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Videos from the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza homebrew competition

February 24, 2011 By: mike Category: Competition, Events, Homebrew, Memphis, Video

Here’s a few videos from the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza homebrew competition last weekend.

In the first video, we have J.L. Thompson, president of the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs, addressing the crowd at the awards ceremony.

Next, we have Brett Donnals, competition chair, talking about the annual Memphis homebrew competition.

Finally, Grant wins and is pretty pumped.

(In case you missed the results, they are here.)

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FuzzyBrew had a helluva showing at the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza

February 23, 2011 By: grant Category: Competition, Events, Homebrew, Memphis

Congrats to all the participants and winners in the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza homebrew competition! And big ups to everyone who made it happen.

Oh, and it’s braggin’ time. Each FuzzyBrewer brought home a medal!

Jeff placed second in the Porter category for a quite tasty Robust Porter, which, according to the column on the right there, he’s got on tap. Party at Jeff’s?

Mike, who earlier won second place in Chattanooga’s 2010 Fugetaboutit homebrew competition for his Northern English Brown Ale, won third place in the European Amber Lager category for his Oktoberfest.

And I won second in the Fruit Beer category for my Magic Hat #9 clone, based mostly on this recipe. Mike took a funny video of me testing the gravity after fermentation a few weeks ago.

Check out the full results here. To see photos from the judging, go here.

Tags: 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza, Clone, Magic Hat #9, Northern English Brown Ale, Oktoberfest, Robust Porter

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Results from the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza homebrew competition

February 22, 2011 By: mike Category: Competition, Homebrew, Memphis

Here are the results from the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza, sponsored by the Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs, Memphis’ homebrew club.

There were 241 entries into the competition, which concluded Saturday with the final round of judging and an awards ceremony at Boscos. The three of us at FuzzyBrew each took home a medal: Jeff, 2nd place, Porter; Grant, 2nd place, Fruit Beer; and Mike, 3rd place, European Amber Lager.

BEST OF SHOW

1st: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 5C – Doppelbock

2nd: DAVID ROBINSON, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 14C – Imperial IPA

3rd: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 19A – Old Ale

BEST OF MEAD

ELSPETH PAYNE, MALT , Silver Springs, MD; 26A – Metheglin

BEST OF LAGER

TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers , Signal Mountain, TN; 5C – Doppelbock

BEST OF ALE

DAVID MALINA , No club affiliation, Memphis, TN; 12B – Robust Porter

LIGHT LAGER (7 Entries)

1st: BOB CARBONE, S.U.D.S., Grand Cane, LA; 2A – German Pilsner

2nd: SCOTT JOHNSON, Auburn Brew Club, Auburn, AL; 2A – German Pilsner

3rd: BOB CARBONE, S.U.D.S., Grand Cane, LA; 1D – Munich Helles

EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER (4 Entries)

1st: CHRIS RUEGER, Music City Brewers, Goodlettsville, TN; 3B – Oktoberfest

2nd: MAC RUSLING, HomeBrewers Assoc of Mid Mississippi, Madison, MS; 3A – Vienna Lager

3rd: MIKE ERSKINE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 3B – Oktoberfest

DARK LAGER (4 Entries)

1st: TOM GENTRY, Music City Brewers, Hendersonville, TN; 4C – Schwarzbier

2nd: CHRIS RUEGER, Music City Brewers, Goodlettsville, TN; 4C – Schwarzbier

3rd: GRAHAM COX, South Atlanta Homebrewers, Newnan, GA; 4C – Schwarzbier

LIGHT HYBRID BEER (14 Entries)

1st: GRAHAM COX, South Atlanta Homebrewers, Newnan, GA; 6A – Cream Ale

2nd: CASEY SIMON, No club affiliation, Greenwood, LA; 6D – American Wheat or Rye Beer

3rd: DOUG BACHMAN, No Club Affiliation, Roswell, GA; 6B – Blond Ale

Honorable mention: CHUCK COSTELLO JR, Prairie Schooners, Springfield, IL; 6A – Cream Ale

