TBW Homebrew Contest 2010

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:34 pm

grub wrote:
Bobsy wrote:Amsterdam to brew the winning entry!
so do they have any conditions on what they'll make? i'd love to see the winner be a wild ale of some sort and have them scream in panic

that's pretty cool though.

My 8A that got infected has started to turn into something not totally unpalatable...

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:04 pm

Just a reminder to folks who are thinking of entering - ten days to go until the entry deadline!

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:30 pm

Here's the final prize lineup:

Amsterdam Brewing Co.
www.amsterdambeer.com
1x Brew and bottle a batch of your beer with brewmaster Jamie Mistry for limited release in early 2011

Canadian Homebrew Supplies
www.homebrew-supplies.ca
1x Blichmann Engineering 10 gallon Kettle
1x BBP Malt Mill
1x $100 Gift Card for the Online Store
2x $50 Gift Cards for the Online Store
4x $25 Gift Cards for the Online Store

Hops Direct / Beer and Wine Filter
www.beerandwinefilter.com
10x hop prize packs

Taps - Canada's Beer Magazine
www.tapsmedia.ca
1x Annual subscription

The Granite Brewery
www.granitebrewery.ca
1x Brewer for the Day package

Thanks to all the contest sponsors for supporting the homebrew scene!

viggo · Post by **viggo** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:21 pm

Nice list!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:11 pm

i dropped off my entry yesterday. im in: 8a, 16c, 17a, and 17d

grub · Post by **grub** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:06 pm

just finished getting our 8a, 14b, 16e, and 19a ready for dropoff tomorrow.

saints_gambit · Post by **saints_gambit** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:07 am

grub wrote:just finished getting our 8a, 14b, 16e, and 19a ready for dropoff tomorrow.

My 14b also ready for drop off. Time for the least effective smacktalk ever.

"Hey Grub, prepare to win by a slightly smaller margin than you initially imagined."

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:22 am

saints_gambit wrote:Time for the least effective smacktalk ever.

"Hey Grub, prepare to win by a slightly smaller margin than you initially imagined."

haha, i'm certainly not infallible. in fact, i'd be more than happy to see someone brewing better than we are. good beer is a good thing, regardless of who's making it.

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:52 am

grub wrote:haha, i'm certainly not infallible. in fact, i'd be more than happy to see someone brewing better than we are. good beer is a good thing, regardless of who's making it.

Hell ya to this! I think I get more excited for other people winning than I do for myself. And I can't wait to try their beer! Competitions are not all about winning for me, I feel they make everyone involved (judges, entrants and stewards) better brewers.

I always say, "you can't win if you don't enter." In other words, you might be surprised by how good your beer is, so don't be bashful. And most comps have really stepped up the prize packages, which is always a nice bonus.

Anyways, good luck to all of you, hope you have fun!

matt7215 · Post by **matt7215** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:04 am

markaberrant wrote:
grub wrote:haha, i'm certainly not infallible. in fact, i'd be more than happy to see someone brewing better than we are. good beer is a good thing, regardless of who's making it.
Hell ya to this! I think I get more excited for other people winning than I do for myself. And I can't wait to try their beer! Competitions are not all about winning for me, I feel they make everyone involved (judges, entrants and stewards) better brewers.

I always say, "you can't win if you don't enter." In other words, you might be surprised by how good your beer is, so don't be bashful. And most comps have really stepped up the prize packages, which is always a nice bonus.

Anyways, good luck to all of you, hope you have fun!

i agree with both of you guys. i think the best thing about this competition is the # of entries. 60+ entries in the first year of this competition is amazing as far as im concerned. best of luck to all those who entered!

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:08 pm

The count stands at 92 entries, and may get close to a 100 if any late ones come in over the next day or so. The most contested category is 14b (American IPA), with 10 beers duking it out.

Good luck to all entrants from everyone at TBW!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:05 am

That's awesome!

And it looks like you'll have some great events during the week too!

saints_gambit · Post by **saints_gambit** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:46 pm

Anyone want to start a collection for Rob's inevitable trip to rehab?

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:20 pm

Okay, so we're at 95 beers, and with a bit of manipulation, combining and collapsing styles, we've ended up with 15 categories. We'll aim to post the results as they come in on Sunday evening via the torontobeerweek twitter feed (@TorontoBeerWeek), which is also viewable on the TBW website (www.torontobeerweek.com). The winners will advance to the best in show round at Amsterdam on Thursday afternoon, where we'll announce the winners at the Oktoberfest celebration. Prizes will go out soon after that, and the higher up the ladder you finished the better the prize.

Cheers again to everyone for taking part, and to our generous sponsors, Amsterdam, Bob @ Beer and Wine Filter, Randy @ Canadian Homebrew Supplies, The Granite and Taps Beer Magazine. These guys are giving back to the community and deserve our support.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:10 pm

Hi everyone. Judging wrapped up today and we are pleased to announce the winners. Please keep in mind we had to collapse a few categories and move a few beers around to make coherent categories. Anyway, here are the beers which will be advancing to best in show:

Amber Hybrids - Ctrl Alt Delete
American Ambers - Red Headed Steep Child
American IPA - Hopocalypse
American Pale Ale - Teichtbier Pale Ale
Belgian Ales - Tall Dark and Belgian
English Pale Ales - DJS ESB
Imperial IPA - Imperial IPA (k. teichert)
Imperial Stout - Canadian Imperial Maple Stout
Lager - 3rd and Goal
Light Hybrid Beer - Caramel Cream Ale
Old Ales and Barleywines - Reed's Old English Barleywine
Smoked / Herb / Vegetable - Smoked Porter
Specialty and Cider - Moroccan Imperial Brown Ale
Stouts and Porters - Bufords Best Corkscrew Stout
Wheat Beers A Bee A Burr