2008 Spooky Brew Review Results

Thanks to all the brewers who entered their beers in this year's CBS Spooky Brew Review homebrew competition, held yesterday. And especially thanks to all the judges and stewards who made this competition happen. One category below was added at the last minute. A group of drop-off entries was misplaced by the receivers, but was found in the afternoon (in a kitchen cooler) after judging was nearly done. This is one of those organizer's nightmares, but it happened. Those which were in categories still being judged, were judged as they should be. A couple others that were offbeat custom beers anyway, were shifted into the Specialty category since it was still being judged. The others were placed into a new open category, and judged against one another, with ribbons awarded for the winners. It was the best we could think of to do, at 3:00PM with the competition winding down. We're just really glad they were finally found. We apologize to the brewers of these beers, and we also thank those judges who agreed to stay to judge a third flight of the day to get these beers properly evaluated. Roger Deschner, Brad Reeg, Zemo Holat Organizers, CBS Spooky Brew Review Homebrew Competition CBS Spooky Brew Review 2008 Results October 25 2008 Sponsored by Chicago Beer Society 123 Entries BEST OF SHOW 1 Gregg Ferlin New Lennox,IL 1D Munich Helles Brewers of South Suburbia - Proud American Helles 2 Ron Stazuk Palos Hills,IL 17B Flanders Red Chicago Beer Society - Table 1 - Light Lager (6 Entries) 1 Gregg Ferlin New Lennox,IL 1D Munich Helles Brewers of South Suburbia - Proud American Helles 2 Lane Fearing Barrington,IL 1D Munich Helles 3 Michael Pearson Anderson,IN 2A German Pilsner Meca Brewers - Erbe Pils Table 2 - Amber/Dark Lager (9 Entries) 1 Michael Pearson Anderson,IN 4B Munich Dunkel Meca Brewers - New Andrechs Dunkel 2 Daryl Hoedtke Chicago,IL 3B Oktoberfest Chicago Beer Society - Oktoberfest 3 John Saarima Geneva,IL 4B Munich Dunkel Silverado - Table 3 - Un-American Un-Dark Ale (7 Entries) 1 Lane Fearing Barrington,IL 6B Blond Ale 2 Stacy Kolls Belvidere,IL 10B American Amber Ale Forest City Brewers - 3 Ed Seaman Streamwood,IL 6B Blond Ale Urban Knaves of Grain - I Don't Know Table 4 - American Pale Ale (8 Entries) 1 Greg Cardelli Batavia,IL 10A American Pale Ale Urban Knaves of Grain - Emma's Ale 2 Harry Bielawski St. John,IN 10A American Pale Ale Brewers of South Suburbia - Classic pale Ale 3 Drew Lewis St Louis,MO 10A American Pale Ale St. Louis Brews - Elf's APA Table 5 - Dark Ale (10 Entries) 1 Tim McCormick Chicago,IL 10C American Brown Ale Chicago Beer Society - Smooth Obamarator 2 Douglas Wich Chicago,IL 10C American Brown Ale Chicago Beer Society - American Brown 3 Ryan Gentry Carmel,IN 11A Mild Mild Mannered Ale Table 6 - Wheat/Rye/Bock (9 Entries) 1 Douglas Wich Chicago,IL 15A Weizen Chicago Beer Society - Wich Weizen 2 Gregg Ferlin, Dan Mahoney New Lennox,IL 5A Maibock Brewers of South Suburbia - Proud American Maibock 3 Fred Meisner Highland,IN 5C Doppelbock The Brewing Network - Dopplebock Table 7 - Ales for India and Russia (9 Entries) 1 Scott Lasky, Chad Melinger Vernon Hills,IL 13F Russian Imperial Stout BABBLE - Yeast Beast 2 Mark Westmeyer, Carl Barnard Chicago Heights,IL 14C Imperial IPA Brewers of South Suburbia - Pliny-Like 3 Douglas Wich Chicago,IL 14B American IPA Chicago Beer Society - Big American IPA Table 8 - Belgian and French Ale (9 Entries) 1 Ron Stazuk Palos Hills,IL 17B Flanders Red Chicago Beer Society - 2 Mike Pelter Schererville,IN 16E Belgian Specialty Brewers of South Suburbia - Cyril Methodius 3 Mark Zgarrick Evanston,IL 17B Flanders Red MABCAB - Stupid Flanders Table 9 - Belgian Dubbel & Tripel (6 Entries) 1 Mike Pelter Schererville,IN 18B Belgian Dubbel Brewers of South Suburbia - Raisen Youbetcha 2 Tom Dennis Naperville,IL 18C Belgian Tripel Chicago Beer Society, Urban Knaves of Grain - La Debut Du Monde 3 Dan Morey Mundelein,IL 18C Belgian Tripel BABBLE - Laisse il y Alt tripel Table 10 - Belgian Strong Ale (6 Entries) 1 Jeff Sparrow Chicago,IL 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale Chicago Beer Society - Incubus 2 Dan Morey Mundelein,IL 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale BABBLE - Suiker Ruilmiddel 3 Tom Dennis Naperville,IL 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale Chicago Beer Society, Urban Knaves of Grain - Noel Night Table 11 - Fruit & Spice Beer (9 Entries) 1 Rodney Kibzey Lombard,IL 20A Fruit Beer Chicago Beer Society - Peaches & Hops 2 Mike Stogin Orland Park,IL 20A Fruit Beer Hook 'em Up Blueberry Wheat 3 Darrell Proska Downers Grove,IL 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer Urban Knaves of Grain - Table 12 - Smoked & Specialty Beer (9 Entries) 1 Kevin Kowalczyk Chicago,IL 23A Specialty Beer Chicago Beer Society - Jesus' & Heidi's Bday Lager 2 Ron Stazuk Palos Hills,IL 23A Specialty Beer Chicago Beer Society - Oki Boing 3 Fred Meisner Highland,IN 22C Wood-Aged Beer The Brewing Network - Oakey Porter Table 13 - Mead & Cider (6 Entries) 1 Michael Pearson Anderson,IN 27A Common Cider Meca Brewers - Sweetness 2 Ron Stazuk Palos Hills,IL 25A Cyser (Apple Melomel) Chicago Beer Society - Big Apples 3 Steve Fletty Falcon Heights,MN 25B Pyment (Grape Melomel) St Paul Homebrewers Club - Chauteau Fletty OBR Table 14 - Witches' Brew (Women brewers only) (4 Entries) 1 Karina Shimkos Chicago,IL 31A Witches' Brew (women only) Chicago Beer Society - Black Cauldron IPA 2 Stacy Kolls Belvidere,IL 31A Witches' Brew (women only) Forest City Brewers - American Amber Ale Table 15 - Spooky Brew (2 Entries) 1 Brian Richards Marquette,MI 29A Spooky Brew Bay de Noc Berwers - Undead Sour Red Table 16 - Smashed Pumpkin (4 Entries) 1 Ron Stazuk Palos Hills,IL Chicago Beer Society - Teewanna Sunset Amber Table 17 - Lost & Found (10 Entries) 1 Timothy Remus, Josh Maxwell Chcago,IL Summit (Clone) Harvest Pale Ale 2 Kevin Kowalczyk Chicago,IL Chicago Beer Society - Red on Head... 3 Kevin Kowalczyk Chicago,IL Chicago Beer Society - Johanne Sebastian Bock