California State Homebrew Competition Entries Due Oct 11
Entries for California State Homebrew Competition will be due at the Culver City Homebrew Supply Company shop on October 11th. Since there is no local pick-up for this competition, you must have all your entries packaged up for shipping by UPS. This means plenty of bubble wrap and strong cardboard boxes. Wine boxes work well, since the extra space allows plenty of padding for your 12 ounce bottles. Entries that are not packed for shipping will not be sent. The club will pick up the cost of shipping, but you are on your own for entry fees. Forms and all the rules can be found at http://www.nchfinfo.org/StateComp/StateComp.html. Note that the categories have a rather unique structure, so don’t try to make them fit the BJCP styleguide. This is the final open competition for both Pacific Gravity’s Brewer of the Year Award and the California State Brewclub of the Year Award, so give it your best shot.
In addition we still have one remaining Club-Only Competition, this time for Belgian Strong Ales, BJCP Category 18. We will judge these at the November Club meeting on November 19th. Please bring 3 bottles for each entry, and please fill out the entry forms which you can download from the AHA website at: http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pdf/entry_recipe.pdf. The club picks up the entry fees and shipping for this one, so it is free to you.
Results of Pacific Brewer’s Cup have been announced. Our very own Ian Fraser picked up Best of Show for his Humulus Bruin Brown Ale. Way to go Ian! We had a total of nine entrants scoring 15 ribbons. See all the winners below. Strand Brewers will be holding their awards ceremony at their club meeting October 14th at Naja’s Place, 154 International Boardwalk in Redondo Beach. All entrants are welcome to attend.
Get those brewkettles going and don’t stop until the 2009 Brewer of the Year has been announced. If you need still more competitions, you can find the whole list at http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/calendar/events.aspx.
Pacific Brewers Cup Results:
| Best of Show | ||
| Ian Fraser | Humulus Bruin Brown Ale | |
| HM | Bardet/Beron/Townsend | Strong Scotch Ale |
| 1st | Chris Simental | Munich Helles |
| 2nd | Chris Simental | Extra Special/Strong Bitter |
| 2nd | Craig Corley | Oktoberfest/Marzen |
| 2nd | Fraser/Bardet | Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer |
| 1st | Ian Fraser | American Brown Ale |
| 2nd | Jeff Koehler | Flanders Red Ale |
| 2nd | Jeff Koehler | Cyser (Apple Melomel) |
| 3rd | Jeff Koehler | Other Fruit Melomel |
| HM | Jeff Koehler | Brown Porter |
| 3rd | Peggy Robinson | Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer |
| 1st | Pete Morris | Vienna Lager |
| 1st | Pete Morris | Robust Porter |
| 3rd | Ray Powell | Standard/Ordinary Bitter |
| HM | Ray Powell | Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer |
Brewer of the Year Point Tally as of Oct 4th:
| Chris Simental |
38 |
17 |
| Craig Corley |
19 |
11 |
| Jeff Koehler |
17 |
8 |
| Carl Townsend |
14 |
5 |
| Neil Saund |
13 |
7 |
| Jon Porter |
12 |
6 |
| Pete Morris |
8 |
3 |
| Ian Fraser |
7 |
2 |
| Zach Bradshaw |
6 |
2 |
| Eric Moreau, Christopher Briles, Scott Stonberg |
5 |
3 |
| Joseph Nascenzi/Enegren/Enegren |
4 |
2 |
| Jason Levin |
3 |
2 |
| Peggy Robinson |
2 |
2 |
| Fraser/Bardet |
2 |
1 |
| Dave Lasdon |
1 |
1 |
| Ray Powell |
1 |
1 |
| Thomas Lee Bakofsky |
1 |
1 |
