31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth: Past Winners – 2015
Thanks to all who participated in the 31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.
There were 263 entries judged and 115 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | George Delena | Spicy McHaggis | 17C: Wee Heavy | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Ed Moore | Tony Pepper Beer | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Preston Hartman | Ex Stout | 16A: Sweet Stout | Mile High Monks |
Best of Show – Cider
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brent Leffler | Common Cider | C1A: New World Cider | Treehouse Brewers |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Light Lager (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Britt Reed Co-Brewer: Pam Reed | Pam’s Munich Helles | 4A: Munich Helles | |
| 2nd | Robert Shellard | Dirty’s Standard | 1B: American Lager | Intellectual Brewer's Union (IBU) |
| 3rd | Jonathan Kissinger | Three Frogs Rest In Peace | 2A: International Pale Lager | WORTS OF WISDOM (WOW!!) |
Table 2: Pilsner (3 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Verry Co-Brewer: Lilly Ames | Lilly’s BoPils | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Northern Hills Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Aaron Rodriguez | Bohemian Pilsener | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | |
| 3rd | Sam Foust | The Light Side | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Laramie Brew Club |
Table 3: European Amber Lager (6 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sam Foust Co-Brewer: Ryan Roan | Oktoberfett | 6A: Marzen | Laramie Brew Club |
| 2nd | Paul Dey | Winter Lager | 6A: Marzen | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Preston Hartman | Hartman Vienna | 7A: Vienna Lager | Mile High Monks |
Table 4: Dark Lager (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | George Delena Co-Brewer: Jeff Gilbertson | I Really Don’t Like German Beer | 8B: Schwarzbier | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Preston Hartman | Table Bear | 8B: Schwarzbier | Mile High Monks |
| 3rd | Jonathan Kissinger | Dark Side Lager | 2C: International Dark Lager | WORTS OF WISDOM (WOW!!) |
Table 5: Bock (6 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nelson Crowle | Lights Out Too | 9B: Doppelbock | Indian Peaks Alers |
| 3rd | Preston Hartman | Beer Candy | 6C: Dunkels Bock | Mile High Monks |
Table 6: Light Hybrid Beer (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nick Konwerski | Moonraker | 5B: Kolsch | The Brewing Network |
| 2nd | Mike Sullivan | One Leg Wheat | 1D: American Wheat Beer | Big Horn Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Ernie Smith | Cream ’O The Crop | 1C: Cream Ale | IBU (Intellectual Brewers Union) |
Table 7: Amber Hybrid Beer (1 entry)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Christensen | Alternative Ale | 7B: Altbier | IBU |
| 2nd | Ed Moore | Carey Callie Common | 19B: California Common | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Wade Maslen | California Steemin’ | 19B: California Common | AC/BC-Aurora city brewers blub |
Table 9: Scottish and Irish Ale (3 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | George Delena | Spicy McHaggis | 17C: Wee Heavy | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Ed Moore | Carey Wee Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Jay Kinney | Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | WeizGuys |
Table 10: American Ale (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lee Mahony | Broncobuster Jr | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
| 2nd | Storm Sollars | Squirrel Killer Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Laramie Brew Club |
| 3rd | Robert Prohaska | ’Merica Pale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Fermentologists |
Table 11: English Brown Ale (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nic Behnke | Hell Yes! English Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | Laramie Home Brew Club |
| 2nd | George Delena | Newcastle Sucks | 13B: British Brown Ale | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Matt Eckhart | English Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | Mile High Monks |
| HM | Nic Behnke | Murphy’s Southern English Brown | 27B: Historical Beer | Laramie Home Brew Club |
Table 12: Porter (1 entry)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Paul | Whoopinstick Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | C.R.A.F.T |
| 2nd | Preston Hartman | Fast Porter | 20B: American Porter | Mile High Monks |
| 3rd | Mike Sullivan | Peg Legs Porter | 20B: American Porter | Big Horn Homebrew Club |
| HM | Eric Ellzey | Porter V3.1 | 13C: English Porter |
Table 13: Stout (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Preston Hartman | Ex Stout | 16A: Sweet Stout | Mile High Monks |
| 2nd | Sam Foust | The Dark Side | 20C: Imperial Stout | Laramie Brew Club |
| 3rd | George Delena | MERICA | 20B: American Stout | Rock Hoppers |
Table 14: India Pale Ale (IPA) (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kirk Billings | Maven IPA | 21A: American IPA | The Brewing Network |
| 2nd | Jay Waldner Co-Brewer: Jiggs Verry | Hopcapades Imperial IPA | 22A: American IPA | Ale Riders |
| 3rd | Mark Jeffries | Hazy Days Double IPA | 22A: American IPA | Rock Hoppers |
Table 15: German Wheat and Rye Beer (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aaron Mason Co-Brewer: Aja Mason | Hefe Your Mouth | 10A: Weissbier | SNAFU |
| 2nd | Gary Thomson | Bavaria Beckons | 10A: Weissbier | El Paso City Home Brewers |
Table 16: Belgian and French Ale (6 entries)
There are no winning entries at this table.
