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Great Northern Brew Ha Ha

Thank you for your interest in the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha organized by Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild, Duluth, MN.

Great Northern Brew Ha Ha

Thanks to all who participated in the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha.

There were 220 entries judged and 91 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Results

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham	Sleepless In the Onyx Night	8A: Munich Dunkel	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Winning Entries

Wheat Beers (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Blanchard MHP	Amber Waves	1D: American Wheat Beer	Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Pulp Can Move Baby!	24A: Witbier	Evanston Homebrew Club
3rd	Steven Peterson Co-Brewer: Joshua Buchanan Diana Lawery	Half and Half Holy Hefe	10A: Weissbier	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild

British Bitter/IPA (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Erste	Citra Island IPA	12C: English IPA	Little Mountain Homebrewers Association
2nd	Joel Ellingson	Rabbit Rabbit	11B: Best Bitter
3rd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Goodison Park	12C: English IPA	Evanston Homebrew Club

Scottish and Irish Ales (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Rieck	Moors Or Less	17C: Wee Heavy	La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts and Related Specialties
2nd	Steve Ristau MHP	Flustered Cluck	14C: Scottish Export	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Christopher Mazurk MHP	Sunburn	15A: Irish Red Ale	Ace Brewing Society

Light Belgian (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Ristau MHP	Stau-Haus Bruderbier	26A: Belgian Single	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Yeast Mode	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Jesse Stanaway	Monk Juice	26A: Belgian Single

Heavy Belgian (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Rieck	Quadsimodo	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts and Related Specialties
2nd	Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios	Dubious Beagle	26B: Belgian Dubbel	DC Homebrewers
3rd	Jesse Stanaway	Dubbel	26B: Belgian Dubbel

Dark European Lager (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham MHP	Sleepless In the Onyx Night	8A: Munich Dunkel	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Steven Pavletich	Schwarz Happens	8B: Schwarzbier	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Jim Belden	Schwarzbier	8B: Schwarzbier	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
HM	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Das Schvarts	8B: Schwarzbier	Red Earth Brewers

Light American Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wayne Doucette	Lynny's Light	1A: American Light Lager	River City Brewers [MN]
2nd	Pete Graham MHP	Dream A Little Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
3rd	Steven Pavletich	Driveway Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Iowa Brewers Union

Specialty IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham MHP	Rye IPA	21B5: Rye IPA	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Dave Frombach MHP	Big Red	21B4: Red IPA	Peninsula Fermentation Society
3rd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Vader	21B2: Black IPA	Evanston Homebrew Club

Spice/Herb/Vegetable (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Merfeld MHP	No Stick Up This Jalapeños Butt	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Irving Ahumada MHP	Pib Christmas/easter Ale	30D: Specialty Spice Beer
3rd	Brian McCrickard MHP	Krampus's Blackstrap	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Seven City Brewers

Smoke & Wood Aged (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian McCrickard MHP	Seven City Brewers Wee Heavy V4	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Doug Kellis MHP	Just A Rauch	6B: Rauchbier	Snake River Brewers
3rd	Jim Belden	American Barleywine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild

Fruit & Sour Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Merfeld MHP	This Gose Is Better Than Tony's	23G: Gose	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Alan Wells MHP	Ich Bin Ein Berliner	23A: Berliner Weisse	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Brian Biggs MHP	Fru-It Gru-It	29A: Fruit Beer	Dead Yeast Society [LA]

International Lager (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Jiles MHP	Rice Is Rice	2A: International Pale Lager	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Kyle Ernsberger	Bock	4C: Helles Bock	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Ross Stuart MHP	Czech Pale Lager	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Experimental & Specialty Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Rensing MHP	Ol' Gil	34A: Commercial Specialty Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Nicholas Merfeld MHP	No Gluten Groovy Grapefruit	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Jesse Flores	Il Bastardo	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Ace Brewing Society

Amber & Dark Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gerad Miller MHP	It's Raining Gringos	2B: International Amber Lager	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists
2nd	Steve Ristau MHP	Isarian Alt	7B: Altbier	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Brian McCrickard MHP	Toasted Hearth	13A: Dark Mild	Seven City Brewers

Stouts (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Tsar's Choice	20C: Imperial Stout	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Old Walkimg Stick	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Gerad Miller MHP	It's Only Forever, Not Long At All	15B: Irish Stout	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

American Pale Ale & Hazy IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian McCrickard MHP	Citra Blitz	18B: American Pale Ale	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Ross Stuart MHP	Hazy IPA	21C: Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Jonathan Marut MHP	It's A Neipa, Not A Hazythis Beer Was Bottle Conditioned To Preserve Freshness On the Way To You. If Stored Inverted Or On Its Side, Yeast May Have Accumulated In Weird Places. Please Rouse As Needed and Enjoy.	21C: Hazy IPA	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

European Malty Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Word MHP	Bock Around and Find Out	6C: Dunkels Bock	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Mike Neice MHP	Fest-Beer	4B: Festbier	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Michael Rensing MHP	Lost In Bogger	7A: Vienna Lager	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
HM	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Snoke's Shadow	6C: Dunkels Bock	Evanston Homebrew Club

Big Malty Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joshua Whitman MHP	Wushock	22D: Wheatwine	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
2nd	Michael Sawyer	Die Goabgschau	9A: Doppelbock	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Matt Semaan Co-Brewer: EmmaGrace Felton	Doofenshmirtzinator	9A: Doppelbock	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild

Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Biggs MHP	Giant Wooden Badger	M2A: Cyser	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
2nd	Brian Biggs MHP	Grandma's German Swear Words	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
3rd	Louis Strowger MHP	Natures Bounty	M2C: Berry Mead	Peninsula Fermentation Society

Standard Cider & Perry (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Biggs MHP	The Spoils of Utah	C1A: New World Cider	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
2nd	William Vigil MHP	A Jenn Pour	C1A: New World Cider	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	James Faircloth MHP	Farmhouse Wild Cider	C1C: French Cider	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Specialty Cider & Perry (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham MHP	Cider Kriek	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Brian Biggs MHP	Firecide Chat	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
3rd	Brian Rauvola	Maple Cider	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild

Porters (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Ragnar's Valhalla	9C: Baltic Porter	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Pete Graham MHP	From the Nords	9C: Baltic Porter	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
3rd	Joseph McDonald	Remember, Remember, the Tenth of November	20A: American Porter	Johnson County Brewing Society

American IPA (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colby Reineke MHP	IPA	21A: American IPA	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Ross Stuart MHP	American IPA	21A: American IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	William Vigil MHP	The Resin King	21A: American IPA	Ace Brewing Society

Pale Bitter European Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios	Barke Barke Pils	5D: German Pils	DC Homebrewers
2nd	Wayne Doucette	Jawohl!	5D: German Pils	River City Brewers [MN]
3rd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	German Bud Light	5A: German Leichtbier	Evanston Homebrew Club

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