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Homebrew Competition

- 2007 LAND OF MUDDY WATERS
- 2007 CBS BREW SPOOKY BREW
- 2006 UPPER MISSISSIPPI MASHOUT

MIDWEST HOMEBREWERS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Top 10 A/O November 12, 2007

NET NAME, CITY, STATE, WINS, PRECENTAGE WINS TO ENTRIES
44.3 Joe Formanek, Bollingbrook, IL - 19 Wins - 53%
40.3 Sylvia & Zbig Banach, New Lenox, IL – 7 Wins – 88%
23.8 Bill Gerds, Grand Blanc, MI – 13 Wins – 54%
21.6 Gordon Strong, Beavercreek, OH – 7 Wins – 64% W
20.0 Britt Weiser, Champaign, IL –3 Wins – 100% Wins
17.8 Rodney Kibzey, Lombard, IL-14 Wins- 34%
17.0 Ed Seaman, Streamwood, IL – 12 Wins – 39%
17.0 Susan Ruud & Ray Taylor, Harwood, ND – 11 Wins – 35%
16.8 Mark Kuechler, Champaign, IL – 6 Wins – 60%
16.7 Dustin Jundt, MI – 5 Wins-83%

* 2007 LAND OF MUDDY WATERS COMPETITION
1st Doug Wich, Chicago Beer Society, Toasted Coconut Chocolate Brown Porter
2nd Joe F, UKG, Wee Lassie's Wee Heavy
3rd, Bill Gerds, Hop Shortage Imperial IPA

* 16TH ANNUAL CHICAGO BEER SOCETY SPOOKY BREW HOMEBREW COMPETITION WINNERS
CHICAGO BEER SOCIETY 2007 SPOOKY BREW REVIEW HOMEBREW COMPETITION WINNERS
A good time was had by all. Special thanks go to Rock Bottom Chicago, our host, and to those who donated prizes for winners and the judges' raffle: the Map Room, the AHA, White Labs, The Brewers Coop in Warrenville, The Homebrew Shop in St. Charles, and all the judges, stewards, and others who made this happen.

Roger Deschner roger@chibeer.org
Organizer, CBS Spooky Brew Review


Spooky Brew Review 2007 Winners

(Category - Name of Brew – Style - Winner)

Best Of Show
1 Poison Kreusen 19b Scott Lasky, BABBLE
2 Metro 10b George Westlund, Chicago Beer Society
3 Keene Stout 13e Douglas Wich, Chicago Beer Society

I Light & Amber Lager
1 Summer Pils 2a Tom Sadowski, Jerry Sadowski, Conrad Kiebles, BOSS
2 3b Darin Kolls, Forest City Brewers
3 1e Darrell Proska, Urban Knaves of Grain

II Dark Lager & Bock
1 Six Bock 5b Jason Gabriel, MUGZ (Twin Cities MN)
2 Munich Dunkel 4b Michael Pelter, BOSS
3 Full Moonich Dunkel 4b Tom Sadowski, Jerry Sadowski, Conrad Kiebles, BOSS

III Hybrid & Wheat Beers
1 Altbier 7c Dustin Jundt, Red Ledge Brewers
2 Northern Alt 7a Patrick Duby, BABBLE
3 Cat Face Cream Ale 6a Michael Morel, BOSS
Suburbia (BOSS)

IV British Isles Ale
1 60 Schizzell 9a Bill Gerds
2 Scotch Ale 9e Dustin Jundt, Red Ledge Brewers
3 McDonald Memorial 9a Thomas Renner
Scottish Ale

V American Ale
1 Metro 10b George Westlund, Chicago Beer Society
2 American Broen Ale 10c Dustin Jundt, Red Ledge Brewers
3 Licolnshire Ale 10a Tom Sadowski, Jerry Sadowski, Conrad Kiebles, BOSS
Suburbia (BOSS)

VI English Brown Ale
1 Nut Brown Ale 11c Douglas Wich, Chicago Beer Society
2 11a Stacy Kolls, Forest City Brewers
3 Brown Ale 11a Brett Swartz, Upstate New York
Homebrewers

VII Porter
1 Classic Baltic Porter 12c Harry Bielawski, BOSS
2 Flint River Sludge 12b Bill Gerds
3 Black Prince Porter 12b Richard Skains

