27th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Thanks to all who participated in the 27th 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
N/A			:

Table 17: Sour Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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	Entry 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

Past Winners

Judging Sessions and Dates

Virtual 1
04/12/2021 12:00 AM, MDT through 04/23/2021 11:55 PM, MDT.

Pick up beers in Cheyenne, Denver & Ft Collins

Virtual 2
04/12/2021 12:00 AM, MDT through 04/23/2021 11:55 PM, MDT.

Pick up beers in Cheyenne, Denver & Ft Collins

Depot St (4/13 PM)
04/13/2021 6:00 PM, MDT.

Depot St (4/15 PM)
04/15/2021 6:00 PM, MDT.

Depot St (4/17 AM)
04/17/2021 9:00 AM, MDT.

Depot St (4/17 PM)
04/17/2021 1:00 PM, MDT.

Depot St (4/19 PM)
04/19/2021 6:00 PM, MDT.

Depot St (4/21 PM)
04/21/2021 6:00 PM, MDT.

Depot St (4/23 PM)
04/23/2021 6:00 PM, MDT.

Bison Beverage (4/24 AM1)
04/24/2021 9:00 AM, MDT.

Bison Beverage (4/24 AM2)
04/24/2021 11:00 AM, MDT.

Bison Beverage (4/24 PM)
04/24/2021 1:00 PM, MDT.

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 02/01/2021 1:00 PM, MST through 04/24/2021 12:00 PM, MDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 02/01/2021 1:00 PM, MST through 04/10/2021 12:00 PM, MDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 02/01/2021 1:00 PM, MST through 04/10/2021 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 02/01/2021 1:00 PM, MST through 04/10/2021 12:00 PM, MDT.

27th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth: Past Winners – 2015