The RESULTS from the 2006 Upper Mississippi Mash-Out are online!
 
http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mashout/2006mashout.htm
 
The Upper Mississippi Mash-Out was held this weekend, Jan 20-21, in St. Paul, Minnesota.   
 
* We judged 561 entries from 21 different states
* 96 Mash-Out volunteers helped from 7 different states
* We awarded 84 medals, one for each of the 28 BJCP Beer, Mead and Cider categories
* We also awarded 6 more medals for the NEW BREWER category, and the EIS-ANYTHING category
* We awarded 5 MORE medals to the 5 brewpubs who donated to our volunteers' "Indoor Pub Crawl" on Friday
* We awarded 2 hand-made, laser-engraved Mash-Out Chalices for Best-of-Show, one for Beer, one for Mead-Cider
* We awarded another hand-made, laser-engraved chalice for the Midwest Brewer of the Year program
* Entries came from 162 unique brewing teams.
* We awarded over $3000 worth of prizes to brewers from 37 different sponsors
* Over $1000 worth of door prizes were distributed at the awards ceremony
* 100 6-course dinners were served at our Saturday night Beer Banquet
* 288 commemorative "Five Years of Pour Decisions" pint glasses were given away
* 45 collectors item 5th Anniversary t-shirts were purchases
 
THANKS TO EVERYONE who entered and helped out!!!
 
If you weren't there - SORRY YOU MISSED THE PARTY!!!
 
See you next year - Jan 26-27, 2007 - St. Paul, Minnesota