ZZ HOPS Homebrewer of the Year 2012

The results are in for the ZZ HOPS Homebrewer of the Year for 2012.

Place	Brewer(s)	Points
1st	Rob R	13
2nd	Davo	12
3rd	Mike H	9

There were some incredible beers entered in our club competitions this year. Congratulations to our winners and here's looking forward to sampling more great beers in 2013.

Finn's Old Ale

This is Mike J's winning Old Ale recipe from the November 2012 Old Ale Meeting.

Finn's Old Ale. 6 gallons:

19# Marris Otter
1# CaraMunich 60
.75# 120L crystal
1.25 oz. 13.5% AA Millenium - 70 min
.5 oz. 3.5% E.K. Goldings - 20 min
.5 oz. 3.5% E.K. Goldings - knockout
Wyeast 1028 London Ale yeast (large starter)
Wyeast nutrient


90 min mash at 152.
1.090 OG.

Fermented at 67, raised to 70 near end.

Old Ale Meeting - Nov 2012

The winners from the Old Ale Meeting are:

Place	Brewer(s)	Style
1st	Mike J	Old Ale
2nd	Davo	Old Ale
3rd	Joe	Old Ale

Congratulations to the winners!

American Rye 2012

This is Rob's winning American Rye recipe from the September 2012 Light Hybrid Meeting.

Batch Size 5.0 gallons

4.5 # Briess Pale Malt
3.0 # Briess Rye Malt
1.5 # Briess White Wheat Malt
Rice Hulls (about 3/4 pound)
1.00 oz Amarillo (35 min)
0.66 oz Liberty (0 min)
0.66 oz Amarillo (0 min)
0.33 oz Amarillo (hopback)
1 Whirlfloc
Wyeast 2565 Kölsch yeast in a 1L starter

Mash at 150F for 75 min.
90 min boil.
Start out at 60F then ramp up the temp over a few days until you're at 65F near the end of fermentation.

Light Hybrid Meeting - Sept 2012

The winners from the Light Hybrid Meeting are:

Place	Brewer(s)	Style
1st	Rob R	American Rye
2nd	Mike H	Kolsch
3rd	Travis G	Kolsch

Congratulations to the winners!

2012 Beehive Brew-off Results

Sorry for taking so long to post the results. This year's Beehive Brew-off was bigger than ever. There were some incredible beers entered and some ZZ Hops club members did very well. Congrats to Travis, Nic, Davo, Mike J, Mike P, Tim, Mike H, Troy, and Joe! Special thanks go out to Jamie Burnham, Kileen Alston, Mark Alston and all the volunteers that helped make this event possible.

Best of Show Winners

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

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

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

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Mike Mirabella	Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Marzen
2nd	Travis Grimm	Grimmbrau Festbier	Oktoberfest/Marzen	ZZ Hops
3rd	Brian Coleman	Vienna	Vienna Lager

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

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Scott Hunt	Tigershark The Predator	Doppelbock
2nd	Travis Grimm	Bockstar Maibock	Maibock/Helles Bock	ZZ Hops
3rd	Alex Lemieux Tory Clayton	2 Buck Bock	5B: Traditional Bock

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	David Pang Casey Jones	Cream Ale	Cream Ale
2nd	Stephen Wells	Cream Ale (1.1)	Cream Ale	Hill Hoparazzi
3rd	Brian Coleman	Cream Ale	Cream Ale

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Robert Glenn	Summer Shag	Blonde Ale
2nd	David Dahl Kevin Lilly Andrew Konkol	Love Hammer	Blonde Ale	Dammit
3rd	David Bell	Sauvin Blonde	Blonde Ale

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Travis Grimm	Bi-polar Blonde	Kolsch	ZZ Hops
2nd	Mike Horner	Kolsch	Kolsch
3rd	Alex Lemieux Tory Clayton	Honey Kolsch	Kolsch

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Tommy Lopresto Gabi Krakow	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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Sean Meegan	Odie-licious Ale	American Amber Ale
2nd	Jesse Hennefer Scott Christensen Ken Smikahl	Triple Threat Amber	American Amber Ale
3rd	Robert Glenn	Master Blaster	American Amber Ale

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	David Cuthbert	Benny Hill Southern Brown	Southern English Brown Ale
2nd	Marl Robinson Rachel Mckinnie	Hazelnut Iba	Northern English Brown Ale
3rd	Bryan (Troy) Faircloth	Southern Brown	Southern English Brown Ale

