Indiana Brewer's Cup 2008 Competition

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:58 pm

Chris Norrick wrote:Dwayne took a third place for a ...crap I can't remember

It was my Emerald Red Irish Red Ale. I entered it as kind of a Hail-Mary, not really expecting it to do much. It is a good beer but I thought some of my other entries were much better. I guess I'll just have to wait for the judges score sheets.

Like Chris said, it was a great time. It was my first time as a steward and I have a new respect for the organizers of the contest. There was an increase of 37% in entries from last year for a total of 837 and still everything went like clockwork. I'll definitely be back next year.

Congrats to Jack for the GOLD!!

sirgiovanni · Post by **sirgiovanni** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:36 am

Huzzah!!!!!!!

Kenny Lucas · Post by **Kenny Lucas** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:36 pm

Way to go Dwayne and Jack you guys rock.

Seems like it's always the beer that you don't think will go over well that goes over well.

Were the 837 entries HB and PB combined or just HB? One would think the hop shortage and increase in brewing costs would slow some people down. Guess not!

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:06 pm

Kenny Lucas wrote:Were the 837 entries HB and PB combined or just HB?

That was the combined number of entries. 596 were homebrewed.
To check out the results:
www.brewerscup.org/2008/2008-hb-winners.html

The homebrewer that got best of show had only been brewing for a couple of years.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 15/LOCAL01