LongShot - American Homebrew Contest

Samuel Adams® American Homebrew Contest™ Results

The results are in! Congratulations to Ronald Mahan of Kentucky, Ben Miller of New Mexico, Michael Robinson of New Hampshire, and Jason Roeper of Ohio for being selected as finalists in the 2009 Samuel Adams^®American Homebrew Contest^®. All four will join us at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver where we’ll announce which beers will be included in the 2010 LongShot^® variety pack.

If you find yourself at the GABF, please be sure to stop by the LongShot booth to meet the finalists and vote on the third brew to be included in the LongShot variety pack from our Samuel Adams employee homebrew contest.

This year’s LongShot competition yielded over 1,500 entries from just under 1,000 homebrewers! This is proof positive that homebrewing is alive and well!

Score sheets will be mailed to each entrant within the next few weeks. Once again, thank you for participating and congratulations to all of you on a job well done!

Northeast Region (2 finalists)

Best in Show #1: Straight (Unblended) Lambic
Brewer: Jason Roeper

Best in Show #2: Old Ale
Brewer: Michael Robinson

Results	Category	Style	Name
	Category 1 – Light Lagers	Munich Helles	Jason Roeper
	Category 2 – Pilsner	Bohemian Pilsner	William Pozniak
	Category 3 – Euro Amber	Vienna Lager	Jason Roeper
	Category 4 – Dark Lager	Schwarzbier	John Allin II
	Category 5 – Bock	Traditional	Jason Roeper
	Category 6 – Light Hybrid	American Wheat or Rye Beer	Alastair Hewitt
	Category 7 – Amber Hybrid	Düsseldorf Altbier	Edward Westbrook
	Category 8 – Bitter/EPA	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)	Edward Ivanov
	Category 9 – Scottish and Irish Ale	Irish Red Ale	Armand Maniccia
	Category 10 – American Ale	American Brown	George Aldrich
	Category 11 – English Brown Ale	Northern English Brown	Dave Pobutkiewicz
	Category 12 – Porter	Brown Porter	Albert Scheuring
	Category 13 – Stout	American Stout	Scott Mandeville
	Category 14 – IPA	American IPA	Stephen Fischer
	Category 15 – German Weizen &Rye	Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)	Glen Alden
	Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale	Witbier	Fritz Kunas
Finalist	Category 17 – Sour Ale	Straight (Unblended) Lambic	Jason Roeper
	Category 18 – Belgian Strong Ale	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Zajac Matthew
Finalist	Category 19 – Strong Ale	Old Ale	Michael Robinson
	Category 20 – Fruit Beer	Fruit Beer	Justus Suchan
	Category 21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Michael Madden
	Category 22 – Smoke and Wood Aged	Classic Rauchbier	Daniel Gavaletz
	Category 23 – Specialty	Specialty Beer	Kevin Habursky

Central Region (1 finalists)

Best in Show: Maibock
Brewer: Ronald Mahan

	Category	Style	Name
	Category 1 – Light Lagers	Dortmunder Export	Ronald Mahan
	Category 2 – Pilsner	German Pils	Kerry Martin
	Category 3 – Euro Amber	Vienna Lager	Adam Staff
	Category 4 – Dark Lager	Schwartzbier	Jeff Bushner
Finalist	Category 5 – Bock	Maibock	Ronald Mahan
	Category 6 – Light Hybrid	Kolsch	Kerry Martin
	Category 7 – Amber Hybrid	California Common	Martin Hassink
	Category 8 – Bitter/EPA	Special/Best Bitter	Rich Linck
	Category 9 – Scottish and Irish Ale	Scottish Light	Greg Janousek
	Category 10 – American Ale	American Pale	Dustin Peters
	Category 11 – English Brown Ale	North English Brown	Doug Wich
	Category 12 – Porter	Brown Porter	Drew Case
	Category 13 – Stout	American Stout	Keith Baute
	Category 14 – IPA	American IPA	Brad Sturgeon
	Category 14- IPA	American IPA	Jeff Bushner
	Category 15 – German Weizen &Rye	Bavarian Hefeweizen	Brent Stanley
	Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale	Belgian Specialty	Jeff Sparrow
	Category 17 – Sour Ale	Berliner Weisse	Robert McHugh
	Category 18 – Belgian Strong Ale	Tripel	Rodney Kibzey
	Category 19 – Strong Ale	Old Ale	Rick Chaplin
	Category 20 – Fruit Beer	Fruit	Jeff Steele
	Category 21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Dale Markwardt
	Category 22 – Smoke and Wood Aged	Classic Rauchbier	Mark Schoppe
	Category 23 – Specialty	Specialty	Ronald Mahan

Western Region (1 finalists)

Best in Show: Barleywine
Brewer: Ben Miller

	Category	Style	Name
	Category 1 – Light Lagers	Premium American Lager	Jim Maurer
	Category 2 – Pilsner	Classic American Pilsner	Mike Riddle
	Category 3 – Euro Amber	Vienna Lager	Mike Riddle
	Category 4 – Dark Lager	Munich Dunkel	Sean Railing
	Category 5 – Bock	Traditional Bock	Daniel Rosbrugh
	Category 6 – Light Hybrid	Kolsch	Nathan Smith
	Category 7 – Amber Hybrid	California Common	Sean Railing
	Category 8 – Bitter/EPA	English Pale Ale	Arlyn Johns
	Category 9 – Scottish and Irish Ale	Scottish Export	Jason Hanski
	Category 10 – American Ale	American Pale Ale	Matthew Holderfield
	Category 11 – English Brown Ale	Mild Ale	Eric Walter
	Category 12 – Porter	Robust Porter	Michael Frenn
	Category 13 – Stout	Oatmeal Stout	Geoff Suk
	Category 14 – IPA	Imperial IPA	Aaron Boerup
	Category 15 – German Weizen &Rye	Weizen	Craig Myer
	Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale	Witbier	Bret Arnett
	Category 17 – Sour Ale	None	None
	Category 18 – Belgian Strong Ale	Belgian Strong Golden Ale	Arlyn Johns
Finalist	Category 19 – Strong Ale	Barleywine	Ben Miller
	Category 20 – Fruit Beer	Fruit Beer	Carl Hansen
	Category 21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	Dennis Middleton
	Category 22 – Smoke and Wood Aged	Classic Rauchbier	Virg Redman
	Category 23 – Specialty	Specialty	Dan Steward

Please note that this competition was registered with the BJCP as an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition Program (SCP) event and was judged by brewmasters from The Boston Beer Company, beer judges from the Beer Judge Certification Program, and other qualified judges.