29th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Thanks to all who participated in the 29th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.

There were 350 entries judged and 250 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Monks	Aschenbecher	6B: Rauchbier	Northern Hills Homebrew Club

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rusty Brinkman	G O J	C1A: New World Cider	High Plains Drafters

Best of Show – Cider & Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rusty Brinkman	G O J	C1A: New World Cider	High Plains Drafters

Top Wyoming Brewer

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Joe Monks	Aschenbecher	6B: Rauchbier	Northern Hills Homebrew Club

Melvin Pro-Am

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
James Estes Co-Brewer: Amy Estes	Child Labor Czech	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	IBU

Accomplice Pro-Am

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Miroslav Tomschik	Morgiana	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Laramie Brew Club

Altitude Pro-Am

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Jack Miller	Little GB	27A: Historical Beer	IBU

One Eyed Buffalo - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
John Gawthrop	Colorado Blonde	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Weiz Guys

Frontier Brewing - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Scott Ficarra	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	None

Winning Entries

Table 1: Czech Lagers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Estes Co-Brewer: Amy Estes	Child Labor Czech	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	IBU
2nd	Miroslav Tomschik	Morgiana	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Laramie Brew Club
3rd	Michael Bliven	Czech Premium Pale Lager	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager

Table 2: Pale Malty European Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Ficarra	Bavarian Helles	4A: Munich Helles	None
2nd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	2-18 Mai Bock	4C: Helles Bock	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Ernie Smith	Helles Belles	4A: Munich Helles	IBU

Table 3: Pale Bitter European Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shawn Miller	Thy Dilly	5D: German Pils	High Plains Drafters
2nd	Geoff Humphrey	Mein Sprockets	5C: German Exportbier	Rock Hoppers
3rd	Scott Ficarra	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	None

Table 4: European Dark & Strong Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Miss Kitty Batltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Rock Hoppers
2nd	Jay Kinney	Mock Bock	9A: Doppelbock	Weiz Guys
3rd	Shawn Miller	3rd Darkness	8B: Schwarzbier	High Plains Drafters

Table 5: German Wheat (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Allen	Ein Prosit!	10A: Weissbier	Rock Hoppers
2nd	Philip LaFleur	Chiquita Hefeweizen	10A: Weissbier	Weiz Guys
3rd	James Allen	Noch Ein Bier, Bitte.	10B: Dunkels Weissbier	Rock Hoppers

Table 6: English Pale & Bitter (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kinney	My Pub ESB 3	11C: Strong Bitter	Weiz Guys
2nd	Ernie Smith	Bitter Brit IV	11C: Strong Bitter	IBU
3rd	Nick Perakos	British Invasion	11C: Strong Bitter

Table 7: English Brown (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Glenn Berry	Roxy's Brown Porter	13C: English Porter	Parker Hopaholics
2nd	Jack Miller	Jackson's Brown	13B: English Brown Ale	IBU
3rd	Jay Kinney	Brown Beauty Too	13A: Dark Mild	Weiz Guys

Table 8: English Dark (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Boelman	A Dream Of Mine, A Nightmare Of Yours	16A: Sweet Stout	Weiz Guys
2nd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	14-17 Forgien Extra Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Wade Meyer Co-Brewer: Ty Rap	Milk Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	Poudre Valley Homebrewers Guild
HM	Patrick Chavez	Oatey Bagoaty	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Aurora city brew club

Table 9: English Strong (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jacob Roush	Dinna Fash	17C: Wee Heavy
2nd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	1-15 Thomas Hardy	17D: English Barleywine	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Douglas Schmidt	Hardy's Beer	17D: English Barleywine	High Plains Drafters

Table 10: Irish Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Monks	Sardonic Stout	15B: Irish Stout	Northern Hills Homebrew Club
2nd	Jay Walford Co-Brewer: Brandon Fitzgerald	Mr. Biggs	15A: Irish Red Ale
3rd	Gerald McIlvenna Co-Brewer: Adam McIlvenna	McOva Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout

Table 11: American Standard Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Sustr	Wheat Rules Everything Around Me	1D: American Wheat Beer
2nd	Jay Walford Co-Brewer: Brandon Fitzgerald	Lawnmower Man Deuce	1C: Cream Ale
3rd	Wade Meyer Co-Brewer: Ty Rap	Zoe	1D: American Wheat Beer	Poudre Valley Homebrewers Guild

Table 12: American Pale Ale (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	A.J. Andrews	Fingers Crossed Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Jacob Lindholm	Jake's Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
3rd	Jacob Roush	Aspen Gold	18A: Blonde Ale

Table 13: American Amber & Brown (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Legerski	Black Widow Red Ale	19A: American Amber Ale	High Plains Drafters
2nd	Matthew Sackett	Steam Me Up Scotty	19B: California Common	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Nicholas Lockwood Co-Brewer: Janti Klimecki	Little Bear Brown	19C: American Brown Ale

Table 14: American Porter and Stout (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Monks	Chernyy	20C: Imperial Stout	Northern Hills Homebrew Club
2nd	Michael Bliven Co-Brewer: Kai Koponen	American Porter	20A: American Porter
3rd	Nick Perakos	Oatiboat Stout	20B: American Stout
HM	Glenn Berry	Russian Steel	20C: Imperial Stout	Parker Hopaholics

Table 15: American Strong (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Unruh	Juiciest Secret	22A: Double IPA	High Plains Drafters
2nd	Geoff Coleman	Hybrid Theory	22A: Double IPA	The Brewing Network
3rd	Matt Miller	Double IPA	22A: Double IPA	Rimrock Brewers Guild

