Thanks to everyone for entering, judging, stewarding, working as table captains at the International Beer Festival…I want you all to know that you are a vary large part of what makes San Diego America’s Finest BEER City!

Many people have asked how many entries there were in each category. For your perusal:

Class – Class Name - Number of entries

1 – Light Lager - 9
2 – Pilsner - 17
3 – European Amber Lager - 14
4 – Dark Lager - 11
5 – Bock - 14
6 – Light Hybrid Beer - 36
7 – Amber Hybrid Beer - 23
8 – English Pale Ale - 34
9 – Scottish and Irish Ale - 51
10 – American Ale - 101
11 – English Brown Ale - 25
12 – Porter - 43
13 – Stout - 64
14 – India Pale Ale - 90
15 – German Wheat and Rye Beer - 34
16 – Belgian and French Ale - 62
17 – Sour Ale - 15
18 – Belgian Strong Ale - 38
19 – Strong Ale - 22
20 – Fruit Beer - 35
21 – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer - 42
22 – Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer - 20
23 – Specialty Beer - 50
24 – Traditional Mead - 20
25 – Melomel - 19
26 – Other Mead - 13
27 – Standard Cider and Perry - 12
28 – Specialty Cider and Perry - 9

The San Diego International Beer Festival is June 25th-27th, 2010. Local Homebrew/Beer Club members may purchase tickets in advance for a special early entry on Friday at 3:00 p.m. (regular session runs 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.). Be the first to sample before kegs blow by purchasing in advance: call (858) 792-4207.

THE List-

AEppeltroew Winery-
Appely Brut Cider (sparkling)

Affligem-
Affligem Blonde

Airdale Brewing Company-
Altitude Pale Ale
Afterburner Amber Ale
Dark & Stormy Imperial Stout
Horizon American Hefeweizen

Alaskan Brewing Company-
IPA
Summer Ale
White Ale
Amber

AleSmith Brewing Co-
Anvil ESB
Grand Cru
IPA
Old Numbskull

Allagash Brewing Company-
Curieux
White

Alpine Beer Company-
Duet IPA
McIlhenney’s Irish Red

Amager-
Amager Batch One
Fru Frederiksen
Hr. Frederiksen

Anderson Valley Brewing Co-
Boont Amber Ale
Brother David’s Double Abby Style
Hop Ottin’ India Pale Ale

Angel City Brewing-
Angel City Vitzen
Belgian IPA
Che Pale Lager
Stritch Stout

Arran-
Dark Ale

Avery Brewing Co-
IPA
Ellie’s Brown Ale
Salvation
White Rascal

Baird Brewing Company-
Dark Sky Imperial Stout
Jubilation Ale
Kurofune Porter
Rising Sun Pale Ale

Ballast Point North-
Big Eye IPA
Black Marlin Porter
Calico Amber Ale
Yellowtail Pale Ale

Ballast Point South-
Piper Down
Sculpin IPA
Sour Wench
Wahoo Wheat Beer

Bear Republic Brewing Co-
Hop Rod Rye Ale
Racer 5 IPA
Red Rocket Ale
XP Pale Ale

Beer Here-
Dark Hops
Morke Pumpernickel Porter

Belhaven Brewery-
Scottish Ale
Scottish Stout
Wee Heavy
Twisted Thistle

Ben Middlemiss Brewing Company-
Benediction Ale

Bicester Brewery & Oxfordshire Ales-
Marsh-Mellow
Pride of Oxford
Triple “B”

Big City Brewery-
Jamaica Stout

Black Market Brewing Co-
BMB Brown Ale
BMB Dunkelweizen
BMB Hefeweizen

Blue Moon Brewing Co-
Blue Moon Belgian White
Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale

Bosteels-
Kwak
Tripel Karmeliet

Boston Beer-
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Samuel Adams Cream Stout
Samuel Adams Irish Red
Samuel Adams Summer Ale

Brasserie D’achouffe-
La Chouffe

Brasserie de Blaugies-
Saison d’Epeautre

Brasserie De La Senne-
Taras Boulba

Brasserie des Geants (Legendes)-
Goliath Triple
Saison Voisin

Brasserie La Choulette-
La Choulette Framboise
Les Sans Culottes

Brasserie Lefebvre-
Barbar Honey Ale
Blanche de Bruxelles
Hopus

Brasserie Pietra-
Pietra Amber Ale
Colomba

Brasserie Saint-Germain-
Page-24 Reserve Hildegarde Ambree
Page-24 Reserve Hildegarde Blonde

