31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth: Past Winners – HPD2016
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Otting | Bohemian Love | 23B: Flanders Red Ale |
Best of Show – Mead
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore Co-Brewer: George Delana | Sparkles Sour Cherry Mead | M2D: Stone Fruit Mead | Rock Hoppers |
Pro-Am Altitude
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shawn Miller | The Kolsh Expirment | 5B: Kolsch | High Plains Drafters |
Table 1: American & Czech Lagers (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ernie Smith | All American Wheat | 1D: American Wheat Beer | IBU |
| 2nd | Chris Goodwin | Lights On Lager | 1A: American Light Lager | The Fermentologists |
| 3rd | Jeff Blackburn | Goldenvue | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager |
Table 2: Malty European Lager (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rodney Kibzey | Bacon Cigar | 6B: Rauchbier | Oregon Brew Crew |
| 2nd | Kirk Billings | NOT SHINER! -- 108 | 6C: Dunkels Bock | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Shawn Miller | Maibock | 4C: Helles Bock | High Plains Drafters |
Table 3: Bitter European Lager (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shawn Miller | The Kolsh Expirment | 5B: Kolsch | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Ernie Smith | DragonFly Amber | 7A: Vienna Lager | IBU |
| 3rd | Matt Miller | Summer Time Kolsch | 5B: Kolsch | Rimrock Brewers Guild |
Table 4: Cider & Perry (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brent Leffler | Abbaye’s Leap | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Treehouse Brewers |
| 2nd | Brent Leffler | Lagered Cider | C2A: New England Cider | Treehouse Brewers |
| 3rd | LukE Hadsall | Nelson Farms Cider | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 5: Dark & Strong European Lager (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Miss Kitty Baltic Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Torre Ahlberg | Dunkel | 8A: Munich Dunkel | |
| 3rd | Shawn Miller | Douplebock | 9A: Doppelbock | High Plains Drafters |
Table 6: English Bitter & Pale (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Pramov | Lord Farquaad | 11C: Strong Bitter | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Colt Thiel | Cetacea IPA | 12C: English IPA | |
| 3rd | Ernie Smith | Bitter Brit | 11C: Strong Bitter | IBU |
Table 7: English Brown (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Briggs | Porter | 13C: English Porter | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Rodney Kibzey | I Don’t Like Dark Beer! | 13A: Dark Mild | Oregon Brew Crew |
| 3rd | Paul Dey | Not Quite As Good As Matt’s | 13C: English Porter | High Plains Drafters |
| HM | Justin Scott | VanWinkle’s Brown | 13B: English Brown Ale | IBU |
Table 8: Scottish & Irish (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rusty Brinkman | Dry Stout | 15B: Irish Stout | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Michael Sullivan | Gameday Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Gillette Brewer's Guild |
| 3rd | Nicholas McCoy | Scottish | 14C: Scottish Export | Western Nebraska Homebrewers |
Table 9: Strong British & American (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham | 3-14 Old Ale | 17B: Old Ale | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Shawn Miller | Double Down Brown | 17A: English Strong Ale | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Kirk Billings | Old Number Eleven -- 78 | 22C: American Barleywine | High Plains Drafters |
Table 10: Amber and Brown American Beer (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Colt Thiel | Amber Waves Of Grain | 19A: American Amber Ale | |
| 2nd | Daniel Christensen | Bitchin Brown | 19C: American Brown Ale | IBU |
| 3rd | Joe Monks | Oh Schist! | 19C: American Brown Ale | Northern Hills Homebrew Club |
Table 11: American Pale Ales (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Shaffer | Knew School Of Thought | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
| 2nd | Daniel Christensen | Not Your Usual Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | IBU |
| 3rd | Eric Kriener | Slug Bug Blonde | 18A: Blonde Ale |
Table 12: IPA (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Christensen | West Coast Ipa | 21A: American IPA | IBU |
| 2nd | Nicholas McCoy | Ace | 21B: Specialty IPA | Western Nebraska Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Clay Stoner | Jabberhoppy | 22A: Double IPA | Bighorn Homebrew Club |
| HM | Justin Scott | Black Label IPA | 21A: American IPA | IBU |
Table 13: European Sours (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Otting | Bohemian Love | 23B: Flanders Red Ale | |
| 2nd | Leo Vitt | Straight Lambic | 23D: Lambic | SPALT |
Table 14: Belgian & French (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wade Maslen | Merci | 24A: Witbier | AC/BC- Aurora City Brew Club |
| 2nd | Fred Hirsch | River Saison | 25B: Saison | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Colt Thiel Co-Brewer: Alex Thiel | Saison Number: A | 25B: Saison |