VIII Stout
1 Keene Stout 13e Douglas Wich, Chicago Beer Society
2 Cat Face Dry Stout 13a Michael Morel, BOSS
3 Siberian Sunshine 13f Mike Stogin, BrewBakers

IX Indian Pale Ale
1 Hop & Bothered 14b Mark Westmeyer, Carl Barnard, BOSS
2 In 14b Tom Fitzpatrick, Nathan Dent, David Dodge, CBS
3 Rockhead IPA 14b Thomas Renner

X Belgian & French Ale
1 16e Ed Seaman, Kyle Teichart, Urban Knaves of Grain
2 Het Spelen in deZon 16c Dan Morey, BABBLE
3 Incubus 16e Jeff Sparrow, Chicago Beer Society

XI Belgian Sour & Strong Ale
1 Duvel Light 18a Tom Fitzpatrick, Nathan Dent, CBS
2 Lisa's #17 17b Lisa Culen, Ron Stazuk, Urban Knaves of Grain
3 Stand Up Tripel 18c Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club
Club

XII Strong Ale
1 Poison Kreusen 19b Scott Lasky, BABBLE
2 Drunken Squirrel 19a David Banass, Brewbakers
3 Barleywine 19c Mark Zgarrick

XIII Fruit Beer
1 R-Dog's Apricot Wheat 20- Brett Swartz, Upstate New York Homebrewers
2 Devil's Fire 2 20- Michael Smosna, Midnight Carboys
3 Blue Berry Bleer 20- Michael Pelter, BOSS
Suburbia (BOSS)

XIV Spice/Herb/Vegetable
1 Requiem Beer 21b Calvin Rowland, Urban Knaves of Grain
2 Burning Pumpkin Ale 21a Michael Smosna, Midnight Carboys
3 Hoooot Mon! 21a Mark McDermott, BOSS
(UKG)

XV Specialty Beer
1 Coffee Stout 23- Les Cowel, Urban Knaves of Grain
2 Booth Road Bum 22c Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club
3 Old School Lager 23- Ed Seaman, Urban Knaves of Grain
(UKG)

XVI Mead
1 Stephen's Sparkling 24b Stephen Moyle
Brain Tonic
2 Honey Brown Braggot 26b Patrick Duby, BABBLE
3 Pat's 1st Cyser 25a Patrick Duby, BABBLE

XVII Cider & Perry
1 Westside New 28a Jeff Carlson, Prime Time Brewers
England Cider
2 27a Mike Kopp, St. Louis Brews
3 Westside Cherry Cider 28b Jeff Carlson, Prime Time Brewers

XVIII Spooky Brew
1 Pale Volcano Hell Patrick Duby, BABBLE
Suburbia (BOSS)

XIX Smashed Pumpkin (Worst Of Show)
1 South Side Sushi Ron Stazuk, Steve Culen, Urban Knaves of Grain

XX Witches' Brew
1 11a Stacy Kolls, Forest City Brewers

* 2006 UPPER MISSISSIPPI MASHOUT WINNERS:
Best Of Show Beer: Owen Halpeny - Kolsch
Best Of Show Mead: Thomas Eibner - Cherry Melomel

Midwest Homebrewer of the Year: Kris England


TABLE 1 - Light Lagers (13 Entries)
1st-John Jurgensen Friendswood, TX Munich Helles 1D Munich Helles
2nd-Joe Gerteis Saint Paul, MI Steamboat LIberty Lager 1C Premium American
3rd-John Jurgensen Friendswood, TX Standard Americam Lager 1B Standard American

TABLE 2 - Pilsner (17 Entries)
1st-Alan Pearlstein Walled Lake, MI Pilsn Pils 2B Bohemian Pilsner
2nd-Kris England Minneapolis, MN Urinal Cake Pils 2A German Pilsner
3rd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN Gracies Gold 2C Classic American Pilsner

TABLE 3 - European Amber Lager (13 Entries)
1st-Kris England Minneapolis, MN- O-face O-fest 3B Oktoberfest
2nd-Paul Vogel fargo, ND - Red river lager 3B Oktoberfest
3rd-Todd Murley Orono, MN - Stonetoberfest 2 3B Oktoberfest

