Congratulations to our winners!

A big thank you to Rob Staab & the Ames and Des Moines, Iowa Homebrewers Company, for helping us judge 380 entries! The GCFB Homebrew Contest was a huge success and we appreciate everyone who made it possible and we would also like to thank everyone that participated.

1. American Barleywine	Rick Srigley, Boone, IA
2. Scottish 60/-	Chris Cook, Orland Park, IL
3. American Ale	Brett Glenna, Lakeville, MN

Light Lagers
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	01.D. Munich Helles	Belles Helles	Lee Paulsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Beer Nuts
2	01.C. Premium American Lager	PREMIUM	PAUL VOGEL	FARGO, ND	Prarie Homebrewing Companions
3	01.D. Munich Helles	Helles Yeah!	Geoffrey Sonntag	TONGANOXIE, KS
Pilseners
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	02.A. German Pilsner	German Pilsner	Wes  Rader	Fort wayne , IN	Mad Anthony Serious Homebrewers
2	02.A. German Pilsner	3rd Time Lucky	Dean and Eric Cox and Klerck	Wichita, KS
3	02.C. Classic American Pilsner	Holiday Honey Pils	Chip Riedmann	Omaha, NE
European Amber Lager
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	03.A. Vienna Lager	Summer Love	James Henjum	Stillwater, MN	Saint Paul Homebrewers
2	03.A. Vienna Lager	Pequeno Benritto Cerveza	Dave Morse	Burlington, IA	Burlington Makers Of Beer
3	03.A. Vienna Lager	Vienna Lager	Richard McLain	Davenport, IA
Dark Lager
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	04.A. Dark American Lager	American Dark	PAUL VOGEL	FARGO, ND	Prarie Homebrewing Companions
2	04.B. Munich Dunkel	Taylor Ridge Dark Lager	Joe Wietlispach	Taylor Ridge, IL	Mississippi Unquenchable grail zymurgiest
3	04.C. Schwarzbier	Hermit	Kara Walling	Omaha, NE
Bock
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	05.A. Maibock/Helles Bock	Mai Bock	thomas malowski	Omaha, NE	railroaders brew club
2	05.B. Traditional Bock	Breakfast Bock	Rick Reilly	Fargo, ND	Prairie Homebrew Companions
3	05.C. Doppelbock	DoppleVision	Dave Batcheller	Fargo, ND	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
Light Hybrid
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	06.A. Cream Ale	Golden Cream	PAUL VOGEL	FARGO, ND	Prarie Homebrewing Companions
2	06.C. Kolsch	Swampwater Kolsch	Brett Glenna	Lakeville, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3	06.D. American Wheat or Rye Beer	Golden Wheat	thomas malowski	Omaha, NE	railroaders brew club
Amber Hybrid
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	07.B. California Common Beer	California Sippin	Harry Bielawski	St. John, IN	BOSS - Brewers of South Suburbia
2	07.B. California Common Beer	Stranger Creek Common	Geoffrey Sonntag	TONGANOXIE, KS
3	07.A. Northern German Altbier	Balt	David St. Peter	Bourbonnais, IL	Brewers Of South Suburbia
English Pale Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	08.B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter	Special Bitter	Terry Frey	Orland Park, IL	Brewers of South Suburbia
2	08.B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter	Monarch Ridge English Pale Ale	Dean and Eric Cox and Klerck	Wichita, KS
3	08.A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter	The Sore Loser	Lee Paulsen	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Beer Nuts
Scottish & Irish Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	09.A. Scottish Light 60/-	60 Schilling	chris cook	Overland Park, KS	The Brewing Network
2	09.E. Strong Scotch Ale	Scotch	Mike Beuning	Avon, MN	Cloudy Town Brewers
3	09.C. Scottish Export 80/-	Captain Lauries Export 80	Eric Wentling	Waconia, MN	Jack Of All Brews
American Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	10.A. American Pale Ale	Pale Rider	Brett Glenna	Lakeville, MN	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2	10.C. American Brown Ale	Beaten Clown	robert wappel	Schaumburg, IL	Club Wort
3	10.C. American Brown Ale	Fulya Brown	thomas malowski	Omaha, NE	railroaders brew club
English Brown Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	11.C. Northern English Brown Ale	Oak Butt Brown	David Motter	Peoria, IL
2	11.C. Northern English Brown Ale	English Brown	Ed Vandegrift	Lees Summit, MO	ZZ Hops
3	11.A. Mild	Peter Jensen	Peter Jensen	Sioux Falls, SD
