26th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Thanks to all who participated in the 26th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.

There were 236 entries judged and 240 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Pennick	Sticky Finger Saison	34C: Experimental Beer	Brew Crew [CO]

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Semi	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Top Wyoming Brewer

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Paul Dey	Yum Yum Juice	3D: Czech Dark Lager	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Accomplice Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Brian Williams	King of the North 2	9C: Baltic Porter	Aurora City Brew Club [CO]

Altitude Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Jerry Hopkins	Berlin Is Nice	23A: Berliner Weisse

DanielMarks Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Logan Wiley Co-Brewer: Devon Lehman	Four Winds	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]

One Eyed Buffalo - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Nicholas Berlingieri Co-Brewer: Chelsea Berlingieri	Infallibly Weiss	10A: Weissbier

Freedom's Edge - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Ernie Smith	Lrh-Nice N Easy	21B: Specialty IPA	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)[WY]

Heavy Medal Brewer (58 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score	Club
1st	Philip Mountain	3	2	0	0	21.03
2nd	Fred Hirsch Best of Show Participant	2	2	1	0	17.02	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Sean Thompson Best of Show Participant	2	1	0	1	13.02	Brew Crew [CO]
	John Horton	2	1	0	1	13.02	Aurora City Brew Club [CO]

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Heavy Medal Club (23 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	Aurora City Brew Club [CO]	4	4	2	1	34.04
2nd	High Plains Drafters [WY]	3	4	7	1	34.03
3rd	Brew Crew [CO]	3	1	3	1	21.03
4th	Rock Hoppers Brew Club	3	1	1	0	19.03
5th	Weiz Guys	0	3	0	0	9.00

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Wimmer	Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Mapleton, Iowa
2nd	Gerald McIlvenna Co-Brewer: Adam McIlvenna	McOva's Hot Summer Lager	1B: American Lager	Aurora, CO
3rd	Ken Howell	Willy Pete Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer	Minot Afb, North Dakota

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Williams	Colorado Oktoberfest	4B: Festbier	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Parker, CO
2nd	Kevin Otting	Person, Woman, Man, Camera, T.V.	4C: Helles Bock	Liquid Poets Fort Collins, CO
3rd	Logan Wiley Co-Brewer: Devon Lehman	Helles Coming With Me	4A: Munich Helles	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson	Nzpils	PRX5: New Zealand Pilsner	ZZHops Homebrewing Club Raymore, MO
2nd	Gerald McIlvenna Co-Brewer: Adam McIlvenna	McOva's Mexican Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Aurora, CO
3rd	Kevin Olson	Kolsch With An Umalut	5B: Kolsch	ZZHops Homebrewing Club Raymore, MO

Table 5: Amber & Dark European Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Dey	Yum Yum Juice	3D: Czech Dark Lager	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
2nd	Scott Ficarra	Rsm20	6C: Dunkels Bock	Weiz Guys Windsor, CO
3rd	Ernie Smith	Lrh-Dragonfly In Amber	7A: Vienna Lager	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)[WY] Casper, WY
HM	Samuel Brewster	I See Your Schwarz Is As Big As Mine	8B: Schwarzbier	ZZHops Homebrewing Club Belton, MO

Table 7: Strong European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Tony Dopplebock Info: Amber/Dark Color	9A: Doppelbock	Rock Hoppers Brew Club Highlands Ranch, CO
2nd	Brian Williams	King of the North 2	9C: Baltic Porter	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Parker, CO
3rd	Miroslav Tomschik	Austmarr	9C: Baltic Porter	Laramie Brew Club Laramie, WY
HM	Mark Pennick	Miss Turtles Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO

Table 8: German Wheat Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Berlingieri Co-Brewer: Chelsea Berlingieri	Infallibly Weiss	10A: Weissbier	Colorado Springs, CO
2nd	Michael Meeks	Sunset Info: Amber/Dark Color	10C: Weizenbock	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle West Lafayette, , IN
3rd	Josh Takacs	Goose & Beebop Hefeweizen	10A: Weissbier	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora, CO

Table 9: Pale and Amber British Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sam Nicholson Co-Brewer: Katie Nicholson	Channel Esb	11C: Strong Bitter	Lakewood Fermentation Club Lakewood, CO
2nd	Philip Mountain	A-Mayes-N'	11B: Best Bitter	Reno, NV
3rd	Samuel Brewster	Extra Special Bitter Phyllis Schlafly	11C: Strong Bitter	ZZHops Homebrewing Club Belton, MO
HM	John Horton	Citra Esb	11C: Strong Bitter	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora, CO

