beer-o (also HM in the BOS round)

Dave McHugh

  • HM in Baltic Porter with 10-10-10 Baltic

RHBC

  • 1st in Wood-Aged Beer with RHBC Baltic Porter (entered by Walt Chleva)

Congrats everyone!

RHBC Members Win 9 Medals at the 3rd Annual Liquid Poetry Slam

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With over 350 entries, the LP Slam is one of the largest competitions in the state. And although a member of our club didn’t win BOS this time, members still pulled in eight nine medals.

The complete winners list is here. The RHBC winners are:

American Wheat or Rye (12 Entries)

  • 3rd: Adam Glaser, Rye or Die! – 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer

Spiced Specialty (12 Entries)

  • 3rd: Walt Chleva, Detox – 23A: Specialty Beer

Belgian Lights (13 Entries)

  • 1st: Geoff Humphrey, Timothy’s Tripel – 18C: Belgian Tripel
  • 3rd: Geoff Humphrey, Bastogne Golden Blonde – 18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Belgian Darks (10 Entries)

  • 3rd: Geoff Humphrey, Blessed and Cursed – 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Fruit Beers (10 Entries)

  • 1st: Bryan Keas, Sour Cherry Bomb – 20A: Fruit Beer
  • 3rd: Greg Geiger, Peach Thunder – 20A: Fruit Beer
  • HM: Kelly Krugel, Raisin in the Sun – 20A: Fruit Beer

German Wheat/Rye (13 Entries)

  • 3rd: Michael Bade, Morrissette Wheat – 15A: Weizen

Imperial Stout (7 Entries)

  • 1st: Greg Geiger, Never Barreled Imperial Stout – 13F: Russian Imperial Stout

Congrats to all!!

RHBC Wins Ace of Clubs at the 2010 Eight Seconds Competition!

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With 21 medals and a mead BOS, the Rock Hoppers dominated the Eight Seconds of Froth competition!

Congrats to all the winners. Here’s the complete list:

Best of Show Mead: Larry Hood

  • 1st – Geoff Humphrey – Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsner
  • 2nd – Aaron Bush – Dark Lager, Munich Dunkel
  • 1st – Greg Geiger – Bock, Eisbock
  • 2nd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – Bock, Traditional Bock
  • 2nd – Chris Egolf – Light Hybrid Beer, Kolsch
  • 3rd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – Light Hybrid Beer, American Wheat or Rye
  • 1st – Chris Egolf – Scottish and Irish ale, Scottish Export 80
  • 3rd – Larry Hood – English Pale Ale, Extra Special/Strong Bitter
  • 3rd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – American Ale, American Pale Ale
  • 1st – Adam Glaser – India Pale Ale, American IPA
  • 1st – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – India Pale Ale, Imperial IPA
  • 1st – Chris Egolf – German Wheat and Rye Beer, Dunkelweizen
  • 2nd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – German Wheat and Rye Beer, Dunkelweizen
  • 2nd – Greg Geiger – Belgian Strong Ale, Belgian Golden Strong Ale
  • 3rd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – Belgian Strong Ale, Belgian Trippel
  • 2nd – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – Strong Ale, English Barleywine
  • 3rd – Greg Geiger – Strong Ale, English Barleywine
  • 1st – Kelly and Jason Kruegel – Fruit Beer
  • 2nd – Greg Geiger – Fruit Beer
  • 2nd – Chris Egolf – Specialty Beer
  • 1st – Larry Hood – Melomel, Other Fruit Melomel