TABLE 4 - Dark Lager (13 Entries)
1st-Alan Pearlstein Walled Lake, MI - Lila Tov 4B Munich Dunkel
2nd-G.L. Exire LaTour Minneapolis, MN - Dirty Rex Black Lager 4C Schwarzbier
3rd-John Jurgensen Friendswood, TX - Dark Americam Lager 4A Dark American Lager

TABLE 5 - Bock (18 Entries)
1st-Kris England Minneapolis, MN - Das Inseminator 5C Doppelbock
2nd-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN - Scrape the bottom 5C Doppelbock
3rd-Peter Polczynski Tulsa,OK - Goats Breath 5A Maibock

TABLE 6 - Light Hybrid Beers (33 Entries)
1st-Owen Halpeny Asheville, NC - 51a 6C Koelsch
2nd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Craptastic Cream Ale 6A Cream Ale
3rd-Eric Ware Davenport, IA - Noel Christmass 2005 6A Cream Ale

TABLE 7 - Amber Hybrid (9 Entries)
1st-Steve Fletty Falcon Heights, MN - Alt Style 7C Dusseldorf Altbier
2nd-Adam Stern St. Paul, MN - Lupentos Altbier 7A Northern German Altbier
3rd-James Henjum White Bear Lake, MN - Duece Alt 7C Dusseldorf Altbier

TABLE 8 - English Pale Ale (21 Entries)
1st-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Lyles Bitter 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)
2nd-Lonnie and Deb McAllister Seabrook, TX - Better than Uncle Jessies ESB 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)
3rd-John Peed Oak Ridge, TN - Ornery 8A Ordinary Bitter

TABLE 9 - Scottish and Irish (25 Entries)
1st-Todd Murley Orono,MN Go Bucky 9D Irish Red Ale
2nd-Todd Murley Orono,MN Special Export 9C Scottish 80/-
3rd-Susan Ruud Ray Taylor Harwood,ND Kilt Blower 9E Strong Scotch Ale

TABLE 10 - American Pale Ale (36 Entries)
1st-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Brass Pole Amber 10B American Amber
2nd-Steve Daiken Duluth, MN - Billy Bob Brown 10C American Brown
3rd-Ed Moore Sugar Land, TX - Amber 2 10B American Amber

TABLE 11 - English Brown Ale (11 Entries)
1st-Paul Frank Fargo, ND - Harvest Mild 11A Mild
2nd-Joe Gerteis Saint Paul, MI - GMW Mild 11A Mild
3rd-Joe Brockman Blaine, MN - Brown Ale 11C Northern English Brown

TABLE 12 - Porter (28 Entries)
1st-Steve Fletty Falcon Heights, MN - St. Fytles Celestial Porter 12B Robust Porter
2nd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN = It Ain't Kris's Recipe Porter 12B Robust Porter
3rd-Zach Demorest Minneapolis, MN - Baltic Porter 12C Baltic Porter

TABLE 13 - Stout (30 Entries)
1st-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - MILF 13D Foreign Extra Stout
2nd-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - RIS 13F Russian Imperial Stout
3rd-Al Boyce St. Louis Park, MN - Paddy s Waggin Stout 13A Dry Stout

TABLE 14 - IPA (22 Entries)
1st-Eric Anderson Bloomington, MN - Alien Probe APA 14B American IPA
2nd-Alan Pearlstein Walled Lake, MI - H.M.S. IPA 14A English IPA
3rd-Ray Taylor Susan Ruud Fargo, ND - "Hops, ETOH etc... " 14C Imperial IPA

TABLE 15 - German Wheat & Rye (19 Entries)
1st-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - Dunkel 15B Dunkelweizen
2nd-Shane lynn lawrence, KS - Turtle head creek weizenbock 15C Weizenbock
3rd-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN - Buck Wheat 15C Weizenbock

TABLE 16 - Belgian & French (24 Entries)
1st-John Fahrer Bellevue, NE - St Meinrads Grand Cru 16E Belgian Specialty
2nd-G.L. Exire LaTour Minneapolis, MN - Better the2nd Time Saison 16C Saison
3rd-Steve Fletty Falcon Heights, MN - Steval 16E Belgian Specialty


TABLE 17 - Sour Ale (10 Entries)
1st-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN - Low Pee H 17D Lambic
2nd-Ray Taylor Susan Ruud Fargo, ND - Oud to a Red Bear 17C Flander Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
3rd-Adam Stern St. Paul, MN - Lupentos Schwarzbier 17B Flanders Red

