July 28, 2014 at 11:37am
The first-annual Aroma of Tacoma home brewing competition is in the books. Saturday, July 26, before the big Harmon Brewing Co. Progressive Party at Harmon Tap Room and The Hub, around 30 home brewers filled the tables in the Tap Room's Harmon Garden as Casey Williams and Trevor Nichol handed out medals and plaques to the best home brewers in the, well, the world as winners were announced as far away as Europe.
Harmon Brewing Co. and Mash teamed up to sponsor Aroma of Tacoma, but Williams and Nichol ran the show, inviting home brewers to brew beers in 23 beer styles using handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers. Saturday, July 19, judges gathered at the Harmon Hub in Tacoma's Stadium District and sampled the "brew"-testant's beers. It was a BJCP sanctioned home brewing competition with Pro-Am selections.
Saturday morning, the regional home brewers gathered in the Garden to drink beer before 11 a.m. and laugh their asses off as Tacoma home brewers Williams and Nichol announced the winners. The names given to the home brews were freakin' hilarious. Here is the list of winners:
Pro/Am Selections
(Brewer's Name - Entry Name - Commercial Brewery - Style)
#1 - Randall Breedlove - The Geek - Tacoma Brewing Co. - IPA
#2 - Tim Frommer - C. D. Saison - Engine House No. 9 - Saison
#3 - Tony Ochsner - Waimea Blood Orange Pale Ale - The RAM - American Pale Ale
#4 - Jay Walker and Shawn Anderson - Hop Denim - Harmon Brewing Co. - Double IPA
#5 - Dioni De Morena - Die Wasp - Wingman Brewers - Kolsch
Light Lagers/Hybrids
(Place - Brewer's Name - Entry Name - Style - Club)
1st - Dioni De Morena - Die Wasp - Kolsch - Cascade Brewers Guild
2nd - Garth Donald - Forgotten Brew - Blonde Ale - Regicidre Brewing
3rd - Ernie Smith - DABble - Dortmunder Export - IBU (Intellectual Brewers Union)
Maillard Duck
(Place - Brewer's Name - Entry Name - Style - Club)
1st - Tony Ochsner - Black Dog - Schwarzbier - Chop & Brew
2nd - Chris Tracy - Marzen - Oktoberfest/Marzen
Ales of the British Isles
1st - Tony Ochsner - Talli The Timid - Mild - Chop & Brew
2nd - Jeffrey French - Frenchy's Bitter - Standard/Ordinary Bitter
3rd - Dioni De Morena - Highlands Calf - Scottish Light 60 - Cascade Brewers Guild
Freedom Ales
1st - Mark Aichele - 5280 Pale Ale - American Pale Ale
2nd - Andrew Czarniak - Red Right Returning - American Amber Ale - Bay Area Mashers
3rd - Mathew Wisner - Breakfast For Dinner - American Brown Ale
The Darkness
1st - Ken Buckley - Chocolate Covered Espresso Bean Stout - Foreign Extra Stout - Impaling Alers
2nd - Andrew Czarniak - Post Captain - Brown Porter - Bay Area Mashers
3rd - Brian Heckard - Vladimir Putin American Stout - American Stout
Wolf of the Willows
1st - Jay Walker - Hop Denim - Imperial IPA
2nd - Patrick Dutmers - Super Sim IPA - American IPA
3rd - Daniel Christensen - End Of The Line IPA - American IPA - IBU (Intellectual Brewers Union)
Battle of the Bulge
1st - Charles Macaluso - Big Dipper - Belgian Specialty Ale
2nd - Tim Frommer - C.D. Saison - Saison Cascade Brewers Guild
3rd - Chris Tracy - Stable Boy Summer Session Saison - Saison
Honorable Mention - Steve Taylor - Bigfoot Belgian Pale Ale - Belgian Pale Ale
Belgian Strong/Strong Ales
1st - Kevin Blaylock - Bromance Barleywine - English Barleywine Headlock Brewing
2nd - Dioni De Morena - Red Bulldog - American Barleywine - Cascade Brewers Guild
3rd - Brian Heckard - Garbo Golden Ale - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Fruit/Veg/Wood
1st - Ernie Smith - G Ma's Porch - Fruit Beer - IBU (Intellectual Brewers Union)
2nd - Charles Macaluso - Barking Dog Of The Hair - Wood-Aged Beer
3rd - Darren Gordon - Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Russian Imperial Stout Wood-Aged Beer
Honorable Mention - Nicholas Marianetti - Ginger Kumquat Saison - Fruit Beer
The Kitchen Sink
1st - Gregory Marlor - Vitis Vinifera - Specialty Beer - CHUG
2nd - James Frazer - Spruce Springsteen - Specialty Beer - Hill City Homebrewers
3rd - Daniel Christensen - Symphony - Specialty Beer - IBU
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