{"id":693,"date":"2008-09-09T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2008-09-09T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:21:51","slug":"2008-topsfield-fair-homebrew-competition-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/09\/2008-topsfield-fair-homebrew-competition-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition too place last Saturday. Ryan and I attended the second half of the day and worked as stuards\/guest judges. We stayed around for the Best of Show, where a Berliner Weiss was selected as the best brewed to the BJCP style guidlines. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Berliner Weissbier Description:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Berliner Weisse is a top-fermented, bottle conditioned wheat beer made with both traditional warm-fermenting yeasts and lactobacillus culture. They have a rapidly vanishing head and a clear, pale golden straw-coloured appearance. The taste is refreshing, tart, sour and acidic, with a lemony-citric fruit sharpness and almost no hop bitterness. <\/em><\/p>\n

Served in wide bulbous stemmed glasses, tourists in Berlin will often order on as a “Berliner Weisse mit Schuss: Himbeere” or “Berliner Weisse mit Schuss: Waldmeister”. These are syrups that are added to make the sourness more palatable. Himbeere is raspberry (red) and Waldmeister is woodruff (green).<\/em><\/p>\n

We learned that this was a very complex beer to make. Congratulations Marc and Lars for a job well done.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean
\n2Beerguys.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ready for something new? Go Brew Yourself!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to all the winners in this year’s Topsfield Fair Homebrew competition!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to all who submitted homebrews\u00c2\u00a0to the competition and to the judges who took the time to review each beer.<\/p>\n

It’s not too late to start brewing for next year’s contest. We’ll be accepting entries in late August 2009.<\/p>\n

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2008 Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition Results<\/h1>\n

