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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 02:07 |
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The 2008 St Louis Brewers Heritage Festival has been announced. It is being held May 8-10 in Forest Park and brewers from across the city brewing and promoting styles of beer, rather than advertizing their own. This years festival has the return of St Louis Dark Lager as well as this years Best of Show winner in the Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition. There are multiple sessions in which anyone can attend. The VIP session will be held on Thursday the 8th. Tickets for that session are $100 and include dinner. There is a Business Day Special on Friday the 9th from Noon to 4. Tickets for that session are $50 and include the price of food. There is a session Friday night for $30 ($35 day of event). That session lasts from 6pm -10pm and there are 2 sessions on Saturday, 12-4 and 6-10. There will be various types of homebrew available as well from homebrewers from all across the city and home brew demonstrations being held throughout the day. For more information continue on...
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Written by Jeff
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 03:31 |
Unfortunately, due to Mardi Gras, the Super Bowl, excessive amounts of work and multiple illnesses in the Britton household, I have not been able to update the site with the results of the GBS In-House Homebrew Contest and Chili Cookoff. I had all the paperwork and scores saved for first through third for each category. Unfortunately for me, the misses saw the paperwork and knew the contest was over so she thew it all away. So I have to go off memory.
There were 3 categories that we took entries for. American Brown Ale, American Pale Ale, and American Indian Pale Ale. We awarded a plaque for winner of Best of Show. Scott Hespen was the big winner of the day with his entry of an American Brown Ale. Not only did it win its category, but it also took Best Of Show. His name will be forever enshrined on the walls of O'Fallon Brewery on the GBS In House Competition plaque. The American Pale Ale category was won by Troy Meier. And first place for the American IPA went to Ken Furhmann. Myself and the rest of the GBS staff would like to thank everybody for participating.
The Chili Cook Off was our biggest to date. We had a total of 16 chilis entered. We went a different route this year in judging though. Dave Johnson at O'Fallon arranged to have a professional chili judge come out and decide the winner. Sheldon Hartsfield is a certified chili judge and Missouri state champion 5 of the last 8 years. He decided what everyone else decided last year and Jeff Britton successfully defended his title as the top chili. Scott Hespen came in second and I don't remember who came in third. Again, on behalf of myself and everyone else in the GBS staff, thanks to everyone for competing.
This year was even bigger than last year in terms of turnout. Some estimates put the total amount of people there at over 100. That is close to doubling the size of last years total. Hopefully next year will be even bigger.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 06:42 |
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Written by Jeff
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 02:48 |
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January 26th marks the Second Annual Garage Brewers Society Chili Cook Off. Jeff Britton plans on defending his title of "Greatest Chili Ever Made". Club members get together at O'Fallon Brewery and bring a pot of their own chili. Everyone shares theirs and we have a group voting for which one is the best. No prizes are awarded but the bragging rights are all you need. This year we will also be judging our first, soon to be annual, club only competition. This year we are welcoming entries from categories 10A American Pale Ale, 10C American Brown Ale, and 14B American IPA. The judging will be held the morning of the chili cook off and prizes will be awarded that day. Deadline to turn in entries for the competition is Tuesday, January 15th.
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