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.

AHA Club Comps are a great way to earn to earn club points and bring DOZE some extra recognition. If you’re planning your yearly brew schedule, take a look at the styles and dates below. We typically judge category beers at the meeting before the entry due date (but we don’t always have a lot of submissions). So brew ‘em and bring ‘em. See the AHA Club Competition website for more specific details.

February 2007
Low Gravity/Session Beers (OG < 1.045)

March/April 2007
Scottish Ale

May 2007
Extract Beers

August 2007
Strong Ale

September/October 2007
Bock

November/December 2007
Pilsner

In addition to Jon’s awesome achievement, DOZERS came through with a whopping 35 out of 68 medals awarded!! Way to go Jon and congrats to all DOZERS for bringing it strong. Results here.

Jon Plise is the Sierra Nevada Homebrewer of the Year.

Not that we need to swell Jon’s head or anything, but our own local boy made the Contra Cost TImes.

 Check it out!

Congrats, Jonny 5-0!

– Gary F.

The results are just in from the Firestone Walker 3rd Annual Homebrew Contest and our own Mike McDole picked up Silver in both categories in the comp (German Hefe and American IPA). Congrats Mike!

Three DOZE’rs brought home some bling from Orlando this year!  Congratulations to these guys for brewing the best homebrew in the nation in their respective categories!

Jon Plise brings home a gold for his Dark American Lager and a bronze for his American Brown Ale

Scott Thomas contributes a bronze to the list for his American Stout

Mike McDole adds a silver to his bling stash for his Dortmunder Export

Congrats, guys!  Way to go!

The 2nd annual Beer, Beer and MoreBeer forum competition has now come to a close.  The competition was fierce and the level of expertise represented was very high.  It was a small competition but had a very high level of competitiveness and some top notch brewers competing for bragging rights.

Not all of the winners posted are DOZE’rs, and this time I am not going to chop them out.  Instead I’ll just share the raw results and say congratulations to all of you!  Special congratulations to Dean Dunivan, who’s English bitter took best of show!  Guess Dean paid attention during my last style talk eh? :)  Seriously, great job Dean, you’ve really kicked it up a notch and are turning out some extremely good beer!

Category: Pale Lager

3rd - Matthew Shoup - Premium Am. Lager
2nd - Jim ” I cant wait for anything” Rossi - Munich Helles
1st - Christopher Buchanan - German Pils

Category: Dark Lager

3rd - Virg Redman - Munich Dunkel
2nd - Dean Dunivan - Traditional Bock
1st - Virg Redman - Schwarzbier

Category: Brown Ale

3rd - Jason Green - Am. Brown
2nd - Mark Smith - Am. Brown
1st - Craig Frump - Mild

Category: Porter and Stout

3rd - Jason Green - Am. Stout
2nd - Jason Mooth - Robust Porter
1st - Virg Redman - Robust Porter

Category: Strong Ale

Honorable - Jason Green - Am. Barleywine
3rd - Mark Garwatoski - Imperial IPA
2nd - Kevin Hann - Imperial IPA
1st - Mark Garwatoski - Russian Imperial Stout

Category: Specialty

3rd - Joseph Hanko - Specialty with Ginger, cinnamon, all spice
2nd - Virg Redman - Stout with Bing Cherries, Rum
1st - Kevin Hann - Northern English Brown with Vanilla Beans

Category: Wheat

3rd - Mark Garwatoski - German Weizen
2nd - John Donehower - Witbier
1st - Dean Dunivan - German Weizen

Category: English Pale Ale

3rd - Virg Redman - ESB/Pale Ale
2nd - Jason Green - Special/Best Bitter
1st - Dean Dunivan - Standard/Ordinary Bitter

Category: American IPA

Honorable Mention - Brian Dellosa
3rd - Kyle Larson
2nd - Brian Packer
1st - Mike Yasuma

Category: Hybrids

Honorable Mention - Dean Dunivan - Kolsch
3rd - Virg Redman - Cal. Common
2nd - Dean Dunivan - Blonde Ale
1st - Mark Garwatoski - Northern German Alt

Category: American Pub Ales

Honorable Mention - Matthew Shoup - Am. Pale
3rd - Jay Nelson - Am. Amber
2nd - Kyle Larsen - Am. Pale
1st - Mark Smith - Am. Amber

Category: Scottish and Irish Ales

3rd - Mike Besser - Scottish Light 60
2nd - Virg Redman - Irish Red Ale
1st - Virg Redman - Strong Scottish

Category: Belgian and French

Honorable mention - John Donehower - Biere de Garde
3rd - Virg Redman - Dubbel
2nd - Virg Redman - Belgian Blonde
1st - Kevin Hann - Dark Strong Ale

Best Of Show:

Dean Dunivan - standard/Ordinary Bitter

Best MoreBeer Kit Beer:

Mike Yasuma - B3 Columbus IPA Kit

Three DOZE members brought it strong to the Maltose Falcons Mayfaire (which is one of the three legs for sierra nevada homebrewer of the year):

1st - Jon Plise
2nd - Jon Plise

2nd - Jon Plise
3rd - Mike McDole

1st - Jon Plise

2nd - Dean Dunivan

3rd - Jon Plise (tie)

2nd - Dean Dunivan

3rd - Mike McDole

2nd - Jon Plise

1st - Mike McDole

3rd - Dean Dunivan

1st - Jon Plise
2nd - Mike McDole

1st - Jon Plise

2nd - Jon Plise

In addition, Best of Show went to Mike for his Double IPA! Congrats to Dean, Jon and Mike!  Looks like Jonny five-oh is an early front-runner for the SN homebrewer of the year so far, let’s see if he can keep ahead of the pack!