Brasserie St. Feuillien-
St. Feuillien Abbey Tripel
St. Feuillien Cuvee de Noel
St. Feuillien Saison

Brasserie Theiller-
La Bavaisienne

Brasserie Thiriez-
Thiriez Blonde
Thiriez Extra

Brauerei Spezial-
Spezial Rauchbier

Brauerei Sunner-
Sunner Kolsch

Breakwater Brewing Co-
Head High Hefe
Kali Kush Pale

BrewDog-
Dogma
Paradox Isle of Arran
Punk IPA

Brewery Ommegang-
Hennepin Farmhouse Ale (100th Beer!)
Rare Vos

Brouwerij De Koninck-
de Koninck

Brouwerij De Landtsheer-
Malheur 10
Malheur 12
Malheur Brut
Malheur Dark Brut

Brouwerij der Trappistenabdij-
Achel 8 Bruin

Brouwerij Kerkom-
Bink Blond

Carlow Brewing-
O’Hara’s Irish Stout

Cervesera del Montseny-
+Lupulus
+Negra Stout

Coniston-
Bluebird XB
Old Man Ale

Consorcio Cervecero de Baja Ca-
Rosarito Beach
Tijuana Tj Light
Tijuana Tj Guera
Tijuana TJ Morena

Coopers-
Sparkling Ale

Coronado Brewing Co-
Islander IPA
Orange Ave Ale

De Molen-
De Molen/Pattinson London Porter
De Molen/Pattinson Triple Stout
Pek & Veren
Storm & Averij

De Proef-
K-O

De Ranke-
Guldenberg
Noir de Dottignies
XX Bitter

Deschutes Brewery-
Black Butte Porter
Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Twilight Ale
Inversion IPA

Dieu du Ciel!-
Equinoxe du Printemps
Rosee d’Hibiscus
Route des Epices Rye Pepper Ale

Drie Fonteinen-
Beersel Lager
Schaerbeekse Kriek

Duvel Moortgat-
Maredsous Brune 8

Duyck-
Jenlain Blonde Biere de Garde
St. Droun de Sebourg Abbey Ale

Ecaussinnes-
Ecaussinnes Ultra Ambree 7%
Ecaussinnes Ultra Brune 10%

Eel River Brewing Company-
Acai Berry Wheat
India Pale Ale
Raven’s Eye Stout
Triple Exultation

Einhorn Beer Co-
Spezial Pilsner
Unikator Doppelbock

Epic Brewing Company (NZ)-
Armageddon IPA
Epic Lager
Epic Pale Ale
Mayhem

Epic Brewing Company Llc (Utah)-
Brainless Belgian
Cross Fever Amber Ale
Hopulent IPA
Spiral Jetty IPA

Firestone Walker Brewing Company-
Union Jack

Fruli-
Fruli

Full Sail-
IPA
Pale

Fuller’s-
London Pride

Grand Teton Brewing Co-
Bitch Creek Extra Special Brown
Lost Continent DIPA
Sweetgrass APA
Tail Waggin’ Double White Ale

Green Flash Brewing Co-
Hop Head Red
Le Freak
West Coast IPA

Green King-
Old Speckled Hen

Greenwich Brewing-
Meantime India Pale Ale
Meantime London Porter

Haandbryggeriet-
Barrel Aged Porter (Aquavit)
Haandbryggeriet IPA
Odin’s Tipple
Wild Thing

Hangar 24 Craft Brewery-
Chocolate Porter
Orange Wheat
Alt-bier
IPA

Haofbrau Munich-
Dunkel
Maibock
Original

Henney’s-
Dry Cider (sparkling)
Vintage Cider (still)

Hook Norton-
Hooky Bitter
Old Hooky

Huisbrouwerij Klein Duimpje-
Erik de Noorman
Imperial Russian Stout

Huvila-
Arctic Circle Barleywine
X-Porter

Inveralmond-
Lia Fail
Ossian Ale

Ise Kadoya-
Brown Ale
Genmai
Stout

Isle of Skye-
Black Cuillin
Wee Beast

Jandrain-Jandrenouille-
IV Saison
V Cense

Jolly Pumpkin-
Bam Biere (200th Beer!!)
Bam Noire
La Roja
Oro de Calabaza

Jopen-
Koyt

Kaiser-
XINGU Black Lager

Karl Strauss-
Conquistador Doppelbock
Pintail Pale Ale
Tower 10 IPA
Windansea Wheat Hefeweizen

Kern River Brewing-
Class 5 stout
Just Outstanding IPA
Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe-
Bonator
Monk’s Fest

