joined forces to bring you
The Best of Brooklyn Homebrew Competition
on Saturday Feb. 7, 1998
at the Brooklyn Brewery
79 North 11th St., Brooklyn, NY
We did it! It's over! Thank God! Congratulations to the whole club for pulling off a
difficult task.
The contest worked and was a success because our members were involved. I am extremely
thankfulthat everyone pitched in so generously. We are fortunate to have such enthusiastic
members!
We ended up judging 261 entries, which was about 100 more than most of us expected.
MBAS members made up 41% of the entries and 35.5% of the winners, plus the 2nd best of
show. NYC area entrants won the first, second & third best of show.
-- Bob Weyersberg, President, Malted Barley Appreciation Society.
Winners
Sponsors
(listed in order of category, with 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners)
AMER. LIGHT LAGER & EURO. LIGHT LAGER & LIGHT ALE
1st Place - 01d - American Light Lager - Classic (Pre-prohibition)
- Shawn Bosch, Wading River, NY - "Bushwick Style Pilsner"
2nd Place - 02a - European Light Lager - Bohemian Pilsner
- Anthony Capocelli, Broad Channel, NY
3rd Place - 02b - European Light Lager - Northern German Pilsner
- John DeGeorge, Staten Island, NY
BRITISH BITTER
1st Place - 04c - British Bitter - Strong Bitter
- Phil Bernie & Frank Salt, Staten Island, NY - Homebrewers of Staten Island
2nd Place - 04c - British Bitter - Strong Bitter
- John Herman, Sunnyside, NY - "New Year Ale"
3rd Place 04b - British Bitter - Best Bitter
- Anthony Accardi, New York, NY - MBAS Member
SCOTTISH ALE & BOCK & EUROPEAN DARK LAGER
1st Place - 13c - Bock - Doppelbock
- Phil Bernie & Frank Salt, Staten Island, NY - Homebrewers of Staten Island
2nd Place - 13a - Bock - Traditional Bock
- Alan Talman, East Northport, NY - "Johann Sebastian Bock"
3rd Place - 05c - Scottish Ale - Export 80
- Eric Freberg & Lucy Zachman, Forest Hills, NY - MBAS Member - "Nevermind
Scottish Ale"
PALE ALE
1st Place - 06b - Pale Ale - American Pale Ale
- David Houseman, Chester Springs, PA - Beer Unlimited Zany Zymurgists - "Groundhog
Pale Ale"
2nd Place - 06b - Pale Ale - American Pale Ale
- Chris Lavoie, Glenmont, NY - "Yosemite Pale Ale"
3rd Place - 06c - Pale Ale - California Common Beer
- Jim Thoms & Jean Mish, Kings Park, NY - "J & J Nevad"
INDIA PALE ALE
1st Place - I07 - India Pale Ale
- Chris Lavoie, Glenmont, NY - "Bombay/New Deli"
2nd Place - 07 - India Pale Ale
- Phil Bernie & Frank Salt, Staten Island, NY- Homebrewers of Staten Island
3rd Place - 07 - India Pale Ale
- Jim Simpson, Ridgewood, NY - MBAS member- "US Ale"
ALTBIER & GERMAN AMBER LAGER
1st Place - 09b - German Amber Lager - Vienna
- George De Piro, Nyack, NY - MBAS member - "Vienna #1"
2nd Place - 08a - Altbier - Dusseldorfer
- Thomas Miklinevich, Monroe, CT - Underground Brewers Club of CT
3rd Place - 08b - Altbier - Northern German
- Bob Weyersberg & B.R. Rolya, New York, NY - MBAS members - "Altschen"
BROWN ALE
1st Place - 10a - Brown Ale - Mild
- Bob Talkiewicz, Binghamton, NY - "Mild & Wild"
2nd Place - 10d - Brown Ale - American Brown
- Chris Lavoie, Glenmont, NY - "Whistler's Brown Ale"
3rd Place - 10d - Brown Ale - American Brown
- Peter Baker, Locust Valley, NY -"Basement Ale"
STOUT
1st Place - 15a - Stout - Dry
- Keith Seguine, Woodbridge, NJ - Millburn Ale & Lager Testing Society - "Black
Gold"
2nd Place - 15d - Stout - Foreign Extra
- Randy Smith, Kernersville, NC -"Atomic Big Dog Stout"
3rd Place - 15c - Stout - Oatmeal
- Thomas Miklinevich & John Watson, Monroe, CT - Underground Brewers Club of CT
STRONG ALE
1st Place -11c - Strong Ale - Russian Imperial Stout
- Tom Cahalane, Marlboro, NJ - NYC Homebrewers Guild
2nd Place - 11a - Strong Ale - Old Ale
- Jim Simpson, Ridgewood, NY - MBAS member - "90"
3rd Place - 11c - Strong Ale - Russian Imperial Stout
