Congratulations to Darryl for winning the 2005 MASH Brewer of the Year Award!
Congratulations to Darryl (for a 2nd place Pyment) and to Eric (for a third place Strong Ale) at the 2005 Hogtown Brew-off!
The Miami Area Society of Homebrewers (MASH) held the 8th Annual Coconut Cup competition on November 5th, 2005. It was the biggest and the best Coconut Cup ever, including 160 entries from 7 states and 12 different homebrew clubs.
Members of MASH met twice prior to November 5th and judged 11 flights. Judges from out of county braved the post-Wilma traffic chaos to help us evaluate the remaining entries along with six judges from MASH. Our most sincere thanks goes to those judges who worked so hard to evaluate all of those beers and to the stewards who assisted them. Sixteen beers and two meads advanced to the Best of Show round; the panel who evaluated that round included BJCP judges with National and Recognized rankings. The Best of Show award went to Art Watson of the Hogtown Brewers for his Imperial IPA. The full results are posted here.
Out heartfelt gratitude goes to Kevin Rusk, Steve Copeland, and the staff of the Titanic Brewery and Restaurant for hosting the Coconut Cup again this year. They were gracious and patient, as always, and their generosity made the event possible. We would also like to thank our other sponsors: Brew Your Own magazine, Hopunion, Breiss, Puterbaugh Farms, Cargill, Williams Brewing, LD Carlson, Lefthand Brewing Co., Anchor Brewing Co., Rogue, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., New Belgium Brewery, Freshops, Dogfish Head Brewery, and Northwestern Extract.
Thanks to everyone who submitted entries and helped with the competition. We look forward to experiencing your brews at next year's Coconut Cup.
Congratulations to Scott and Denise Graham who took a 3rd place with their fruit beer at the 2005 Commander SAAZ Interplanetary Homebrew Blastoff!
Congratulations to Scott and Denise Graham who took a 3rd place with their fruit beer at the 2005 Sunshine Challenge!
Congratulations to Eric Johnson, whose Barleywine won the competition to decide which MASHers beer to brew at Titanic. We all look forward to trying Eric's beer at the Ship.
Congratulations to Patrick Gibson (who took a 1st place with his Irish Red), Scott and Denise Graham (who took a 3rd place with their Fruit/Spice beer), and Mark Bransford (who took a 3rd place with his Smoked Beer) at the 2005 Palm Beach Draughtsmen Hurricane Blowoff!
Congratulatins to Scott and Denise Graham, who took a 1st place with their Fruit/Spice beer at the 2005 NFBL Big Bend Brew Off!
Congratulations to Mark Bransford, who took a 3rd place with his Rauchbier at the 2005 Drunk Monk Challenge!
Congratulations to Mark Bransford, who took a 2nd place with his German Pilsner at the 2005 Kasas City Biermeisters Homebrew Competition!
Congratulations to Darryl Hickey, who took a 3rd place with his Lemongrass mead at this year's Meadllennium!.
Another year has come and gone. There is never enough time to get done all that one would want and this year saw MASH pretty much maintaining the status quo. Not that that's a bad thing. It was a pleasure to serve as President for another year. The members of MASH are the best and they make every get-together a pleasure.
I look to next year with great optimism. We had two interested persons attend the last meeting; they may decide to become members and add to our little family. We will hopefully get around to new shirts. We'll have plenty of time to get ready for the Coconut Cup and make it the best one ever. All in all, there's a lot to look forward to in 2005.
Congratulations to Patrick, this year's Brewer of the Year! It's been quite a year for Patrick - he's king of the Coconut Cup and now he's won a BotY. Maybe if we ask real nice we can convince him to stay in Miami for another year and take the helm. A hat trick would be a great accomplishment. What do you say, Patrick? Pretty please! With hops on top!
The categories for the 2005 BotY have been posted. The club-only competitions have been indicated. The Dunedin folk are holding their Walk the Line on Barleywine competition so I encourage anyone who has a beer that qualifies to send it off. We all need to be more active in supporting other club's events, so keep that in mind as you brew throughout the coming year.
The Winter Solstice party has been scheduled. Thanks to Mark and Diane for offering to host. We'll have our last official meeting of the year and select/bribe officers for next year. Since the beer style talks prior to the BotY competitions went well this year, we should sign up people to give talks for next year. Check out the categories and come prepared to sign up.
Again, it's been a real pleasure serving as MASH president this year. Thank you for your support.
MASH's annual Winter Solstice Party will be held on Saturday, December 11th at Mark and Diane's house. Contact us for directions and time.
The final standings for the 2004 BotY competition have been posted on the Competitions page. Congratulations to Patrick, King of the BotY, for taking a very close competition!
The Dunedin Brewers Guild will be hosting the 4th annual Walk the Line on Barleywine and Strong Ale Stumble the first weekend of December. Check out their website for submission and event details.