Zoo City Zymurgists

2010 Community Brew Results

Here are the results from head brewer, Matt Long:

A record 38 entries were submitted, but we were able to come up with a judging format that did not fatigue our palates.

We had 9 beers make it to the final table:

Rick Dahlen Beer #1
Rick Dahlen Beer #3
Colin Christiansen Golden Nugget
Mike Hoffer Barnacle Bill’s
Mike Hoffer Whole Lot of Mischief
Bill Ruediger #1
Ruediger #4
Mike Nielsen IBA (1)
Nick McClure

The best 4 of those were:

Dahlen #1
Ruediger #1
Nielsen
Hoffer Whole Lot of Mischief

And the winner goes to:

Mike Hoffer Whole Lot of Mischief!

Mike’s beer best represented what we though an IBA should be.  A very nice malty presence with a unique hop explosion on the finish.

We have the beginning of a dynasty here as Mike was the winner of the 2^nd annual Community brew.  Congratulations to Mike.

Way to go Mike!

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Community Brew Update

Well, the entries have been entered and judging should be taking place this week.  According to Matt Long at Big Sky, we have 34 entries, which I believe is a new record!  Way to go Montana Homebrewers!  Thank you all for your entries.  We’ll update this page when we know who won, and also as we decide who will be our chosen charity for this year.

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Results from 2009 Brewfest

This just in: the raw scoring data from Zoo City Zymurgists beer judges at the 2009 Missoula Brewfest.

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A good time was had by all. Thanks to the Missoula Downtown Association for bringing us all together, with all that beer.

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Flathead Loop Brewery Field Trip Pictures

A good time was had by all, and we have multimedia evidence to provide it: click here for slide show

We hit three breweries:

1. Tamarack Brewing
2. Flathead Lake Brewing
3. Glacier Brewery

A blonde ale from Tamarack:

click here for slide show

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And the Winner is: Jasper Miller’s Hurrah Scotch Ale

This year’s Community Brew competition resulted in Jasper Miller’s Hurrah Scotch Ale beating the competition.

Later this spring Jasper will help Big Sky Brewing cook up a humongous batch of beer based on his homebrew recipe.

Congrats Jasper!

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Community Brew Entries on the Way

Our Community Brew competition is underway.

This year we’re submitting Strong Scotch Ales.

May the best beer win!

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Great Article about ZCZ

Thanks to Tim Akimoff of the Missoulian for this great article about Zoo City Zymurgists!

By the way, my full poem about batch #100 is here.

-JM

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Election season – vote for beer!

As discussed at our very important formal meeting last night, we have
some decisions to make as a club, and Grupthink offers a pretty good way
to get that done. Specifically, we ask:

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Homebrewing and Beer in Montana

Welcome to our new site. Zoo City Zymurgists (ZCZ) is a club in Western Montana comprised of brewers of beer, wine, and liqueurs — and lovers of beer, wine and liqueurs. Please check out the ‘About us’ page for more info about what we do and join our mailing list to be notified of club activities.

For this first post on the new site, here’s some links to beer-stuff in Montana:

• Grizzly Growler Blog
• Bayern Brewing
• Big Sky Brewing
• Bitterroot Brewing
• Kettlehouse Brewery
• 2007 ZCZ fieldtrip photos
• Lolo Peak Winery and Homebrew Supply

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