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2003 Competition Results
There were 218 entries
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Best of Show judges:
Dave Berg
Dean
Gundberg
Wayne
Fehrenbach
Best
of Show winner:
Steve
Fletty, St Paul Homebrewers Club, Falcon Heights, MN - Russian
Imperial Stout.
Great
Pumpkin winner:
Steve Fletty, St
Paul Homebrewers Club, Falcon Heights, MN - 16 Points tie
broken by Best of Show
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Judging
the Best of Show
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge 2003 Results:
Pale
Lagers and Light Ales
1st Place - Wayne Simerly, Oma Hops, Omaha, NE, Cream Ale
2nd Place - Steve Fletty, St Paul Homebrewers Club, MN, Northern
German Pilsener
3rd Place - Curt and Kathy Stock, St Paul Homebrewers Club, MN,
Bohemian Pilsener
British Bitters
1st Place - Jeff Saranpaa, Cloudy Town Brewers, St Cloud, MN
Ordinary Bitter
2nd Place - Gary Cathey, Carolina Brewmasters, Charlotte, NC
Special or Best Bitter
3rd Place - Steve Leno, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, West
Fargo, ND
Scottish Ales
1st Place - Susan Ruud & Ray Taylor, Prairie Homebrewing
Companions Harwood, and Fargo, ND, Export 80
2nd Place - Curt and Kathy Stock, St Paul Homebrewers Club, MN,
Export 80
3rd Place - Karl Gunderson, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, West
Fargo, ND, Light 60
Pale Ales
1st Place - John Rathmell, Ann Arbor Brewers Guild, MI, India Pale
Ale
2nd Place - Bill Lynch, Carolina Brewmasters, NC, American Pale Ale
3rd Place - John Rathmell, Ann Arbor Brewers Guild, MI American
Pale Ale
Koelsch and Alt Bier
1st Place - Steve Fletty, St Paul Homebrewers Club, MN, Dusseldorf
Altbier
2nd Place - Richard Kirn, Garden City, MI, Koelsch Style Ale
3rd Place - Al Boyce, mHba, St Louis Park, MN, Koelsch Style Ale
German Amber Lagers
1st Place - Rob Beck, Kansas City Biermeisters, Kansas City, MO, Oktoberfest/Maerzen
2nd Place - Michael Josephson, St Paul Homebrewers Club,
Minneapolis, MN, Vienna Lager
3rd Place - Al Boyce, mHba, St Louis Park, MN, Oktoberfest/Maerzen
Brown Ale
1st Place - Mike Moranz, mHba, Bloomington, MN, Northern English
Brown Ale
2nd Place - Gary Cathey, Carolina Brewmasters, Charlotte, NC,
American Brown Ale
3rd Place - Steve Fletty, St Paul Homebrewers Club, Falcon
Heights, MN, Mild
High Gravity Ales
1st Place - Steve Fletty, St Paul Homebrewers Club, Falcon
Heights, MN, Russian Imperial Stout
2nd Place - Curt and Kathy Stock, St Paul Homebrewers, St Paul, MN,
Strong Scottish Ale (Wee Heavy)
3rd Place - John Rathmell, Ann Arbor Brewers Guild, Ann Arbor, MI,
Russian Imperial Stout
European Dark Lager
1st Place - Susan Ruud, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Harwood,
ND, Doppelbock
2nd Place - Dick Nilles, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo, ND,
Schwartzbier (Black Beer)
3rd Place - Perry Mertz, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fergus
Falls, MN, Traditional Bock
Porters and Stouts
1st Place - Curt and Kathy Stock, St Paul Homebrewers Club, St
Paul, MN, Oatmeal Stout
2nd Place - Al Boyce, mHba, St Louis Park, MN, Foreign Extra Stout
3rd Place - Jerry Dusich, Cloudy Town Brewers, St Cloud, MN, Brown
Porter
German Wheat Beer
1st Place - Dick Nilles, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo, ND,
Berliner Weiss
2nd Place - Larry Nusbaum, Cloudy Town Brewers, Sauk Rapids, MN,
Bavarian Weizen
3rd Place - Steve Piatz, mHba Eagan, MN, Bavarian Weizen
Strong Belgian Ales
1st Place - Karl Gunderson, Eric Swanson, and Dick Nilles, Prairie
Homebrewing Companions, West Fargo & Fargo, ND, Trippel
2nd Place - Ray Taylor Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo, ND,
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
3rd Place - Al Boyce, mHba, St Louis Park, MN, Belgian Strong
Golden Ale
Belgian and French Beers
1st Place - James Gebhardt, and Ray Taylor, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo,
ND, Fruit Lambic Style Ale
2nd Place - John Fahrer, Oma Hops, Omaha, NE, Straight (Unblended)
Lambic Style
3rd Place - David Jones, Carolina Brewmasters, Charlotte, NC,
Saison
Eclectic Beers
1st Place - Susan Ruud, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Harwood,
ND, Spice/Herb/Vegetable
2nd Place - Curt and Kathy Stock, St Paul Homebrewers Club, St
Paul, MN, Smoked Beer Smoked Robust Porter
3rd Place - Joshua Johnson Kansas City Biermiesters, Liberty, MO,
Fruit Beer-Foreign Extra Stout w/chocolate and Raspberries.
Mead and Cider
1st Place - James Gebhardt, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo,
ND, Metheglin
2nd Place - Susan Ruud, Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Harwood,
ND ,Varietal Honey Traditional Mead
3rd Place - Mike Moranz, mHba Bloomington, MN, New England Style
Cider
Halloween Theme Beer
1st Place - Mike Moranz, mHba Bloomington, MN, Old Jacks Terrrific
Cyser
2nd Place - Al Boyce, Mhba, St Louis Park, MN, Monkey Nut Stout
3rd Place - Jerry Dusich, Cloudy Town Brewers, St Cloud, MN, Peter
Peter Pumpkin Beater Ale

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