Gold Country Brewers Association

Sacramento, California

Educating Homebrewers Since 1982

Celebrewtion 2010!

Saturday, March 20

We had 130 entries for this year's Celebrewtion. A record number for this competition. Thanks to all of those who took the time to judge or steward, and to those who sent in their beers. Special thanks to Steve and Faye for hosting us.

Results

The results are listed by judging panel. If style is unclear from the entry's name, the category is listed. Associate brewers and club membership are listed as submitted on the entry forms. We'll be working on getting judging sheets back shortly. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Best of Show:

• 1^st Place: Turkey Trot (Premium American Lager) - Annie Johnson - East Sac Brewers (ESB)
• 2^nd Place: Hefeweizen - Chadd McNicholas (Assoc: Kevin Pratt) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Sweet Stout - Mike Matiasek - Greenbelt Brewers Association

Light Lagers and Light Hybrids:

• 1^st Place: Turkey Trot (Premium American Lager) - Annie Johnson - East Sac Brewers
• 2^nd Place: Kösch - Bill DeGraffenreid - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: KolschICould - dWiGhT Mulcahy - Worts of Wisdom

Amber/Dark Lagers and Bocks:

• 1^st Place: Marzen - Brian Sassone - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Boyernator (Doppelbock) - Matt Boyer (Assoc: James Boyer) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Yosemite Bock (Traditional Bock) - Scott Satterthwaite - Worts of Wisdom

English Pales/Bitters and Amber Hybrids:

• 1^st Place: Northern German Alt - Chadd McNicholas - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: California Common - Brian Sassone - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: Hopzooka (English Pale Ale) - Steve Katz (Assoc: Garret, Scott, Katie) - GCBA

American Pale Ales:

• 1^st Place: American Pale Ale - Will Dunnam - HAZE
• 2^nd Place: American Pale #1 - Dave Messink (Assoc: Bobby DeSantis) - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: American Pale - erich schmidt - Worts of Wisdom

American Amber and Brown:

• 1^st Place: Sheelagh's Mad As Hell Red (American Amber) - Sheila Minor
• 2^nd Place: american brown ale - mark clark (Assoc: rick nadue) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Brown ale - Jason Kelly - GCBA

India Pale Ales:

• 1^st Place: American IPA - Will Dunnam - HAZE
• 2^nd Place: American IPA - Erik Franks
• 3^rd Place: Dad's IPA (American IPA) - Chadd McNicholas (Assoc: Bill McNicholas) - GCBA

German Wheats:

• 1^st Place: Hefeweizen - Chadd McNicholas (Assoc: Kevin Pratt) - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: SA&Wv3 (Weizenbock) - dWiGhT Mulcahy - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: Hefeweizen - Jack Weldon - Draughtboard/Mad Zymurgists

Belgian Ales:

• 1^st Place: Belgian Tripel - Tyler Dassow - Silicon Valley Sudzers
• 2^nd Place: Ambrosia (Belgian Dark Strong) - Daniel Burke - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Belgian Pale Ale - Joe Cruz - GCBA

Stouts:

• 1^st Place: Sweet Stout - Mike Matiasek - Greenbelt Brewers Association
• 2^nd Place: Dry Stout - erich schmidt - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: Oatmeal Stout - Brian Sassone - Worts of Wisdom

Porter:

• 1^st Place: Brown Porter - Brian Sassone - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Robust Porter - Will Dunnam - HAZE
• 3^rd Place: Brown Porter #1 - Dave Messink (Assoc: Bobby DeSantis) - Worts of Wisdom

Scottish, Irish, Smoked, and Wood-Aged:

• 1^st Place (tie): Tramore Holiday (Irish Red) - Matt Boyer (Assoc: Natalie Kramer) - GCBA
• 1^st Place (tie): EisWiezen (Wood Aged Wheat Wine) - dWiGhT Mulcahy - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: Scottish-80 - Joe Cruz - GCBA

Big Beers (Old Ale, Barleywine, Strong Scotch, RIS, Baltic Porter):

• 1^st Place: North Fork Imerial IPA - josh gibson
• 2^nd Place: Loch Ness (Strong Scotch Ale) - Mark DiBernardo (Assoc: Amber Adams) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Old Ale - Joe Cruz - GCBA

Spiced/Herb/Vegetable, Specialty, and Ciders:

• 1^st Place: pumpkin and spice ale - Jason Kelly - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: Juniper Brown - Matthew Quok - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Sweet Stout w/ Chocolate - Alex Kolar

Chili Cookoff:

We had nine very tasty chilis entered this year. This year's winner was Emily Gallagher.