September 6, 2008 – Sponsored by the Northshore Brewers<\/p>\n

87 Entries<\/p>\n

Best of Show – Marc Meserney, Lars Andersen – Berliner Weiss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Table 1 – Lagers (5 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Walsh<\/td>\nSalem,MA<\/td>\nDark German style Dopplebock<\/td>\n5C<\/td>\nDoppelbock<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim & Danielle Broderick<\/td>\nSouth Hamilton,MA<\/td>\nMaibock<\/td>\n5A<\/td>\nMaibock<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n37.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Antul<\/td>\nWorcester,ma<\/td>\nDortmunder Export<\/td>\n1E<\/td>\nDortmunder Export<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 2 – Light \/ Amber Hybrid (10 Entries)<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Tkoch<\/td>\nCharleston,MA<\/td>\nDusseldorf Alt<\/td>\n7C<\/td>\nDusseldorf Altbier<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alastair Hewitt<\/td>\nWakefield,ma<\/td>\nKolsch<\/td>\n6C<\/td>\nKoelsch<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Warin<\/td>\nSalem,ma<\/td>\nEnglish Summer Ale<\/td>\n6B<\/td>\nBlond Ale<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n31.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 3 – English Pale Ale (8 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Antul<\/td>\nWorcester,ma<\/td>\nBest bitter<\/td>\n8B<\/td>\nSpecial\/Best\/Premium Bitter<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n34.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alastair Hewitt<\/td>\nWakefield,ma<\/td>\nAmerican Barleywine<\/td>\n19C<\/td>\nAmerican Barleywine<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n32.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fuzzy Falstich<\/td>\nBeverly,MA<\/td>\nESB<\/td>\n8C<\/td>\nExtra Special\/Strong Bitter (EPA)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 4 – Stouts and Porters (8 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard MacPherson<\/td>\nMiddleton,MA<\/td>\nImperial Stout<\/td>\n13F<\/td>\nRussian Imperial Stout<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard MacPherson<\/td>\nMiddleton,MA<\/td>\nSweet Stout<\/td>\n13B<\/td>\nSweet Stout<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n37.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Clark<\/td>\nNewton Lower Falls,ma<\/td>\nOatmeal Stout<\/td>\n13C<\/td>\nOatmeal Stout<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n25.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 5 – IPA (10 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Alastair Hewitt <\/span><\/td>\nWakefield,ma<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican IPA<\/span><\/td>\n14B<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican IPA<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alastair Hewitt <\/span><\/td>\nWakefield,ma<\/span><\/td>\nImperial IPA<\/span><\/td>\n14C<\/span><\/td>\nImperial IPA<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n29.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffery Nichols, Leslie Tuttle <\/span><\/td>\nSalem,MA<\/span><\/td>\nEnglish IPA<\/span><\/td>\n14A<\/span><\/td>\nEnglish IPA<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n29<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 6 – Belgian and French (10 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Antul <\/span><\/td>\nWorcester,ma<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian specialty ale stout braggot with honey &
\nbelgian yeast<\/span><\/td>\n		16E<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian Specialty<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n39<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Antul <\/span><\/td>\nWorcester,ma<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian Dark Strong Ale<\/span><\/td>\n18E<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian Dark Strong Ale<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n35<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lawerence George <\/span><\/td>\nCambridge,ma<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian ale with rose petals, cinamon, black
\npepper<\/span><\/td>\n		16E<\/span><\/td>\nBelgian Specialty<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n28.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 7 – American Pale \/ Amber (10 Entries)
\n<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Antul <\/span><\/td>\nWorcester,ma<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican Pale Ale<\/span><\/td>\n10A<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican Pale<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n36.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Polakiewice <\/span><\/td>\nSalem,MA<\/span><\/td>\nDeep red hoppy amber ale w honey<\/span><\/td>\n10B<\/span><\/td>\nAmerican Amber<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n35.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Warin<\/td>\nSalem,ma<\/td>\nAmarillo\/Cascade Pale Ale<\/td>\n10A<\/td>\nAmerican Pale<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 8 – Scottish Irish and English and American Brown
\n(10 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Clark<\/td>\nNewton Lower Falls,ma<\/td>\nScottish 80\/- with flaked barley<\/td>\n9C<\/td>\nScottish 80\/-<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alastair Hewitt<\/td>\nWakefield,ma<\/td>\nStrong Scotch Ale \/ Wee Heavy<\/td>\n9E<\/td>\nStrong Scotch Ale<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Walsh<\/td>\nSalem,MA<\/td>\nMild with molassas and maple syrup<\/td>\n11A<\/td>\nMild<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 9 – Spice and Herb (6 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim & Danielle Broderick<\/td>\nSouth Hamilton,MA<\/td>\nMaple Porter w grade B maple syrup<\/td>\n21A<\/td>\nSpice, Herb, Vegetable Beer<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n38.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim & Danielle Broderick<\/td>\nSouth Hamilton,MA<\/td>\nChristmas spiced beer (apples, cinnamon,
\nnutmeg)<\/td>\n		21B<\/td>\nChristmas\/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n31.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt Rodrigues<\/td>\nCranston,RI<\/td>\nSHV Chocloate Stout bakers choc, cocoa powder<\/td>\n21A<\/td>\nSpice, Herb, Vegetable Beer<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 10 – Weizen \/ Sour ales (3 Entries) <\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
size=2>Marc Meserney, Lars Andersen <\/span><\/td>\nBoston,MA<\/td>\nBerliner Weise<\/td>\n17A<\/td>\nBerliner Weisse<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n35.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Gans<\/td>\nNewton,ma<\/td>\nGerman Weissbier<\/td>\n15A<\/td>\nWeizen<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christopher Ahearn<\/td>\nGloucester,MA<\/td>\nBavarian Hefeweizen<\/td>\n15A<\/td>\nWeizen<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n29.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table 11 – Fruit and Specialty Beer (3 Entries)
\n<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Torrey<\/td>\nBeverly,ma<\/td>\nRaspberry APA<\/td>\n20A<\/td>\nFruit Beer<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n40.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Ofiesh<\/td>\nBeverly,ma<\/td>\nBlond ale with Blackberry and Strawberry<\/td>\n20A<\/td>\nFruit Beer<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n24.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ray Brillant<\/td>\nPeabody,MA<\/td>\nWatermellon Ale<\/td>\n20A<\/td>\nFruit Beer<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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