[JAB@thebarn.com message] Byggvir's Big Beer Cup Winners

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who entered and who volunteered the 8th Annual Byggvir's Big Beer Cup at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. We had almost 300 entries entered by over 100 different brewers. There were over 70 volunteers who made this contest happen. Congratulations to all those who won medals! I hope to see you next year! -Gera Exire LaTour, Contest Organizer P.S. The website will show the winner list later today and we will be sending out emails to all those who entered. I will be mailing out score sheets (and hopefully medals and prizes) over the next couple of weeks. Best of Show Beers 1st Place Kevin Meintsma 11A - Mild 2nd Place Casey Mussman 05C - Doppelbock Best of Show Mead/Ciders 1st Place Brett Glenna 27A - Common Cider Historic 1st Place Jeffrey Burmeister 00A - Historic (Non-Hopped) 2nd Place Ben Adair 00B - Historic (Hopped) 3rd Place Eric Wentling 00B - Historic (Hopped) Honorable Mention Aaron Bach 00A - Historic (Non-Hopped) Category 5 - Bock 1st Place Casey Mussman 05C - Doppelbock 2nd Place Eric Wentling 05B - Traditional Bock 3rd Place Joshua Mathews 05C - Doppelbock Category 6 & 7 – Light & Amber Hybrid 1st Place Richard Brower 07A - Northern German Altbier 2nd Place Chris Magnussen 06C - Kölsch 3rd Place Colby Reineke 06C - Kölsch Category 8 - English Bitters 1st Place Jon Amos 08B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter 2nd Place Ben Pearson 08C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) 3rd Place James Ludlow 08A - Standard/Ordinary Bitter Category 9 - Scottish and Irish 1st Place Eli Schauer 09E - Strong Scotch Ale 2nd Place Brady Stewart and Brian Rau 09C - Scottish Export 80/- 3rd Place Shane Korthals 09E - Strong Scotch Ale Honorable Mention Wayne Doucette 09C - Scottish Export 80/- Category 11 - English Browns 1st Place Kevin Meintsma 11A - Mild 2nd Place Stephen Cook 11A - Mild 3rd Place Josh Mathews 11B - Southern English Brown Category 12 - Porters 1st Place Sean Kampshoff 12C - Baltic Porter 2nd Place Stephen Cook 12A - Brown Porter 3rd Place Randy Asher 12C - Baltic Porter Category 13 - Stouts 1st Place Sean Kampshoff 13F - Russian Imperial Stout 2nd Place Ron Fitch 13F - Russian Imperial Stout 3rd Place Garrett Caldwell 13F - Russian Imperial Stout Honorable Mention Kurt Smelser 13D - Foreign Extra Stout Category 15 - German Wheat and Rye 1st Place Paul Dienhart 15C - Weizenbock 2nd Place Kurt Smelser 15D - Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) 3rd Place Brett Glenna 15A - Weizen/Weissbier Honorable Mention Topher Marohl 15B - Dunkelweizen Category 16 - Belgian and French Ale 1st Place William Richartz 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale 2nd Place Christian Breitbarth 16A - Witbier 3rd Place Kurt Smelser 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale Honorable Mention Dave Royer 16C - Saison Category 17 - Sour Ale 1st Place Jeffrey Burmeister 17B - Flanders Red Ale 2nd Place Sean Kampshoff 17A - Berliner Weisse 3rd Place William Richartz 17E - Gueuze Category 18 - Belgian Strong 1st Place Sean Kampshoff 18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale 2nd Place Tammy Cummines, Derek Baldus 18C - Belgian Tripel 3rd Place Rick Martin 18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale Category 19 - Strong Ale 1st Place Eric Meinz 19B - English Barleywine 2nd Place Sean Kampshoff 19B - English Barleywine 3rd Place Garrett Caldwell 19B - English Barleywine Category 20 - Fruit Beers 1st Place Jim Hartmann 20A - Fruit Beer 2nd Place Chris Magnussen 20A - Fruit Beer 3rd Place Eric Wentling 20A - Fruit Beer Honorable Mention Josh Landy 20A - Fruit Beer Category 21 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer 1st Place Pat McNeely 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 2nd Place Scot Schaar 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 3rd Place Harvie Holmes 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Honorable Mention Colby Reineke 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Category 22 - Wood Aged and Smoked 1st Place Andy Martinson 22B - Other Smoked Beer 2nd Place Pat McNeely 22C - Wood-Aged Beer 3rd Place Stephen Cook 22C - Wood-Aged Beer Category 23 - Specialty 1st Place Dan Holbrook 23A - Specialty Beer 2nd Place Topher Marohl 23A - Specialty Beer 3rd Place Sarah Hartung 23A - Specialty Beer Category 24 - Traditional Meads 1st Place Eric Wentling 24C - Sweet Mead 2nd Place Scot Schaar 24B - Semi-sweet Mead 3rd Place Garrett Caldwell 24C - Sweet Mead Category 25 - Melomel - Fruit Mead 1st Place Scot Schaar 25B - Pyment (Grape Melomel) 2nd Place Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely 25A - Cyser (Apple Melomel) 3rd Place Eric Wentling 25C - Other Fruit Melomel Category 26 - Other Meads 1st Place Eri Wentling 26C - Open Category Mead 2nd Place Garrett Caldwell 26C - Open Category Mead 3rd Place Tyler Sieh 26C - Open Category Mead Honorable Mention Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely 26A - Metheglin Category 27 - Standard Ciders 1st Place Brett Glenna 27A - Common Cider 2nd Place Royce Lerwick Daryl Lerwick 27A - Common Cider 3rd Place Josh Mahoney 27A - Common Cider Category 28 - Specialty Ciders 1st Place Brett Glenna 28A - New England Cider 2nd Place Pat McNeely and Hank McNeely 28B - Fruit Cider 3rd Place Richard Blaylock 28D - Other Specialty Cider/Perry