Table 10: Brown British Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ken Howell	Spitfire Dark	13A: Dark Mild	Minot Afb, North Dakota
2nd	Paul Dey	Easy Does It	13A: Dark Mild	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
3rd	Jeremy Bean	Oud-West Porter	13C: English Porter	Littleton, CO

Table 11: Scottish & Irish Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Philip Mountain	Scotty's Scottish Ale	14C: Scottish Export	Reno, NV
2nd	Philip Mountain	Durney's Irish Ale	15A: Irish Red Ale	Reno, NV
3rd	Paul Dey Co-Brewer: Bryce Rogers And Marin Dey	Covid Killer	15C: Irish Extra Stout	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 12: American Porter and Stout (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Gawinski	Little Backstory	20A: American Porter	Salt City Brew Club [NY] Cicero, NY
2nd	Andrew Weaver	Suck It Side Project	20C: Imperial Stout	Lift A Leg Homemade Beer Wood River , IL
3rd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	11-19 Russian Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 13: Dark British Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ernie Smith	Lrh-Lotus Eater Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)[WY] Casper, WY
2nd	Jay Walford Co-Brewer: Brandon Fitzgerald	Knobcone	16A: Sweet Stout	Fort Collins, Colorado
3rd	Anthony Tapia Co-Brewer: Andrew Breitborde	Andoo the Oatman	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Glendale, CA

Table 14: Strong American & British Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Horton	Citra Strong Ale	22B: American Strong Ale	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora, CO
2nd	Scott Ficarra	Todd's Ale	22A: Double IPA	Weiz Guys Windsor, CO
3rd	Jerry Hopkins	I Did It All For Chinookie	22A: Double IPA	Denver, CO

Table 15: Pale American Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Chavez	Patchworx Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora , CO
2nd	Doval Hopper Co-Brewer: Mike McMordie	Sum-Where Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale	Fernley, NV
3rd	Brian Williams	Galaxy Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Parker, CO

Table 16: Amber and Brown American Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Horton	Red Rocks Amber	19A: American Amber Ale	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora, CO
2nd	Rusty Brinkman	Burt's Brown	19C: American Brown Ale	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
3rd	Jerry Hopkins	Long Gone Day Red Ale	19A: American Amber Ale	Denver, CO

Table 17: American & Specialty IPA (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Tapia Co-Brewer: Amado Arteaga	Murphy's Law Info: Double Strength	21B1: Belgian IPA	Glendale, CA
2nd	John Horton	Hazy Dazes Ahead Info: Standard Strength	21B7: New England IPA	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora, CO
3rd	Ernie Smith	Lrh-Nice N Easy Info: This is a session IPA, 3.6% ABV^Session Strength	21B: Specialty IPA	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)[WY] Casper, WY

Table 19: European Sour (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jerry Hopkins	Berlin Is Nice	23A: Berliner Weisse	Denver, CO
2nd	Fred Hirsch	Dalek's Tears	23B: Flanders Red Ale	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
3rd	Sean Thomson Co-Brewer: James Hardy	Spinning Plates Oud Bruin	23C: Oud Bruin	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO

Table 20: Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Philip Mountain	Wait,wit,what?	24A: Witbier	Reno, NV
2nd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Sean Thompson	Beire De Garde Info: Brown Color	24C: Biere de Garde	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO
3rd	Sean Thomson Co-Brewer: Mark Pennick	Guardedly Optimistic Brun Biere De Garde Info: Brown Color	24C: Biere de Garde	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO

Table 21: Strong Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Tapia Co-Brewer: Amado Arteaga	Fantoh Info: Super Strength^Pale Color	25B: Saison	Glendale, CA
2nd	Al Benson	The Winged Bomb	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Las Vegas, Nevada
3rd	Erik Gruber	Saison Info: Super Strength^Pale Color	25B: Saison	N. Lasvegas, Nevada

Table 22: Trappist Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Philip Mountain	Gemini	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Reno, NV
2nd	Richard Gill	Dark Strong	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Las Vegas, NV
3rd	Erik Gruber	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	N. Lasvegas, Nevada

