Homebrew Competition results: Henry’s Wine Cellar Home brew Competition (MA)

Congratulations to the 10 finalists in the homebrew competition: ( in no particular order…)

And the Best of Show:

Danielle Broderick!!

The winner of Best of Show, selected by guest judges at Henry’s Oktoberfest, was decided on September 25th during the Henry’s Wine Cellar Oktoberfest tasting. The judges selected the winner from the top 10 beers.

Categories for Entries:

The first annual Henry’s Wine Cellar Home Brew Competition accepted beers from the following categories, as defined in the 2010 BJCP Style Guide.

1. LIGHT LAGER
2. PILSNER
3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
4. DARK LAGER
5. BOCK
8. ENGLISH PALE ALE
10. AMERICAN ALE
11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE
12. PORTER
13. STOUT
14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE

As defined at http://www.bjcp.org

Judging:

I participated in the first round of the judging (held 2 weeks ago).  There were many delicious home brews entered into the competition (roughly 35 to be exact).   Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the full session, but I participated in judging for the Belgian and French Ale Category (#16).  We had a quick round of 7 beers in this category.  The best beer selected from this group was a 16a – Belgian Wit.

Topsfield Fair home brew competition:

After a long run, it was sad that the Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition was canceled for 2010. The word is, the North Shore Home brew club (in which I am a member), will be hosting the competition in the spring of 2010.

To learn more about the North Shore Brewers, please visit: http://www.northshorebrewers.org/