Table 15: Strong & Trappist Belgian (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Prohaska Co-Brewer: Jeromey Suko | Lazy Monk | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | The Fermentologists |
| 2nd | Kirk Billings | Father Impaired Me -- 106 | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Michael Wynne | Special2 | 26A: Trappist Single | |
| HM | Michael Sullivan | Devil De JCVD | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Gillette Brewer's Guild |
Table 16: Spice, Herb, Veg (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Carey Pepper Rauchbier | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Eric Gould Co-Brewer: Phil Whited | Mocha Java Vlad | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Douglas Schmidt | Vanilla Porter | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | High Plains Drafters |
| HM | Michael Westman | Karlskrona Kyss | 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer |
Table 17: Stout & Porter (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Dey | Putin Imperial Stout -PIS | 20C: Imperial Stout | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Kirk Billings | Batch 100 | 20C: Imperial Stout | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Geoff Coleman | Lost In The Echo | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | The Brewing Network |
| 4th | Geoff Coleman | Lost In The Sound Of Separation | 16C: Tropical Stout | The Brewing Network |
| HM | Daniel Christensen | Grain Belt Porter | 20A: American Porter | IBU |
Table 18: American Wilds (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Torre Ahlberg | Sour Peach Brett | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | |
| 2nd | Kirk Billings | Acheron’s Last Drop -- 66 | 28A: Brett Beer | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Torre Ahlberg | Saison Brett | 28A: Brett Beer |
Table 19: Mead Traditional, Cyser, Braggot (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Pramov | The Queen Is Their Slave | M4A: Braggot | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham | 11B-08 Traditional Mead | M1C: Sweet Mead | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Adam Thompson Co-Brewer: Eleanor Thompson | #53 - Persephone’s Descent | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | Weiz Guys |
| HM | Ed Moore | Sparkles Lynden Honey Mead | M1C: Sweet Mead | Rock Hoppers |
Table 20: Specialty & Experimental (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Pramov | B-Rye | 31A: Alternative Grain Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Joe Nesvara Co-Brewer: Colleen Murphy | Loggerhead Porter | 34C: Experimental Beer | |
| 3rd | Jay Bond Co-Brewer: Mallory Zimmerer | Ruberry | 29A: Fruit Beer |
Table 21: Wood Beers (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kirk Billings | Mr. Owiehead | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | High Plains Drafters |
| 2nd | Chelsea Monks | Quaich Scotch Barrel | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Northern Hills Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Rodney Kibzey | La Madera | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Oregon Brew Crew |
Table 22: Mead Fruit, Spiced, Specialty (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore Co-Brewer: George Delana | Sparkles Sour Cherry Mead | M2D: Stone Fruit Mead | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Eric Gould | Raspberry Mead #1 | M2C: Berry Mead | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | K Jess Thiel | Hot Damn Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | IBU |
Table 23: Historic (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nelson Crowle | Lichtenhainer | 27A: Historical Beer | Indian Peaks Alers |
| 2nd | Robert Prohaska | 3P - Pre-Prohibition Porter | 27A: Historical Beer | The Fermentologists |
| 3rd | John Booth | Here Gose Nothing | 27A: Historical Beer | Foam on the Range |
Judging Sessions
Depot St (4/25 PM)
04/25/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/19 AM)
04/19/2025 9:00 AM, MDT.
Depot St (4/19 PM)
04/19/2025 12:45 PM, MDT.
Blacktooth Brewing (4/27 AM1)
04/26/2025 9:00 AM, MDT.
Blacktooth Brewing (4/26 AM2)
04/26/2025 11:00 AM, MDT.
Blacktooth Brewing (4/26 PM)
04/26/2025 1:30 PM, MDT.
Account Registration Open
Account registrations accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/12/2025 12:00 PM, MDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/26/2025 5:00 PM, MDT.
Entry Registration Open
290 entries have been added to the system as of 8:10 PM, MST, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. There is a limit of 450 entries for this competition.
259 paid entries are in the system as of 8:10 PM, MST, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. There is a limit of 450 paid entries for this competition.
Entry registrations accepted 01/15/2025 12:00 AM, MST through 04/12/2025 12:00 PM, MDT.Entry Drop-Off Closed
Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 03/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST — 04/12/2025 12:00 PM, MDT.
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