Results of the Spring 2011
2nd Annual Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition
Best of Show Darell Whitaker
Sponsor: Magic Hat

Southern English Brown Ale

Vermont Pub & Brewery Brewers Cup Matt Welz
Sponsor: Vermont Pub & Brewery

German Pilsner

Vermont Homebrewer of the Year Matt Welz
Sponsor: Vermont Pub & Brewery

1. Light Lager Vermont Brewers Assocation
Michael Willey

Munich Helles

Steve Urish

Standard American Lager

Jerry Henry

Dortmunder Export

2. Pilsner Vermont Homebrew Supply
Matt Welz

German Pilsner (Pils)

Anne Whyte

German Pilsner (Pils)

Paul Hale & Phil Kaszuba

Bohemian Pilsner

3. European Amber Lager The Alchemist
Darell Whitaker

Oktoberfest/Marzen

Travis Fahey

Vienna Lager

Greg Bogan

Vienna Lager

4. Dark Lager Vermont Brewers Assocation
Matt Welz

Munich Dunkel

Steve Urish

Schwarzbier

Michael Willey

Schwarzbier

5. Bock Green Mountain Mashers
Dan Hament

Maibock/Helles Bock

Brian Eckert

Doppelbock

John Pitoniak

Maibock/Helles Bock

6. Light Hybrid Beer Harpoon
Andrew Grabarz

Cream Ale

Andy Ferko

Kolsch

Dave Hardy

American Wheat or Rye Beer

7. Amber Hybrid Beer Otter Creek Brewing
Jason & Seth Croteau

North German Altbier

John Pitoniak

Dusseldorf Altbier

John Pitoniak

California Common Beer

8. English Pale Ale Vermont Pub and Brewery
Greg Bogan

Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Derik Gelo

Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Aaron Brown

Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

9. Scottish and Irish Ale Vermont Brewers Assocation
Paul Zocco

Strong Scotch Ale

Bill Walker

Irish Red Ale

Travis Fahey

Irish Red Ale

10. American Ale The Alchemist
Brett Seymour

American Amber Ale

Derik Gelo

American Pale Ale

Leonard Halvorson

American Brown Ale

11. English Brown Ale Vermont Pub and Brewery
Darell Whitaker

Southern English Brown Ale

Marty Bonneau

Mild

Amy Quenneville

Southern English Brown Ale

12. Porter The Alchemist
Rich Pedersen

Brown Porter

Brian Swisher

Baltic Porter

Matt Welz

Brown Porter

13. Stout The Alchemist
Martin Schofield

Russian Imperial Stout

Dave Hardy

Dry Stout

Jason & Seth Croteau

Russian Imperial Stout

14. IPA The Alchemist
Jerry McMahan

Imperial IPA

Matt Welz

American IPA

Eric Thibault

American IPA

15. German Wheat and Rye Beer Vermont Brewers Assocation
Joe Astick

Weizen/Weissbier

Darell Whitaker

Weizen/Weissbier

Rick Rocheleau

Weizenbock

16. Belgian and French Ale Bobcat Cafe
Jerry McMahan

Belgian Specialty Ale

Jordan Baker & Daren Orr

Saison

Zach Husband

Belgian Specialty Ale

17. Sour Ale The Alchemist
Paul Zocco

Straight (Unblended) Lambic

Paul Zocco

Berliner Weisse

Rick Rocheleau

Gueuze

18. Belgian Strong Ale Vermont Brewers Association
Martin Schofield

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Dan Ukolowicz & Sabin Gratz

Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Martin Schofield

Belgian Tripel

19. Strong Ale Harpoon
Eric Thibault

American Barleywine

Matt Welz

American Barleywine

Erik Sandblom

English Barleywine

20. Fruit Beer Green Mountain Mashers
Jordan Baker & Daren Orr

Rye ale with fermented red raspberries

Gabriel Shapiro

Blood orange hefeweizen

Jason Stuffle

American Wheat with blackberries

21. Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer Vermont Pub and Brewery
Martin Schofield
Strong stout with peppermint
Josh Sled

beer with pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves


Amy Burns & Daniel Baslock

beer with homemade vanilla extract, chamomile flowers and corn sugar

22. Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer Green Mountain Mashers
Paul Hale & Phil Kaszuba

Classic Rauchbier

Eric Thibault

American brown ale with cherry-smoked malt

Rick Rocheleau

Flanders red in oak

23. Specialty Beer Vermont Brewers Association
Paul Hale & Phil Kaszuba

Steinbier

Michael Willey

Robust Porter brewed with oats/cinnamon/molasses, fermented over raisons and vanilla

Bob Genter

Midas touch clone

24. Traditional Mead Green Mountain Mashers
Paul Zocco

Sweet mead

Marty Bonneau

semi-sweet mead

not awarded
25. Melomel (Fruit Mead) Vermont Homebrew Supply
Paul Zocco

Pyment (grape melomel)

Jay Renshaw

Cyser (apple melomel)

Bob Genter

Blueberry Cyser

26. Other Mead Green Mountain Mashers
no entries
27. Standard Cider and Perry Chapin Orchard
Martin Schofield

Common Cider

Josh Sled

Common Cider

Jason Stuffle

Common Cider

28. Specialty Cider and Perry Chapin Orchard
Neil Malek

Specialty cider with honey and coriander seed

Matt Rodrigues & Terry O'Dowd

Cider with cherry puree

Jason Stuffle

Cider with brown sugar