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Results
from Prior Years
24th
Annual
Hoppy Halloween Challenge 2021
370 Entries
from 23 states and provinces
Best
of Show - Beer:
"May the
Schwartz Be With You"
a Schwarzbier made by Brian Phillips from
Nora Springs, IA with the
Iowa Minnesota Society Of Brewers (IAMNSOB)
Best
of Show - Mead/Cider:
"That's Like ... Your Opinion
Man ... #84.2" a Fruit and Spice Mead made by
Kevin Meintsma,
Wayzata, MN with the
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
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Great
Pumpkin winner:
Caleb Meinke, Cambridge, WI - 15 Points
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:
"Spook Brew (No Typos In This
Entry.....)" made
by Al Boyce, St. Louis Park, MN
with the
Minnesota Home
Brewers Association
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Hoppy Halloween 2021 Awards
(L to R) BOS
Mead/Cider, BOS Beer, Great Pumpkin
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge 2021 Results:
Category 1 - Light Lager (21 entries)
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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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Wayne Doucette
Big Lake, MN
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Helles
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4A: Munich Helles
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River City Brewers
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2nd
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Caleb Meinke
Cambridge,
WI
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Len's
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1A: American Light Lager
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3rd
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Ken Wentworth
Lakeville,
MN
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To Helles And Back Again
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4A: Munich Helles
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South Side Barley
Crushers
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Category 2 - Pilsner (14 entries)
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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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Nicholas Benoit
St Paul, MN
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Cross Czech Pilsner
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3B: Czech Premium Pale
Lager
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2nd
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Joshua Boldt
Festus, MO
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Gravity Czech
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3A: Czech Pale Lager
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Jefferson County Home
Brewers
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3rd
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Mike & Stephanie Butler
Olathe, KS
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Czech Mate
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3B: Czech Premium Pale
Lager
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Kansas City Bier
Meisters
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Category 3 - European Amber Lager (18 entries)
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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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Darren Vaughn
Tulsa, OK
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Marzen
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6A: Marzen
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Fellowship of Oklahoma
Ale Makers (FOAM)
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2nd
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Joshua Boldt
Festus, MO
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Rowdy Rooster
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6A: Marzen
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Jefferson County Home
Brewers
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3rd
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Abel Pina & Greg
Fitzgerald
Las Vegas, NV
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Atomic Oktoberfest 21
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7A: Vienna Lager
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Americus Homebrewers
Association (AHA!)
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Category 4 - Dark
Lager (16 entries)
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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 Phillips
Nora
Springs, IA
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May the Schwarz Be With You
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8B: Schwarzbier
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Iowa Minnesota Society Of
Brewers (IAMNSOB)
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2nd
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Travis Lott
Maple
Grove, MN
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Beer 2
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3D: Czech Dark Lager
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Brew Tang Clan
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3rd
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Mike Milne
Medina, MN
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Dark Side of the Czech
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3D: Czech Dark Lager
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Brew Tang Clan
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Category 5 - Bock (8
entries)
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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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Doppleganger
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9A: Doppelbock
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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2nd
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Eric Martin
Lee's
Summit, MO
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Inebriator
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9A: Doppelbock
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Jason Huck
Fargo, ND
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The Eis Man Cometh
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9B: Eisbock
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 6 - LIght
Hybrid Beer (13 entries)
Category 7 - Amber
Hybrid Beer (6 entries)
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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 |
Caleb Meinke
Cambridge, WI |
Westfalen |
7B: Altbier |
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| 2nd |
Adam Skjefstad
Big Lake,
MN |
Amber Lager |
2B:
International Amber Lager |
River City
Brewers [MN] |
| 3rd |
Darren Vaughn
Tulsa, OK |
Hobier |
2B:
International Amber Lager |
Fellowship of
Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
Category 8 - English Pale Ale (9 entries)
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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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Giovanni Piva
St.
Louis, MO
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Smashing London
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11C: Strong Bitter
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STL Brewhogs
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2nd
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Eric Martin
Lee's Summit, MO
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Timothy
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11B: Best Bitter
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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3rd
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Jesse Lott
Apple
Valley, MN
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Protect Ya Neck
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12A: English Golden Ale
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Brew Tang Clan
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Category
9 - Scottish and Irish Ale (5 entries)
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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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Simon Clark
Kansas
City, KS
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Gond
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15A: Irish Red Ale
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Ed Bove
Bourbonnais, IL
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Claymore
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17C: Wee Heavy
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Brewers of South Suburbia
(BOSS)
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3rd
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Kyle Kiely
St. Louis,
MO
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One More
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15A: Irish Red Ale
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Category 10 -
American Ale (14 entries)
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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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Brandon Kessler
Denver,
CO
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The Untouchable
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18B: American Pale Ale
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C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
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2nd
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Marc Prichard
Edmund,
OK
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Brown
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19C: American Brown Ale
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Red Earth Brewers
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3rd
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Edward O'Neill
St.
Louis, MO
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Amber Waves of Grain
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19A: American Amber Ale
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St. Louis Brews
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Category
11 - English Brown and
Mild (6 entries)
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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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Matt Koval
Forest Lake,
MN
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Guttersnipe
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13A: Dark Mild
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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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Kevin Rael
Tomball, TX
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English Brown Ale
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13B: English Brown Ale
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Cane Island Alers (CIA)
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Category 12
- Porter (10 entries)
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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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Matt Koval
Forest Lake, MN
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Valkyrie
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9C: Baltic Porter
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2nd
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Mac Butcher
Tulsa, OK
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Porter Potty
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20A: American Porter
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Fellowship of Oklahoma
Alemakers (FOAM)
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3rd
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Jesse Lott
Apple
Valley, MN
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Hard To Spot Micro Dots
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13C: English Porter
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Brew Tang Clan
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Category 13 - Stout (19
entries)
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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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Jarrett Long & John
Bates
Arlington, TX
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No Rain Needed In Dublin
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15B: Irish Stout
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Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
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2nd
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Scott Sykes
Plymouth,
MN
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Buffalo Soldier
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16C: Tropical Stout
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Motley Brue - Twin Cities Home
Brew Club
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3rd
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Joel McGormley
Zionsville, IN
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French Trader
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20C: Imperial Stout
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Category 14 - American and Double
IPA (13 entries)
Category 15 - Other
IPA (11 entries)
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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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Gerad Miller
Dayton, OH
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Once It Hits Your Lips, It's
So Good
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21B7: New England IPA
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Dayton Regional Amateur
Fermentation Technologists
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2nd
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John Luhmann
Altoona,
IA
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Smg NEIPA
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21B7: New England IPA
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Iowa Brewers Union
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3rd
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Jason Freeman
Lakeville, MN
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R.A.A.A.
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21B: Specialty IPA
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South Side Barley Crushers
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Category 16 -
German Wheat and Rye (12 entries)
Category 17 - Belgian and
French Ale (18 entries)
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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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Dominick Dufner
St.
