4th ABC Brews Crews competition

spencer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:54:03 +0000

The 4th annual ABC Brews Crews competition, sponsored by Arbor Brewing Company and the Corner Brewery in cooperation with the Ann Arbor Brewers Guild will be coming soon. Check this space for updates, or subscribe to Posts (in the upper left) to get updates as they are posted.

Competition judging and award ceremony will be on May 22, 2010. Entry submission starts on May 7 at these locations.

Follow these links for more information and to register:

Rules and Information

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Judge Registration

Read the flyer.

2009 Competition Winners

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:23:21 +0000

Wow! It was a great competition with 138 entries, which we broke into 13 groups for judging. Best-of-show went to Phil Sullivan of Royal Oak, MI for his Kölsch-style beer, named Krolsch. Phil will have the opportunity to brew it on the 7-barrel system at Arbor Brewing. I look forward to tasting it on draft at the brewpub.

Congratulations to all the winners. One of our winners took a first place with the 4th beer she had ever made, and some of our winners are familiar faces who have brewed 100s of beers. The rain held off for the awards ceremony, which we celebrated in the beer garden. The full list of winners is below the break.

Place	Brewer	Brew name	Style	Home city	Club
	Light Lager, Light Hybrid (13 entries)
1	Phil Sullivan	Krolsch	06c, Kölsch	Royal Oak, MI
2	Bob and Kim Barrett	What the Hell is a Dortmunder	01e, Dortmunder Export	Ann Arbor, MI	AABG
3	Zachary Wright and Rebecca Adams	Zeitgeist Kolsch-Style Ale	06c, Kölsch	Ypsilanti, MI

	European Lagers (13 entries)
1	Aimee Richard	Manmazing Maibock	05a, Maibock/Helles Bock	Ann Arbor, MI	AABG
2	Stanley A. Harrison	Pilsener	02a, German Pilsner	Kalamazoo, MI
3	Aron Butler	2009 Maibock	05a, Maibock/Helles Bock	Ypsilanti, MI	AABG

	Amber Hybrid / German Wheat and Rye (9 entries)
1	Mike Casedy and Scott Szymusiak	What’s Up Bock?’ Weizenbock	15c, Weizenbock	Ann Arbor, MI
2	Brian Routt	California Common	07b, California Common Beer	Saline, MI	AABG
3	Phil Sullivan	Sully’s Alt	07a, North German Altbier	Royal Oak, MI

	English Ale and Porter (10 entries)
1	Mike Kalette	Wet Dog Porter	12b, Robust Porter	Stafford Springs, CT
2	Eric Himburg	Bilbo Baggins’ Best Brown	12a, Brown Porter	Cary, NC
3	Oliver Roberts	Teenage Mutant Ninja Porter #4 – Michaelangelo	12a, Brown Porter	Ann Arbor, MI

	Scottish and Irish Ales and English Brown Ale (13 entries)
1	Dan Jeska and Kenn Kares	Hypenated English Mild	11a, Mild	Richland, MI	AABG
2	Art Smith	Lassie	09e Strong Scotch Ale	Lapeer, MI	Lapeer Area Brewers
3	Chuck Hatt	Bobby Bruce Scottish Ale	09b, Scottish Heavy 70/-	Ann Arbor, MI

	American Ales (11 entries)
1	Jeff and Susan Rankert	Milford Pale Ale	10a, American Pale Ale	Milford, MI	AABG
2	Peter Zuk	All Around Best Brown	10c, American Brown Ale	Wyandotte, MI
3	John Auty	Nauty Pale Ale	10a, American Pale Ale	Commerce Twp, MI

	Stout (11 entries)
1	Eric Tichenor	Got Chocolate	13d, Foreign Extra Stout	Grand Rapids, MI
2	Elon Jamison	Stacey’s Stout	13c, Oatmeal Stout	Ferndale, MI
3	Alex Pettit	Ryes Tout	13a, Dry Stout	Ypsilanti, MI	AABG

	Strong Ale and Imperial Stout (11 entries)
1	Mike Casedy and Scott Szymusiak	Isle Royale Imperial Stout	13f, Imperial Stout	Ann Arbor, MI
2	Jeff and Susan Rankert	Bob’s Stout	13f, Imperial Stout	Milford, MI	AABG
3	Jeff and Susan Rankert	Creative Destruction Barleywine	19c, American Barleywine	Milford, MI	AABG

	IPA (11 entries)
1	Mike Casedy and Scott Szymusiak	Presque Isle India Pale Ale	14b, American IPA	Ann Arbor, MI
2	Richard DeBin	CC Rider IPA	14b, American IPA	Ann Arbor, MI
3	Eric Tichenor	Eastown IPA	14b, American IPA	Grand Rapids, MI

	Belgian and French Ale and Sour Ale (11 entries)
1	Justin Pelton	Summertime Saison	16c, Saison	Toledo, OH
2	John Holliday	Biere de Garde	16d, Bière de Garde	Livonia, MI
3	Frank Policht	Very Witty	16a, Witbier	Niles, IL

	Belgian Strong Ales (6 entries)
1	Michael Spears	Belgian Dark Strong de Spears	18e, Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Center Line, MI	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers
2	Oliver Roberts	Bishop’s Yellow Brick	18d, Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Ann Arbor, MI
3	John Rathmell	Sweet Revenge Belgian Tripel	18c, Belgian Tripel	Ypsilanti, MI	AABG

	Fruit and Spice/Herb/Vegetable (11 entries)
1	Mark Ramsey	Spruce Scottish Ale	21a, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Brighton, MI	AABG
2	Brent Fisher	Brent’s XXX-mas Ale	21b, Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer	Ann Arbor, MI
3	Jim Cone	Raspberry Ale	20a, Fruit Beer	St. Cloud, MN

	Smoked, Wood-Aged and Specialty (8 entries)
1	Mike Casedy and Scott Szymusiak	Pittsfield Bourbon Rye Porter	22c, Wood-Aged Beer	Ann Arbor, MI
2	Jeff and Susan Rankert	Home Smoked Porter	22b, Other Smoked Beer	Milford, MI	AABG
3	Chris and Kona Michalek	Maple Belgian Stout	23a, Specialty Beer	Plymouth, MI	AABG

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4th ABC Brews Crews competition

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