2000 Michigan State Fair Homebrew Competition Winners Circle

There were 264 entries in the 2000 Michigan State Fair Homebrew Competition. Winners were announced Saturday, August 26, 2000 at Best-of-Show Judging and Awards Presentation.

The 2000 Best-of-Show Winner was Rick Georgette, who brewed a wonderful Cream Ale. Nice going Rick! All judges and others who tasted the beer after the judging were impressed.

The Rex Halfpenny Award is sponsored by Five Star Products. This award goes to the brewer with the most winning beers in the Homebrew Competition. The award is named in honor of Rex Halfpenny, a Michigan beer activist and publisher of the Michigan Beer Guide. Rex has been actively involved with Michigan beer for years and played a key role in getting Michigan House Bill 4850 passed, which officially made home brewing legal in the State of Michigan. Rex is a BJCP Honorary Master Beer Judge and is currently serving a two year term as BJCP Regional Director. He also founded the Michigan Brewers Guild and served until recently as its Executive Director. He currently serves as Director of Marketing for Rochester Mills Beer Company and Royal Oak Brewery.

The 2000 Rex Halfpenny Award went once again to Rick Georgette, who had five winning entries out of the twelve he entered in the competition. Great job Rick! Wow!

The Winners Circle 5150 American Lager/Light Ale Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Rick Georgette Cream Ale   2  Richard Scott American Lager Downriver Brewers Guild 3  Rick Georgette Blonde Ale   5151 European Pale Lager Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Rick Georgette Dortmunder Export 2  Mike Winnie Czech Mate Pilsener   3  Bob Scholl 2 Dog Helles AABG 5152 India Pale Ale Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Dave Brown & Colette Harris Dogface IPA   2  Reed Conner 2 Fisted Ale C.R.A.F.T 3  Sandy Barris Heart of Hops  Pontiac Brewing Tribe 5152 Bitter/English Pale Ale Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Greg Brown Ol' Red   2  Aaron Lyon The Queen is Still Dead North State Brewers Cooperative 3  Greg Brown Strong Bitter/English Pale Ale   5153 Scottish Ale/Brown Ale/Mild Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Aaron Lyon Mo' Bitter Brown North State Brewers Cooperative 2  Ian McClure Winters Heart   3  Jeff Carlson J.R.'s Best Brown Ale Primetime Brewers 5154 American Pale Ale/California Common Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Jeff Carlson Westside Common Primetime Brewers 2  Rick Georgette American Pale Ale   3  Denis Fleming American Dream No Restraints Brew Club HM  Paul Kensler BB2K A.A.B.G. HM  Mike Winnie Patriotic Pale   HM  Bill Gornicki Poppy's APA   HM  Thomas Yaeger American Pale Ale Downriver Brewers Guild 5155 German Ale/Wheat Beer Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Mike Winnie Alchemy Alt   2  Rick Georgette Koelsch   3  David Shellie, Mike Shellie & Jeff Dixon Brewmaster's Koelsch   HM  Sandy Barris & Ron Foon Amber Waves Pontiac Brewing Tribe HM  Spencer Thomas Bavarian Wiezen A.A.B.G. 5156 European Amber & Dark Lager/Bock Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Bob Scholl 99 Doppelbock A.A.B.G. 2  Mike Winnie Davisburg Dunkel   3  Greg Brown Vienna Lager   5157 English & Scottish Strong Ale Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Jeffrey Lazarz Black Lizard   2  Anthony Tantillo I could have been a barleywine old ale F.O.R.D. 3  Richard Scott Wee Heavy Downriver Brewers Guild 5158 Barleywine/Imperial Stout Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Eric Fouch Dragon's Breath Primetime Brewers 2  John Rathmell Realm of Osmodius Imperial Stout   3  Aaron Lyon Stalin's Stout North State Brewers Cooperative 5159 Porter Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Pete Bellecy Brown Porter A.A.B.G. 2  Jeff Carlson Plaster Creek Porter Primetime Brewers 3  Thomas Yaeger Porter Downriver Brewers Guild 5160 Stout (Note: Imperial Stout is now in 5158) Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Bill Gornicki Gooch Stout   2  Greg Brown Dry Stout   3  Dan Fortsch Black Rose Stout Port Elizabeth Brewers Guild 5161 Belgian Ale/French Ale/Lambic Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Reed Conner Saison DuPont de Nemoir C.R.A.F.T. 2  Ed & Carol Wolfe P Lambic   3  Eric Fouch Big Meat White Primetime Brewers HM  John Applegarth  Witbier Primetime Brewers HM  Bob Scholl Tripel Trouble A.A.B.G. HM  Craig Wolfangel Graduation Tang #25 A.A.B.G. 5162 Fruit Beer Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Greg Brown Sour Cherry Stout   2  David Cords & T.J. Potter Blueberry Hill F.O.R.D. 3  Jason Smith & Jon Stawowy Heroe Cherry Braggot   5163 Spice/Herb/Vegetable/Smoked Beer Place Brewer's Name Beer Name Club Name 1  Michael Ireland & Crew Rusalka Rye  Skyclad Brewing 2  Jeff Carlson Ginger Spice Ale Primetime Brewers 3  Michael Zammit Spice Beer   HM  Eric Fouch Ol' Punkin Head Primetime Brewers 2000's Prizes Best of Show Engraved 5 gallon glass carboy Femto brewing system from pico Brewing Systems which includes  two 5-gallon 304 stainless steel kettles with copper clad bottoms, bronze valves, SS lids, copper screen and support, braided stainless steel rubber hose, and thermometer Rex Halfpenny Award Five Star Homebrew Cleaning Kit engraved mug engraved pocket knife 1st Place Ribbon 1 liter engraved mug a pack of PBW cleaner from Five Star Chemicals 2nd Place Ribbon 1/2 liter engraved mug a pack of PBW cleaner from Five Star Chemicals 3rd Place Ribbon 1/2 liter engraved mug a pack of PBW cleaner from Five Star Chemicals Honorable Mention (for beers scoring 38 or higher) Ribbon

2000 WINNING RECIPES:

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We would like to thank our 2000 sponsors, who made this competition possible:

Pat Babcock	Mike Bardalis	Bat Bateman	Doug Beedy
Larry Bell	Pete Bellecy	Tom Blake	Doug Bowman
John Brice	Pete Bussa	Joe Clayton	David Cords
Steve Darnell	Tom Dimmer	Jay Emerson	Dave French
Rick Georgette	Rex Halfpenny	James Halleman	Paul Kensler
Len Lescosky	Mike O'Brien	Jeff Renner	Ron Rucins
Bob Scholl	Ken Schramm	Jason Smith	Tim Surprise
Spencer Thomas	Kelly Victor	Phil Wilcox	Duncan Williams
Mike Winnie	Nancy Wittle	Craig Wolfangel	Ed Wolfe

And the stewards...
	Jason Henning	Matt Tomlinson