Congratulations 2007 BABO (Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition) Winners!!!

Announcing the Winners of the Alameda County Fair's homebrew competition coordinated by the Draughtboard Homebrew Club. Also know as the "Bay Area Brew Off".

This is a BJCP and AHA sanctioned competition.

Congratulations to all the winners, and especially to:

BEST OF SHOW:

Best of Show Winner: Jeff Rose (from Oakland, CA) for his Doppelbock!

FINAL ROUND SCORES & RANKINGS:

DIVISION 405 - LIGHT LAGERS, HYBRD & WHEATS
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Jonathan	Sheehan	1	Alameda	CA	Draught Board	15A-01	Weizen/Weissbier		39.00
David	Maloney	2	Pleasanton	CA		1C-01	Premium American Lager		38.50
Erik	Beer	3	Concord	CA	DOZE	6D-01	American Wheat or Rye Beer		37.50
		4	Pleasanton	CA		2B-01	Bohemian Pilsner		32.50
		5	Stockton	CA		2B-02	Bohemian Pilsner		31.00
		6	San Jose	CA		6A-01	Cream Ale		30.50
		7	Lathrop	CA		15A-04	Weizen/Weissbier		29.50
		8	Livermore	CA		6B-01	Blonde Ale		28.50
		9	Pleasanton	CA		2B-03	Bohemian Pilsner		27.50
		10	San Francisco	CA		15A-03	Weizen/Weissbier		26.50
		10	Redwood City	CA		15A-02	Weizen/Weissbier		26.50
		12	Livermore	CA		6C-01	Kölsch		24.00


DIVISION 406 - BOCK, AMBER & DARK LAGER
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Jefff	Rose	1	Oakland	CA	Draught Board	5C-02	Doppelbock		37.00
Mitchell	Lindsay	2	Livermore	CA		4B-01	Munich Dunkel	German Carafa II	34.67
Gregory	Robles	3	Livermore	CA		4C-01	Schwarzbier (Black Beer)		34.33
		4	Pleasanton	CA		4A-01	Dark American Lager		33.67
		5	Chico	CA		3B-01	Oktoberfest/Märzen		32.67
		6	Livermore	CA		5B-01	Traditional Bock		32.33
		7	Concord	CA		5C-01	Doppelbock		27.00
		8	Alameda	CA		3A-01	Vienna Lager		25.67


DIVISION 407 - BOCK, AMBER & DARK LAGER
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Erik	Beer	1	Concord	CA	DOZE	8A-01	Standard/Ordinary Bitter		39.00
Tony	Bruno	2	Redwood City	CA	-	9C-01	Scottish Export 80/-		37.00
Doug & Kathy	McLendon	3	Chico	CA	Chico Homebrew Club	9D-01	Irish Red Ale		34.50
		4	Stockton	CA		8C-01	Extra Special/Strong Bitter		34.00
		5	Tracy	CA		9C-03	Scottish Export 80/-		29.00
		5	Pleasant Hill	CA		7B-01	California Common Beer		29.00
		5	San Francisco	CA		9D-02	Irish Red Ale		29.00
		8	Pleasanton	CA		7C-01	Düsseldorf Altbier		27.00
		8	Pleasanton	CA		7C-02	Düsseldorf Altbier		27.00
		10	Pleasant Hill	CA		9C-02	Scottish Export 80/-		26.50
		11	Pleasanton	CA		8A-01	Standard/Ordinary Bitter		17.50


DIVISION 408 - DARK ALES
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Tony	Bruno	1	Redwood City	CA		13F-01	Russian Imperial Stout		40.67
Kim	Hraca	2	Oakland	CA		13A-01	Dry Stout		35.67
Toby Ahrens & Pennan	Barry	3	San Francisco	CA		13C-02	Oatmeal Stout		35.33
		4	Chico	CA		11C-01	Northern English Brown Ale		33.33
		5	Stockton	CA		13B-02	Sweet Stout		32.00
		5	Livermore	CA		12A-02	Brown Porter		32.00
		7	Pleasanton	CA		12A-03	Brown Porter		24.70
		8	Pleasanton	CA		10C-04	American Brown Ale		21.00


