2010
Home Brew Challenge Winners:
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Top Scoring
Entry (West): Belgian
Saison brewed by
Mauricio Macias & Christina Jogoleff of Watsonville, CA
Score: 40 out of 50
Prize: $250 worth
of organic ingredients from Seven Bridges Cooperative, a Seven Bridges
T-shirt, plus a 1 year membership in the Organic
Buyers Club*
Notable judges comment: “Fantastic. This is a very
well crafted beer. Eminently
drinkable with layers of different stylistically appropriate flavors”
Top
Scoring Entry (East): “Hippie Chick” brewed
by Anne Gregg of Rockledge, FL. Brewed from Seven Bridges Belgian Dubbel
Easy Brew Kit.
Score: 40 out of 50
Prize: $250 worth of organic ingredients from Seven Bridges
Cooperative, a Seven Bridges T-shirt, plus a 1 year membership in the Organic
Buyers Club*
Notable judges comment: “An excellent example of style.
Very well balanced, wonderful malt flavor blended with dark fruit flavors.
Just send some to me next time you brew.”
Best of Show
The best of show is a special non-scoring round of all of the first place
entries in 16 flights (group of beers in 1 judging session). The judges
compared each entry next to the other 16 and selected the 3 they agreed
were the best
overall beers.
1st Place: Mauricio
Macias & Christina Jogoleff of Watsonville, CA for their Belgian Saison
2nd Place: Kevin
Wright from Monterey, CA for his "H1" American IPA
3rd Place: Richard
Lawrence of Saratoga Springs, NY for his “Spiced Porter” Christmas
Winter Specialty Beer
Category Winners:
3.
European Amber Lager- 3 entries
1st Place: Daniel
Casey Turk of San Diego, CA for his “Oans, Zwoa, G'Suffa Oktoberfest” (score
33)
2nd Place: Ray
Ernenwein of San Jose, CA for his Vienna Lager (score 32.6)
3rd Place: Carol
Lezin of Santa Cruz CA for her "Crazy Ivan Oktoberfest" (score
30.3)
6.
Light Hybrid Beer- 4 entries
1st Place: Seth
Townsend of Erie, CO for his "Yellow Submarine" Kolsch (score 31)
2nd/3rd Place Tie: Steve
Delva of Los Gatos, CA for his Kolsch (score 30)
2nd/3rd Place Tie: Gresham
Andrews & Dave Kramer-Urner for their "Average White Brew" American Wheat
(score 30)
7. Amber Hybrid Beer- 2 entries
1st Place: Ray
Ernenwein of San Jose, CA for his North German Altbier (score 34.3)
(entries that score under
25 points are not awarded placement or prizes)
8.
English Pale Ale- 8 entries
1st Place: Sean
Bell of Morton Grove, IL for his “Mountain Lion” English Pale
Ale (score 32)
2nd Place: Ryan
Hall of Santa Cruz CA for his “Shorpkenoff Ale” E.S.B. (score
31.3)
3rd Place: Anthony
Field of San Francisco, CA for his Standard Bitter (score 26)
9.
Scottish and Irish Ale- 3 entries
1st Place: Richard
Lawrence of Saratoga Springs, NY for his “Burlwood Wee
Heavy” (score 37)
2nd Place: Michael
Enos of Royal Oaks, CA for his “Tenessee Red” (score 33.6)
3rd Place: Mike
Persinger of Santa Rosa, CA for his “Newgrange Irish Red Ale” (score
27.3)
10. American
Ale- 12 entries
1st Place: Kyle
Rossman of Santa Cruz,
CA for his “Organic
Anti-Beat-Box Brown” American
Brown Ale (score 36.6)
2nd Place: Mike
Persinger of Santa Rosa, CA for
his “Shashemene
Pale 5” (score
34.5)
3rd Place: Gresham
Andrews & Dave Kramer-Urner for their “Copper Head” American
Amber Ale (score
31.6)
12. Porter- 5 entries
1st Place: Mike
Gyarmathy from St. Petersburg, FL for his "Mike's Organic Chocolate
Porter"
(score 37.5)
2nd Place: Richard
Lawrence of
Saratoga Springs, NY
for his “Pre-nup
Porter” (score
36)
3rd Place: Kyle
Rossman of Santa Cruz,
CA for his Steam Porter
(score 32.7)
13.
Stout- 8 entries
1st Place: Michael
Carson of Valencia, CA for his “Diamond Back
Stout” (score
36.7)
2nd Place: Dan
Schreffler of Dunmore, PA
for his “O'Schrefferelli Stout” Dry
Stout
(score
36.5)
3rd Place: Bernie
Ducat II of Broad Brook, CT for his “Organic Irish Stout” (score
35.5)
14.
India Pale Ale- 12 entries
1st Place: Richard
Lawrence of Saratoga Springs, NY for
his “Independance Day” American IPA (score
37.5)
2nd
Place: Fritz
Fernow of Brooklyn, NY for
his “Organza for Fame” American IPA (score 36)
3rd Place: Kevin
Wright from Monterey, CA for his "H1" American IPA (score 35.7)
15.
German Wheat & Rye
Beer- 2
entries
1st
Place: Carol Lezin of Santa Cruz, CA for
her “Salz Weiss” (score
34)
(entries that score under
25 points are not awarded placement or prizes)
16.
Belgian & French
Ale- 13
entries
1st
Place: Mauricio Macias & Christina Jogoleff
of Watsonville, CA
for their Belgian Saison (Score
40)
2nd
Place: Robert Carlson of Sacramento, CA
for his “Witty Retort” Witbier (score
35.6)
3rd
Place: Micah Lehner of Mankato, MN
for his “Farmer Ben” Saison
(score 35.3)
18.
Belgian Strong- 8 entries
1st Place: Anne
Gregg of Rockledge, FL for her "Hippie Chick" Belgian Dubbel (Score
40)
2nd Place: John
Hoover of San Gabriel, CA for his “Quado 2” Belgian Dark Strong
Ale (score 39)
3rd Place: Richard
Lawrence of Saratoga Springs, NY for his “Keisaku” Belgian
Golden Strong Ale (score 37)
19.
Strong Ale- 1 entry
1st Place: Jonathan
Botta of Santa Cruz, CA for his "General Patton" (Score 30.5)
20.
Fruit Beer- 4 entries
1st Place: Seth
Townsend of Erie, CO for his "Soylent Orange" Orange and Spice
beer (score 35)
2nd Place: Dan
Schreffler of Dunmore, PA for his “O'Schrefflerelli” Blackberry
Lager (score 31.5)
(entries that score under
25 points are not awarded placement or prizes)
21.
Spice, Herb and Vegetable Beer- 12 entries
1st
Place: Michael
Zarkesh
of
Eugene, OR
for
his “Vein of Stars Belgian Ale” Spiced with Juniper, Orange
Peel, and Cardamon (Score
31.6)
2nd
Place: Rick
Luttropp
from
Central
Point,
OR
for
his “Lavender Ginger
Ale” (score
30.3)
3rd Place: Richard
Lawrence of Saratoga Springs, NY for his “Spiced Porter” Christmas
Winter Specialty Beer (score
28.8)
23.
Specialty & Other
Beers-
16
entries
1st
Place: Dan
Schreffler
of
Dunmore,
PA,
For
his “O’Schrefferelli Mild” English Brown Mild (score
38.5)
2nd
Place: Todd Muchmore of Marina, CA
for
his Cascadian Dark Ale
(score
38.3)
3rd Place: Randy
Walsh of Bellevue,
CO for his “Tortuga Lager” Light Lager (score 34)
