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!

DOZE made an incredibly strong showing and dominated the western region of the NHC regionals. Congratulations to DOZE in general and to the following brewers specifically (and if I missed you I humbly apologize and hope you’ll email me a smack in the head and a correction):

• Light Lager
  1st place-1e, Mike McDole
  2nd place-1d, Robert Schwarz
• Dark Lager
  1st place-4a, Jonathan Plise
  3rd place-4b, Jonathan Plise
• Light Hybrid Beer
  3rd place-6c, Dean Dunivan
• Amber Hybrid Beer
  1st place-7a, Gary Foster
• English Pale Ale
  1st place-8a, Dean Dunivan
  3rd place-8c, Mike McDole
• Scottish and Irish Ale
  1st place-9b, Gary Foster
  2nd place-9a, Dean Dunivan
• American Ale
  2nd place-10a, Mike McDole
  3rd place-10c, Jonathan Plise
• English Brown Ale
  1st place-11b, Jonathan Plise
• Porter
  1st place-12c, Jonathan Plise
• Stout
  2nd place-13e, Scott Thomas
  3rd place-13c, Gary Foster
• Belgian and French Ale
  3rd place-16e, Carlo Camarda
• Belgian Strong Ale
  1st place-18e, Scott Lothamer
  3rd place-18d, Scott Lothamer
• Strong Ale
  1st place-19c, Gloria Cabral
  2nd place-19a, Jonathan Plise
• Fruit Beer
  2nd place, Mike McDole
• Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
  1st place-21a, Scott Lothamer
• Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer
  2nd place-22c, Mike McDole
  3rd place-22c, Jonathan Plise
• Traditional Mead
  3rd place-24c, Regan Dillon

Second round finals are in June, good luck everyone!

In an ongoing effort to try and give more recognition to the competition brewers in the club I’m going to try and post updates like this weekly so if you’re winning ribbons anywhere, be sure and let me know!

More medals for DOZE:

• Jim Rossi – 1st place and Best of Show for his Munich helles at the Las Vegas Winterfest!
• Jim Rossi – 1st place for his IIPA “Top Jimmy” at the Bluebonnet brewoff!
• Gary Foster – 2nd for brown porter at the 3rd annual SODZ Big British Beer Festival
• Gary Foster – 2nd for 70/- Scottish Heavy at the 17th annual Empire State Homebrew Comp.

I’m SURE more of you have been pulling in ribbons so let me know!

Congratulations to the DOZE’rs who medaled at the World Cup (and those who qualified for next year’s MCAB!):

• Jim Rossi, 2nd for Munich Helles
• Mike McDole, 1st for Dark American Lager
• Mike McDole, 1st for Doppelbock
• Mike McDole, 1st (and Best of Show) for American IPA
• Dick Fox, 1st for California Common
• Dick Fox, 2nd for North German Altbier
• Gary Foster, 2nd for Special/Best?Premium Bitter
• Lee Theuriet, 3rd for ESB
• Erik Beer, 1st for Irish Red Ale
• Mitch Hastings, 3rd for Brown Porter
• Mitch Hastings, 2nd for American Barleywine
• Mitch Hastings, 1st for Other Smoked Beer
• Scott Thomas, 1st for American Stout
• Kevin Hann, 1st for Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
• Steve Olson, 3rd for Weizen/Weissbier

Congrats everyone!

Congratulations to the following DOZE’rs who medaled in the recent Gold Country Brewers Association Celebrewtion:

• Dick Fox, 1st place for Northern German Altbier
• Dick Fox, 3rd place for California Common
• Jim Rossi, 1st place for his Munich Helles “Blond Ambition”
• Jim Rossi, 3rd place for his Imperial IPA “Top Jimmy”
• Lee Theuriet, 1st place for his Standard/Ordinary Bitter
• Gary Foster, 2nd for Special/Best/Premium Bitter “Fiddler’s Fart”
• Gary Foster, 2nd place for Oatmeal Stout “Tailchaser Stout”
• Erik Beer, 1st place for his American Pale Ale “Three Ships”
• Steve Olson, 2nd place for Weizen/Weissbier “Broken Tailweizen”
• Steve Olson, 3rd place for Dry Mead “Orange Blossom Mead”

Keep bringing it strong!

DOZE had a good showing at the Firestone Walker 2nd Annual Homebrew Invitational on Jan 26. Congratulations to Mike McDole for his 2nd and to Jim Rossi for his 1st place — both in the Pale Ale category.

DOZE members Jon Plise and Mike McDole continued their winning ways by bringing home the gold at the American Homebrewers Association 2005 National Homebrew Competition in Baltimore, Maryland in mid-June. Also scoring big (under his QUAFF affiliation) was Jamil Zainasheff.
Here is a brief summary:

Light Lager
Gold- Jon Plise- Standard American Lager

Scottish and Irish Ale
Silver- Jon Plise- Strong Scotch Ale

English Brown Ale
Gold- Jamil Zainasheff- Southern English Brown Ale

Belgian Strong Ale
Silver- Jamil Zainasheff- Belgain Blonde Ale

Fruit Beer
Gold-Mike McDole

Traditional Mead
Bronze- Jamil Zainasheff- Semi-sweet Mead

Congratulations to Jon, Mike and Jamil.

Complete competition results can be found here.