Konig Brauerei-
Pilsener

Koninghoeven Trappist-
La Trappe Bock
La Trappe Dubbel
La Trappe Isid’or
La Trappe Tripel

Kulmbacher-
Monchshof Kellerbier
Monchshof Schwarzbier

La Jolla Brewhouse-
Anniversary Imperial WIT
La Jolla Blond
Mr. Brown

Lancaster Brewery-
Amber
Blonde

Left Coast Brewing Co-
Asylum
Hop Juice

Les Trois Mousquetaires-
Kellerbier
Unfiltered Doppelbock

Lightning Brewery-
Amber Ale
Black Lightning Porter
Elemental Pilsner
Old Tempest Ale

Mad River Brewing Company-
Jamaica Red Ale
John Barleycorn Barley Wines 09
Steelead Extra Stout
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale

Mahr’s Brau-
Der Weisse Bock
Mahr’s Hell
Mahr’s Leicht
Mahr’s Ungespundet Lager

Maui Brewing-
CoCoNut PorTeR
Mana Wheat

Mendocino Brewing Company-
Black Hawk Stout
Carmel Wheat
Eye of the Hawk
Imperial IPA

Microbrouwerij Achilles-
Serafijn Pale Ale

Mikkeller-
Amarillo IPA
Centennial IPA
Nelson Sauvin IPA
Nugget IPA

Mission Brewery-
Blonde
Hefeweizen
IPA
Shipwrecked

Moretti-
Moretti La Rossa

Mountain Meadows Mead-
Cranberry mead
Honeymoon Nectar
Moonlight Magic Mead
Spice Nectar

Moylan’s Brewing Co-
Chelsea Moylan’s Porter
Dragoons Dry Stou
Dry Stout
Hopsickle

New English Brewing Company-
Brewers Special Brown Ale
Explorer E.S.B.
Troopers Tipple I.P.A.
Why ? Not - American Wheat Ale

Nils Oscar-
Barley Wine
Imperial Stout

Nogne-O-
Brown Ale
Porter
Peculiar Yule
Toshi Double IPA

Norrebro-
La Granja
Northbridge Extreme
Skargaards Porter

Oggis Pizza & Brewing Co-
Black Magic Stout

Oliver’s Cider & Perry-
Herefordshire Dry Cider (still)
Herefordshire Dry Perry (still)

Pacific Beach AleHouse-
Pacific Sunset IPA
Whitewash Wheat

PALM Brewery-
PALM

Panil Birra Artigianale-
Panil Barriquee Sour Red Ale

Paulaner-
Hefe Wiezen

Pizza Port, Carlsbad-
Good Grief Brown Ale
Ernest’s Silky Smoove Oatmeal Stout

Pizza Port, Solana Beach-
Swami’s IPA

Port Brewing Company-
Hot Rocks Lager
Old Viscosity
Shark Attack
Wipeout IPA

Pyramid Breweries-
Haywire Hefeweizen
Summer Seasonal Blonde Ale Curveball

Redstone Meadery-
Black Raspberry Nectar (300th Beer!!!)
Nectar of the Hops

Ridgeway-
Bad King John
Oxfordshire Blue

Rock Bottom Brewery La Jolla-
Cerveza de Mayo Vienna Lager
Longboard Brown
Maryjane IPA
Ragtop Red

Rodenbach-
Rodenbach
Grand Cru

Rubicon Brewing Company-
IPA
Irish Red

Saint Sylvestre-
Gavroche

Salopian-
Entire Butt Porter

San Diego Brewing Company-
Callahan Blueberry Wheat
Hopnotic
Love Potion #9: Baltic Porter Raspberry
San Diego Amber

San Marcos Brewery & Grill-
Pompous Ass
Wild Clover Honey Ale

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing-
Breweters Wit
Oak Aged Imperial Stout
Sour Cherry Wheat

Scheldebrouwerij-
Hansje Drinker Tripel

SeaDog Brewing-
BluePaw Blueberry Wheat Ale
RiverDriver Hazelnut Porter

Shipyard Brewing-
Export Ale
Imperial Porter
Old Thumper Extra Spec. Ale
XXXX IPA

Shmaltz Brewing Company-
Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.
Coney Island Albino Python
Coney Island Human Blockhead

Sint Christoffel Bier-
Christoffel Bok
Christoffel Nobel

Skyscraper Brewing Company-
Lug Nut Lager
Sancha

Slaapmutske-
Triple Nightcap

Spaten Franziskaner-
Franziskaner Dunkel Weiss
Franziskaner Hefe Weiss
Spaten Oktoberfest
Spaten Optimator

