Competition Corner

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

Hoppers Clean Up Dredhop, Geiger Wins BOS!

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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

we should do this

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From the High Plains Drafters page:

 

Fifth Annual Ace of Clubs Competiton

This is the fourth year of the Ace of Clubs competition within a competition.

Homebrew clubs will be awarded points for total number of entries and judges,

and for all top three finishes by their members in each category and BOS.

Winning club receives a travelling trophy plus other goodies. Your club keeps

the trophy for the year and then returns it at next year’s Dredhop to be made

ready for the upcoming Eight Seconds of Froth and Ace of Clubs competitions.

Ace of Clubs Points will be awarded as follows:
Each entry gets your club      1 Point
Each Judge gets your club     1 Point
Each Steward gets your club 1 Point
1st Place in a category gets   5 Points
2nd Place in a category gets  3 Points
3rd Place in a category gets   2 Points
Best Of Show gets                5 Points
Tell your members to be sure to list the club name on the entry. Only one club per entry.

No Club=No Credit.

2008 Competition Results

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Here’s a roundup of all the Hoppers who placed in a show in 2008. If I missed anything, please post a comment.

Dredhop, March 2008

  • Michael Bade: German Pilsner (1st), (BOS)
  • Greg Geiger: English Barleywine (3rd), Spice/Herb/Vegetable (2nd)

Liquid Poetry Slam, May 2008

  • Michael Bade: German Pilsner (1st)
  • Greg Geiger: Blonde Ale (3rd), American Wheat (3rd), and Fruit Beer (2nd)

Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines – Hoppers Show Again!!

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Congratulations to Greg Geiger and Larry Hood for placing in this year’s contest! Way to show, fellas!

Here’s the complete list of winners.

Best of Show Winner
Mike Pedersen, Longmont, CO: Big Hitter Barleywine, American Barleywine Homebrew Club:  Indian Peaks Alers (IPAers)

Mixed Strong Ales
BJCP Categories  5, 14C, 15C
Gold:  Rick Bobbitt, Mountain Goat Eisbock
Silver: Don Chapman, Eisbock
Bronze:  Remi Bonnart, Hoppinator IPA

Strong Ales
BJCP Category #19
Gold: Mike Pedersen, Big Hitter Barleywine
Silver:  Wayne Faris, Bugeater Munich Barleywine
Bronze:  Greg Geiger, Geiger’s English Barleywine

Belgian Strong Ales
BJCP Categories:  18A, 18B, 18C, 18D
Gold:  Andrew Roesner,  War Of Heaven
Silver: Nate Olson, Milan Blonde
Bronze:  Mike Castagno & Matthew Bridges, Tucker, GA

Belgian Dark Strong Ale
BJCP Category:  18E
Gold:  Eric Stiffler, Belgian Gizmo
Silver:  Don Blake, St. Alphonso Abdij 8
Bronze:  Jim Fixari, Nice Nice Baby

2009 National Homebrew Competition First Round – Save Dates

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FYI – let’s get involved. This is the BIG ONE!

All,
I have been asked to direct the first round of the National Homebrew Competition for the Old West region again this year. I am asking you all to volunteer to judge or steward for this event. Please mark your calendars for the weekends of 4/17 and 4/25. We will most likely complete the judging the weekend of 4/17 and won’t need the weekend of 4/25, however I would like you to reserve both these weekends at this point until we have the logistics finalized.

Also, we are considering 1 of 2 locations for the judging. Either in Denver again like last year, or possibly in Longmont at the new Oskar Blues facility. I would like to receive your feedback if you’re planning to volunteer and if so, if you have a preference on the location. Just reply back to me.

Let me know if you have any questions. There will definitely be more information to come, however want you all to mark your calendars now so you’ll be available to help us with this!!

Thank you!! Hoppy New Beer!!

Fixari or Scott – please share this information with KROC.
Deborah – please share this information with Hop Barley
Brian Mertz – please share with the Fort Collins and Wyoming clubs

Dottie Clapp
2009 NHC Old West Site Director
(720) 339-5287