DIVISION 409 - PALE, AMBER & INDIA PALE ALE
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Al	Branch	1	Livermore	CA	BELCH	10B-02	American Amber Ale		38.67
Al	Branch	2	Livermore	CA	BELCH	10A-02	American Pale Ale		37.17
Don	Breedlove	3	Livermore	CA	Mad Zymurgists - Tri Valley	14B-06	American IPA		34.00
		4	Richmond	CA		14B-08	American IPA		33.83
		5	Livermore	CA		10A-03	American Pale Ale		31.00
		6	San Jose	CA		14B-01	American IPA		30.67
		7	Dublin	CA		10A-05	American Pale Ale		28.67
		8	Livermore	CA		10B-06	American Amber Ale		28.00
		9	Tracy	CA		10A-09	American Pale Ale		27.83
		10	Alameda	CA		14C-02	Imperial IPA		10.67


DIVISION 410 - STRONG ALES BELGIAN & OTHER
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Rick	Reineman	1	Stockton	CA	Brew Angels	19A-01	Old Ale		35.33
Eric	Finson	2	Pleasant Hill	CA	DOZE	18B-01	Belgian Dubbel		35.00
Kevin	Hann	3	Concord	CA	DOZE	18E-01	Belgian Dark Strong Ale		33.67
		4	Pleasant Hill	CA		18D-01	Belgian Golden Strong Ale		32.33
		5	Dublin	CA		19C-01	American Barleywine		30.67
		6	Livermore	CA		18A-01	Belgian Bond Ale		27.00
		7	Livermore	CA		18E-02	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	1# Belgian Candi Sugar	25.67
		8	Livermore	CA		19C-02	American Barleywine		24.33


DIVISION 411 - BELGIAN & SPECIAL BEER DIVISION
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Mitchell	Lindsay	1	Livermore	CA		22C-02	Wood-Aged Beer	Based on Strong Scotch Ale	40.33
Stephen	Moyle	2	Tracy	CA		16C-01	Saison		39.67
David	Avila	3	Livermore	CA	DOZE	21A-02	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Vanilla Sweet Stout	36.67
		4	San Jose	CA		23A-01	Specialty Beer	India Brown (Brown Ale hopped like IPA)	36.33
		5	Redwood City	CA		21B-03	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spice Beer	allspice,clove,cinnamon, lemon peel, cardamon seed	35.67
		5	San Francisco	CA		20A-02	Fruit Beer		35.67
		7	Oakland	CA		21B-01	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spice Beer	Orange Peel/ Spices / Lager	32.33
		8	Redwood City	CA		21A-01	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	pumpkin, cinnamon,nutmeg,allspice,ginger	31.00
		9	Hayward	CA		20A-01	Fruit Beer	Fruit Beer - Blackberries	27.67
		10	Encinitas	CA		22C-01	Wood-Aged Beer	wine oak barrel chips	26.67
		11	Concord	CA		21B-02	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spice Beer	Ginger, Nutmeg, Cinnamon	22.00
		12	Fremont	CA		23A-02	Specialty Beer	Mild with Unsweetened Chocolate	20.00


DIVISION 412 - MEADS & CIDERS DIVISION
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club	BJCP#	Style Name	Special Ingredient	Avg. Score
Roger	St. Denis	1	San Jose	CA	Draught Board	24C-01	Sweet Mead	Sparkling, Sweet, Orange Blossom Honey 6% ABV	40.00
Jonathan	Sheehan	2	Alameda	CA	Draught Board	24A-01	Dry Mead	Still 12.5% ABV	39.00
Ken	Koupal	3	San Ramon	CA	Draught Board	24B-01	Semi-sweet Mead		35.50
		4	Pleasanton	CA		26A-01	Metheglin	Metheglin - Vanilla, Cinnamon, Clove	33.50
		5	Tracy	CA		24B-02	Semi-sweet Mead	Sparkling Standard	30.00
		6	Livermore	CA		25A-01	Cyser Apple Melomel		27.00


