RESULTS OF
THE SHAMROCK OPEN 99
The 1999 Shamrock Open, held yesterday in Raleigh, NC, is now history. Many thanks to the Southend Brewery and Smokehouse, for hosting the competition, and to the judges, stewards, and organizers for the work they did to make this competition a success.
The 5th Shamrock Open, with a record-breaking 176 entries, was the place to be if you wanted to drink a good beer, yesterday. We sampled a few leftovers while completing the paperwork this afternoon that were some very fine beers - and they weren't even the ribbon winners.
Here are the overall winners:
Best of Show - Al Clayson's Biere de Garde
2nd Best of Show - Bill MacKenzie's Oatmeal Stout
3rd Best of Show - Jay Adams's American Pilsner
Points for NC-BOY: (only those with more than one ribbon listed)
The Shamrock Open is the first of the three competitions that make up the North Carolina Brewer Of the Year (NCBOY) competition. Here are the leaders, according to my calculations:
| 17 - Jay Adams
| 16 - Bill MacKenzie
| 16 - Al Clayson
| 8 - Mark Bailey
| 5 - Brian Cole
| 5 - Steven Peeler
| 5 - Scott Boeke
| 4 - Keith and Rick Klemp
| 4 - Anthony Becampis
| |
Here are the ribbon winners (plus a few Honorable Mention winners) from the 18 flights:
Flight 1 Strongish Beers- Strong Ales, Barley Wines, Bocks
| 1st place: Brian Cole's English
Old/Strong Ale
| 2nd place: Allen Ratzlaff's American
Barley Wine
| 3rd place: Steven Peeler's Strong
Scotch Ale
| |
Flight 2 Belgian Beers - Belgian Ales, Lambics
| 1st place: Al Clayson's Biere
de Garde
| 2nd place: Bruce Pitner's Pale
Ale
| 3rd place: Kieth and Rick Klemp's
Wit | |
Flight 3 Big Belgian Ale
| 1st place: Steve Peeler's Dark
Strong Ale
| 2nd place: Jay Adams's Tripel
| 3rd place: Bruce Twyman's Tripel
| |
Flight 4 Milds, Browns, Scottish Ales, and Pale ales
| 1st place - Jay Adams's American
Brown Ale
| 2nd place -Craig Pepin's English
Brown Ale
| 3rd place - Scott Oglesby's English
Dark Mild
| |
Flight 5 - Great British Ale
| 1st place: Kieth and Rick Klemp's
Scottish Export
| 2nd place Brian Cole's IPA
| 3rd place: Anthony Becampis's
Scottish Heavy
| |
Flight 6 - American Ales
| 1st place: Jay Adams's APA
| 2nd Place: Mike Lewandowski's
APA
| 3rd Place: Mike Lewandowski's
American Amber
| |
Flight 7 - English Bitter Ale
| 1st Place: Brian Grier's ESB
| 2nd place: Bruce Pitner's Best
Bitter
| 3rd Place Kevin Myers's ESB
| |
Flight 8 - Porter
| 1st Place: Mark Bailey's Robust
Porter
| 2nd place: Jay Adams's Robust
Porter
| 3rd place: John Clark and Bruce
Twyman's Brown Porter,
| HM- Mike Lewandowski's Robust Porter
| |
Flight 9 - Stouts
| 1st place: Bill MacKenzie's Oatmeal
Stout
| 2nd place: Mark Bailey's Imperial
Stoutr
| 3rd Place: Rick Theiner's Foreign
Stout
| |
Flight 10 - Bocks
| 1st Place: Mark Bailey's Doppelbock
| 2nd place: Al Clayson's Helles
Bock
| 3rd place: Jess Stokes's Doppelbock
| |
Flight 11 - Lots o' Lager
| 1st Place: Al Clayson's Vienna
| 2nd place: Scott Boeke's Helles
| 3rd place: Al Clayson's Oktoberfest
| |
Flight 12 -Pilsner
| 1st Place: Jay Adams's American
Pilsener
| 2nd place: Bill MacKenzie's Bohemian
Pilsener
| 3rd place: Steve Bryant's American
Pilsener
| HM: Al Clayson's Bohemian Pilsener
| |
Flight 13 - Steamy or German Ale
| 1st Place: Paul Vezzetti's Altbier
| 2nd place: Bill MacKenzie's Kolsch
| 3rd place: Bill MacKenzie's Altbier | |
Flight 14 - German Wheat Beer
| 1st Place: Anthony Becampis's
Weizenbock
| 2nd place: William Terrill's Dunkelweizen
| 3rd place: Scott Boeke's Weizenbock | |
Flight 15 -Weird Beer (Smoked, Fruit & Vegetable, Herb and Spice)
| 1st Place: Jim Cross's Smoked
Porter
| 2nd place: Scott Boeke's Smoked
Oktoberfest
| 3rd place: Al Johnson's Christmas
Cheer | |
Flight 16 -Stranger than Fiction (Specialty)
| 1st Place: Bill MacKenzie's Dry
Hopped Stout
| 2nd place: Bruce Twyman's Honey
Wheat Ale
| 3rd place: Al Clayson's Public
Enemy Imperial Stout | |
Flight 17 -Mead
| 1st Place: Steve Murphrey's Peach
Melomel
| 2nd place: Brian Cole's Still
Traditional Mead
| 3rd place: Steve Murphrey's Strawberry
Melomel
| HM: Dave Powell's Still Traditional Mead | |
Flight 18 -Cider
| 1st Place: Jim Cross's Cranberry
Cider
| 2nd place: Jay Adams's Sparkling
Cider
| 3rd place: Jim Navecky's Cherry
Apple Cider | |
In addition to the above, the following were the highest scoring extract beers:
42 - William Terrill's Dunkelweizen
39 - Mike Lewandowski's American Amber
39 - Bruce Twyman's Honey Wheat Ale
39 - Bruce Pitner's Belgian Pale Ale