First, I need to apologize for the huge delay in getting the results posted. As many of you know, my house was damaged by the tornado that went through North Minneapolis the Sunday after the Best of Show judging. A week later, my much loved mother-in-law passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully. I really appreciated your patience, as well as the good thoughts that many of you offered during this time. Thanks to all of you for helping and/or entering the MN Craft Beer Week Home Brew Contest. Without your participation there would not have been a contest. I also want to thank Midwest Supplies and Northern Brewer for donating the gift certificates that were awarded for first place in each category. Thanks also go to the Nomad World Pub and Town Hall Brewery for allowing us to use their great spaces for hosting the judging. There were 130 entries from 80 different brewers. There were 12 categories total with an emphasis on American styles of beer. Each entry was judged by two to four people with various judging skills, but at least one had passed the Beer Judging Certification Program (BJCP) exam. There were over 40 volunteers that helped with judging, stewarding, and other administration tasks. We used the BJCP style guidelines as a basis for judging. For more information, check out their website at: www.bjcp.org. Each of the twelve first place winners were judged in Best of Show at Town Hall Brewery by Steve Piatz (BJCP rank Grand Master III), Joel Stitzel (BJCP rank National), and Mike Hoops (Master Brewer at Town Hall) on Saturday, May 21st. The winners: Lagers (5 entries) 1st Place – Kyle Sisco (Classic American Pilsner) 2nd Place – Patrick Sundberg (Classic American Pilsner) 3rd Place – Wayne Meyer (Light American Lager) 6A – Cream Ale (9 entries) 1st Place – Patrick Sundberg 2nd Place – Neil Bromenshenkel 3rd Place – Adam Benoit & Nick Benoit 6B – Blonde Ale (4 entries) 1st Place – Brett Glenna 2nd Place – Bryce Ehrman 6D – American Wheat or Rye (9 entries) 1st Place – Neil Bromenshenkel 2nd Place – Mike Lebben 3rd Place – Sean Kampshoff 7B – California Common (6 entries) 1st Place – Jim Lindborg 2nd Place – Shawn Horton & Mike VanDelinder 3rd Place – Tim Stuemke 10A – American Pale Ale (22 entries) 1st Place – Jim DeVos 2nd Place – Adam Benoit & Nick Benoit 3rd Place – Randy Clay 10B – American Amber Ale (8 entries) 1st Place – Chuck Gosnell 2nd Place – Jeff Reiners & Mark Skoglund 3rd Place – Joel Ellingson 10C – American Brown Ale (15 entries) 1st Place – Wirthy Brewery: Bell, Engel & Eickhoff 2nd Place – Mike Gray 3rd Place – Garrett Cladwell 13E – American Stout (9 entries) 1st Place – Zac Carpenter, Ben Carpenter & Greg Carpenter 2nd Place – Mike Gray 3rd Place - Black Shamrock Stables: Joe Speltz, Mark Erding & Joel Hyatt 14B – American IPA (26 entries) 1st Place – Jeff Moriarty, Jake Johnson & George Kellerman 2nd Place – Denny Dayton, Jerry Benesh & Bill Dayton 3rd Place – Patrick Phenow 14C – Imperial IPA (10 entries) 1st Place – Mark Glennon 2nd Place – Matthew Tjosaas, Andrew Kestly, Logan Mitton & Mike Wilken 3rd Place – Micah Lehner 19C – American Barleywine (7 entries) 1st Place – Dan Boody 2nd Place – Eric Wentling 3rd Place – Greg Seppelt First Runner up Best of Show - $50 gift certificate to Northern Brewer Dan Boody (American Barleywine) Best of Show - $50 gift certificate to Midwest Supplies and a brewing session with Mike Hoops, the Master Brewer of Town Hall Brewery Kyle Sisco (Classic American Pilsner) Congratulations to all the winners! Your score sheets (and prizes and medals) will be sent to you this week. Again, I am very sorry about the delay. Please feel free to email me with any questions and comments. I hope you will consider entering and helping out at other local home brew contests. Gera Exire LaTour, Contest Organizer gera_latour(a)hotmail.com