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Results
from Prior Years
22nd
Annual
Hoppy Halloween Challenge 2019
Dia de Muertos
512
Entries
from 23 states
Best
of Show - Beer: "Wynona's
Beaver", an English Porter brewed by Bob Lever & Rick
Brandvold from West Fargo, ND and the Prairie Homebrewing
Companions
Best
of Show - Mead/Cider:
"Really Sir That's Red Paint" a
Stone Fruit Mead made by Thomas Coburn from St. Paul, MN and the
St Paul Home Brewers

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Great
Pumpkin winner:
Jon Lewis & Tyler Mangin, Horace, ND with the
Prairie Homebrewing Companions
Fresh
Killed Hops Beer:
"Mayflower" made by Todd Rieck from La
Crosse, WI with the
La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts and Related Specialties
Halloween
Theme Beer:
"The Fly" made by Al Boyce from St. Louis Park, MN and the
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
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Hoppy
Halloween 2019 Sponsors

Hoppy Halloween 2019 Medals
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge 2019 Results:
Category
1 - Light Lager (23 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jesse Lott
Apple Valley, MN
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Ryan Stack St. Cloud, MN
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4B: Festbier
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Brew Tang Clan
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2nd
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Andrew Weaver
Wood River, IL
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No, I Don't Want To Hold Your Beer.
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4B: Festbier
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3rd
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Ryan Stack
St. Cloud, MN
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Festbier
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4B: Festbier
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Cloudy Town Brewers
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Category 2 - Pilsner (7
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Eric
Martin
Lee's Summit, MO
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Stodola
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3A: Czech Pale Lager
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Peter Polczynski
Bixby, OK
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3 Pillocks In A Pear Tree
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5D: German Pils
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Fellowship Of Oklahoma
Alemakers
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3rd
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Ryan
Stack
St. Cloud, MN
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Czech Pilsner
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3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager
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Cloudy Town Brewers
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Category 3 - European Amber Lager
(23 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Aaron Orwick
Eden Prairie, MN
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Schulztoberfest
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6A: Marzen
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2nd
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Shane Kammerer
Shawnee, KS
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When Will You Realize Vienna
Waits For You
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7A: Vienna Lager
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Jamye & Cody Naramore
Quenemo, KS
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War Eagle!
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6A: Marzen
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 4 - Dark Lager (9
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Travis Lott
Maple Grove, MN
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Dunkel Duck
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8A: Munich Dunkel
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Brew Tang Clan
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2nd
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Mike & Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Czech Me Out
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3D: Czech Dark Lager
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Travis Lott
Maple Grove, MN
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Jedi Mind Tricks Or Treat
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2C: International Dark Lager
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Brew Tang Clan
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HM
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Ryan Stack
St. Cloud, MN
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Czech Dark Lager
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3D: Czech Dark Lager
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Cloudy Town Brewers
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Category 5 - Bock (20 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jason Huck Fargo, ND
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Eis, Eis, Baby, Too Cold, Too
Cold
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9B: Eisbock
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Jeff Muse
St. Louis, MO
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Instigator
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9A: Doppelbock
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St. Louis Brews
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3rd
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Andrew Friling
Shawnee, KS
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Plan-O Dunkel
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6C: Dunkels Bock
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Johnson County Brewing Society
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Category 6 - Light Hybrid Beer
(14 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jason Huck
Fargo, ND
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Aj Cream Ale
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1C: Cream Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Nicholas Benoit
St. Paul, MN
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Pacifica Blonde Ale
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18A: Blonde Ale
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3rd
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Jesse Lott
Apple Valley, MN
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C.R.E.A.M.
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1C: Cream Ale
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Brew Tang Clan
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Category 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer
(10 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jamye & Cody Naramore
Quenemo, KS
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Rebel Without A Clue
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2B: International Amber Lager
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Jeremy Goehring & Dustin
Deisher
Lincoln, NE
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Alt Life
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7B: Altbier
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Lincoln Lagers
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3rd
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Cody Cannon
Jenks, OK
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Altbier
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7B: Altbier
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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Category 8 - English Pale Ale (17
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Frank T Mitchell & Ryan
Pfannenstiel
Pike Road, AL
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Keeweepee
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PRX5: New Zealand Pilsner
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Formation Brewing Co
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2nd
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Darren Vaughn
Tulsa, OK
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Ordinary Bitter
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11A: Ordinary Bitter
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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3rd
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Darren Vaughn
Tulsa, OK
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Best Bitter
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11B: Best Bitter
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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Category 9 - Scottish and Irish
Ale (8 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jon Lewis & Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Better Wee Than Heavy That's
What Karl Says
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17C: Wee Heavy
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Dyon Harper
Blue Springs, MO
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Lil' Scot
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14A: Scottish Light
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Jamye & Cody Naramore
Quenemo, KS
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Lucky 13
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14C: Scottish Export
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 10 - American Ale (21
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Ryan Stack
St. Cloud, MN
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American Brown
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19C: American Brown Ale
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Cloudy Town Brewers
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2nd
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Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Horns Up
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18B: American Pale Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Dustin Detar & Jon Caro
Fargo, ND
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American Pale Ale
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18B: American Pale Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 11 - English Brown and
Mild (6 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Mike & Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Dark Wild
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13A: Dark Mild
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Joshua Boldt
Festus, MO
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To Honor & Riches & Girls With
No Britches
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13A: Dark Mild
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Jefferson County Home Brewers
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3rd
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Rob Mounts
Fargo, ND
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Bbk
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13B: English Brown Ale
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Category 12 - Porter (22 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Bob Lever & Rick Brandvold
West Fargo, ND
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Wynona's Beaver
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13C: English Porter
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Jason Huck &
Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Cow Magnet
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9C: Baltic Porter
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Eric Hegna & Andrew Hegna
Little Falls, MN
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Porter
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20A: American Porter
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Category 13 - Stout (26 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Brian Burke
Big Lake, MN
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Stout
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20B: American Stout
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2nd
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Jamye & Cody Naramore
Quenemo,KS
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Breakfast Of Champions
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16A: Sweet Stout
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Ryan Stack
St. Cloud, MN
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Imperial Stout
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20C: Imperial Stout
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Cloudy Town Brewers
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Category 14 - American and Double
IPA (22 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Mark Booth
New Market, MN
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The Wingman
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21A: American IPA
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South Side Barley Crushers
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2nd
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Andrew Kjos
Ankeny, IA
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Iowa IPA
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21A: American IPA
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Iowa Brewers Union
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3rd
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Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Tomahawk
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21A: American IPA
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 15 - Other IPA (14
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Mike & Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Hazy Veil Ale
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21B7: New England IPA
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Dustin Detar & Jon Caro
Fargo, ND
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Brexit Tears
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12C: English IPA
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Jeff Muse
St. Louis, MO
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Frugality
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21B4: Red IPA
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St. Louis Brews
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Category 16 - German Wheat and Rye
(15 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Mac Butcher
Tulsa, OK
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Weiss As A Sheet
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10A: Weissbier
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers (FOAM)
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2nd
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Mike & Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Ryezenbock
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10C: Weizenbock
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Mike Ouke
Pengilly, MN
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Bockwheat X 2
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10C: Weizenbock
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Boreal Brewers
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Category 17 - Belgian and French Ale (24 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jesse Lott
Apple Valley, MN
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Too Hot To Handle
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25B: Saison
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Brew Tang Clan
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2nd
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Corbin Rapp
Moorhead, MN
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Dry Hopped Saison
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25B: Saison
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Eric Martin
Lee's Summit, MO
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Pale
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24B: Belgian Pale Ale
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 18 - Sour Ale (20 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Aaron Orwick
Eden Prairie, MN
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9:36 Sunset Sour
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28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour
Beer
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2nd
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Corbin Rapp
Moorhead, MN
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Blueberry Sour Redux
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28C: Wild Specialty Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Eric Smith
St. Louis, MO
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Ba Brett Saison With
Raspberries
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28C: Wild Specialty Beer
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St. Louis brews
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Category 19 - Belgian Strong Ale
(25 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Tom Roan &
Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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12
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26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Jon
Lewis & Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Sinster Golden
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25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Jamye & Cody Naramore
Quenemo, KS
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Hello Darkness My Old Friend
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26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 20 - Strong Ale (16
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Delano Stein
Lakeville, MN
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Old Number 5
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17D: English Barleywine
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2nd
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Darren Vaughn
Tulsa, OK
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Santa 's Helper
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17B: Old Ale
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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3rd
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Preston Dolinger
Tarpon Springs, FL
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Guarded British Strong Ale
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17A: British Strong Ale
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Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
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Category 21 - Fruit Beer (15
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Preston Dolinger
Tarpon Springs, FL
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Neapolitan Stout
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29C: Speciality Fruit Beer
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Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
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2nd
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Jon Lewis
&
Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Gin & Juice
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PRX4: Catharina Sour
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Nick Shadel
Reading, PA
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Shay Dfpf
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29A: Fruit Beer
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Berks County Homebrew Club
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Category 22 - Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Beer (17 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Gary Elliott
Bixby, OK
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Rhubarb Gose
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30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Beer
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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2nd
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Mark
Pennick & "Spot Me, Mexico
Will Pay!"