DIVISION 415 - BOTTLE LABELS
First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club		Class 1	Name
Brian	Cooper	1	5630 Owens Dr. Apt 101	Pleasanton	Mad Zymurgists - Tri Valley		Hand Drawn Label	Return Mr. Bighead

First Name	Last Name	Rank	City	State	Club		Class 2	Name
Mitchell	Lindsay	1	Livermore	CA			Computer Generated Label	Lindsay Lager
Mitchell	Lindsay	2	Livermore	CA			Computer Generated Label	Lindsay's Hop Stringer IPA
Brian	Cooper	3	Pleasanton	CA	Mad Zymurgists - Tri Valley		Computer Generated Label	MAD ZYMURGISTS IPA
			Livermore	CA			Computer Generated Label	Axe Grinder Ale
			Oakland	CA			Computer Generated Label	Kringle's VactionLibation
			Richmond	CA			Computer Generated Label	STRONGFORCE IPA
			Richmond	CA			Computer Generated Label	RED SHIFT Amber Ale

PRELIM ROUND SCORES & RANKINGS (which went forward):

DIVISION 408 - DARK ALES flight 1 of 2
BJCP#	Rank	Style Name	Avg. Score	Goes Forward?
12A-02	1	Brown Porter	31.5	To Final
11C-01	2	Northern English Brown Ale	31	To Final
12A-03	3	Brown Porter	30.5	To Final
10C-04	4	American Brown Ale	30.5	To Final
10C-03	5	American Brown Ale	30
10C-01	6	American Brown Ale	27.5
10C-02	7	American Brown Ale	26.5
12B-01	8	Robust Porter	25.5
12A-01	9	Brown Porter	25


DIVISION 408 - DARK ALES flight 2 of 2
BJCP#	Rank	Style Name	Avg. Score	Goes Forward?
13C-02	1	Oatmeal Stout	69	To Final
13F-01	2	Russian Imperial Stout	65	To Final
13A-01	3	Dry Stout	32	To Final
13B-02	4	Sweet Stout	63	To Final
13B-01	5	Sweet Stout	63
13E-01	6	American Stout	61
13A-02	7	Dry Stout	26.5
13C-03	8	Oatmeal Stout	51
13C-01	9	Oatmeal Stout	28


DIVISION 409 - PALE, AMBER & INDIA PALE ALE, flight 1 of 3
BJCP#	Rank	Style Name	Avg. Score	Goes Forward?
10A-02	1	American Pale Ale	40	To Final
10A-03	2	American Pale Ale	37	To Final
10A-05	3	American Pale Ale	32.5	To Final
10A-04	4	American Pale Ale	28
10A-08	5	American Pale Ale	22
10A-07	6	American Pale Ale	20
10A-01	7	American Pale Ale	19
10A-06	8	American Pale Ale	18.5


DIVISION 409 - PALE, AMBER & INDIA PALE ALE, flight 2 of 3
BJCP#	Rank	Style Name	Avg. Score	Goes Forward?
10B-02	1	American Amber Ale	34.5	To Final
10A-09	2	American Pale Ale	30	To Final
10B-06	3	American Amber Ale	29.5	To Final
10B-04	4	American Amber Ale	29
10A-11	5	American Pale Ale	28.5
10B-05	6	American Amber Ale	26
10A-10	7	American Pale Ale	23
10B-01	8	American Amber Ale	22


DIVISION 409 - PALE, AMBER & INDIA PALE ALE, flight 3 of 3
BJCP#	Rank	Style Name	Avg. Score	Goes Forward?
14B-08	1	American IPA	33.6	To Final
14B-01	2	American IPA	33.3	To Final
14B-06	3	American IPA	32.3	To Final
14C-02	4	Imperial IPA	31	To Final
14B-03	5	American IPA	30
14A-01	6	English IPA	28.7
14B-05	7	American IPA	26.3
14B-07	8	American IPA	24.7
14B-04	9	American IPA	23.3
14B-02	10	American IPA	18
14C-01	11	Imperial IPA	17.3

Pictures of the Final Judging:

Check out pictures from final judging at the fair.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to help out this year at the BABO!