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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  HSA ("A. J. deLange")
  PSBO 11 Results ("H. Dowda")
  AHA Club Only Strong Belgians results! (HamFon\)" <nelson@buildabeer.org>
  Walk The Line On Barleywine - Results! (HamFon\)" <nelson@buildabeer.org>


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Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:40:13 -0500
From: "A. J. deLange" <ajdel at cox.net>
Subject: HSA

Those interested in HSA should listen to the interview with Charlie 
Bamforth at http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/475. For those 
unfamiliar with the gentleman he is the head of food sciences at UCD, 
editor of the JASB, author and/or editor of several books on brewing 
(including 2 new ones)  etc. (with the etc. pretty extensive). His 
position seems to be that HSA is somewhat like global warming: everyone 
worries about it but the evidence doesn't seem to support its existence. 
I chose this comparison intentionally. The issue is a controversial one!

A. .J.


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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:00:01 -0800 (PST)
From: "H. Dowda" <hdowda at yahoo.com>
Subject: PSBO 11 Results

The results from PSBO 11 are posted.

www.sagecat.com/psbo11.htm

We had 349 entries from 18 states.






      


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Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:12:11 -0500
From: "Nelson \(HamFon\)" <nelson at buildabeer.org>
Subject: AHA Club Only Strong Belgians results!

On December 5, we assembled a high powered group of judges including two 
BJCP Masters, several BJCP Nationals, and several Certified and Recognized, 
to judge the American Homebrewers Associatino Club Only Competition for 
Strong Belgian Ales (BJCP style 18).  We had 61 entries, with some excellent 
beers from 32 states (NY and OH both had the highest number of entries by 
state) around the country and from Canada.  Thanks very much to all the 
judges who showed up to help with the judging!

Thanks to all of the entrants too - some great beers!  Here are the winners:
1st Place (and Best Of Show) - Scott Prive from Brew Free or Die in 
Londonderry, NH with a "Triple", Belgian Tripel
2nd Place - Brett Begani from PDX Brewers in Beaverton, OR with "Dubbel 
Time", a Belgian Dubbel
3rd Place - Evan Williams from Charlottesville Area Masters of Real Ale 
(CAMRA) with "Duvus", a Belgian Golden Strong
Congratulations!

I also want to thank Tony at Oldsmar Taphouse (www.OldsmarTaphouse.com) in 
Oldsmar, FL for providing his taphouse all day for our judging - and for 
providing the catered judge lunch, and also for taking such good care of us!

This competition was hosted by Dunedin Brewers Guild of Dunedin, FL, and all 
results are posted on our website at www.DunedinBrewersGuild.com.

Thanks again to all participants!

Nelson Crowle
Competition Coordinator
Nelson at BuildABeer.org 




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Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:18:16 -0500
From: "Nelson \(HamFon\)" <nelson at buildabeer.org>
Subject: Walk The Line On Barleywine - Results!

On December 5, we assembled a high powered group of judges including two 
BJCP Masters, several BJCP Nationals, and several Certified and Recognized, 
to judge the 8th Annual Walk The Line On Barleywine.  We had 34 entries, 
with some excellent beers.  Thanks very much to all the judges who showed up 
to help with the judging!

Thanks to all of the entrants too - some great beers!  Here are the winners:
Best Of Show - Aaron Boerup from Tucson HomeBrew Club in Tucson, AZ, with 
"Hopinator", an Imperial IPA
2nd Place BOS - Michael Cohen from Tampa Bay BEERS in Tampa, FL, with "Mikes 
Mighty Ultimator", a Doppelbock
3rd Place BOS - Barry Cafarelli from Hogtown Brewers in Gainsville, FL, with 
an English Barleywine
Congratulations!

I also want to thank Tony at Oldsmar Taphouse (www.OldsmarTaphouse.com) in 
Oldsmar, FL for providing his taphouse all day for our judging - and for 
providing the catered judge lunch, and also for taking such good care of us!

This competition was hosted by Dunedin Brewers Guild of Dunedin, FL, and all 
results are posted on our website at www.DunedinBrewersGuild.com.

Thanks again to all participants!

Nelson Crowle
Competition Coordinator
Nelson at BuildABeer.org 




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