Table 23: Historical & Specialty Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Pennick	Sticky Finger Saison Info: Beer/wine hybrid: Pale, super strength Saison with grapefruit. 20% Sauvignon blanc grapes, 9.7abv, 7 srm, 30 ibu	34C: Experimental Beer	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO
2nd	Patrick Chavez	Citrus Soured Saison Info: Saison base kettle soured beer with Grapefruit, lemon, lime and orange	34C: Experimental Beer	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Aurora , CO
3rd	Cody Deuel	Gruit Info: Historical Gruit brewed with a mix of spices and NO hops. ABV 7.3%	27A: Historical Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 24: Fruit Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Meeks	Kelly Info: Blonde Ale with Pineapple and Rosemary	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle West Lafayette, , IN
2nd	Andrew Weaver	Strawshank Melon Redemption Info: Gose base, watermelon, strawberries, sea salt , coriander , German ale yeast	29A: Fruit Beer	Lift A Leg Homemade Beer Wood River , IL
3rd	Sean Thomson	Guava Wave Tropical Stout Info: The base style is 16C Tropical Stout. The type of fruit used is Guava.	29A: Fruit Beer	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO

Table 25: Spice, Herb & Vegetable Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jerry Hopkins	K-Beck Info: Base style: oatmeal stout Spice: French vanilla coffee bean.	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Denver, CO
2nd	Josh Aune	Slida Pepper Info: An American Amber with a trio of hot peppers added.	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Affton, MO
3rd	Logan Wiley Co-Brewer: Devon Lehman	Four Winds Info: Brown Kviek fermented beer. Brewed with honey, ginger, orange peel, cinnamon, and cloves	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 27: Wood and Smoke Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Beach	Reach For the Sky! Info: American porter Med. Toast oak 6.3% ABV	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers Rocky River, Ohio
2nd	Richard Gill	Highlands Info: wee heavy 17C aged in a whiskey barrel barrel	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Las Vegas, NV
3rd	Nicholas Berlingieri Co-Brewer: Chelsea Berlingieri	No Wall Wheat Ale Info: American Wheat Ale with key lime zest and grains of paradise. Hungarian Oak Cubes soaked in tequila then added to tertiary fermentation.	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Colorado Springs, CO

Table 28: American Wild Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Thomson	Sundrops Golden Sour Ale Info: This is a light and refreshing, yet funky and sour, ale based on a blonde ale style (18A). It is fermented with Brettanomyces Bruxelles, Saccharomyces Cervesiae, and Lactobacillus Plantarum.	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Brew Crew [CO] Denver, CO
2nd	Scott Ficarra	Blackberry Berliner Info: Berliner Weise, lactobacillus brevis, brett brux II, blackberries	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Weiz Guys Windsor, CO
3rd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	4-19 Currants Sour Info: Pilsner malt, wheat malt, flaked oats with darker malts and crystal for color with SG 1.057. Fermented with saison yeast then aged with roeselare blend and dried currants.	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Table 30: Cider (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shawn Bross	Underwood Info: Pomegranate, blueberry	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Rock Hoppers Brew Club Englewood, CO
2nd	Brian Williams	Jims 80th	C1A: New World Cider	Aurora City Brew Club [CO] Parker, CO
3rd	Luke Martinson	For Johnny	C1A: New World Cider	Cheyenne Brewers guild CHEYENNE, WY

Table 31: Traditional Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Semi	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
2nd	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Dry	M1A: Dry Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
3rd	Shawn Bross	Mother Abigail	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Rock Hoppers Brew Club Englewood, CO

Table 32: Fruit, Spice & Specialty Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Sparkles White Chocolate Raspberry Mead Info: White Chocolate and Raspberry mead Raspberry blossom honey	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Rock Hoppers Brew Club Highlands Ranch, CO
2nd	Ed Moore	Sparkles Wit Braggot	M4A: Braggot	Rock Hoppers Brew Club Highlands Ranch, CO
3rd	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Nanking Info: WIldflower honey. Nanking cherry.	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY
HM	Paul Dey	Maple Mead Info: Light maple syrup	M4C: Experimental Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY] Cheyenne, WY

Judging Session Locations and Dates

Depot St (08/13)
08/13/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/14)
08/14/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/15, 9am)
08/15/2020 9:00 AM, MDT

Depot St (08/17)
08/17/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/18)
08/18/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/19)
08/19/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/21)
08/21/2020 6:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (08/22 9am)
08/22/2020 9:00 AM, MDT

Depot St (08/22 11am)
08/22/2020 11:00 AM, MDT

Depot St (08/22 1pm)
08/22/2020 1:00 PM, MDT

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 06/01/2020 1:00 PM, MDT through 08/22/2020 12:00 PM, MDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 06/01/2020 1:00 PM, MDT through 08/08/2020 12:00 PM, MDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 06/01/2020 1:00 PM, MDT through 08/08/2020 12:00 PM, MDT.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.

Entry Shipping Closed

Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 06/01/2020 1:00 PM, MDT through 08/08/2020 12:00 PM, MDT.