TABLE 18 - Belgian Strong Ale (33 Entries)
1st-Peter Polczynski Tulsa, OK - Dumb As They Come 18A Belgian Blond Ale
2nd-Tom Dennis Naperville, IL - Golden Days 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale
3rd-Tom Dennis Naperville, IL - Three A Day Tripel 18C Belgian Tripel

TABLE 19 - Strong Ale (17 Entries)
1st-Kris England Minneapolis, MN - Bullocks Barleywine 19B English Barleywine
2nd-Jay Wince Zanesville, OH - Batch 50 Barleywine 19B English Barleywine
3rd-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - AMBW 19C American Barleywine

TABLE 20 - Fruit Beer (13 Entries)
1st-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - Raspberry berliner 20A Fruit Beer
2nd-John Longballa Saint Paul, MN - Mounds Bar Porter 20A Fruit Beer
3rd-Ed Moore Sugar Land, TX - Raspberry Cream Ale 20A Fruit Beer

TABLE 21 - Spice/Herb/Veggie (23 Entries)
1st-Patrick Gilligan Eden Prairie, MN - Coffee Stout 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
2nd-Jeff Olson Omaha, NE - Yellow Fever 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
3rd-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN 2005 - Holiday Brew 21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

TABLE 22 - Smoke & Wood-Aged (12 Entries)
1st-Curt Stock Barrel Brohood St. Paul, MN - She Devil Double D Imperial Stout 22C Wood-Aged Beer
2nd-Rob Gronemann minneapolis, MN - Cedar Maple Porter 22C Wood-Aged Beer
3rd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Old Smokey Memorial Porter 22B Other Smoked Beer

TABLE 23 - Specialty (25 Entries)
1st-Gordon Dickey Roselle, IL - Macs Honey Porter 23A Specialty Beer
2nd-Al Boyce St. Louis Park, MN - BIP 23A Specialty Beer
3rd-Neil Bromenshenkel Richfield, MN - O Beehave Honey Ale 23A Specialty Beer

TABLE 24 - Traditional Mead (15 Entries)
1st-Al Boyce St. Louis Park, MN - Orange Blossom Special 3 24C Sweet Mead
2nd-Kris England Minneapolis, MN - None 24B Semi-sweet Mead
3rd-Susan Ruud Ray Taylor Harwood, ND - Mint Blossum Mead 24C Sweet Mead

TABLE 25 - Melomel (18 Entries)
1st-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - Cherry Mel 25C Other Fruit Melomel
2nd-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN - Prickly Pear 25C Other Fruit Melomel
3rd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Perfect Marriage of Grapes and Honey 25B Pyment


TABLE 26 - Other Mead (14 Entries)
1st-Ed Moore Sugar Land, TX - Orange Blossum with Hazel Nut 26C Open Category Mead
2nd-Steve Fletty Falcon Heights, MN - El Diablo 26A Metheglin
3rd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Simply Cinnamon 26C Open Category Mead


TABLE 27 - Standard Cider & Perry (11 Entries)
1st-Chris Smith Minneapolis, MN - Sock Monkey Cider 27A Common Cider
2nd-Tom Zupanc St. Cloud, MN - None 27B English Cider
3rd-Curt and Kathy Stock St. Paul, MN - Basic Cider 27A Common Cider


TABLE 28 - Specialty Cider & Perry (10 Entries)
1st-Chris Smith Minneapolis, MN - Ding-a-lingonberry cider 28B Fruit Cider
2nd-Susan Ruud Ray Taylor Harwood, ND - Apple Wine 28C Applewine
3rd-Chris Smith Minneapolis, MN - Cider House Fool 28A New England Cider

TABLE 29 - Eis-Anything (13 Entries)
1st-Thomas Eibner St Paul, MN - Balteis Porter 29A Eis-anything
2nd-Al Boyce St. Louis Park, MN - Eis Demon Bourbon Barrel RIS 29A Eis-anything
3rd-Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Bock Wheatsicles 29A Eis-anything


TABLE 30 - New-Entrant (15 Entries)
1st-Tim Cichon White Bear Lake, MN - Piston Pale Ale 30A New Entrant
2nd-Josh Marquart MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Nearly Redless Nick 30A New Entrant
3rd-Tami Schraufnagel Eau Claire, WI - Strange Brew 30A New Entrant