Congratulations to the winners of the 2006 Chicago Beer Society Spooky Brew Review Homebrew Competition. We had 187 entries this year, the most in recent years. A huge THANK YOU to our hosts at Flossmoor Station Brewpub (Winner of 2006 Small Brewery of the Year at GABF!), to all the judges and stewards, and to all the brewers who entered beers in this year's competition. And now the results you have all been waiting for. Roger Deschner rogerd(a)uic.edu -or- roger(a)chibeer.org Organizer 2006 CBS Spooky Brew Review Chicago Beer Society Spooky Brew Review 2006 Winners BEST OF SHOW 1. Cathy's Cranberry Mead Joe Formanek, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. Common Cider Mike Kopp, St. Louis Brews 3. American IPA Michael Pearson, Foam Blowers of Indiana Spooky Brew 1. What Went Wrong Wheat Patrick Duby, BABBLE Smashed Pumpkin 1. Springtime in Gary Indiana Ron Stazuk, Urban Knaves of Grain Amber Hybrid Beer 1. Still Steamin' Greg Cardelli, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. Big Al Alt Bob Beckman, St. Louis Brews 3. Suburban Alt Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club American Ale 1. Son of Baltimore Brown Rodney Kibzey, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. Fox Trail Amber Ale Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club 3. 2-V or not 2-V Amber Ale Dan Hedtcke, Madison Homebrewers & Tasters Guild Belgian & French Ales 1. BeF Jeff Sparrow, Chicago Beer Society 2. Unter der Linder Jeff Sparrow, Chicago Beer Society 3. St. Joe's Home Brew Mark McDermott, Brewers of South Suburbia Cider & Perry 1. Common Cider Mike Kopp, St. Louis Brews 2. Plank Road Darrell Proska, Urban Knaves of Grain 3. Ole 200 Terry Mayne Dark Lager & Bock 1. Scott Jones, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. Bishop of Munich Dunkel Jerry Sadowski, Brewers of South Suburbia 3. St. Mark's "Passover" Dunkel Mark Bransford English Brown Ale & Porter 1. Bulldog Porter Jim Harrison, Brewers on the Lake 2. Vade Mecum Mild Ron Barbercheck, Chicago Beer Society 3. #49 Porter Stanley Harrison English Pale Ale 1. Ordinary Bitter Mike Flaminic, Red Ledge Brewers 2. Summer Bitter Michael Pelter, Brewers of South Suburbia European Amber Lager 1. Veronica's Oktoberfest Joe Formanek, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. Peter Young, Urban Knaves of Grain 3. Redbird George Westlund, Chicago Beer Society Fruit Beer 1. Silly Goose Raspberry Wheat Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club 3. Raspberry Fruit Ted Grudzinski, Urban Knaves of Grain German Wheat & Rye Beers 1. Tornado Warning Wheat Tom Seefurth, Chicago Beer Society 2. Bitzen Bock Rodney Kibzey, Urban Knaves of Grain 3. HBS wheat Ed Seaman, Urban Knaves of Grain Indian Pale Ale 1. American IPA Michael Pearson, Foam Blowers of Indiana 2. Stonage Ale Bruce Dir, BABBLE 3. Wichansen IPA Douglas Wich, Chicago Beer Society Light Hybrid Beer 1. Call Me Bob Beckman, St. Louis Brews 2. Cat Face Cream Ale Michael Morel, Brewers of South Suburbia 3. Insouciant American Wheat Ron Barbercheck, Chicago Beer Society Light Lagers 1. Pizzle Drilzner Jerry Sadowski, Brewers of South Suburbia 2. Hariken Jim Harrison, Brewers on the Lake 3. Rockhead Pils Thomas Renner Mead 1. Cathy's Cranberry Mead Joe Formanek, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. M Darrell Proska, Urban Knaves of Grain 3. Eric Duske, Chicago Beer Society Scottish & Irish Ale 1. Irish Red Mike Flaminic, Red Ledge Brewers 2. Scotch my back Tom Seefurth, Chicago Beer Society 3. Black Jack Brad Reeg, Chicago Beer Society Smoked & Specialty Beers 1. Stolen Bean Stout Ed Seaman, Urban Knaves of Grain 2. South Of Munich Jerry Sadowski, Brewers of South Suburbia 3. Whiskey A Gogo Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer 1. Chile Pepper Porter Patrick Duby, BABBLE 2. Dark Mourning Espresso Stout John Rathmell, Ann Arbor Brewers Guild 3. bet Stewed, Tomato Tom Seefurth, Chicago Beer Society Stout 1. Eric Duske, Chicago Beer Society 2. Stiff & Stout '05 Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club 3. Scott Jones, Urban Knaves of Grain Worldwide Strong Ales 1. Not A Shabby Abbey David Banass, The Brewbakers 2. Beklimming Dan Morey, BABBLE 3. Stand Up Tripel Doug Newberry, Silverado Homebrew Club