AMBER HYBRID BEER (10 Entries)

1st: PHILLIP SNYDER, Music City Brewers, White House, TN; 7B – California Common Beer

2nd: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 7C – Dusseldorf Altbier

3rd: JONATHAN NEWMAN, Mid State Brew Crew, Bell Buckle, TN; 7B – California Common Beer

ENGLISH PALE ALE (10 Entries)

1st: NICK NEGOVETICH, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 8C – Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)

2nd: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 8C – Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)

3rd: NATE NOWAK, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 8B – Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Honorable mention: BRADFORD LUMLEY, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Soddy Daisy, TN; 8B – Special/Best/Premium Bitter

SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE (11 Entries)

1st: CHRIS RUEGER, Music City Brewers, Goodlettsville, TN; 9E – Strong Scotch Ale

2nd: CHRIS RUEGER, Music City Brewers, Goodlettsville, TN; 9C – Scottish 80/-

3rd: MICHAEL LEE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 9E – Strong Scotch Ale

AMERICAN ALE (23 Entries)

1st: NISHAN DERBABIAN, Mid State Brew Crew, Murfreesboro, TN; 10C – American Brown

2nd: JONATHAN NEWMAN, Mid State Brew Crew, Bell Buckle, TN; 10A – American Pale

3rd: RICHARD BRYANT, No club affiliation, Starkville, MS; 10B – American Amber

PORTER (11 Entries)

1st: KYLE HALL, Carboy Junkies; The Brewing Network, Charlotte, NC; 12B – Robust Porter

2nd: JEFF MELVIN, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 12B – Robust Porter

3rd: BRAD LOVEJOY, HomeBrewers Assoc of Mid Mississippi, Brandon, MS; 12B – Robust Porter

STOUT (17 Entries)

1st: BRIAN ATKINSON, Bluff City Brewers, Lakeland, TN; 13F – Russian Imperial Stout

2nd: DOUG BACHMAN, No Club Affiliation, Roswell, GA; 13E – American Stout

3rd: CRAIG HENDRY, No club affiliation, Florence, MS; 13F – Russian Imperial Stout

INDIA PALE ALE (18 Entries)

1st: DAVID ROBINSON, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 14B – American IPA

2nd: BENJAMIN PUGH, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 14C – Imperial IPA

3rd: JOHN SMITH, Duck River brewing, Spring Hill, TN; 14B – American IPA

BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE (10 Entries)

1st: CHRIS RUEGER, Music City Brewers, Goodlettsville, TN; 16C – Saison

2nd: MATTHEW MULQUEEN, Unaffiliated, Memphis, TN; 16E – Belgian Specialty

3rd: KAREN LASSITER, Music City Brewers, Cross Plains, TN; 16D – Biere de Garde

BELGIAN STRONG ALE (16 Entries)

1st: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 18E – Belgian Dark Strong Ale

2nd: MARK FORRESTER, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 18E – Belgian Dark Strong Ale

3rd: MARK FORRESTER, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 18A – Belgian Blond Ale

SPICE/HERB VEGETABLE BEER (10 Entries)

1st: BRYANT CASTLE, Bluff City Brewers, Arlington, TN; 21B – Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

2nd: BRANDON JONES, Music City Brewers, Franklin, TN; 21A – Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer

3rd: JEREMY WICKHAM, No club affiliation, Starkville, MS; 21A – Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer

SMOKE-FLAVORED/WOOD-AGED BEER (9 Entries)

1st: TOM GENTRY, Music City Brewers, Hendersonville, TN; 22B – Other Smoked Beer

2nd: TIM WALTON, No club affiliation, Collierville, TN; 22C – Wood-Aged Beer

3rd: WILLIAM TUBBS, Prairie Schooners, Springfield, IL; 22C – Wood-Aged Beer

SPECIALTY BEER (11 Entries)