Denver, CO
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Tremendous Wall Green Chili
Agave Wheat
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30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Beer
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Brew Crew
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3rd
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Ryan Pfannenstiel & Frank T
Mitchell
Pike Road, AL
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Saban Spit
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30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Beer
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Formation Brewing Company
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Category 23 - Smoke Flavored/Wood
Aged Beer (20 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jon
Lewis & Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Woody's Last Dance
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33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Mike
& Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Barrel Project 2.0
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33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Andrew Weaver
Wood River, IL
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Smokey
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6B: Rauchbier
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HM
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Travis Lott & Mike Milne, Ryan
Regan, Jesse Lott, Akash Batra
Maple Grove, MN
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All In Together Now
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6B: Rauchbier
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Brew Tang Clan
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Category
24 - Specialty Beer (26 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Jon Lewis & Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Polski Szampan
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27A2: Piwo Grodziskie
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Red Ninja
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34C: Experimental Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Preston Dolinger
Tarpon Springs, FL
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French Toast Brown Ale
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34C: Experimental Beer
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Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
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Category
25 - Traditional Mead (7 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Scott Kurtz
Richmond Heights, MO
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Desert Gold
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M1C: Sweet Mead
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St. Louis Brews/STL Brewminati
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2nd
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Jeremy Goehring & Dustin
Deisher
Lincoln, NE
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Jiggly Puff And Stuff
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M1C: Sweet Mead
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Lincoln Lagers
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3rd
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Mac Butcher
Tulsa, OK
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Mesquito Bite
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M1C: Sweet Mead
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Fellowship of Oklahoma
Alemakers (FOAM)
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Category 26 - Fruit Mead (22
entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Thomas Coburn
St. Paul, MN
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Really Sir That's Red Paint
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M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
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St Paul Home Brewers
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2nd
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Ryan Schenian
Woodbury, MN
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Wake Up Dead
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M2C: Berry Mead
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Primary Fermenters
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3rd
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Christopher Skottegard
Burnsville, MN
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A Bloody Mess
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M2E: Melomel
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South Side Barley Crushers
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Category
27 - Spice and Specialty Mead (14 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Kevin Wojdak
Elk Grove Village, IL
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Far East Flair
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M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Mead
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Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
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2nd
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Mac Butcher
Tulsa, OK
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Chiles Up My Spine!
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M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Mead
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Fellowship of Oklahoma
Alemakers (FOAM)
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3rd
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Jon Lewis & Tyler Mangin
Horace, ND
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Karl's Great Fireball's!
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M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable
Mead
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 28 - Standard Cider and
Perry (8 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Dustin Detar, Derek Olson, Markus Krueger
Fargo, ND
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Deicider
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C1A: New World Cider
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Eric
Smith
St. Lous, MO
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Cider
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C1A: New World Cider
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St. Louis brews
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3rd
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Shane Kammerer
Shawnee, KS
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It's No Wilcox, But It's Okay
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C1A: New World Cider
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 29 - Specialty Cider and
Perry (18 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Preston Dolinger
Tarpon Springs, FL
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You're My Boy Blue!
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C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
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Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild
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2nd
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Nick Shadel
Reading, PA
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Shady's Cherry Cider
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C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
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Berks County Homebrew Club
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3rd
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Nick Shadel
Reading, PA
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Eat That Peach - Stonefruit Cider
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C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
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Berks County Homebrew Club
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HM
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Kevin Wagner
Stilwell, KS
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Thunder Bunker Cider
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C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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Category 30 - Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider (7 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Al Boyce
St. Louis Park, MN
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The Fly
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35A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider
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Minnesota Home Brewers Association
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2nd
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Jeremy Rott
Olathe, KS
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Oreo's N Beer
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35A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider
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Johnson County Brew Society
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3rd
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Josh Mahoney
White Bear Township, MN
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Drunken Scorpion
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35A: Halloween Theme Beer/Mead/Cider
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Minnesota Homebrewers Association
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Category 31 - Fresh Killed Hops
Beer (16 entries)
Place
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Brewer
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Entry Name
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Style
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Club
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1st
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Todd Rieck
La Crosse, WI
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Mayflower
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36A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer
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La Crosse Area Grain
Enthusiasts and Related Specialties
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2nd
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Dustin Detar & Derek Olson
Fargo, ND
|
Brütäl IPA
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36A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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3rd
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Vincent Rokke
Fargo, ND
|
Wet Viking
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36A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Hoppy
Halloween 2019 medals and awards
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