31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Shannon Albeke, James Allen, Rusty Brinkman, David Carpenter, Jeffrey Conlon, Paul Dey, Blake Ernst, Jess Finlay-Schultz, Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz, Victor Gabriel, Jester Goldman, Aaron Heaton, Fred Hirsch, Jovi Inman, Jay Kinney, James Koebel, Katelyn Kotlarek, Breanna Krueger, Matt Kunze, Philip Lafleur, Brian Leonard, Melanie Mccormack, Gregory Mead, Richard Mincer, Sean Minichiello, Ed Moore, James Morgheim, Kent Ostedgaard, Kevin Otting, Jon Schiller, Douglas Schmidt, Timothy Sipe, Daniel Sisler, Frank Strong, Miroslav Tomschik, Kelli Trujillo, Leo Vitt, Jay Walford, Logan Wiley, Weston Wright

Judges - Best of Show

Shannon Albeke, Rusty Brinkman, David Carpenter, Jess Finlay-Schultz, Jester Goldman, James Koebel, Richard Mincer, Jon Schiller

Stewards

Dennis Barrett, Bill Briggs, Kenneth Hamel, Chad Legerski, Matt Puliafico, Andrew Van Norman, Brent Wickham

Staff

Shannon Albeke, Dennis Barrett, Paul Dey, Blake Ernst

Organizer

Douglas Schmidt

By the Numbers

411 Entries 119 Entrants

40 Judges 7 Stewards 4 Staff

127 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Lager

11 entries

Judges: Rusty Brinkman, Paul Dey (Head Judge), Philip Lafleur, Jon Schiller

Table 2: Standard American Ales

6 entries

Judges: David Carpenter (Head Judge), James Morgheim, Leo Vitt

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager

9 entries

Judges: Blake Ernst, Jay Kinney (Head Judge), Jon Schiller, Daniel Sisler

Table 4: Other Pale Bitter Lager (Leicht, Export, NZ Pils)

10 entries

Judges: Blake Ernst (Head Judge), Jay Kinney, Melanie Mccormack, Kent Ostedgaard

Table 5: Kolsch

9 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Fred Hirsch

Table 6: German Pilsner

8 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Gregory Mead

Table 7: Amber Malty European Lager

6 entries

Judges: Shannon Albeke (Head Judge), James Morgheim, Leo Vitt

Table 8: Amber Bitter European Beer

9 entries

Judges: Shannon Albeke, Jeffrey Conlon, Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz (Head Judge), Gregory Mead, Daniel Sisler, Weston Wright

Table 9: Czech Pale, Amber & Dark Lager

11 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Fred Hirsch

Table 10: Czech Premium Pale Lager

10 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Jess Finlay-Schultz

Table 12: Dark European Lager

15 entries

Judges: David Carpenter (Head Judge), Jeffrey Conlon, Jess Finlay-Schultz, Victor Gabriel, Melanie Mccormack, Sean Minichiello

Table 13: Strong European Beer

8 entries

Judges: James Allen (Head Judge), Victor Gabriel

Table 14: German Wheat Beer

9 entries

Judges: Frank Strong, Logan Wiley (Head Judge)

Table 15: British Bitter

15 entries

Judges: Blake Ernst (Head Judge), Matt Kunze, Kevin Otting, Jon Schiller

Table 16: Pale & Strong Commonwealth Beer

10 entries

Judges: Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz (Head Judge), Victor Gabriel

Table 17: Brown British Beer

15 entries

Judges: Fred Hirsch (Head Judge), Breanna Krueger, Ed Moore, Daniel Sisler

Table 18: Scottish Ale

8 entries

Judges: Matt Kunze, Jon Schiller (Head Judge)

Table 19: Irish Beer

16 entries

Judges: Fred Hirsch (Head Judge), Breanna Krueger, Ed Moore, Daniel Sisler

Table 20: Dark British Beer

10 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz, Gregory Mead, Kent Ostedgaard

Table 21: American Blonde Ale

7 entries

Judges: Fred Hirsch (Head Judge), Douglas Schmidt

Table 22: American Pale Ale

8 entries

Judges: Rusty Brinkman, Paul Dey (Head Judge)

Table 23: Amber and Brown American Beer

12 entries

Judges: Shannon Albeke (Head Judge), Miroslav Tomschik

Table 24: American Porter and Stout

11 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Fred Hirsch

Table 25: American IPA

10 entries

Judges: Jovi Inman, Breanna Krueger (Head Judge)

Table 26: Specialty IPA

13 entries

Judges: James Allen, Victor Gabriel, Jester Goldman, James Koebel (Head Judge), Richard Mincer, Sean Minichiello

Table 27: Hazy IPA

12 entries

Judges: Rusty Brinkman (Head Judge), Jess Finlay-Schultz, Gregory Mead, Timothy Sipe

Table 28: Strong American Ale

12 entries

Judges: Paul Dey (Head Judge), Sean Minichiello, James Morgheim, Frank Strong

Table 29: Sour & Wild Ales

10 entries

Judges: Brian Leonard, Sean Minichiello (Head Judge)

Table 30: Belgian Ale

15 entries

Judges: Shannon Albeke, Jeffrey Conlon, Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz, Jovi Inman, James Koebel (Head Judge), Kent Ostedgaard, Leo Vitt

Table 31: Saison

8 entries

Judges: David Carpenter (Head Judge), Jay Kinney

Table 32: Monastic Single, Dubbel & Tripel Ale

14 entries

Judges: Jay Kinney, James Koebel (Head Judge), Philip Lafleur, Jay Walford

Table 33: Belgian Dark Strong Ale (Quad)

6 entries

Judges: Richard Mincer (Head Judge), Daniel Sisler

Table 34: Historical Beer

8 entries

Judges: Fred Hirsch (Head Judge), Frank Strong

Table 35: Fruit Beer

7 entries

Judges: Philip Lafleur (Head Judge), Richard Mincer (Head Judge)

Table 36: Spiced Beer

7 entries

Judges: Jess Finlay-Schultz (Head Judge), Jovi Inman

Table 37: Specialty Beer

13 entries

Judges: James Allen, Jester Goldman, Jovi Inman, James Koebel (Head Judge), Timothy Sipe, Weston Wright

Table 38: Smoke Beer

8 entries

Judges: Aaron Heaton, Philip Lafleur (Head Judge)

Table 39: Wood Aged Beer

6 entries

Judges: Melanie Mccormack, Jon Schiller (Head Judge), Weston Wright

Table 40: Cider

11 entries

Judges: Katelyn Kotlarek, Kelli Trujillo (Head Judge)

Table 41: Mead: Traditional, Melomel, Stone Fruit & Berry

9 entries

Judges: Blake Ernst, Jester Goldman (Head Judge)

Table 42: Mead: Cyser, Pyment, Spiced & Specialty

9 entries

Judges: David Carpenter (Head Judge), Philip Lafleur

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Shannon Albeke, Rusty Brinkman, David Carpenter, Jess Finlay-Schultz, Jester Goldman, James Koebel, Richard Mincer, Jon Schiller

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Judges: Shannon Albeke, Rusty Brinkman, David Carpenter, Jess Finlay-Schultz, Jester Goldman, James Koebel, Richard Mincer, Jon Schiller

Wyoming Brewer of the Year

Accomplice Pro-Am

Altitude Pro-Am

Jagerhund Brew on Premise

Freedom's Edge - Brew on Premise

Heavy Medal Brewer

119 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Heavy Medal Club

51 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners