Congrats to all the winners!!!!!!!!!!!
A big thank you to everyone that entered beers and people that donated their time on the day of the competition

B.O.S- American Pale Ale, Steve Grisafi LCB
2nd B.O.S.- Traditional Mead, Dave Houseman BUZZ
3rd B.O.S.- American Blonde, Alex Brubaker L

1) English & American Pale Ales and Brown Ales
1st place: American Pale Ale, Steve Grisafi LCB
2nd place: English Pale Ale Steve Apat LCB
3rd place: Chris Clair American Brown Ale

2) Meads/Smoked Beers/Specialty Beers
1st place: Traditional Mead Dave Houseman BUZZ
2nd place: Matt Ney Hoppy Hefe LCB

3) Hybrid Beers
1st place: American Blonde Ale, Alex Brubaker LCB
2nd place: Kolsch, Jarrod May
3rd place: California Common, Alex Brubaker LCB

4) German Wheat/French and Belgian Ales
1st place: Biere de Garde, Chad Reiker LCB
2nd place: Belgian Pale Ale, Jonas Kauffman LCB
3rd place: Saison, Steve Grisafi LCB

5) India Pale Ales
1st place: Imperial IPA, Alex Brubaker LCB
2nd place: American IPA. Todd Bloxom
3rd place: Imperial IPA, Rod Shenk LCB

6) Porters and Stouts
1st place: Robust Porter, Steve Gift LCB
2nd place: Russian Imperial Stout, Jeff Harless
3rd place: Oatmeal Stout, Rod Shenk LCB

7) Lagers
1st place: Schwarzbier Jarrod May (Buzz?)
2nd place: Oktoberfest, Jarrod May
3rd place: Munich Helles, Alex Brubaker LCB

8 ) Fruit/Spiced Beers
1st place: Pumpkin beer, Steve Apat LCB
2nd place: Sour Cherry Ale, Rod Shenk LCB
3rd place: Blackberry Ale, James Powell

9) Belgian Strong Dark Ales/Old Ales/Barleywines
1st place: Old Ale, Dave Houseman BUZZ
2nd place: Belgian Dubbel. Alex Brubaker LCB
3rd place: Eng Barleywine, Joe Lynn

10) Light Belgian Strong Ales
1st place: Triple, Steve Grisafi LCB
2nd place: Belgian Bolnde, Alex Brubaker LCB
3rd place: Belgian Stout, Matt Ney LCB

For information about the Lancaster County Brewers Showdown please refer to pages under Calendar of Events Tab at top of page. You will find information, bottle labels and entry registration forms there.

Thanks and good luck

Hey Everyone,

Today is the LCB club picnic which is being held at Garden Spot Motorcycle club in the Stevens/Reamstown area:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=garden%20spot%20motorcyle%20club&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

http://www.gardenspotmc.com/

Thanks to Floyd and the club for allowing us to have the picnic there. The day is about relaxing and having fun with some good homebrew. Bring food to share, plates, utensils and glassware. The club jockey box will be pouring four beers made by club members – Alex Brubaker’s -Best Bitter, Karen Hollman’s Buckwheat bock, Frank Melvin’s – Hoppy Copper ale and my Southern Tier Hop Sun tribute (Hoppy American Wheat).

The picnic will start at 3pm – hope to see you there!
Matt – VP

Iron Hill Lancaster at 7 pm on Friday October 16th the winner of the first annual Iron Hill Homebrew Challenge will be announced. Come out to celebrate with the winner and enjoy some great beers.

A total 18 beer were entered into the competition by 10 brewers but only one will be brewed and served at Iron Hill. I hope you can join us.

Pres
A. Brubaker

Come out and support a local homebrew shop on Saturday October 17th. Great opportunity to talk with fellow homebrews and maybe win some free stuff. Check out their web page at http://lancasterhomebrew.com/2009/09/grand-opening-of-lancaster-homebrew/ for more information and activities that day.

I know I will be there after the Trash Pick-up and I hope to see you at both.

Pres

Fall has arrived. Time to get out in the garden and harvest the vegetables that are left and cook up something delicious for your fellow homebrewers.

To go with this months vegetable and spiced beers, we have selected harvest veggies has been choosen as the food theme.

I look forward to seeing you Sept 30th at 7 pm.

http://www.marketcrosspub.com/carl/carl_homebrewing_competition.html
OCTOBER 3RD @ 10 A.M.

ENTER YOUR BREWS AT THE CARLISLE PUB:
SEPTEMBER 17TH – OCTOBER 1ST
$5 per entry

Rules:
All entries must consist of 4 unmarked brown or green bottles with unmarked caps and $5 at the time of entry. All style categories are welcome. To see full list of style guidelines and requirements go to www.bjcp.org. Bottles must be entered between September 17th and October 1st at the Carlisle location. Judging will occur on Saturday, October 3rd at 10 A.M. and will be open for the public to view.

Prizes:
Overall Grand Champion: $50 cash & $50 gift certificate and consultation with the brewmaster to brew a beer in his/her honor.
Overall 2nd Place: $25 cash & $25 gift certificate
Overall 3rd Place: $10 cash & $10 gift certificate
All 1st place Category winners will receive a ribbon.

Questions??
E-mail ashleighgoss@gmail.com