- Bill Coleman, Brooklyn, NY - MBAS Member - "Catherine the Great Imperial
Stout"
PORTER
1st Place - 14a - Porter - Robust
- Bob Brotschol, Woodhaven, NY - MBAS member
2nd Place - 14b - Porter - Brown
- John Varady, Glenside, PA - "Pine Box"
3rd Place - 14a - Porter - Robust
- David Maida, Brooklyn, NY - MBAS member- "London Bitter"
WHEAT BEER
1st Place - 16d - Wheat Beer - Weizenbock
- Jay Reeves, Huntsville, AL - Madison Sobriety Club
2nd Place - 16b - Wheat Beer - Bavarian Dunkelweizen
- George De Piro, Nyack, NY - MBAS member
3rd Place - 16a - Wheat Beer - Bavarian Weizen
- Kevin Winn, New Rochelle, NY - MBAS member - "Hefeweizen"
STRONG BELGIAN/FRENCH ALE
1st Place - 17c - Strong Belgian/French - Strong Golden Ale
- Jim Simpson, Ridgewood, NY - MBAS member - "Trip"
2nd Place - 17e - Strong Belgian/French - Bire De Garde
- B.R. Rolya & Bob Weyersberg, New York, NY - MBAS members - "BDG-L"
3rd Place - 17b - Strong Belgian/French - Tripel
- Jim Simpson, Ridgewood, NY - MBAS member - "Trip"
OTHER BELGIAN ALE
1st Place - 18f - Other Belgian Ale - Specialties
- Paul Sullivan, Brooklyn, NY - NYC Homebrewers Guild
2nd Place - 18b - Other Belgian Ale - Lambic
- David Houseman, Chester Springs, PA - Beer Unlimited Zany Zymurgists - "Groundhog
Framboise"
3rd Place - 18d - Other Belgian Ale - Saison
- Paul Sullivan, Brooklyn, NY - NYC Homebrewers Guild
SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE
1st Place - 20 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
- Bill Coleman, Brooklyn, NY - MBAS Member - "St. Salty's Spicy Gale Ale"
2nd Place - 20 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
- Lyn Howard, Hyde Park, NY - Hudson Valley Home Brewers "Choclate Stout"
3rd Place - 20 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
- Kerry Blette, Valley Stream, NY
FRUIT BEER & CIDER & MEAD
1st Place - 19 - Fruit Beer
- Bob Brotschol, Woodhaven, NY - MBAS member
2nd Place - 22b - Cider - Sparkling
- Phil Bernie & Frank Salt, Staten Island, NY - Homebrewers of Staten Island
3rd Place - 24b - Fruit & Vegetable Mead - Still Melomel
- Lyn Howard, Hyde Park, NY - Hudson Valley Home Brewers - "Peach Mead"
ALExaminer
American Home Brewing Assn./ Zymurgy
B. United
Belukus Marketing Inc.
- 350 E. 30th St. #5D, New York, NY 10016
- 212-696-2584, 800-909-5688
Blind Tiger Alehouse
- 518 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014
- 212-675-3848
Boston Beer Co.
Brewing Techniques
Briess Malting
Brooklyn Brewery
Catamount Brewing Co.
Celis Brewery Inc.
- 2431 Forbes Dr., Austin, TX 78754-5148
- 512-835-0884
- www.celis.com
Crosby & Baker, Ltd.
D.B.A.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- 320 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971-3108
- 302-226-2739
- www.dogfish.com
Heartland Brewery
High Point Wheat Beer Co.
Hoboken Brewing Co.
- 1125 Hudson St., Hoboken, NJ 07030-5305
- 201-792-2337
Hop & Vine
Hop, Skip and A Brew
Hopunion USA
Jack Schmidling Productions
Karps Homebrew
Liquid Bread
- 1007 La Quinta Dr., Orlando, FL 32809-7722
- 407-888-3533
Magic Hat
- 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401-5482
- 802-658-2739
Mass Bay Brewing
- 306 Northern Ave., Boston, MA 02210-2324
- 617-574-9551
Park Slope Brewing Co.
- 356 6th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
- 718-788-1756, 718-246-8050
Phoenix Imports Ltd.
- 2925 Montclair Dr., Ellicott City, MD 21043
- 800-700-4253, 410-465-1155
- /mythbird/
Polar Ware
Redhook Ale Brewery Inc.
Rogue Ale
Saranac
Siebel Institute of Technology
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
The Gate
- 321 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11234
- 718-768-4329
Waterfront Alehouse
- 540 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10016
- 212-696-4104
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