Gold Country Brewers Association

Sacramento, California

Educating Homebrewers Since 1982

Celebrewtion 2011!

Saturday, March 19

We had 127 entries for this year's Celebrewtion. Entries came from the entire length of California, Oregon, and even Hawaii. 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 flight. 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 get judging sheets and prizes out soon. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Best of Show:

• 1^st Place: American IPA - Brandon Jaffuel - Motown Brewers
• 2^nd Place: Nathan's Kolsch - Nathan Smith
• 3^rd Place: Oatmeal Stout - Michael Machado - Mad Zymurgists

Light and Amber Lagers:

• 1^st Place: McMurphy's Export (Dortmunder Export) - Colin Kelly - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Munich Helles - Phil Devereux
• 3^rd Place: Helles - Scott Satterthwaite - Worts of Wisdom

Dark Lagers and Bocks:

• 1^st Place: Maibock - Matthew Quok - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: Dopplepopolus (Doppelbock) - Phil Devereux
• 3^rd Place: Maibock - Derek Smith - GCBA

Hybrids:

• 1^st Place: Nathan's Kolsch - Nathan Smith
• 2^nd Place: Creamy and Dreamy (Cream Ale) - Cheyne Rutledge - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: American Wheat - Alex Kolar

British Ales:

• 1^st Place: Erin Go Red (Irish Red) - Daniel Burke - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: MacGregors 80/- - Mary Wieler - Draught Board
• 3^rd Place: Nathan's Ordinary Bitter - Nathan Smith

American Pale Ales:

• 1^st Place: American Pale Ale - Scott Maurer (Assoc: Jerry Nordin) - GCBA / SRBS
• 2^nd Place: American Pale Ale - Erik Franks
• 3^rd Place: American Pale Ale - Jack Weldon - Draft Board / Mad Zymurgists

American Amber Ales:

• 1^st Place: Rye Amber Ale - Derek Smith - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: West Coast Red - Mark Clark (Assoc: Derek Smith) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: American Amber - Erich Schmidt - Worts of Wisdom

Brown Ales:

• 1^st Place: Tiger Blood (American Brown) - Rob Conticello (Assoc: Adrian Kalaveshi) - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Southern English Brown - Rob Conticello (Assoc: Adrian Kalaveshi) - Worts of Wisdom
• 3^rd Place: Southern English Brown - Mary Wieler - Draught Board

India Pale Ales:

• 1^st Place: American IPA - Brandon Jaffuel - Motown Brewers
• 2^nd Place: The Happy Hoppy (Am. IPA) - Mary Wieler - Draught Board
• 3^rd Place: English IPA - Alex Kolar

Porter:

• 1^st Place: Robust Porter - Marc Clark (Assoc: Derek Smith) - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: Robust Porter - Joel Dias

Stouts:

• 1^st Place: Oatmeal Stout - Michael Machado - Mad Zymurgists
• 2^nd Place: Oatmeal Stout - Matt Sager - DOZE
• 3^rd Place: Oatmeal Stout - Scott Satterthwaite - Worts of Wisdom

German Wheats, Wits, and Belgian:

• 1^st Place: Chew-Bock-A (Weizenbock) - Cheyne Rutledge - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Imperial Valley of God (Belgian Specialty with Brett.) - Nathan Smith
• 3^rd Place: Hefeweizen - Steve Gerdsen - GCBA

Belgian Strong Ales:

• 1^st Place: Stab (Dark Strong) - Ryan Ratelle / Ryan Nagle
• 2^nd Place: Belgo The Terrible (Dark Strong) - Daniel Burke (Assoc: Scott Williams) - GCBA
• 3^rd Place: Belgian Golden Strong - Erik Franks

Smoked and Wood-Aged Beers:

• 1^st Place: Smokey Amber Ale - Scott Maurer - GCBA / SRBS
• 2^nd Place: X Marks the Stout (Wood Aged RIS) - Mary Wieler - Draught Board
• 3^rd Place: Oaked Barleywine - Jason Kelly - GCBA

Big Beers (Old Ale, Barleywine, Double IPA, RIS, Baltic Porter):

• 1^st Place: Russian Imperial Stout - Robert Horst
• 2^nd Place: North Oakland Double IPA - Nathan Smith
• 3^rd Place: Baltic Porter - Derek Smith - GCBA

Fruit/Spiced/Herb/Vegetable Beers:

• 1^st Place: Kick Your Anise (Belgian with Star Anise) - Adrian Kalaveshi (Assoc: Rob Conticello) - Worts of Wisdom
• 2^nd Place: Lucky 13 Pumpkin Ale - Alex Kolar
• 3^rd Place: Pumpkin and Spice Ale - Jason Kelly - GCBA

Specialty Beers:

• 1^st Place: Black Beauty (Coffee flavored and Irish Whiskey Oaked Stout) - Jason Kelly - GCBA
• 2^nd Place: Black IPA - Brandon Jaffuel - Motown Brewers
• 3^rd Place: Double Kitten IRA - Schuyler Campbell (Assoc: John Sanatar) - Greenbelt Brewers Association

Ciders:

• 1^st Place: Apple Cider - Aaron Ashgari (Assoc: Sasha Moskaleva)
• 2^nd Place: Ye Old Apple Barrel - Jason Kelly - GCBA

Chili Cookoff:

We had seven very tasty chilis entered this year. This year's winner was Derek Smith from GCBA.

If you have any questions, please send an email to celebrewtion@goldcountrybrewers.org.

Previous Results

2010 Celebrewtion! Results

See you at Celebrewtion and Cheers!