1st: ROBERT MURPHY, No club affiliation, Atlanta, GA; 23A – Specialty Beer

2nd: DEB WINTER, No club affiliation, West Union, IA; 23A – Specialty Beer

3rd: JEREMY TAYLOR, Mid State Brew Crew, Christiana, TN; 23A – Specialty Beer

BOCK (6 Entries)

1st: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 5C – Doppelbock

2nd: GRAHAM COX, South Atlanta Homebrewers, Newnan, GA; 5B – Traditional Bock

3rd: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 5D – Eisbock

ENGLISH BROWN ALE (5 Entries)

1st: DAVID ROBINSON, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 11C – Northern English Brown

2nd: NICK NEGOVETICH, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 11C – Northern English Brown

3rd: WAYNE OTTERBOURG, Brewmasters of Alpharetta, Marietta, GA; 11C – Northern English Brown

GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER (4 Entries)

1st: CLIFFORD REINERT, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 15A – Weizen

2nd: NICK NEGOVETICH, Bluff City Brewers, Cordova, TN; 15C – Weizenbock

3rd: CLARK ORTKIESE, No Club Affiliation, Memphis, TN; 15D – Roggenbier

SOUR ALE (6 Entries)

1st: ALAN MCLAUGHLIN, Bluff City Brewers, Bartlett, TN; 17C – Flander Brown Ale/Oud Bruin

2nd: MARK FORRESTER, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 17F – Fruit Lambic

3rd: GEOFF HENDERSON, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 17F – Fruit Lambic

STRONG ALE (9 Entries)

1st: TONY GIANNASI, Barley Mob Brewers Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, TN; 19A – Old Ale

2nd: SCOTT JOHNSON, Auburn Brew Club, Auburn, AL; 19B – English Barleywine

3rd: JONATHAN LEMIN, Music City Brewers, Antioch, TN; 19C – American Barleywine

FRUIT BEER (3 Entries)

1st: JODY KANE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 20A – Fruit Beer

2nd: GRANT SMITH, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 20A – Fruit Beer

3rd: CLIFFORD REINERT, Music City Brewers, Nashville, TN; 20A – Fruit Beer

TRADITIONAL MEAD (7 Entries)

1st: ELSPETH PAYNE, MALT, Silver Spring, MD; 24C – Sweet Mead

2nd: ROBERT MICKELBERRY, No club affiliation, Eads, TN; 24B – Semi-sweet Mead

3rd: PHIL KANE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 24C – Sweet Mead

MELOMEL (Fruit Mead)

1st: ELSPETH PAYNE, MALT, Silver Spring, MD; 25B – Pyment

2nd: ALAN MCLAUGHLIN, Bluff City Brewers, Bartlett, TN; 25C – Other Fruit Melomel

3rd: DEB WINTER, No club affiliation, West Union, IA; 25C – Other Fruit Melomel

OTHER MEAD (4 Entries)

1st: ELSPETH PAYNE, MALT, Silver Spring, MD; 26A – Metheglin

2nd: ELSPETH PAYNE, MALT, Silver Spring, MD; 26C – Open Category Mead

STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY (7 Entries)

1st: PHILLIP SNYDER, Music City Brewers, White House, TN; 28C – Applewine

2nd: DOUGLAS MENGWASSER, Bluff City Brewers, Germantown, TN; 28D – Other Spec. Cider/Perry

3rd: JODY KANE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis, TN; 27A – Common Cider

Honorable mention: PHIL KANE, Bluff City Brewers, Memphis,TN; 27B – English Cider

Tags: 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza, Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs

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Judging begins for Memphis homebrew competition ‘Extravaganza’

February 14, 2011 By: mike Category: Breweries, Competition, Craft beer, Memphis

On Sunday, judges convened at Ghost River Brewing for the first day of judging of the 2011 Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza. The three of us at FuzzyBrew participated (we’ve been studying up) and judged categories ranging from Amber Hybrid Beers to American Ales to India Pale Ales.

Judging continues Thursday, and concludes Saturday at Boscos in Memphis. The Commercial Appeal has a nice overview of the first day of judging in today’s newspaper.

Meanwhile, here are some photos I took at the event: