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Judging beers for the 2013 Boscos Pro Am.

Memphis homebrewer Nick Vincent is GABF bound.

Nick is the winner of the 2013 Boscos Pro Am, taking first place in the local competition with his Extracurricular Hoptivity IPA.

As the Pro Am winner, Nick, a member of the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs, will get to brew his recipe on Boscos’ 7-barrel system, and his beer will go on tap at the brewpub this fall.

In addition, Nick will get to take a keg of his beer to Denver to compete in the 2013 Great American Beer Festival Pro Am. He’ll get an all-access pass to the festival from Boscos and airfare provided by the homebrew club.

“This was by far my best IPA I’ve ever made, and I was pretty excited about it when I submitted it,” he wrote in an e-mail today.

Best of Show in the Pro Am was rounded out by Ben Pugh (H.E. Wheat) and Charlie Patrick (“S” Stout).

As the winner of the 2012 Pro Am, I got to judge this year’s competition with Boscos head brewer Adam Hargrove. The competition was really tough, but Nick’s beer, a hopped-up American IPA made with Magnum and Citra hops, was our favorite, and I can’t wait to have another pint when it goes on tap at Boscos this fall.

Nick is in for a real treat when he brews the Extracurricular Hoptivity at Boscos in late August or early September. Here’s what I wrote about my experience when I got to brew my Red Hop Ale there last year.

Cheers, Nick!

Registration is open for the 2013 “War of the Wort” homebrew competition, organized by the Golden Triangle Brewers homebrew club in Starkville, Miss.

The War of the Wort deadline is April 26. To register your beers, go to http://warofthewort.gtrbrewers.org. Final judging will take place on May 18 at the Mississippi Modern Homesteading Center.

Last year’s inaugural event drew 115 entries and 47 registered participants, judges and stewards.

The results are in for the 2013 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza, the 25th annual Memphis homebrew contest sponsored by the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs.

The competition drew 286 entries from 117 brewers. Final judging took place Saturday at Boscos.

“Best of Show” winners were →

First place: Jeff Bergman, of the Music City Brewers, won for his “Big Saison” in category 16C (Saison).

Second place: Ben Pugh, of the Memphis Brewers Association, won for his “FnA Orange Blossom Mead” in category 24C (Sweet Mead).

Third place:  Nate Nowak, a FuzzyBrew contributor and Bluff City Brewers member, took the final spot with his “Old Kerfuffle” in category 19A (Old Ale). Nate previously won second place in the American Homebrewers Association Club-Only Competition last November for the Old Kerfuffle.

Congrats to all the Memphis winners! And a special shout-out to our buddy Ryan Williams, who just started brewing this past year and won second place in the Light Hybrid category for his “Gumballhead Clone.”

Check out all the winnners below.

2013 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza Results

Registration is open for entries into the 2013 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza, the annual homebrew competition sponsored by the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs of Memphis.

Entry fees are just $5 if you register by Friday, Jan. 25, and they go up to $7 after that.

Registration forms and entries must be received by Feb. 2. Two bottles are required per entry. (Register and pay for entries online here.)

As a special “thank you,” everyone who’s entered the contest as of Jan. 25 will be entered into a drawing for a copy of BeerSmith.  One winner will be announced shortly after and sent a copy of a BeerSmith code.

Final judging for the Extravaganza — which is the club’s 25th annual event — will be held Feb. 23 at Boscos Squared in Midtown Memphis. Judges and stewards are still needed, so sign up online if you’re interested.

The contest is a full 28-category American Homebrewers Association Sanctioned Competition Program event and is open to all homebrewers.