Sunday, May 02, 2010

DELMARVA MAD BREWER COMPETITION RESULTS

Sorry for the delay in getting the results posted, but it was a hectic work week, combined with hockey playoffs - so I'll get to the results.

We had 24 entries from across the peninsula and surrounding areas. Our 9-person judging panel split judging duites, and after 3 rounds the final results were:

1st Place: Andrew Klingbeil from Bear, Delaware (AHA member)
Beer: American-style Farmhouse Ale: a saison brewed with agave nectar and an
American hop-influence (?)

2nd Place: John Mays from Claymont, Delaware (AHA member)
Beer: 30-Minute Pale Ale: An American pale ale with orange and coriander

3rd Place: Kent Spriggs from Wilmington, Delaware (First State Brewers)
Beer: Carraway Brown Ale: An English brown rye ale



Congratulations to the winners, and a thanks to everyone who entered. We hope that everyone who was able to attend the reception had a great time. If you haven't received your score sheets back already, they will be going out very soon.

A huge THANK YOU to the judges, who took time out on a Sunday morning to come and judge the beers for us:

Karl Arnberg - Dogfish Head Brewery
Joe Baker - Henlopen City Oyster House
Chris Bisaha - Henlopen City Oyster House
Greg Christmas - Dogfish Head Brewery
Brian Connery - Dogfish Head Brewery
Claus Hagelman - Dogfish Head Brewery
Jeremy Hunt - Dogfish Head Brewery
Bryan Selders - Dogfish Head Brewery
Jason Weissberg - Dogfish Head Pub

A special thanks to Matt Patton and the staff of Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats for getting the food together for the event, and taking care of everything. Also, a thanks to Doug & Patti Griffith at Delmarva Brewing Craft / Xtreme Brewing.com for donating the bounty of prizes and door-prizes for the event.

That's it for now. Remember, next DUH meeting is Thursday, May 13th. This will be the last meeting at Dogfish Head until October, so come on out!

Peas,
Dead Terry