Table 16: American IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Bagby	Hardwired...To Dry-Hop	21A: American IPA	Grist Busters
2nd	Stefan Hackler	Citra IPA	21A: American IPA	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Michael Sullivan	Doppy IPA No. 4	21A: American IPA	Bighorn Homebrew Club

Table 17: Specialty IPA (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Miroslav Tomschik	Not So Wild	21B: Specialty IPA	Laramie Brew Club
2nd	Chris Mulligan	Midnight Run Black IPA	21B: Specialty IPA
3rd	Daniel Christensen	High On Hops Session IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	IBU

Table 18: Belgian & French (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kinney	Biere De Fete	24C: Biere de Garde	Weiz Guys
2nd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Josh DeHart	P@$$Y Grabbin' Belgian Pale	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Foam on the Range
3rd	Scott Ficarra	Biere De Mars	24C: Biere de Garde	None

Table 19: Trappist Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Duran	Belgian Triple	26C: Belgian Tripel
2nd	Gary Black	Morning Vespers	26A: Trappist Single	Jefferson County Home Brewers
3rd	Jay Strever	CGR	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Rimrock Brewers Guild

Table 20: Sour & Wild Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Philip Whited Co-Brewer: Eric Gould	For The Horse You Grow Much Fonder	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Rock Hoppers
2nd	Kevin Ramler	Brett Saison	28A: Brett Beer
3rd	Leo Vitt	Peche	23F: Fruit Lambic	SPALT

Table 21: Spice, Herb, Veg (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Walford Co-Brewer: Brandon Fitzgerald	German Chocolate Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Peter Sustr	Red Clouds Smokey Mountain	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Josh DeHart, “Spot Me México Will Pay!”	Tremendous Wall Green Chili Agave Wheat	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Foam on the Range
HM	Rob Hardisty	Good Morning Blonde	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys

Table 22: Fruit Beers (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gerald McIlvenna Co-Brewer: Adam McIlvenna	McOva Strawberry/Rhubarab Cream Ale	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
2nd	Mike Myers	Its Meyer Not Myers	29C: Speciality Fruit Beer	The Brewing Network
3rd	Stephen Underwood	Stephen UnderwoodAmerican Wheat	29A: Fruit Beer	High Plains Drafters

Table 23: Wood & Smoke Beers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Geoff Humphrey	Blithering Blattard Bastard	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Rock Hoppers
2nd	Geoff Humphrey	You're A Lot Smarter Than I Look	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Rock Hoppers
3rd	Philip Whited Co-Brewer: Eric Gould	Oden's Last Ryed	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Rock Hoppers

Table 24: Specialty & Experimental (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Sullivan	Mex-I-Can	34C: Experimental Beer	Bighorn Homebrew Club
2nd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Josh DeHart	Sticky Fingers Saison	34C: Experimental Beer	Foam on the Range
3rd	Ed Moore	Sammy Forbidden Fruit	34A: Clone Beer	Rock Hoppers

Table 25: Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Sparkles Wit Braggot	M4A: Braggot	Rock Hoppers
2nd	Ed Moore	Sparkles Mojito Mead	M4C: Experimental Mead	Rock Hoppers
3rd	Caroline Van Sant-Crowle	Star Thistle Mead	M1A: Dry Mead	Indian Peaks Alers
HM	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	10-08 Traditional Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	High Plains Drafters

Table 26: Cider & Perry (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rusty Brinkman	G O J	C1A: New World Cider	High Plains Drafters
2nd	Leo Caselli Co-Brewer: Samantha Caselli	Mountain Hound Apfelwein	C2C: Applewine	High Plains Drafters
3rd	John Hiatt	Rachel's Raspberry Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Weiz Guys

Table 27: Scottish Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rusty Brinkman	Willy's Draught	14B: Scottish Heavy	High Plains Drafters
2nd	Philip LaFleur	Haggis Eater	14C: Scottish Export	Weiz Guys
3rd	Ernie Smith	Sassenach	14B: Scottish Heavy	IBU
HM	George Zak	Some Day	14A: Scottish Light	High Plains Drafters

Table 28: Strong Belgian Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Scott Tanner	Sari Street Saison	25B: Saison	Foam on the Range
2nd	John Gawthrop	Colorado Blonde	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Weiz Guys
3rd	Mark Pennick Co-Brewer: Josh DeHart	Hamilton's Golden Standard Strong	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Foam on the Range

Table 29: Amber Bitter European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Myers	Altbier Smaltbier	7B: Altbier	The Brewing Network
2nd	Paul Dey	Free Malt VL	7A: Vienna Lager	High Plains Drafters
3rd	David Kilts	Alte Schule	7B: Altbier	Weiz Guys

Table 30: Amber Malty European Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Monks	Aschenbecher	6B: Rauchbier	Northern Hills Homebrew Club
2nd	Ted Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	4-16 Dunkels Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	High Plains Drafters
3rd	Paul Dey	Baaaaaaaaahhhhhhhck	6C: Dunkels Bock	High Plains Drafters

Table 31: Historical Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Kinney	Hello Porter	27A: Historical Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Philip LaFleur	Joe Roggenbier	27A: Historical Beer	Weiz Guys
3rd	Jack Miller	Little GB	27A: Historical Beer	IBU

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/01/2023 12:00 PM, MST through 04/17/2023 6:00 PM, MDT.

29th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth: Past Winners – HPD2018