2012 SoFB results
| Spirit of Free Beer Results, 2012 | ||||||
| Date:05/12/2012 | ||||||
| 514 Entries | ||||||
| NOTES: Winning Best of Show (BOS) beers highlighted in red. We now believe that most co-brewer information is included. But if others are missing, or there are other glaring problems, please contact propaganda @ burp.org |
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| Light Lager (12 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 |
John Peed (BOS 3rd) |
Hochstapler |
Dortmunder Export |
Tennessee Valley Homebrewers |
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| 2 | Mike Evans | Found in Newmans Beard | Munich Helles | BURP – Wort Hogs | ||
| 3 | Lee Friske | Saber LIght | Lite American Lager | Basin Brewers | ||
| Pilsner (15 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Andy Anderson, Kathy Koch | Ode To Prague | Bohemian Pilsner | BURP | ||
| 2 | Steve Marler | West Coast Pils | German Pilsner (Pils) | BURP | ||
| 3 | Sean Kennan | Pilsner 1206 | German Pilsner (Pils) | Wort Hogs | ||
| 4 |
Mel Thompson |
Upchucker |
German Pilsner (Pils) |
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| HM | Charles Stephenson, Rich “Chops” Presas | Chop Water | Classic American Pilsner | B.a.r.f. | ||
| Euro Amber Lager (15 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Lee Friske | Oktoberfest 2011 | Oktoberfest/Marzen | Basin Brewers | ||
| 2 | Jeff Pieper, Stephen Long | Double Boil Vienna Lager | Vienna Lager | Shreveport Urban Diastatic Spargers | ||
| 3 | Brian Schoolcraft | Third Times A Charm | Oktoberfest/Marzen | Cap & Hare Homebrew Club | ||
| Dark Lager (18 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Scott Burns, Hope O’Keefe | Schwarzbier | Schwarzbier | BURP | ||
| 2 | Edward Bielaus | See You In Willoughby D.a.I. | Dark American Lager | |||
| 3 | Michael Marino | Dark American Lager | Dark American Lager | The Brewing Network | ||
| Bock (15 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Eric Christensen | Emmanator Eisbock | Eisbock | |||
| 2 | Mel Thompson | Plowed | Doppelbock | |||
| 3 | Brian Bergquist, Scott & Rod Bergquist | Bock Bock Squishy Bock | Traditional Bock | FBI (Fredericksburg Brewing Insiders) | ||
| 4 | Steve Marler | Agave Mayocabra | Maibock/Helles Bock | BURP | ||
| Light Hybrid (23 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Calvin Perilloux | American Wheat | American Wheat or Rye Beer | BURP | ||
| 2 | Calvin Perilloux | Kolsch | Kolsch | BURP | ||
| 3 | Michael Gallagher, Art Diem | Alsea’s Rye Ale | American Wheat or Rye Beer | BURP | ||
| Amber Hybrid (13 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 |
Mark Girard, John Gosselin, Greg McCullough, and Heath Ehret (BOS 2nd) |
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Dusseldorf Altbier |
BURP |
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| 2 | Scott Wiley | Engine 209 | California Common Beer | |||
| 3 | Mark Girard, John Gosselin, Greg McCullough, and Heath Ehret | Ctrl + Alt + Delete – Shift + 2 | Northern German Altbier | BURP | ||
| English Pale Ale (27 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Bill Ridgely, Wendy Aaronson | Extraordinary Ordinary | Standard/Ordinary Bitter | BURP | ||
| 2 | Mark Girard, John Gosselin, Greg McCullough, and Heath Ehret | Bitte Bitte Lauf Lauf – Funf | Standard/Ordinary Bitter | BURP | ||
| 3 | Aaron Jeanguenat | Extra Special Bitter | Extra Special/Strong Bitter | |||
| Scottish and Irish (23 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 |
Eric Christensen (BOS 1st) |
Scottish Export |
Scottish Export 80/- |
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| 2 | Dennis Finney, Matt Rudo | Strong Scotch | Strong Scotch Ale | |||
| 3 | Bob Rouse | “my Plaid” Scotch Ale | Scotch Heavy 70/- | BURP | ||
| American Ale (45 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Robert Miller | Cooper’s Drool | American Brown Ale | |||
| 2 | Jim Velesz | (2/365)2012 Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | |||
| 3 | Douglas Hudgins | Hopsbursted American Pale Ale 2 | American Pale Ale | |||
| English Brown Ale (20 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Mel Thompson | Anorak | Northern English Brown Ale | |||
| 2 | Bill Ridgely, Wendy Aaronson | Burnside Brown | Northern English Brown Ale | BURP | ||
