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The
Spooky Brewing Competition
 As
the leaves fall each October, the
Prairie Homebrewing Companions gather
together the best homebrew from the best homebrewers to determine who is the 'Great Pumpkin'
of brewers. Hoppy
Halloween 2010 was featured on BrewingTV.
The
Hoppy Halloween Challenge is known for its Medals hung from unique
hand-crafted Halloween
themed lanyards.
All BJCP categories
including mead and cider can be entered, but
the Hoppy
Halloween Challenge has TWO categories unique to this competition:
Halloween
Theme Beer:
"Any beer with characteristics that would
identify it as being made for, and in the spirit of, Halloween."
Fresh
Killed Hops Beer:
"A wet hop beer made with fresh undried hops that
displays the character of those hops in the flavor and aroma."
How spooky can you brew?
Full rules for the special categories are available HERE.
Questions
or comments on the Hoppy Halloween Challenge?
Email
hoppy@hoppyhalloween.com
16th
Annual
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge 2013
Beware,
the bats are coming...
Competition
Results
584
Entries
From
26 States
Best
of Show - Beer:
Michael
Crane - "Thanksgiving Saison" a Fruit Beer
from Leawood, KS with the Kansas City Bier Meisters
Best
of Show - Mead/Cider:
Susan
& Bob Ruud - "Your Father Smelt Of Elderberry"
an Other Fruit Melomel from Harwood, ND with the Prairie
Homebrewing Companions
Great
Pumpkin winner:
Tim
Thomssen from Lincoln, NE with the Lincoln Lagers
Fresh
Killed Hops Beer:
Tom
Roan & Nancy Bowser - "Grasslands" from
Fargo, ND with the Prairie Homebrewing Companions
Halloween
Theme Beer:
Al
Boyce - "Tripel Header" from St. Louis Park, MN
with the Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Full
list of 2013 Results
See
you in next year...
Best
of Show Beer Prize
 Keg
Kit in a Can
from Keg Connection
Keg
Connection is donating this is a portable kit of everything
you need for your keg and it all fits in a 50cal Ammo can for easy
transport. It includes a new 20oz CO2 cylinder (empty) Single
gauge CO2 Regulator CO2 Hose set up with a shutoff check valve, beer
hoses setup, fully assembled with connector, faucet, and your choice
of coupler.
Plus
from Arbor
Autopsy, a Jatoba Stubby tap handle.
 Best
of Show Mead/Cider Prize
Zombie Killer work shirt from B. Nektar
B.
Nektar donating the prizes for 1st place in each mead
category plus a Zombie Killer cherry cyser logo'ed work shirt for
the Best of Show Mead/Cider.
Plus
from Arbor
Autopsy, a Padauk custom bottle stopper.
Hoppy
Halloween Sponsors
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They have supported the
PHC and Homebrewers with lots of great prizes that will be given out
as part of this competition so give them your support and let them
know that their involvement with the Hoppy Halloween Challenge is
appreciated.
Hoppy Halloween Sponsors
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 Hoppy
Halloween on BrewingTV
Chip
from BrewingTV was in Fargo for Hoppy Halloween 2010 and had a full
weekend. He covered 2 club brews, interviewed Susan Ruud about
the club's yeast bank, talked to featured speaker Jamil Zainasheff,
and covered Hoppy Halloween judging and awards including Halloween
Theme Beer Judging.
Chip
had a great time and you can see all the fun he had in Episode
23 of BrewingTV.
Hoppy
Halloween 2012 Medals and Awards
Questions
or comments on Hoppy Halloween?
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