Northern Ale Stars

2010 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha
WINNER'S REPORT

Lite Hybrid
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	01.D. Munich Helles	Sara Sundberg	Baxter, MN	Blue Ox Brewers Society
2	01.B. Standard American Lager	Tom Zahasky	Marshfield, WI	Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers
3	01.D. Munich Helles	Greg Sellek	Verona, WI	Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild
Pilsner
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	02.B. Bohemian Pilsner	Tom Zahasky	Marshfield, WI	Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers
2	02.C. Classic American Pilsner	Tom Zahasky	Marshfield, WI	Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers
3	02.A. German Pilsner	Brian Davis	Lyle, MN	Iowa Minnesota Society of Brewers
European Amber & Dark Lager
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	04.C. Schwarzbier	Mark Gottwald	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	03.B. Oktoberfest-Marzen	Gerald Jackomis	Greenwood, IN
3	03.A. Vienna Lager	James Vokoun	Plover, WI	Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers
Bock
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	05.B. Traditional Bock	Brian Wild	Stoughton, WI
2	05.A. Maibock/Helles Bock	Jon Messier	minneapolis, MN	The Minnesota Homebrewers ASsociation
3	05.B. Traditional Bock	J.D. Ludford	Waconia, MN	Jack of all Brews
Lite & Amber Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	06.C. Kolsch	Neil Bromenshenkel	Richfield, MN	Minnesota Homebrewers Association
2	07.C. Dusseldorf Altbier	Chris Smith	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3	06.D. American Wheat or Rye Beer	Brian Davis	Lyle, MN	Iowa Minnesota Society of Brewers
English Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	14.A. English IPA	Neil Bromenshenkel	Richfield, MN	Minnesota Homebrewers Association
2	08.B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter	Dave Helt	Milwaukee, WI
3	08.A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter	Jeremy Kness	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
Scottish & Irish Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	09.C. Scottish Export 80/-	Eric Wentling	Waconia, MN	Jack Of All Brews
2	09.E. Strong Scotch Ale	Mike Beuning	Avon, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
3	09.E. Strong Scotch Ale	Jerry Dusich	St Cloud, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
American Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	10.C. American Brown Ale	Brad Cooper	Midlothian, VA
2	10.A. American Pale Ale	Wayne Mayer	Monticello, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
3	10.B. American Amber Ale	Jamison Sterken	Oconomowoc, WI
English Brown Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	11.C. Northern English Brown Ale	Jeremy Kness	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
2	11.A. Mild	Patrick Sundberg	Baxter, MN	Blue Ox Brewers Society
3	11.B. Southern English Brown Ale	Jody Grenert	Athens, OH
Porter
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	12.B. Robust Porter	Jeremy Kness	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
2	12.C. Baltic Porter	Walt Pittack	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
3	12.B. Robust Porter	Steve Fletty	Falcon Heights, MN	St. Paul Home Brewers
Stout
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	13.F. Russian Imperial Stout	Mike Beuning	Avon, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
2	13.F. Russian Imperial Stout	stephen bender	perry, MI
3	13.B. Sweet Stout	Dave Helt	Milwaukee, WI
IPA
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	14.C. Imperial IPA	Kevin Mattie	O Fallon, MO	St. Louis Brews
2	14.C. Imperial IPA	Jon Messier	minneapolis, MN	The Minnesota Homebrewers ASsociation
3	14.B. American IPA	Andrew Chanova	Plymouth, MN
German Wheat and Rye
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	15.C. Weizenbock	Jerry Dusich	St Cloud, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
2	15.A. Weizen/Weissbier	Walt Pittack	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
3	15.A. Weizen/Weissbier	Chris Smith	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Belgian and French Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	16.C. Saison	Dick Nilles	Fargo, ND	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
2	16.D. Biere de Garde	Dave Morse	Burlington, IA	Burlington Makers Of Beer
3	16.A. Witbier	Neil Bromenshenkel	Richfield, MN	Minnesota Homebrewers Association
Sour Beer
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	17.B. Flanders Red Ale	Adam Stern	Livingston, MT
2	17.B. Flanders Red Ale	Eric Wentling	Waconia, MN	Jack Of All Brews
3	17.F. Fruit Lambic	Mark Dexter	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
Belgian Strong
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	18.E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Mark Dexter	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	18.A. Belgian Blond Ale	Phil Sullivan	Royal Oak, MI	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers
3	18.C. Belgian Tripel	Jerry Dusich	St Cloud, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
Strong Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	19.B. English Barleywine	Walt Pittack	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	19.C. American Barleywine	Patrick Sundberg	Baxter, MN	Blue Ox Brewers Society
3	19.C. American Barleywine	Brady Smith	Indianapolis, IN	AHA member but not in a club
Fruit Beer
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	20.A. Fruit Beer	Greg Fowler	Hamilton, MI
2	20.A. Fruit Beer	Neil Bromenshenkel	Richfield, MN	Minnesota Homebrewers Association
3	20.A. Fruit Beer	Brian Davis	Lyle, MN	Iowa Minnesota Society of Brewers
Spice, Herb, Vegetable & Christmas Beer
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	21.A. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	Dave Helt	Milwaukee, WI
2	21.B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer	Patrick Sundberg	Baxter, MN	Blue Ox Brewers Society
3	21.B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer	Dan Dauner	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
Smoke & Wood Aged
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	22.C. Wood-Aged Beer	Deb Puls	LaPorte City, IA
2	22.B. Other Smoked Beer	Dave Morse	Burlington, IA	Burlington Makers Of Beer
3	22.B. Other Smoked Beer	James Vokoun	Plover, WI	Marshfield Area Society of Homebrewers
Specialty Beer
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	23.A. Specialty Beer	Patrick Sundberg	Baxter, MN	Blue Ox Brewers Society
2	23.A. Specialty Beer	Dave Helt	Milwaukee, WI
3	23.A. Specialty Beer	Walt Pittack	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
Mead
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	25.C. Other Fruit Melomel	Steve Daiken	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	24.C. Sweet Mead	Ryan Verkennis	Blaine, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3	24.B. Semi-Sweet Mead	Steve Piatz	Eagan, MN	MHBA
Cider
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	28.B. Fruit Cider	John Hegstrom	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	27.A. Common Cider	Neil Bromenshenkel	Richfield, MN	Minnesota Homebrewers Association
3	28.D. Other Specialty Cider or Perry	Chris Smith	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Snow Blower
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	32.A. Snow Blower	Walt Pittack	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
2	32.A. Snow Blower	Randy West	Grandville , MI
3	32.A. Snow Blower	Steve Daiken	Duluth, MN	Northern Ale Stars
First Time Entrant
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	05.B. Traditional Bock	Brian Wild	Stoughton, WI
2	13.f Russian Imperial Stout	Clay Wicker	Montgomery, TX
3	10.A American Pale Ale	Wayne Meyer	Monticello, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers

Total Entries: 254

01.	Lite Hybrid	7 Entries
02.	Pilsner	7 Entries
03.	European Amber & Dark Lager	7 Entries
04.	Bock	6 Entries
05.	Lite & Amber Ale	5 Entries
06.	English Ale	9 Entries
07.	Scottish & Irish Ale	18 Entries
08.	American Ale	14 Entries
09.	English Brown Ale	8 Entries
10.	Porter	9 Entries
11.	Stout	17 Entries
12.	IPA	16 Entries
13.	German Wheat and Rye	9 Entries
14.	Belgian and French Ale	14 Entries
15.	Sour Beer	10 Entries
16.	Belgian Strong	22 Entries
17.	Strong Ale	6 Entries
18.	Fruit Beer	9 Entries
19.	Spice, Herb, Vegetable & Christmas Beer	14 Entries
20.	Smoke & Wood Aged	8 Entries
21.	Specialty Beer	9 Entries
22.	Mead	13 Entries
23.	Cider	12 Entries
24.	Snow Blower	5 Entries

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open to any homebrewer from within the United States. Affiliation of entrants with AHA is NOT a requirement. Contestants will be considered as an individual entrant on the basis of person's name appearing on the registration form. Combinations of brewers should appear in the same order on all entries. Applicable entry fees and entry limitations shall apply.