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Trent Bangert	Dirty Chavez Brown Porter	Brown Porter	The Brewing Network
2nd	Brian Coleman	Bear Claw Porter	Brown Porter
3rd	Weston Barkley	Crankshaft	Brown Porter	Snafu

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

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Byron Morton Cameron Eyre	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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Michael Pezely Tim Cantwell	Sesquac	Imperial Stout	ZZ Hops
2nd	Jen Santoro Jonathon Santoro	The Five Toed Cat	Imperial Stout	Santoro Brewing
3rd	Michael Johnson	Ris	Imperial Stout	ZZ Hops

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Michael Johnson	Weizen	Weizen/Weissbier	ZZ Hops
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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Alex Lemieux Jill Martin	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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Chaz Smith	Trappers Peppercorn Farmhouse	Belgian Specialty Ale
2nd	Trent Bangert	Hopmonk	Belgian Specialty Ale	The Brewing Network
3rd	Michael Pezely Tim Cantwell	Belgian Stout	Belgian Specialty Ale	ZZ Hops

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

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Michael Johnson	Tripel	Belgian Tripel	ZZ Hops
2nd	Brian Coleman	Trippel Fun	Belgian Tripel
3rd	Troy Jaskowski Joe Aruscavage	Belgian Dubbel	Belgian Dubbel	ZZ Hops

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Mike Hahn	Olde Crooked Tooth	English Barleywine	ZZ Hops
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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew Club
1st	Alex Lemieux Tory Clayton	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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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)

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

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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	ZZ Hops

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

Place	Brewer(s)	Entry Name	Style	Brew 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	28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry	O- Town Hopheads

4th Annual Beehive Brew-Off Reminder

Just a reminder, entries are now being accepted for the 4th Annual Beehive Brew-off.  Get those entries in by 8/15/2012 and good luck to everyone!

Robust Porter

This is Josh's winning Robust Porter recipe from the July 2012 Porter Meeting.

Batch Size 5.5 gallons
10.0 # American  2 row
1.25 # Munich I
7 oz British Chocolate
7 oz Black Patent
14 oz Crystal 40
1.75 oz East Kent Goldings AA 5.4 (60 min) - I add 25% more hops due to altitude for
bittering only to get correct IBU
0.75 Fuggles AA 5.4 (15 min)
0.75 Fuggles AA 5.4 (0 min)
White Labs WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast w/ starter

Mash at 153F
OG 1.062
FG 1.012

Porter Meeting - July 2012

The winners from the Porter Meeting are:

1. Josh - Robust Porter
2. Rob - Robust Porter
3. Davo - Baltic Porter

Congratulations to the winners!

Flying Carp Open Low Gravity Meeting- May 2012

The winners from the Flying Carp Open Low Gravity Meeting are:

1. Dallas - Berliner Weiss
2. Scott E - Foreign Stout
3. Mike H - Framboise

Congratulations to the winners!

Scottish and Irish Ale Meeting - April 2012

The winners from the Scottish and Irish Ale Meeting are:

1. Mike Hahn - Wee Heavy
2. Davo - 2010 Wee Heavy
3. Steve - Wee Heavy

Congratulations to the winners!

Crème brûlée Imperial Milk Stout

Rob R's brew from the March 2012 Stout Meeting. This is based on the Southern Tier clone recipe from BYO magazine.

Batch size: 5 gallons
17.5 # Crisp Maris Otter 2 row
1.5 # Briess Flaked Barley
1.5# Crisp Roasted Barley
10 oz Lactose
12 oz Caramelized Sugar* (last 2 minutes)
1 oz Columbus (60 min)
0.75 oz Chinook (30 min)
3 Vanilla Beans (flameout)
1 t Ground Cardamom (flameout)
Wyeast 1028 London Ale

Mash at 155F for 60 min. 60 min boil.

*For the caramelized sugar, heat table sugar in a small saucepan. Stir continuously until it's melted and it reaches an amber color (about 15 minutes). Watch it very closely as sugar is really easy to burn and is a mess to clean up. You could probably substitute Belgian Candi Sugar if you want to skip this step.

Stout Meeting - March 2012

The winners from the Stout Meeting are:

1. Rob R - Cream Stout
2. Travis - Oatmeal Stout
3. Joe - Oatmeal Stout

Congratulations to the winners!

Dark Lager Meeting - February 2012

The winners from the Dark Lagers Meeting are:

1. Davo - Munich Dunkel
2. Jeff - American Dark Lager
3. Mike J - American Dark Lager

Congratulations to the winners!