March Mashness
     We wish to congratulate all the winners and thank all those entered. We finished with 69 entries. We would like to thank all the judges, from first round to Best of Show. March Mashness 2005 Best of Show Judges were Damian McConn of Summit Brewing, Andrew Rose of Minnesota Homebrewers Association, and Alex Vigil.

Best of Show
Best Of Show Sean Hewitt New Brighton, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Brown Porter

Light Lagers
Gold John Ratcliff Rosemount, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association American Premium Lager
Silver None Awarded      
Bronze None Awarded      

English Pale Ale
Gold Charlie Rohwer   St. Paul Homebrewers Club Extra Special/Strong Bitters
Silver None Awarded      
Bronze None Awarded      

Scottish Ales
Gold None Awarded      
Silver Jerry Dusich St. Cloud, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Scottish Export 80
Bronze None Awarded      

English India Pale Ale
Gold Jeff Saranpaa St. Cloud, MN Cloudy Town Brewers India Pale Ale
Silver Mike Esplan Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers American India Pale Ale
Bronze Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association American Pale Ale

Amber Hybrid & English Pale Ales
Gold Charlie Rohwer   St. Paul Homebrewers Club Dusseldorf Alt
Silver Ron Lockhart St. Paul, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Dusseldorf Alt
Bronze None Awarded      

German Wheat & Rye Beer
Gold None Awarded      
Silver Roger Krause St. Cloud, MN Krause Kaiser Brau Club German Wheat & Rye Beer
Bronze None Awarded      

English Brown Ales
Gold Robert Hilsgen Sartell, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Northern English Brown Ale
Silver Andrew Rose Saint Paul, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Northern English Brown Ale
Bronze None Awarded      

Fruit Beer
Gold David Arnott Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Fruit Beer - Raspberry Porter
Silver Charlie Rohwer, Lynette Wong, Grace Pietsch & Nadilia Gomez     Fruit Beer - Cherry Stout
Bronze None Awarded      

Ambers, Darks & Bocks
Gold John Ratcliff     Doppelbock
Silver Roger Krause St. Cloud, MN Krause/Kaiser Brau Club Octoberfest/Marzen
Bronze Ronald Lockhart St. Paul, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association American Dark Lager

Porters
Gold Sean Hewitt New Brighton, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Brown Porter
Silver Andrew Rose St. Louis Park, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Baltic Porter
Bronze None Awarded      

Stouts
Gold Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Russian Imperial Stout
Silver Norman Myhre Andover, MN   Russian Stout
Bronze None Awarded      

Strong Ale
Gold Sean Hewitt New Brighton, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Old Ale
Silver None Awarded      
Bronze None Awarded      

Belgian Beers
Gold Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Belgian Tripel
Silver Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Fruit Lambic
Bronze Steve Piatz Eagan, MN Minnesota Home Brewers Association Belgian Dubbel

Smoked & Specialty
Gold Norman Myhre Andover, MN   Classic Rauchbier
Silver David Arnott Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Espresso Stout
Bronze Robert Hilsgen Sartell, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Smoked Ale

Standard & Specialty Cider
Gold James & Jean Michael Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Common Cider
Silver Chad Randall St. Cloud, MN   Raspberry Cider
Bronze Rick Vinje Little Fals, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Strawberry Cider

Mead
Gold Erik Nelson Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Florida Orange Blossom Mead
Silver Bruce LeBlanc Sauk Rapids, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Orange Blossom Mead
Bronze Jerry & Deb Dusich St. Cloud, MN Cloudy Town Brewers Metheglin

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