Competition Corner

Congratulations to those that won in the Colorado State Fair!  We cleaned up!

My apologies if I missed anyone, we had A LOT of medals!

Official results at http://www.coloradostatefair.com/uploads///09GEPremiumBook/2009%20Homebrew%20Results.pdf

Michael Bade:

• 2nd Place, Cat 2A, Goes to Eleven

Greg Geiger:

• 3rd Place, Cat 4B, Geiger’s Munich Dunkel
• 3rd Place, Cat 5C, DeBockery
• 2nd Place, Cat 10A, Geiger’s Summer Ale

Larry Hood:

• 1st Place, Cat 8B, Clan Jones Special Bitter

Kelly Kruegel:

• 2nd Place, Cat 9D, Matrimoni Ale Bliss

RHBC, entered by Greg:

• 2nd Place, Cat 22C, Triple B Lizard Porter

Doug Causey:

• 1st Place, Cat 6C, Kite Flyer
• 3rd Place, Cat 18A, No Dumb Blond

Adam Glaser:

• 2nd Place, Cat 19B, Royal Bastard Barleywine
• 3rd Place, Cat 22C, Tux Whiskey Oak Porter

Walt Chelva

• 2nd Place, Cat 12C, RHBC Baltic Porter
• 3rd Place, Cat 19B, Kick In The Knickers Again BW

Way to go Hoppers!

These were posted already, so I thought I would give the rundown on hoppers. If I missed you in the awards, sorry, I only identified the names I recognized.

Pilsner: Michael Bade – Goes to Eleven – 2nd

Dark Lager: Greg Geiger – Geiger’s Munich Dunkel – 3rd

Bock: Greg Geiger – DeBockery – 3rd

Light Hybrid Beer: Doug Causey – Kite Flyer – 1st

English Pale Ale: Larry Hood – Clan Jones Special Bitter – 1st

Scottish & Irish – Kelly Kruegel – MatrimoniAle Bliss – 2nd

American Ale – Greg Geiger – Geiger’s Summer Ale – 2nd

Porter – Walt Chleva – RHBC Baltic Porter – 2nd;

Belgian Strong – Doug Causey – No Dumb Blond – 3rd

Strong Ale – Adam Glaser – Royal Bastard – 2nd, Walt Chleva – Kick in the Knickers – 3rd

Wood Aged – ALL RHBC – Triple B Lizard Porter – 2nd; Adam Glaser – Tux Whiskey Oak Porter – 3rd

Congratulations to, Michael Bade, Larry Hood and Geoff Humphrey, the Hopper winners at this year’s Gnarly Barley contest in Longmont!

Michael won in four categories:

• Pilsner: 1st place with Goes to Eleven
• Lager: 3rd place with Monkey Boy Bock
• APA: 2nd place with Simcolicious
• IPA: 2nd place with Simcolicious

Larry won a 1st place in Weizen with his Levitator Weizenbock.

Geoff won a 1st place in Belgian Strong with his Blessed and Cursed Dark Strong.

Strong work, gentlemen!

Walt, Geoff,

Can we add an “Up Coming Competitions” section to the main page? I find myself sorting through all the up coming events tring to find the next comp to enter. Maybe it would make it simpler to find what’s next.

Something to touch on the next meeting maybe?

See you then,