27th Annual BEER & Mead Brew Off

Awards

Judges

Jim Batura, Ryan Braswell, Joe Caiola, Dean Doty, Vincent Garcia, Kevin Gordon, Eric Grimm, Justin Hansen, Andrew Luberto, Danielle Malone, Albania Morales, David Phillips, Bernard Ramchatesingh, Richard Rommeney, Gary Rosen

Stewards

Dawn Coronato, Kevin Coronato, Rick Delzell, Erik Feinberg, Michael Gallagher, Cynthia Lindner, Frank Lindner, Christopher Runko, Sean Walls

By the Numbers

116 Entries 49 Entrants

15 Judges 9 Stewards

44 Placing Entries

Table 1: American Pale Ale

10 entries

Judges: Joe Caiola, Dean Doty

1st

Patrick Smith

Seven City Brewers

Southern Cross (12B: Australian Sparkling Ale)

2nd

Raymond Monahan

Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Old Amsterdam (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Cody Stiles

Highway 20 Blonde Lager (18A: Blonde Ale)

Table 2: IPA'S

9 entries

Judges: Danielle Malone, David Phillips

1st

Kevin Lewis

Star Struck IPA (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Brendan McCann

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

That Hoppy One (21B: Specialty IPA)

3rd

Alex Zwerdling

The Brü Club

Superwolf (21B4: Red IPA)

Table 3: WHEAT BEERS

7 entries

Judges: Justin Hansen, Richard Rommeney

1st

Michael Gallagher

Handgrenades Homebrew and...

Triple D'S (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)

2nd

Andy Cox

Underground Brewers of Connecticut

Pee-Voh Grow-Jees-K'ya (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)

3rd

Keith Blanchard

Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Klink's Folly (10A: Weissbier)

Table 4: FRUIT MEAD

5 entries

1st

Bill Boyer

North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Help, Help I'm Being Repressed! (M2E: Melomel)

2nd

Garrett Freeman

Red Earth Brewers

Sangiovese Pyment (M2B: Pyment)

3rd

Garrett Freeman

Red Earth Brewers

Mango Mead (M2D: Stone Fruit Mead)

Table 5: PALE EUROPEAN LAGERS

9 entries

Judges: Danielle Malone, David Phillips

1st

Isai Garza

San Antonio Cerveceros

Feral Moggie (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

2nd

Michael Gallagher

Handgrenades Homebrew and...

Festivus (4B: Festbier)

3rd

Michael Sell

Westchester Homebrewers Organization...

Beth (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 6: MONASTIC AND BELGIAN BEERS

10 entries

Judges: Jim Batura, Joe Caiola, Dean Doty, Eric Grimm

1st

Raymond Monahan

Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Quadrangle (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

2nd

James Miller

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Dispel (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)

3rd

Kevin Coronato

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Rainy Day, Dawn (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

Table 7: STOUTS

11 entries

Judges: Ryan Braswell, Dean Doty, Justin Hansen, Bernard Ramchatesingh

1st

Fritz Schanz

Denton County Homebrewers...

Stearman's Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

2nd

Dirk Montgomery

Red Earth Brewers

Old Walking Stick (15C: Irish Extra Stout)

3rd

Dirk Montgomery

Red Earth Brewers

Tsar's Choice (20C: Imperial Stout)

Table 8: AMBER & DARK EUROPEAN LAGERS

10 entries

Judges: Ryan Braswell, Vincent Garcia, Bernard Ramchatesingh, Gary Rosen

1st

James Miller

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Exercise Your. Demons (8B: Schwarzbier)

2nd

Dean Doty

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Check Mate (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

3rd

Thomas Musquiez & Isai Garza

San Antonio Cerveceros

Das Gluckliche Katze (8B: Schwarzbier)

Raymond Monahan

Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Black Light (8B: Schwarzbier)

Table 9: GERMAN/BRITISH BITTER BEER

9 entries

Judges: Justin Hansen, Albania Morales

1st

Kyle Ernsberger

Chasing Balloons (5D: German Pils)

2nd

John Huber

Chill-Out (5A: German Leichtbier)

3rd

Thomas McGloine

Saratoga Thoroughbrews

Frische Luft (5B: Kölsch)

Jay Wilkes

Old Plymouth Rock (11A: Ordinary Bitter)

Table 10: AMERICAN/INTERNATIONAL LAGERS

7 entries

Judges: Joe Caiola, Gary Rosen

1st

Deborah And Marc Prichard

Red Earth Brewers

Dirty Hamster (2C: International Dark Lager)

2nd

Patrick Smith

Seven City Brewers

Golden Bullet (1B: American Lager)

3rd

James Miller

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

Chill (2B: International Amber Lager)

Table 11: BRITISH BEER

9 entries

Judges: Kevin Gordon, Eric Grimm

1st

Kyle Ernsberger

Kera (15A: Irish Red Ale)

2nd

Andy Cox

Underground Brewers of Connecticut

Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)

3rd

Lloyd Smith

Brewminaries

Persiflage (13B: British Brown Ale)

Table 12: FRUIT/SOUR/SPICED BEER

8 entries

Judges: Dean Doty, Eric Grimm

1st

Tim O'Connor

Tooti Frooti (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

2nd

Cynthia Lindner

Brewers East End Revival (BEER)

There's A Tear In My Beer (23G: Gose)

3rd

Dave Taylor

Keystone Hops

Lime Side Of The Force (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 13: American & Scottish beer

6 entries

Judges: Vincent Garcia, Eric Grimm

1st

Michael Gallagher

Handgrenades Homebrew and...

Obsidian Abyss (9C: Baltic Porter)

2nd

Jay Wilkes & Grandpa Larry Raspor

The Mighty (22B: American Strong Ale)

3rd

Keith Blanchard

Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Kilty Pleasure (17C: Wee Heavy)

Table 14: Spiced and Specialty Mead

6 entries

1st

Bill Boyer

North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Trójniak Vs Montmorency Cherry Vs Matthew Mead (M4B: Historical Mead)

2nd

Garrett Freeman

Red Earth Brewers

Spa Water Mead (M4C: Experimental Mead)

3rd

Garrett Freeman

Red Earth Brewers

Cinnamon Mead (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)

Best of Show

Beer

1st

Tim O'Connor

Tooti Frooti (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

3rd

Kyle Ernsberger

Chasing Balloons (5D: German Pils)

Isai Garza

San Antonio Cerveceros

Feral Moggie (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

Best of Show

Mead

2nd

Bill Boyer

North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Trójniak Vs Montmorency Cherry Vs Matthew Mead (M4B: Historical Mead)

27th Annual BEER & Mead Brew Off

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Stewards

By the Numbers

Table 1: American Pale Ale

Table 2: IPA'S

Table 3: WHEAT BEERS

Table 4: FRUIT MEAD

Table 5: PALE EUROPEAN LAGERS

Table 6: MONASTIC AND BELGIAN BEERS

Table 7: STOUTS

Table 8: AMBER & DARK EUROPEAN LAGERS

Table 9: GERMAN/BRITISH BITTER BEER

Table 10: AMERICAN/INTERNATIONAL LAGERS

Table 11: BRITISH BEER

Table 12: FRUIT/SOUR/SPICED BEER

Table 13: American & Scottish beer

Table 14: Spiced and Specialty Mead

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show

Mead

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners