2020 Homebrew Competition Summary

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It’s no surprise that 2020 created some challenges for the homebrew competition circuit. Many competitions were canceled, including the National Homebrew Competition and our very own FOAM Cup.

For the competitions that did take place, our FOAM members had some good results. I’m going to cover High Plains Circuit, non-High Plains competitions and the one club competition we managed to pull off this year.

Here is the summary:

  • January – Minnesota Mashout – Minnesota Home Brewers Assoc. & St. Paul Homebrewers Club (High Plains) –
    • 18 entries, no medals
  • February – Winter Buzzz – Kansas City Bier Meisters (High Plains)
    • David Thompson
      • Gold – Biere de Garde
    • David Thompson and Jeffrey Swearingen
      • Silver – Eisbock
    • Gary Elliott –
      • Gold – Gose
      • Bronze – American Brown
  • February – IBU Open – Iowa Brewers Union (High Plains)
    • Steven Shepherd
      • Silver – American Stout
  • March – Champion of the Pint – Garage Brewers Society (High Plains)
    • Alex and Larry Foster
      • Gold – Doppelbock
    • Cody Cannon
      • Bronze – Doppelbock
    • Gary Elliott
      • Gold – American Porter
      • Silver – Gose
      • Bronze – English Porter
      • Bronze – Fruit Beer
  • October – Oktoberfesticuffs – FOAM
    • First place – David Thompson – Munich Helles
    • Second place – Darren Vaughn – Munich Dunkel
    • Third Place – Cody Cannon – Helles
    • There were nine entries in total
  • October – Hoppy Halloween – Prairie Homebrewing Companions
    • Cody Cannon
      • Gold and Best of Show – Sour Ale
    • Darren Vaughn
      • Silver – Saison
    • Gary Elliott
      • Gold – Fruit Beer
      • Silver – Wee Heavy
      • Silver – Dunkels Weissbier
      • Bronze – Vegetable Beer (Rhubarb Gose)

Thanks to everyone that entered a competition and congratulations to all of our winners!

Gary Elliot, VP Competitions