All the score sheets have been sent out to our amazing homebrewers, now here are the results. PRIZES Best in Show — $6,000 Beth Gangloff, IPA The first place beer from each style category will go on to the AHA/BJCP best in show grand prize judging which will be judged LIVE during Beer Bacon Music on Sunday, May 18th at 3pm. The first-place winner of the Brewer’s $6K will be awarded a $6,000 prize for placing best in show, and will receive full bragging rights as the winner of the world’s largest homebrew competition. Fame and fortune are sure to follow! 2nd Place “Celebrity Pick” Best Beer Award — $1,000 William Metz, Wheat This celebrity-judged, non-AHA/BJCP best brew prize will be judged LIVE at Beer Bacon Music on Saturday, May 17th by: Roche from DC 101; Joe Michaels from Resignation Brewery and The Chive; and Mark Thompson, founder and master brewer at Starr Hill Brewery, and long-time judge at the Great American Beer Fest and World Beer Cup. All of the second place beers from each style category will move on to this celebrity-best live judging. Style Winners The first-place winner of each style category will also receive a unique prize from the sponsoring brewery (we’re securing new sponsors and prizes daily, check back for updates). **JUST ANNOUNCED** Select Botanicals’ Ale, Light/Blonde (Kolsch, Cream Ale): First: Tom Frizelle Second: Grace ogilby Third: John Hutcherson First Place Style Prize: The winner of the Light/Blond Ale category will receive a year supply of some of the most exclusive/experimental hops that were not previously available to homebrewers. Select Botanicals will send a sample of our branded varieties or experimental once a month for a year. This will include Citra®, Simcoe®, Mosaic®, Equinox™, Ahtanum™, Palisade®, as well as 6 experimental samples that are as of today available to zero home brewers in the world. Sample sizes will be enough for a full single hop 10 gallon batch, or to break up. I will include descriptions of the hops with the samples. Second Place Style Prize: Will receive some Swag and other goodies from Select Botanicals. Starr Hill Brewery’s Ale, Pale (Pale Ale, APA, IPA, Double/Imperial IPA): First: Beth gangloff Second: Jim leonard Third: Kyls Snell First Place Style Prize: VIP Tour of the brewery and 1-on-1 tasting with Brewmaster and Founder, Mark Thompson. Winner and a guest will receive a free night stay in beautiful downtown Charlottesville with passes to see a show at the historic Jefferson Theatre. Second Place Style Prize: $100 Voucher to Winner’s choice of their favorite Home Brewing supplies store. **JUST ANNOUNCED** In addition to all other prizes, the first place winner of the “Ale, Pale” category will also receive 3 pounds of organic Maryland grown Cascade hops from Organarchy hops. Organarchy Hops are the first recognized organically-grown Maryland hops, and they are proud to support the homebrew contestants at Beer Bacon Music’s Brewer’s $6K. You can find more information about their operation at organarchy.co Resignation Brewery’s Ale, Amber (Bitter, Amber Ale, Red Ale, Alt): $500 first place prize First: Alexander Marsh Second: Josh Evans Third: Nich Bouchard Elysian Brewery’s Ale, Porter/Stout First: Kerry Keene Second: Bernie Kefauver Third: Scott Wehage First Place Style Prize: Elysian Brewing Company Dream Vacation – 2 night stay at a Seattle, WA hotel; lunch or dinner (and beers) at one of the Elysian Pubs; and the opportunity to brew for a day with one of Elysian’s brewers! (must be scheduled in advance with Elysian) Second Place Style Prize: Elysian gift basket including a variety of Elysian beers, logo glasses and wearables. Devils Backbone‘s Ale, Belgian Style First: Kyle Motley Second:Daniel Corkran Third: Eric Stavale First Place Style Prize: Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company Vacation package, includes a 1 Night stay at Horseshoe Mountain Lodge in beautiful Roseland, VA (sleeps 8), and a $50 gift card for Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub in Roseland, VA Second Place Style Prize: $50 gift card to Basecamp Brewpub Roseland, VA Sierra Nevada‘s Lager, Pale/Dark/Amber (Pale, Oktoberfest, Bock, Dunkel) First; Ryan Perc Second: Jacob Stablein Third: Dave Justice First Place Style Prize: Tickets for 2 to the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across America event in Philadelphia, August 2, 2014 (hotel included). This tour will be one of the feature beer events in the US this year. In a cross country band of brewer’s type tour, these beer festivals will feature a host of local brewers unique to the area of each festival plus the 12 collaboration brewers participating in our Beer Camp Across America Tour. There will be live music, food, and of course beers. A host of which you can’t even get in this area… think Ninkasi, Cigar City, etc. Second Place Style Prize: TBD Third Place Style Prize: Sierra Nevada Swag bag Widmer Brothers‘ Wheat (Weiss, Weizen, Dunkelweizen) First: Jim Sawitzke Second: William METZ Third: Alex Miller First Place Style Prize: $500 DuClaw‘s Specialty Brew (Fruit Beer, Spiced Beer, Sour) First: Brian Hardy Second: Russ Lorber Third: Keith Sines First Place Style Prize: DuClaw Brewing Company is treating the winner to a day of brewing at DuClaw Brewing Company with Brewmaster Jim Wagner to brew THE WINNING SPECIALTY BEER! The winning brewer and 10 of his/her closest friends will return to DuClaw Brewing Company a few weeks later for a tasting party featuring his/her brew and a guided tour. As an added bonus, if the winning brewer lives in a DuClaw Brewing Company distribution territory, we’ll take over the taps at one of the local bars for a night and launch their winning brew in style, making the winner a homebrewing superstar AND a hometown hero! Second Place Style Prize: $100 gift card to DuClaw restaurants Dogfishead Strong Ale (Scotch Ale, Barleywine) First: Evan White Second: Micah Gingrich Third: Robert Ilaria Ale, Brown (brown, mild, scottish) First: Eric Krichinsky Second: Zachary Gardner Third: Aaron Specht If you know someone that won, please tag them in this post!
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:57:22 +0000