St Peter-
Cream Stout

St. Somewhere-
Lectio Divina
Saison Athene

Steenbrugge Brewery-
Blond
Dubbel Bruin
Trippel
Wit – Blanche

Stiegl Brauerei-
Goldbau Lager
Pils

Stone Brewing Company-
Pale Ale
Levitation Ale
IPA
Smoked Porter

Tailgate Beer-
Blacktop Blonde

The Bruery-
Rugbrod
Saison De Lente
Saison Rue
Trade Winds Tripel

The Lost Abbey-
Carnevale
Inferno
Lost & Found Abbey Ale
Red Barn Ale

Tuatara Brewing Company-
Ardennes
Helles
IPA
Pilsner

Uncommon Brewers-
Bacon Brown Ale
Siamese Twin Ale

United Brands Company, Inc-
Joose Panther
Joose Green Apple

Urthel-
Hop It
Saisonneire
Tripel
Vlaemse Bock

Victory Brewing-
HopDevil
Prima Pils
Old Horizontal
Yakima Twilight

Wandering Aengus Ciderworks-
Anthem Pear
Bloom Cider
Wanderlust Cider

Weihenstephan-
Weihenstephan

Wells & Young-
Wells Banana Bread Beer
Wells Bombardier
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout

West County Ciders-
Baldwin
Redfield

Wychwood-
Hobgoblin(388 Beers!!!!)

639 entries in the IBF competition.
380 beers in the festival.
173 breweries.
20 countries.
20 states.

Just another fun stat (not that I would advocate this sort of behavior…and I don’t) simply to illustrate what a massive selection this is, you would have to attend all four sessions and sample one beer every 2.5 minutes in order to taste all 380 beers. That’s a lot of beer!

June 25-27th, 2010…save these dates.

See you at the Fair!

Chad

The San Diego County Fair beer events Judge, Steward, and Table Captain registration is now closed. We still need Table Captains and Judges however. If you are available, send me an email ASAP: zuvaruvi (at) cox.net

Judges:
- June 27th Homebrew Judging 12:00p - 4:00p

Table Captains:
- June 25th 2:30p-8:00p
- June 26th 10:30a-3:30p
- June 26th 3:30p-8:00p
- June 27th 12:30p-5:00p

Volunteer position descriptions:

Judge - If you are a commercial brewer or BJCP qualified judge, please register to judge this BJCP sanctioned event (1.0 judge point).

Steward - If you are a beer enthusiast interested in possibly becoming a beer judge some day, this is an excellent opportunity to get your feet wet. Stewards sort, pour, and serve beer at both the International Beer Festival Competition and Homebrew Competition.

Table Captain - Does the word “beer” bring a smile to your face? Then you have found your calling! Table Captains assist paid servers during the International Beer Festival. It is your job to ensure water and beer are stocked, dump buckets are emptied, minor draft problems are solved, and questions from the public are answered with a smile…you are the beer expert and you want to share your love of the craft with others. In return, you get a behind the scenes look at one of the best beer selections on the west coast. Oh, and you get to taste some great beer in your spare time. Make no mistake, this is hard work, and you are one of the most valuable assets in the San Diego County Fair beer volunteer corps.

Each of these positions receives a free IBF T-shirt and entry to the Fair.

See you at the Fair!

Chad

Dates for the 2010 San Diego International Beer Festival have been set. Mark your calendar, over 300 beers from around the world, beer/food pairing, and roller derby (yes, you read that right, Roller Derby!!) will be featured:

June 25th - noon-4p
June 26th - 11a-3p and 4p-8p
June 27th - 1p-5p

That’s right, 4 drinking sessions for your drinking pleasure. But wait, there’s more! For the first time ever, the San Diego County Fair Homebrew Competition will become part of the International Beer Festival. Homebrew judging will be Sunday the 27th in the Chevy Arena starting at 12:30p and will continue throughout the day. Awards will be announced throughout the festival.

See you at the Fair!

Chad
www.sdfair.com/beer

The San Diego International Beer Festival Best of Show was announced Friday June 26th at the festival. Jeff Bagby of Pizza Port – Carlsbad took BOS with Good Grief Brown Ale. Congratulations to Jeff and the entire staff at Pizza Port.

With a free festival photo booth, food-pairing classes with various local chefs’ and our own bistro, festivalgoers had plenty to do between beers. I’m still not sure what the attendance numbers were, but this pic says it all. Good crowd, but never over crowded…it was a wonderful festival.

