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2008 Maryland Microbrewery
Festival
Homebrew Competition
The
third annual Maryland Microbrewery Festival was held on Saturday, September
27, 2008 at Union Mills Homestead in Westminster, Maryland.
Since its inception, the Maryland Microbrewery Festival has included the homebrewing community as an important part of the festival's goals of beer education and appreciation of all forms of the brewing arts. In 2008, to further those goals, the festival featured its first Homebrew Competition. Thirty two entries in two categories (English Ordinary Bitter and Brown Porter) were judged by Certified Beer Judges during the festival, and festival-goers were able to see the judging taking place and learn about the judging process. Prizes were awarded at the conclusion of the judging, for First and Second place winners in each category, as well as Best of Show.
2008 Winners:
Category 8 A. (English Ordinary Bitter)
1st Place: Charlie Heaps of Eldersburg, Maryland, and a Member of the Midnight Homebrewers' League
2nd Place: Chris and Anna Rawa of Hampstead, Maryland
Category 12 A. (Brown Porter)
1st Place: Eric Lyons of Westminster, Maryland and a member of the Midnight Homebrewers' League
2nd Place: Aaron Herman of Kensington, Maryland
Best Of Show: Aaron Herman's Juggernaut Brown Porter
Aaron will have the honor of having his winning recipe brewed by Dog Brewing Company, and served for a limited period of time at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant locations in Maryland. Brewing day is expected to be near the end of October, with the beer on line about a month later.
To celebrate all four of our prize winners, each of their winning recipes appears in the 2008 No. 3 issue of our club's newsletter, which is available in .pdf format on our Publications page.
The Homebrew Competition was open to all Maryland homebrewers or members of any Maryland homebrew club, and was organized by members of the Midnight Homebrewers League with the guidance and generous assistance of the Free State Homebrew Club Guild and its member clubs. We are grateful to everyone who helped us with our first BJCP-sanctioned competition, and we look forward to doing it again next year.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all of our entrants!
