Results, recipes and photos from the Upper Mississippi Mash Out are posted at
www.mnbrewers.com/mashout/ <http://www.mnbrewers.com/mashout/>
Photos can be found at the bottom of the recipes, and more will be going up today.
This year, more than 120 volunteers from eight states and Canada answered the call to help
run what has become the third largest beer competition in the country. Not bad for a
six-year-old contest. To all those volunteers, a huge THANK YOU! It was a great
collaboration between the St. Paul Homebrewers and the Minnesota Home Brewers Association.
Held last Friday and Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Mash Out experienced a 68
percent increase in entries over 2006. The 266 brewers who entered the contest submitted
918 entries. They represented 66 homebrew clubs and came from 33 states. Clearly, the
rest of the nation has discovered the Mash Out - 525 entries were from outside Minnesota.
There were gold medal winners from both coasts, and Bob Boufford has the distinction of
traveling the farthest: 1,303 miles from Edmonton, Alberta. We also had the honor of
having Gordon Strong, Grandmaster III judge and BJCP director, contribute to Best of Show
judging as well being head judge of numerous flights.
The Mash Out awarded 105 medals, including Best of Show carved wooden chalices for beer,
mead and cider. Every winner received a prize. Score sheets were in the mail within
three days.
A special acknowledgement to organizer Al Boyce. Numerous people stopped by the office to
say it was the smoothest, best-run contest they had ever attended. A lot of dedicated
volunteers were behind that, but it started with Al.
Be sure to be part of it next January!
Paul Dienhart
Mash Out Publicity Chair