… and congratulations are due to DOZER’s  Mike Mraz,  who took 3rd Place in Category 10: American Ale, and Nate Smith, who came away with 3rd Place in Category 16: Belgian and French Ale!

And, to our friends in the Brewing Network, who garnered Homebrew Club of the Year.

Well done!

(Full results are available at:  http://www.homebrewersassociation.org./pages/competitions/national-homebrew-competition/winners/2012-winners)

Forty-one beers were entered for judging at Oakland’s recent Oaktoberfest festival.  Those 41 entries were placed for judging in about a half-dozen combined categories.  When the suds cleared, DOZE had once again shown why it is the best homebrew club around:

Category: Munich Helles

1st Place – Paul Brown (BOS runner up)

3rd Place –   Ray Graves

Category: Kolsch

1st Place – Arlyn Johns

2nd Place -     Ray Graves

Category : Vienna Lager

1st Place –   Mike Bernhardt

Best Of Show

Arlyn Johns, with a Kolsch

Paul Brown, Runner-Up with a Munich Helles

Congratulations all around!

The 2011 National Hombrew Competition winners have been announced.  This year we again had several DOZErs earn medals:

• Category 3: European Amber Lager
  Silver Medal – Stephen Northcutt & Mark Ristow – Oktoberfest/Märzen
• Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale
  Gold Medal – Scott Lothamer – Scottish Heavy 70/-
• Category 27: Standard Cider and Perry
  Silver Medal - Stephen Northcutt & Mark Ristow – Common Cider

The full list of winners can be viewed or downloaded from the AHA website.

The spreadsheet of brew dates that Ray Graves worked out is available for download from the club site here: Brew Scheduler

Awesome work guys!

Arlyn took Best of Show @ the World Cup with a Trippel. On top of that, lots of great showings from other DOZEers. Full results are up at the world cup website.

Entries are due by 5:00 pm Friday March 19th.  Drop them off at MoreBeer! (995 Detroit Ave.  Suite H, Concord) starting Saturday March 13th.

Special instructions:

“Please e-mail stesq [@] juno.com when you drop off an entry so I’ll have an idea how many are waiting for me.  Thanks.”

It probably comes as no surprise to regular club members, but Mike McDole is one of the three winners in this year’s Sam Adams Longshot competition. His beer will be released in a 3 pack later this year, and will be available in stores nationally. Awesome job Mike, as usual!

According to Jon, Mike is also pushing hard towards California Home Brewer of the year, along with Virg Redman. Keep up the awsome work guys.

The DOZE entry in the September/October Club Only Competiton picked up a 3rd place!
Congratulations to Scott Lothamer and Justin Crossley for their “Black Peter”!

The upcoming November/December comp is Pilsners with Dark Lagers coming up really quickly in January.

Kevin Pratt (BJCP Assistant Continuing Education Director) announced that he’s setting up prep classes for the BJCP Judging Exam. Classes will be held at B3 and will prepare brewers for the BJCP Judging exam to be held in November.
The class will cost around $100 ($50 for the test, $35 for class materials, $15-20 for beer tastings) for 9-12 sessions. This is an awesome opportunity to learn more about beer and brewing, and a chance to help out the brewing community by becoming a judge at competitions.
E-Mail Kevin Pratt with any questions, or to sign up.