Louis, MO
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New Hit Single
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26A: Trappist Single
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STL Brewhogs
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2nd
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Jay Highfill
Prairie
Village, KS
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Lets Get Jiggy Wit It
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24A: Witbier
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Kansas City BierMeisters
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3rd
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Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Death Whoosh
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25B: Saison
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 18 - Sour Ale (13
entries)
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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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Adam Skjefstad
Big
Lake, MN
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Flanders Red
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23B: Flanders Red Ale
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River City Brewers [MN]
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2nd
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Cody Cannon
Jenks, OK
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Old Brown
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23C: Oud Bruin
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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3rd
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Cody Cannon
Jenks, OK
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Grapefruit Fields Forever
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28C: Wild Specialty Beer
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM)
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Category 19 - Belgian
Strong Ale (18 entries)
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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 Woodcock
Sweetwater, TN
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Three Dry Sheets
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26C: Belgian Tripel
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Blount County Homebrewers
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2nd
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Kevin Wojdak
Elk Grove
Village, IL
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Kick 2020 In the Ass Quad
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26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
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Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG)
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3rd
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Tom Roan & Nancy Bowser
Fargo, ND
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Nailed It
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25A: Belgian Blond Ale
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Category 20 - Strong Ale
(10 entries)
Category 21 - Fruit Beer
(4 entries)
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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 Rael
Tomball, TX
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Blackberry Pomegranate
Berliner Weisse
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29A: Fruit Beer
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Cane Island Alers (CIA)
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2nd
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Joel McGormley
Zionsville, IA
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Tartnado
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29A: Fruit Beer
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3rd
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Kyle Kiely
St. Louis,
MO
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Banana Bandana
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29A: Fruit Beer
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Category 22 -
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (15 entries)
Category 23 - Smoke Flavored/Wood
Aged Beer (13 entries)
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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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Jarrett Long & John Bates
Arlington, TX
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Aye Mate
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33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
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Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
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2nd
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Giovanni Piva
St.
Louis, MO
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Devil’s Happy Hour
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32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
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STL Brewhogs
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3rd
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Alex Dropkin
Chicago,
IL
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Rauch Me Amadeus
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6B: Rauchbier
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C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
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Category 24 - Specialty Beer
(17 entries)
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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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Anything Gose
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27A1: Gose
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Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale
Makers (FOAM) [OK]
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2nd
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Kevin Olson
Raymore, MO
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Common Cents
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27A6: Kentucky Common
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ZZHops Homebrewing Club
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3rd
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Jeff Landers
Hoffman
Estates, IL
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I Drink My Beer In A 40 Oz'er
In A Paper Bag - Malt Liquor
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34A: Clone Beer
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Urban Knaves of Grain
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Category 25 - Traditional Mead
(7 entries)
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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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Tim Leber
Kent, WA
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Dr. Quince
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M1A: Dry Mead
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Kansas City Bier Meisters
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2nd
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Nathan Steigman
St.
Paul, MN
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Recentibus
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M1A: Dry Mead
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Minnesota Home Brewers
Association
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3rd
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Nathan Steigman
St. Paul, MN
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Insula
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M1C: Sweet Mead
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Minnesota Home Brewers
Association
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Category 26 - Fruit Mead
(17 entries)
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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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Matthew Mead
Grand
Rapids, MI
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Michigan U-Pick: Danube Cherry
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M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
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Michigan Mead Coalition
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2nd
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Matthew Mead
Grand Rapids, MI
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Like Warm Apple Pie
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M2A: Cyser
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Michigan Mead Coalition
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3rd
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Matthew Mead
Grand Rapids, MI
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Goodbye Moonmen - A Song By
Fart
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M2B: Pyment
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Michigan Mead Coalition
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Category 27 - Spice and
Specialty Mead (16 entries)
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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 Meintsma
Wayzata,
MN
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That's Like ... Your Opinion
Man ... #84.2
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M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
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Minnesota Home Brewers
Association
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2nd
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Nathan Steigman
St. Paul, MN
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Najsłodszy Grzech
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M4B: Historical Mead
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Minnesota Home Brewers
Association
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3rd
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Christopher Skottegard
Burnsville, MN
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English Candy
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M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
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South Side Barley Crushers
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Category 28 and 29 - Cider and
Perry (13 entries)
Category 30 - Halloween Theme
Beer/Mead/Cider (8 entries)
Category 31 - Fresh Killed Hops
(5 entries)
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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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Alex Williams & Patrick
Williams
Kansas City, MO
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Gutter Grown Grisette
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36A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer
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Big Easy Homebrewers
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3rd
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Vincent Rokke
Fargo, ND
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Harvest 21
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36A: Fresh Killed Hops Beer
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Prairie Homebrewing Companions
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Hoppy
Halloween 2021 medals and awards
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