Homebrewer may not use homebrewing facilities other than their own, unless brewed with the help of the owner of other homebrewing facilities. Furthermore, in this case, the beer must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in commercially licensed facilities, brew on premise, whether for commercial research or production, or for any other purpose, are ineligible.

Beer entries will be judged in classes and subcategories listed by the AHA/BJCP.  Some categories may be collapsed for judging purposes due to lack of entries.  Each entry should be entered according to the latest AHA/BJCP style guidelines.  Entries must be referred to by category and subcategory letter.

HOW and WHAT to ENTER

Entry Fees: Entry fees for this competition are $5.00 per entry. The registration form can be accessed from this web page beginning January 18th, 2010.  All checks should be made payable to the Northern Ale Stars and sent with your entries and your registration form to Great Northern Brew-Ha-HA, c/o Lake Superior Brewing, 2711 West Superior St.., Duluth, MN 55806. Judges and Stewards can register by clicking the "Volunteer, Judge or Steward" button which will appear on this page beginning January 18th 2010 or may register by sending an e-mail to northernalestars@hotmail.com. 

Entry Requirements: Bottles must be 10 to 16 ounce glass or plastic of ANY style and clean and free of any labels (inked, paper, or otherwise). Entrants are encouraged to use brown, long-neck bottles for maximum protection from light and breakage. Use a rubber band to attach bottle label form to each bottle. The use of tape or glue to attach forms is not acceptable. For the competition, homebrewing competitors must enter two bottles for each subcategory entered. Soft drink or other printed crowned caps are acceptable; however, they need to be blacked-out with a black marking pen to assure anonymity in all judging situations.   Only 1 ENTRY per Sub-Category will be allowed. You can find a list of all BJCP catagories along with style guidelines at http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2008_Guidelines.pdf (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view).

Recipe: By submitting an entry to this competition, brewers agree to provide a recipe if requested.

All entry fees, names of competitor, address, phone number, Class and Subcategory entered must accompany entries when submitted. No entries will be returned whether received late or otherwise. All entries become property of the Northern Ale Stars Competition Committee.

Use official registration forms (or copies) when possible though other registration forms such as ProMash will be accepted.

Beers will be disqualified for entry requirements infractions. These entries may still be judged but will be ineligible for awards or prizes.

WHERE and WHEN to ENTER

Ship your entries early to arrive between January 18th to February 1st, 2010 to Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha, c/o Lake Superior Brewing, 2711 West Superior St., Duluth, MN 55806.  Entries can also be dropped off at the Thirsty Pagan Brewing, 1623 Broadway, Superior, WI or the Upper Mississippi Mashout (January 29th - 30th 2010 http://mashout.org/ ) and they will be transported to Duluth free of change. Entries will be refrigerated upon receipt, thus helping to preserve the quality that we receive them in. No entries will be accepted after February 1st, 2010. Sorry, we cannot make any exceptions.

Out-of-State Entries: Please send deliveries to Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha, c/o Lake Superior Brewing, 2711 West Superior St., Duluth, MN 55806. It is legal to ship your entries via UPS, FedEx Ground or air freight. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the Internal Revenue Service says it's legal. Usually you will be asked the contents of the package; your reply should be: "Bottles, but they are double-boxed and padded well." We recommend you not send entries via US Postal Services due to issues we have experienced in the past (smashed boxes, broken bottles).

PACK YOUR ENTRIES WELL: Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Clearly state "GLASS-FRAGILE. THIS SIDE UP" on the package. Your package of NON-PERISHABLE FOOD should weigh less than 40 pounds. It is not necessary to state specific contents of your package of non-perishable food. Send entries as soon as possible. Entries must be received by 5 PM, February 1st, 2010. No late entries will be accepted.

JUDGING

AWARDS and PRIZES

There will be medals awarded for first, second, and third place in all BJCP catagories. A minimum of 25 points must be obtained to receive a medal.  Other prizes will be awarded, hopefully something in all categories for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Best of Show. In case of a tie, tie breaks will be determined at the discretion of the competition coordinator.