2012 Beehive Brew Off Winners

Congratulatuions To all of the winners of the 2012 Beehive Brew off. There were 595 beers entered this year and from where I sat many were of incredible quality. Much thanks to Jamie Burnham and the Beer Nut Staff for putting on a great event. Cheers!

Photo: Dave Watson

Best of Show

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Cooley	Tempestuous	4C: Schwarzbier
2nd	Alex Lemieux, Jill Martin	Jill's Biere D'ete	16D: Biere de Garde
3rd	Scott Hunt	Kentucky Bluegrass	2C: Classic American Pilsner

Table 1: (0901) 1 - Light Lager (9 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Kingsford	Das Dortmunder	Dortmunder Export
2nd	Kevin Foy	Helles	Munich Helles
3rd	Alex Lemieux	Honey Hole Lager	Standard American Lager

Table 2: (2102) 2 - Pilsner (21 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Hunt	Kentucky Bluegrass	Classic American Pilsner
2nd	Joshua Nielsen	Last Place Pilsner Rides Again!	Classic American Pilsner	N/a
3rd	Hans Groberg	Old Ironside	German Pilsner (Pils)

Table 3: (0801) 3 - Euro Amber Lager (8 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Mirabella	Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Marzen
2nd	Travis Grimm	Grimmbrau Festbier	Oktoberfest/Marzen	Zz Hops
3rd	Brian Coleman	Vienna	Vienna Lager	None

Table 5: (1301) 5 - Bock (13 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Hunt	Tigershark The Predator	Doppelbock
2nd	Travis Grimm	Bockstar Maibock	Maibock/Helles Bock	Zz Hops
3rd	Alex Lemieux	2 Buck Bock	Traditional Bock

Table 6: (0901) 6a - Cream Ale (9 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Pang	Cream Ale	Cream Ale
2nd	Stephen Wells	Cream Ale (1.1)	Cream Ale	Hill Hoparazzi
3rd	Brian Coleman	Cream Ale	Cream Ale	None

Table 7: (1301) 6b - Light Hybrid (13 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Glenn	Summer Shag	Blonde Ale
2nd	David Dahl	Love Hammer	Blonde Ale	Dammit
3rd	David Bell	Sauvin Blonde	Blonde Ale

Table 9: (1101) 6d - American Wheat (11 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Turner	Highland Park Wheat Ale	American Wheat or Rye Beer
2nd	Lanny Derby	Porch Sitter	American Wheat or Rye Beer
3rd	Aaron Geery	Rye Ale	American Wheat or Rye Beer

Table 10: (1502) 7 - Amber Hybrids (15 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Weston Barkley	Mongrel	California Common Beer	Snafu
2nd	Justin Kingsford	Not So Common	California Common Beer
3rd	Justin Kingsford	The Amazing Alt	Dusseldorf Altbier

Table 11: (1502) 8 - English Pale Ales (15 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jared Young	Yes (young's Extra Special)	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
2nd	Aaron Collis	Pilgrim's Progress	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
3rd	Tom Shivers	Plan Jane /ordinary Bitter	Standard/Ordinary Bitter	O- Town Hopheads

Table 12: (1502) 9 - Scottish & Irish Ales (15 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Walker	Biscuits For Smut	Strong Scotch Ale
2nd	Conor Papineau	Scrap Scotch	Strong Scotch Ale
3rd	Conor Papineau	Blood Of The Fallen	Irish Red Ale

Table 13: (3503) 10a - American Pale Ale (35 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tommy Lopresto	Emerson Pale Ale	American Pale Ale
2nd	Justin Kingsford	Jpa	American Pale Ale
3rd	Lanny Derby	Aiming Fluid	American Pale Ale

Table 14: (2002) 10b - American Amber Ale (20 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Meegan	Odie-licious Ale	American Amber Ale
2nd	Jesse Hennefer	Triple Threat Amber	American Amber Ale
3rd	Robert Glenn	Master Blaster	American Amber Ale

Table 15: (1402) 10c - American Brown Ale (14 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Rossman	Yet Another Brown Ale	American Brown Ale
2nd	Vince Stuart	Tasty Who?	American Brown Ale	The Brewing Network
3rd	Weston Bryant	Miquel's Marron	American Brown Ale

Table 16: (1001) 11 - English Brown Ale (10 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Cuthbert	Benny Hill Southern Brown	Southern English Brown Ale
2nd	Marl Robinson	Hazelnut Iba	Northern English Brown Ale
3rd	Bryan (troy) Faircloth	Southern Brown	Southern English Brown Ale

Table 17: (1101) 12a - Brown Porter (11 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Trent Bangert	Dirty Chavez Brown Porter	Brown Porter	The Brewing Network
2nd	Brian Coleman	Bear Claw Porter	Brown Porter	None
3rd	Weston Barkley	Crankshaft	Brown Porter	Snafu

Table 18: (2102) 12b,c - Robust & Baltic Porter (21 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nic Banks	Brrp Big Robust Rye Porter	Robust Porter	Zzhops
2nd	Davo Mahaffey	Davo's Yummie Porter	Baltic Porter	Zzhops
3rd	Michael Johnson	Robust Porter	Robust Porter	Zzhops

Table 19: (2402) 13 - Stout (24 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Byron Morton	Dark Matter	Foreign Extra Stout
2nd	Scott Hunt	Quaker Stouts	Oatmeal Stout
3rd	David Bell	Stouty stout stout	Dry Stout