| 3 | Wendy Schmidt | Dark Mild | Mild | BURP | ||
| HM |
Brett Shegogue |
Mild – Shegogue Brew |
Mild |
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| Porter (20 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Jamie Klarman, Phil Bayle | Brown Bag Brown Porter | Brown Porter | Wootown Brewers | ||
| 2 | David Vesser | Robust Porter | Robust Porter | Wort Hogs | ||
| 3 | Dan Bremer, Steve Bremer | Sneaky Russian Baltic Porter | Baltic Porter | BURP | ||
| Stout (36 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Matt Mayes | The Shakes | American Stout | Hops! Homebrewers’ Pride of the Southside | ||
| 2 | Jesse Kaiss, Savannah Kaiss | Quaker State | Oatmeal Stout | |||
| 3 | Gary McNamara, Jr. | Mac’s Irish Stout | Dry Stout | Midnight Homebrewers League | ||
| Indian Pale Ale (41 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Michael Marino | Thunderpants (reloaded) | Imperial IPA | The Brewing Network | ||
| 2 | Sean Kennan | Ipa 1203 | English IPA | Wort Hogs | ||
| 3 | Matt O’Brien | Rr-c Ipa | American IPA | |||
| German Wheat/Rye (11 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | J.P. Sloan | Bavareloa | Dunkelweizen | FOAM | ||
| 2 | Bob Rouse | Alt Stadt Hefeweizen | Weizen/Weissbier | BURP | ||
| 3 | Sanjay Shah | Breakfast | Weizen/Weissbier | BURP | ||
| Belgian and French (41 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Charles Stephenson | Spring Citrus Saison | Saison | B.a.r.f. | ||
| 2 | Scott Strain | Table Saison | Saison | BURP | ||
| 3 | Ross Harper | The Dark Monk | Belgian Specialty Ale | Red Earth Brewers | ||
| Sour Ales (11 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Nathan Welch, Mitch Pilchuk | Berlinner Weiss | Berliner Weisse | NOVA Homebrew | ||
| 2 | Dave Pyle, Becky Pyle | Bo’s For U Mary | Fruit Lambic | BURP | ||
| 3 | Dave Pyle, Becky Pyle | Christopher’s Kriek | Fruit Lambic | BURP | ||
| Belgian Strong (27 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Calvin Perilloux | Domino’s Delight | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | BURP | ||
| 2 | Scott Strain | Tripellia | Belgian Tripel | BURP | ||
| 3 | John Gonzales | Dragon | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |||
| Strong Ales (15 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Ross Harper | Backbreaker Barleywine | American Barleywine | Red Earth Brewers | ||
| 2 | Christian Burns | Stop Your Wine-ing | English Barleywine | The Brewers Network | ||
| 3 | Ben Jankowski | Chester | Old Ale | |||
| Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable (22 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Trevor Rose | Jalapeno Cream Ale | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Crabs | ||
| 2 | Chas Ballew | Chamomile Wheat | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | DC Homebrewers | ||
| 3 | Lee Friske | Blowout Stout | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Basin Brewers | ||
| Smoked-Flavored/Wood-Aged (13 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | David Taylor, Julia Taylor | Black Friday Stout | Wood-Aged Beer | Fbi/BURP | ||
| 2 | Matt Mayes | Koval Porter | Wood-Aged Beer | Hops! Homebrewers’ Pride of the Southside | ||
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Severin Knudsen |
Whiskey River |
Wood-Aged Beer |
Charlottesville Area Masters of Real Ale (camra) |
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| Specialty Beer (31 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Andy Anderson, Kathy Koch | Frolicking in Franconia | Specialty Beer | BURP | ||
| 2 | Scott Wise | Bourbon Barrel Wee Heavy – sour | Specialty Beer | BURP | ||
| 3 | Phil Franke | Black Imperial IPA w/ Rye | Specialty Beer | DC Homebrewers | ||
| Meads – Trad/Melomel/Other (9 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Severin Knudsen | Farmer’s Market | Dry Mead | Charlottesville Area Masters of Real Ale (camra) | ||
| 2 | Yancy Bodenstein, Laura Cole | Clear Skies Backyard Bee Vomit | Semi-Sweet Mead | BURP | ||
| 3 | Tim Artz | Liquid Baklava | Open Category Mead | BURP | ||
| Standard Cider and Perry (11 Entries) | ||||||
| 1 | Randy Paul | Straight Eight | Engish Cider | BURP | ||
| 2 | Michael Gallagher | Slash | Engish Cider | BURP | ||
| 3 | Calvin Perilloux | Kingston Black | Engish Cider | BURP | ||