Table 17: Sour Ale (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kirk Billings | Sour Father | 23D: Lambic | The Brewing Network |
| 2nd | Jacob White-Diemand | Josephine | 23A: Berliner Weisse | |
| 3rd | Jacob White-Diemand | Frambrouge | 23B: Flanders Red Ale |
Table 18: Belgian Strong Ale (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Carey Dubbel | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Nathan Kanous | Tripel 6 | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | David Carlberg | 980 Tripel | 26C: Belgian Tripel |
Table 19: Strong Ale (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bob Trewartha | Hairy Belly Bob’s | 22C: American Barleywine | |
| 2nd | George Delena | Margaret Thatcher Was Hott As Hell | 17D: English Barleywine | Rock Hoppers |
| 3rd | Kirk Billings | Old Number Eleven | 22C: American Barleywine | The Brewing Network |
Table 21: Spice/Herb/Vegatable Beer (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Tony Pepper Beer | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Matt Hamilton | Kumoniwannalaya Stout | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
| 3rd | George Delena | Sweet Stout W/ Stuff In It | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Rock Hoppers |
| HM | Michael Westman | Karlskrona Kiss | 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer |
Table 22: Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Carey Rauchbier | 6B: Rauchbier | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Doug Schmidt | Smoked Stout | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | High Plains Drafters |
| 3rd | Kevin Paul | Whoopinstick Bock | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | C.R.A.F.T |
Table 23: Specialty Beer (2 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Clay Stoner | Must Have It Wheat | 34C: Specialty Beer | Bighorn homebrew club |
| 2nd | Kirk Billings | Acheron’s Last Drop | 34C: Specialty Beer | The Brewing Network |
| 3rd | Michael Wells | CBO Seventh Trumpet | 34C: Specialty Beer | Missouri Mashers |
Table 24: Traditional Mead (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Moore | Sparkles Buckwheat Mead | M1C: Sweet Mead | Rock Hoppers |
| 2nd | Torre Ahlberg | Mead | M1A: Dry Mead | |
| 3rd | Adam Thompson | #34E | M1A: Dry Mead | KROC |
Table 25: Melomel (Fruit Mead) (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kent Shook Co-Brewer: Neal Buttler | Back In Black | M2E: Melomel | high plains drafters |
| 2nd | Michael Westman | PM Pleaser | M2E: Melomel | |
| 3rd | Doug Schmidt | Melomel | M2E: Melomel | High Plains Drafters |
Table 26: Other Mead (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Adam Thompson | Further Into The Black | M4C: Experimental Mead | KROC |
| 2nd | Kevin Paul | Whoopinstick Braggot | M4A: Braggot | C.R.A.F.T |
| 3rd | Brent Leffler | Maple Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Treehouse Brewers |
Table 27: Standard Cider and Perry (2 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brent Leffler | Common Cider | C1A: New World Cider | Treehouse Brewers |
| 2nd | Michael Westman | Commodore’s Perry | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | |
| 3rd | Kent Shook | My First Cider | C1A: New World Cider | high plains drafters |
Judging Sessions
Depot St (4/25 PM)
04/25/2025 6:45 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/19 AM)
04/19/2025 9:00 AM, MDT.
Depot St (4/19 PM)
04/19/2025 12:00 PM, MDT.
Blacktooth Brewing (4/26 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.
Depot St (4/22)
04/22/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/23)
04/23/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/15)
04/15/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/17)
04/17/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Fort Collins On-Site (4/21)
04/13/2025 9:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
Contact Blake Ernst for Location.
Depot St (4/16)
04/16/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
TBD
04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
TBD.
Depot St (4/18)
04/18/2025 4:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/21)
04/21/2025 6:00 PM, MDT.
Depot St (4/24)
04/24/2025 12:00 AM, MDT.
Laramie, WY On-Site 1
04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
Contact Shannon Albeke for time & location.
Denver On-Site
04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
Contact Ray or Jess Finlay-Schultz for time & location.
Fort Collins On-Site (4/23)
04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
Contact Blake Ernst for Location.
Laramie, WY On-Site 2
04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT — 04/26/2025 7:37 PM, MDT
Contact Shannon Albeke for time & location.
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/26/2025 5:00 PM, MDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
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