Porter
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	12.A. Brown Porter	Brunett Porter	Lonnie Whipple	Ankeny, IA
2	12.B. Robust Porter	Magnus Porter Number One	Christopher Ellis	Chicago, IL
3	12.B. Robust Porter	Oatmeal Porter	Nathan Parsons	Metamora, IL
Stout
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	13.F. Russian Imperial Stout	Not quite imperial	Steve Piatz	Eagan, MN	MHBA
2	13.E. American Stout	Oat Chaos	Michael Calvin	Seymour, IN	Columbus Area Classic Alers
3	13.F. Russian Imperial Stout	Lahar	Paul Goedken	Wichita, KS
IPA
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	14.B. American IPA	Spring in My Step IPA	Mish AWAKA	Mishawaka, IN
2	14.C. Imperial IPA	Haupts Sinus Coma	Tony Kutzke	Saint Paul, MN	Primary Fermenters Brewers and Vintners of MN
3	14.B. American IPA	IPA	Lance Irvin	Wichita, KS	Derby Brew Club
German Wheat & Rye Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	15.A. Weizen/Weissbier	Summertime Supine	Brad Gregory	Minneapolis, MN	St. Paul Homebrewers Club
2	15.A. Weizen/Weissbier	Grapefruit Weizen	Jason Sweat	Bettendorf, IA	Mississippi Unquenchable Grail Zymurgists
3	15.A. Weizen/Weissbier	Hefeweizen	Deb Puls	LaPorte City, IA
Belgian & French Ales
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	16.B. Belgian Pale Ale	The Golden Ace	Sam Fisk	Galesburg, IL	G.O.N.Z.O. Brewers
2	16.A. Witbier	Sweet Paradise Witbeer	Jack Fuqua	Zionsville, IN
3	16.D. Biere de Garde	Imperial Pharmhouse Ale	Sam Fisk	Galesburg, IL	G.O.N.Z.O. Brewers
Sour Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	17.D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic	Fortuitous	Kara Walling	Omaha, NE
2	17.A. Berliner Weisse	Berliner Weisse	Terry Frey	Orland Park, IL	Brewers of South Suburbia
3	17.F. Fruit Lambic	Dawsons Kriek	John Kassie	Cedar Rapids, IA
Belgian Strong Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	18.D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Mephistopheles	Dave Morse	Burlington, IA	Burlington Makers Of Beer
2	18.A. Belgian Blond Ale	Blue Eyes	TomRoan NancyBowser	Fargo, ND	Prairie Homebreing Companions
3	18.C. Belgian Tripel	Three Way Thai Tripel	Paul Goedken	Wichita, KS
Strong Ale
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	19.C. American Barleywine	Old Griz	Rick Srigley	Boone, IA
2	19.C. American Barleywine	Swizzlenuts Barleywine	Ben Ware	Ankeny, IA
3	19.C. American Barleywine	The Big O	Tony Kutzke	Saint Paul, MN	Primary Fermenters Brewers and Vintners of MN
Fruit Beer
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	20.A. Fruit Beer	Absolutely Apricot	Randy Pierson	Algona, IA
2	20.A. Fruit Beer	Blackberry Kolsch	Mark Beatty	Lincoln, NE	Lincoln Lagers
3	20.A. Fruit Beer	Peter Jensen	Peter Jensen	Sioux Falls, SD
Spice/herb/vegetable beers
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	21.A. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	Dragons Breath	Dave Morse	Burlington, IA	Burlington Makers Of Beer
2	21.A. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	Cappuccino Stout	Eric Wentling	Waconia, MN	Jack Of All Brews
3	21.B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer	Cure For the Inlaws	thomas malowski	Omaha, NE	railroaders brew club
Smoke and Wood beers
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	22.C. Wood-Aged Beer	Oaked Double Rye Imperial Red	Deb Puls	LaPorte City, IA
2	22.B. Other Smoked Beer	Smoked Porter	Dave Batcheller	Fargo, ND	Prairie Homebrewing Companions
3	22.C. Wood-Aged Beer	Burbon Barrel Old Ale	Philip Holtzleiter	brooklyn center, MN
Specialty beers
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	23.A. Specialty Beer	Red Rye Ale	Greg Dare	Pekin, IL	Homebrewers of Peoria
2	23.A. Specialty Beer	Black Oyster Stout - 2 in same category 23A	Harlan Bergeleen	Wessington Springs, SD
3	23.A. Specialty Beer	Gluten-Free Sorghum Beer	Mark Beatty	Lincoln, NE	Lincoln Lagers
Mead and Ciders
Place	BJCP SubCategory	Name of Brew	Brewer Name	Location	Club Name
1	27.A. Common Cider	Rocky Mountain MC Cider	Rick Young	MOUNT VERNON, IA
2	25.C. Other Fruit Melomel	Mixed Berry Melomel	Deb Puls	LaPorte City, IA
3	24.B. Semi-Sweet Mead	Traditional Mead	William A McDermott	Toledo, OH

