Here's my final comments as well as the winners in every category up to 18 with Dan's in Bold.
Congrats to Dan! What an awesome, strong dark belgian! When you get your scoresheet you'll see that I said I'd drink a "growler or 2 and please send me the recipe" in the comment section.
As an aside, I'll let everyone know in person the facts stated in the following:
We had 19 beers so a 4-judge split panel was employed due to the strength of the beers. I was paired with an apprentice judge and we did the 9 beers entered in: 18 A,B,& E, and the other side of the table did the other 9 in:C & D.
We did have to do a mini-bos because of the split panel, to find the category winners, but our side was told that we could "sit in" but we'd have no "input", on the final decision on the placement of the beers. {edited by author}
Even so, the experience of having that wonderful, complex belgian strong was the best thing that happened yesterday. The fact that it took the category was never in doubt on my mind, but to be fair, I did NOT know that Dan entered a beer in the comp. and the other 2 judges (1 master and 1 national) made the call. I'm sorry I only scored it a 40, and am glad it was 2nd runner up in BOS!
We can't win them all, but we're doing darn good!
Keep up the great brewing!
Sorry Brad N. for not getting a place for your dunkel or Cali., both were good, but maybe next comp! Thanks for the transportation and the stop off at The Bruery on the way home.
Here are the Results:
Best of Show
1st Place Chris Simental, Heather Richman Pacific Gravity
Light Hybrid Beer 06 Kolsch - c
2nd Place Justin Kleffman, Jason Korniski
American Ale 10 American Brown Ale - c
3rd Place Daniel Hempy BrewCommune
Belgian Strong Ale 18 Belgian Dark Strong Ale -e
Light Lager
1st Eric Stiffler Standard American Lager - b
2nd Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Standard American Lager - b
3rd Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Dortmunder Export - e
Pilsner
1st Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Classic American Pilsner - c
2nd Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Pilsner 02 German Pilsner - a
3rd Hal Ward Long Beach Homebrewers Pilsner 02 Bohemian Pilsner - b
European Amber Lager
1st Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Vienna Lager - a
2nd Todd Yenche The Brewing Network Oktoberfest - b
Dark Lager
1st Carl Townsend Pacific Gravity Munich Dunkel - b
2nd Todd Yenche The Brewing Network Munich Dunkel - b
3nd Tom Kopacz Long Beach Homebrewers Schwarzbier - c
Bock
1st Joseph Nascenzi Pacific Gravity Dopplebock - c
2nd Julian Shragoj Long Beach Homebrewers Maibock/Helles Bock - a
3rd Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Traditional Bock - b
Light Hybrid
1st Chris Simental, Heather Richman Pacific Gravity Kolsch - c
2nd Craig Corley Pacific Gravity Kolsch - c
2nd Mark Naaktgeboren American Wheat or Rye Beer
Honorary Karsen Luthi Cream Ale - a
Amber Hybrid
1st Joseph Nascenzi Pacific Gravity North German Altbier - a
2nd Rene Velasco California Common Beer - b
3rd Norman Jufer Inland Empire Brewers Northern German Altbier - a
English Pale
1st Chris Simental, Heather Richman Pacific Gravity Standard/Ordinary Bitter - a
2nd William Walker Strand Brewers Standard/Ordinary Bitter - a
3rd Kexx Singleton Standard/Ordinary Bitter - a
Scottish and Irish
1st Tim Bardet, Greg Beron, Carl Townsend Pacific Gravity Strong Scotch Ale - e
2nd Jason Levin Pacific Gravity Scottish Heavy 70/- - b
2nd Chris Simental, Heather Richman Pacific Gravity Irish Red Ale - d
American Ale
1st Justin Kleffman, Jason Korniski American Brown Ale - c
2nd Justin Kleffman Jason Korniski American Pale Ale - a
3rd Justin Kleffman Jason Korniski American Amber Ale - b
English Brown
1st Carl Townsend Pacific Gravity Southern English Brown - b
2nd Brian Miller Southern English Brown - b
3rd Rob Proffitt Strand Brewers' Club Northern English Brown - c
Porter
1st Jay Ankeney, Donna Boyce The Strand Brewers Brown Porter - a
2nd Daniel Hempy BrewCommune Robust Porter - b
3rd Everett Gardnere Baltic Porter - c
Stout
1st James Hilbing Strand Brewers Russian Imperial Stout -f
2nd Kelsey McNair QUAFF American Stout -e
3rd Alexander Schlee Foreign Extra Stout -d
IPA
1st Erik First American IPA - b
2nd Mark Naaktgeboren American IPA - b
3rd Carl Townsend Pacific Gravity American IPA - b
German Wheat and Rye
1st Thomas Lee Bakofsky, Andrew Bakofsky Pacific Gravity Weizenbock - c
2nd Todd Yenche The Brewing Network Weizenbock - c
3rd Bruce Gietzen Pacific Gravity Weizen/Weissbier - a
Belgian and French
1st Ric Adams Long Beach Homebrewers Belgian Specialty Ale -e
2nd Chris Weinmann, Bruce Williamson Saison - c
3rd Todd Peterson Crown of the Valley Saison - c
Honorary James Hilbing Strand Brewers Belgian Specialty Ale -e
Belgian Strong Ale
1st Daniel Hempy BrewCommune Belgian Dark Strong Ale -e
2nd James Hilbing Strand Brewers Belgian Tripel - c
3rd Craig Corley Pacific Gravity Belgian Dubbel - b
2008 Pacific Cup Recap and list of winners
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2008 Pacific Cup Recap and list of winners
Last edited by spkrtoy on Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Thanks Lyn. Glad you had a good time judging AND that my beer impressed you. I think that one will get a little better with some additional aging. I'm really sorry now that my Kolsch disappeared before I could enter it!!
I might've given the BOS winner a real run for his money with that one. 
Thanks Mike.
Dan
I might've given the BOS winner a real run for his money with that one. Thanks Mike.
Dan