Table 20: (1101) 13f - Imperial Stout (11 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Pezely	Sesquac	Imperial Stout	Zzhops
2nd	Jen Santoro	The Five Toed Cat	Imperial Stout	Santoro Brewing
3rd	Michael Johnson	Ris	Imperial Stout	Zzhops

Table 21: (4404) 14 - India Pale Ale (44 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lawrence Ostroski	Rose Park Ipa	American IPA
2nd	Chris Campbell	10 Year Anniversary Ipa	American IPA
3rd	Bart Hansen	Ibutiful	American IPA	O Town Hop Heads

Table 22: (1702) 14c - Imperial Ipa (17 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lawrence Ostroski	Sledgehopper	Imperial IPA
2nd	Dallas Barlow	Pan- Galactic Gargle Blaster	Imperial IPA
3rd	Jim Lauscher	Canadian I Pee, Eh? V10	Imperial IPA

Table 23: (2503) 15, 16a - German Wheat And Rye + Witbier (25 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Johnson	Weizen	Weizen/Weissbier	Zzhops
2nd	Mark Riffe	Zesty Wit	Witbier
3rd	Conor Papineau	Forgotten Weizenbock	Weizenbock

Table 24: (0801) 16b,d - Belgian Pale And Biere De Garde (8 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Lemieux	Jill's Biere D'ete	Biere de Garde
2nd	Chris Campbell	G5 Belgian Pale	Belgian Pale Ale
3rd	Jeremy Llewellyn	Bpa5	Belgian Pale Ale

Table 25: (2503) 16c - Saison (25 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Shivers	Why I Mow The Lawn Saison	Saison	O- Town Hopheads
2nd	Tyler Mork	Radcraft Saison	Saison
3rd	Troy Ketterling	Vewwy Vewwy Quiet Saison	Saison

Table 26: (1802) 16e - Belgian Specialty (18 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chaz Smith	Trappers Peppercorn Farmhouse	Belgian Specialty Ale
2nd	Trent Bangert	Hopmonk	Belgian Specialty Ale	The Brewing Network
3rd	Michael Pezely	Belgian Stout	Belgian Specialty Ale	Zzhops

Table 27: (0901) 17 - Sour Ales (9 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Callister	Oud Bruin	Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin	The Brewing Network
2nd	Mike Hahn	Raspberry Cheer	Fruit Lambic	Zzhops
3rd	Pat Winslow	Pleasing Lambbic	Fruit Lambic	O-town Hop Heads

Table 28: (1602) 18 - Belgian Strong Ale (16 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Johnson	Tripel	Belgian Tripel	Zzhops
2nd	Brian Coleman	Trippel Fun	Belgian Tripel	None
3rd	Troy Jaskowski	Belgian Dubbel	Belgian Dubbel	Zzhops

Table 29: (1402) 19 - Strong Ale (14 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Hahn	Olde Crooked Tooth	English Barleywine	Zzhops
2nd	Trent Bangert	Old Beerbelly	American Barleywine	The Brewing Network
3rd	Bonnie Barlow	Old Diabetes	English Barleywine

Table 30: (1902) 20 - Fruit Beer (19 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Lemieux	Smell My Pit Apricot Belgian	Fruit Beer
2nd	Conor Papineau	Namaste Ipa #7	Fruit Beer
3rd	Dallas Barlow	The Rose Colored Queen	Fruit Beer

Table 31: (2503) 21 - Spice/herb/vegetable Beer (25 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dj Benway	C.p.p.a. Chilli Pepper Pale Ale	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Weston Barkley	Bullmilk	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Snafu
3rd	Michael Anderson	Lavender Honey Wheat	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 32: (1402) 22 - Smoke And Wood Aged Beer (14 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Callister	Rauchbier	Classic Rauchbier	The Brewing Network
2nd	Bradley Ledbetter	Ghost Ship	Wood-Aged Beer
3rd	Kyle Callister	Oaked Barleywine	Wood-Aged Beer	The Brewing Network

Table 33: (3303) 23 - Specialty Beer (33 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kirk Hofeling	Kbh Rye Pa	Specialty Beer
2nd	Zach Adams	Triple W/bugs	Specialty Beer	The Brewing Network
3rd	Alex Lemieux	C-squared (imperial Cacao-coconut Porter)	Specialty Beer

Table 34: (1201) 24, 25, 26 Meads (12 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Howard	Blueberry Boston Mead	Other Fruit Melomel	Cache Brewing Society
2nd	Jared Wright	Traditional Mead	Sweet Mead
3rd	Michael Pezely	Behemothic Braggot	Braggot	Zzhops

Table 35: (1201) 27 - Ciders (12 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Craig Teerlink	Cider	English Cider
2nd	Mary Ellen Shivers	Tlc- Apple Cider	Other Specialty Cider or Perry
3rd	Tom Shivers	Ac/gc Cider	Other Specialty Cider or Perry	O- Town Hopheads

Table 36: (1301) 4 - Dark Lager (13 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Cooley	Tempestuous	Schwarzbier
2nd	Travis Grimm	Schwarzhertz	Schwarzbier	Zz Hops
3rd	Travis Grimm	Dark Side Dunkel	Munich Dunkel	Zz Hops

Table 37: (1301) 6c - Kolsh (13 entries)

Pl.	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Travis Grimm	Bi-polar Blonde	Kolsch	Zz Hops
2nd	Mike Horner	Kolsch	Kolsch
3rd	Alex Lemieux	Honey Kolsch	Kolsch