Congrats to the 2007 Midwest Homebrewer of the Year, Joe Formanek. It went down to the wire with Joe coming from behind. Standings are here: http://sphbc.truthbrew.com/mwhboy/ There were 549 brewers or brew teams who competed in twelve contests in 2007. Of those 549 brewers or teams, only 261 earned points in the standings. The 2007 trophy will be awarded at the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out awards ceremony on January 26th. For info on the UMMO '08: http://mnbrewers.com/events/mashout/ Joe will receive a hand carved wood trophy similiar to the one displayed here: http://sphbc.truthbrew.com/mwhboy/prize.htm Northern Brewer (http://northernbrewer.com/) will also be donating a gift certificate. This is my last year as the MHY stat guy. For 2008 Patrick Jaszewski, another SPHBC brewer, will be taking over the duties. Happy new year and good luck in your brewing in 2008. -- Steve Fletty