• WHAT: A regional BJCP registered Homebrew competition where you don't have to go to the effort of packing and shipping your beer. Simply register online, then drop 2 bottles of your beer off at any Granite City Food and Brewery location, along with the entry fee and we will take care of shipping for you.
  
  
• WHEN: Entries should be registered online, then dropped off at any Granite City Food & Brewery location between the dates of April 11th and April 25th. We will then transport entries back to the judging location in Des Moines, Iowa.
  
  
• COST: $3 per entry
  
  
• PRIZES: Winner of "Best of Show" will have their beer brewed as our summer seasonal beer. Category winners will each receive one $50 Granite City Food & Brewery gift certificate per month for 12 months. 2nd and 3rd place in each category will receive a commerative award recognizing their achievement.
  
  
• WHO'S RUNNING THE COMPETITION: The competition is being hosted by Granite City Food and Brewery. We will be assisted in judging by the Iowa Brewers Union, and the Ames Brewers League. Anyone interested in Judging should contact Bob McKenzie at .
  
  

1. ELIGIBILITY: Contestants will be considered as an individual entrant on the basis of the person's name appearing on the registration form. The organizer, registrar, judge director and assistant registrars may enter, but steps will be taken to ensure anonymity of entries. No judge may judge a category they have entered.
   
   
2. THE BREWERY: Homebrewers may not use homebrewing facilities other than their own unless brewed with the help of the owner of the homebrewing facilities. Furthermore, the Beer must be entered under the names of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in commercially licensed facilities or brew-on-premises, whether for commercial research or production or any other purposes are ineligible.
   
   
3. ENTRY LIMITATIONS: Contestants may not submit more than one entry in any one sub-category. The same brewer's or co-brewers name can not appear on more than one beer entered into a subcategory. For example, if John Smith enters a barley wine he can not have another barley wine entry even if the second entry has Sue Jones as a co-brewer. In the event that an entrant violates this rule all the entries with that brewer's name associated with them in the subcategory will be disqualified.
   
   
4. ENTRANT'S RESPONSIBILITIES: it is the sole responsibility of the entrant to complete all registration and entry forms, enclosed proper entry fee, and designate the proper category and subcategory in which they want their entry to be judged. Under no circumstances will the registrar or judges reclassify an entry.
   
   
5. CLASSIFICATION OF CATEGORIES: Beer will be judged in categories and subcategories listed on the BJCP website. These may be viewed at www.bjcp.org. Entries will be referred to by category NUMBER and subcategory LETTER. The beers will be judged in the category and subcategory listed on the entry form by the entrant. The organizer may compress categories to ensure there are enough entries in each to category to create a fair competition.
   
   
6. RECIPES: must be included when registering, entering the competition indicates that you release your recipe to Granite City Food and Brewery. If Granite City Food and Brewery do choose to brew a beer based on your recipe you will not be eligible for payment of any type. If the Best of Show Winner is of a style which the brewers at Granite City Food and Brewery feel we cannot brew for any reason then we will choose another beer from the Best of Show Judging round. Examples of beer styles that would be unlikley to be brewed are Sour Beers, certain examples of fruit, spiced and vegetable beers, and some smoked beers. However these beers may still be entered in the competition and will not be discriminated against in any way during judging.