Hope you enjoyed it, and hope to see you next year!

Chad

Results for the 2009 San Diego International Beer Festival are in! 60 certified judges and professional brewers sampled 524 entries on May 9th at the San Diego County Fair Grounds in Del Mar. The Best of Show winner will be announced at the San Diego International Beer Festival at 4:00 p.m., June 26th, 2009.

Click for tickets to the festival (June 26th 4-8p and June 27th noon-8p).

Click for 2009 IBF results

We’ll have about 330 beers from 132 breweries in 20 countries and 20 states making this one of the best selections of beer of any festival on the west coast. Hope to see you!

Chad

The 2009 American Homebrewers Association national conference in Oakland is sure to be memorable. I wrote a few weeks ago about one of the commemorative beers, Brother Levonian Saison. It will be available through the conference and the Michael Jackson rare beer club in 750’s. The other commemorative beer will be “Sippin on the Dock of the Bay IPA.” This beer will be in 22 oz. bottles and was brewed by Harold Gulbransen and Pat McIllhenny the owner of Alpine Beer Company.

In all honesty, it was my idea to approach Pat to brew this beer. Harold was afraid it would be a stretch for this MICRO-brewing artist. He is a Fireman by day and brewer by off days…very small scale and already stretched too thin. But we knew in our guts, with beers like “Nelson” and “Duet,” there was just no one else for the job. He is a homebrewer who let his passion get the best of him…haven’t we all!?!

Pat & Harold’s recipe can be found at the AHA website.

The Golden Promise base malt is often used in malty Scottish Ales. This provides a superb backbone to the signature Alpine Beer Co. hop presence. This isn’t just any IPA. It’s an in your face, “Welcome to California IPA.” We hope you have an opportunity to enjoy it in Oakland!

Chad

April 8th I went to O’Brien’s. Vince from Pizza Port was making pizzas in the pizza wagon. Tom had some very interesting Italian Beers on…glad I tried them all!

First was Birrificio di Como Malthus Birolla. It had a ‘naturally inoculated’ funk; a flavor and aroma not for the uninitiated. This was a ”Chestnut Ale” that poured cloudy.

Up next was Picollo Birrificio Chiostro. This beer also poured cloudy but with a dense white head that left Belgian Lace on the glass. The beer had an unidentifiable sweet edge to it and is made with wormwood.

I was blown away by Birrificio del Ducato Verdi Imperial Stout. A meaty brown/black imperial stout with a heavy chocolate edge accentuated with the perfect balance of hot chili – a touch of heat up front and lingering. I’ve had chili in a number of chocolate candy bars. I think this was even better; it achieved the perfect balancing act.

The last Italian was Birrificio Troll Shangri-La. This was an amber ale with floaties. The beer is made with tandori spices. A wonderful idea, and I think the flavor was very nice, but the beer could use a bit more spice in the aroma.

O’Brien’s is known for Belgian beer. These were a wonderful addition to the line-up. A real treat to see how far out there you can go with a beer recipe if you allow yourself to dream big!

Dave was my best friend. He liked to drink and brew Saison’s. After several attempts on my own, he got me going on the right path. This is a recipe he helped me with on August 31, 2005. It took a second and first in America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition and first round Nationals 2006.

7 lbs. Franco Belge Pils
3.5 lbs. Franco Belge Vienna
8 oz. Best Malz Munich
1 lb. Hard Red Winter Wheat
8 oz. Feed Oats
12 oz. Sugar – start of boil
8 oz. Honey – end of boil

135f for 20 min, add boiling adjuncts = 151f for 75 min. Juice from one lime in 170f sparge water.

1.5 oz. Saaz 4.0% 60 min
.6 oz. Glacier 5.8% 30 min
1 oz. Cascade 5.5% 5 min
1 oz. Saaz 4.0% KO
.5 oz. Styrian Goldings 1.3% Dry Hop

¼ oz. Algerian Tangerine Peel KO
¼ tsp. Pepper KO
¼ tsp. Turmeric KO

WLP 566 Saison II Yeast, 75-80f fermentation. The astute will note that WLP 566 didn’t exist in 2005. I cultured the yeast from a 25 cl. bottle Dave brought back from Belgium, gave the yeast to Lisa White, they liked it, Stone Brewing liked it in 07/07/07….

6 gallons RO water
5 gallons carbon filtered tap water
7.5 gallons in the fermentor
1.055 OG
1.004 FG
3.2 SRM
26.2 IBU’s
.476 BU/GU