Congratulations to the winners for the 2009 BUZZ OFF!

In addition to all of our entrants, we'd like to take a moment to thank all of the wonderful sponsors for this year's BUZZ OFF. These fine companies donated all of the prizes for the competition, and we couldn't have made this happen without their wonderful support! Please think of them. Often.


 

Iron Hill not only hosts the BUZZ OFF every year, but also the BUZZ club meetings every month and other homebrewing events. Their support of homebrewers across the area is well-known and appreciated by all.

 
     

 


BUZZ OFF 2009 Results
404 Entries
             
Best of Show
Fred Kline (Coatesville PA) - Dunkelweizen "Delong Dunkelweizen"
             
First Runner Up
Mark Kenesky (Blue Bell,PA) - Saison
Second Runner Up
Curt Keck (Allentown PA) - Brown Porter "A Pawn to the Porter"
Third Runner Up
Stephen Robson (Telford PA) - Foreign Extra Stout
 
Table 1 - Light Lagers (9 Entries)
1 Edward Bielaus Rockville,MD 1E Dortmunder Export BURP perfectly legal free lunacy dorkmunder
2 Dave Grosch Flemington,NJ 1D Munich Helles Keystone Hops Golden Rules
3 Kerry Martin Austin ,TX 1D Munich Helles Austin Zealots Munich Helles
             
Table 2 - Pilsners (10 Entries)
1 Dave Gies & Mickey Brown Middlebury,CT 2B Bohemian Pilsner YAHOOS First Pils
2 Keith Seguine Woodbridge,NJ 2A German Pilsner WHALES Pilsner
3 Edward Bielaus Rockville,MD 2C Classic American Pilsner BURP the american axis CAP
             
Table 3 - Vienna & Oktoberfest (14 Entries)
1 Rich Dilterto & Scott Rudich Pipersville,PA 3B Oktoberfest Keystone Hops Biatchtoberfest
2 Kerry Martin Austin ,TX 3B Oktoberfest Austin Zealots FestBier
3 Bob Purrenhage Berwyn,PA 3A Vienna Lager BUZZ Vienna Lager
             
Table 4 - Dark Lagers (14 Entries)
1 Michael Lemke Muskego,WI 5B Traditional Bock Beer Barons of Milwakee  
2 Britt Taylor-Burton Austin,TX 5B Traditional Bock Austin Zealots Chu Bock
3 Edward Bielaus Rockville,MD 4C Schwarzbier BURP Nietzsche's Revenge Schwarzbier
HM Dave Gies & Mickey Brown Middlebury,CT 5A Maibock YAHOOS Our Bock
             
Table 5 - Light Hybrids (19 Entries)
1 John Peed Oak Ridge,TN 6C Koelsch Tennessee Valley Homebrewers Assoc. Cologne Clone
2 Josh Weikert Collegeville,pa 6C Koelsch Stoney Creek Homebrewers Kollegeville Kolsch
3 Al Hazan Stroudsburg,PA 6A Cream Ale Lehigh Valley Brewers  
             
Table 6 - Amber Hybrids (9 Entries)
1 Tim Caum North Wales,PA 7C Dusseldorf Altbier Keystone 231
2 Edward Bielaus Rockville,MD 7A Northern German Altbier BURP altcon: a sip thru time
3 Michael Lessa Allentown,PA 7B California Common Beer LVHB  
             
Table 7 - Eng. Bitters (12 Entries)
1 Edward Bielaus Rockville,MD 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter BURP the sorrows of empire best bitter
2 John Peed Oak Ridge,TN 8A Ordinary Bitter Tennessee Valley Homebrewers Assoc. Notso Ornery
3 Dave Grosch Flemington,NJ 8A Ordinary Bitter Keystone Hops Paddington Station Bitter
             
Table 8 - Scottish & Irish Ale (15 Entries)
1 Patrick Lauletta Downingtown,PA 9E Strong Scotch Ale BUZZ Scottish Strong Ale
2 Al Hazan Stroudsburg,PA 9C Scottish 80/- Lehigh Valley Brewers  
3 Jim Fries Philadelphia,PA 9D Irish Red Ale GLUB Angry Bee Irish Red
             
Table 9 - American Pale Ales (12 Entries)
1 Ken Wrightstone Camp Hill,PA 10A American Pale   Ken's Pale Ale
2 Joe Kusterer Manassas,Va 10A American Pale   The Cascades Pale Ale
3 Josh Weikert Collegeville,pa 10A American Pale Stoney Creek Homebrewers Peachtree Pale Ale
             
Table 10 - American Amber Ale (12 Entries)
2 Brian Pylant Pennsauken,NJ 10B American Amber BUZZ American Amber Ale
3 Brian Flach West Haven,CT 10B American Amber The Brewing Network Armory Amber
             
Table 11 - American Brown (10 Entries)
1 Brian Pylant Pennsauken,NJ 10C American Brown BUZZ American Brown Ale
2 Stephen Robson Telford,PA 10C American Brown Keystone AB 1
3 Dave Grosch Flemington,NJ 10C American Brown Keystone Hops Moose Drool Clone
             
Table 12 - English Brown Ales (7 Entries)
1 David Barber Kempton,PA 11A Mild Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Mild #2
2 Craig Lorden James Lorden mickleton,NJ 11C Northern English Brown The Brewing Network Irish Brown Ale
3 Steve Bischoff West Chester,PA 11A Mild   #91
             
Table 13 - Porters (22 Entries)
1 Curt Keck Allentown,PA 12A Brown Porter Lehigh Valley Homebrewers a Pawn to the Porter
2 Dan Noon Yardley,Pa 12B Robust Porter Aleiens Manual Porter
3 Jim Fries Philadelphia,PA 12C Baltic Porter GLUB Chocolat Maple Porter
             
Table 14 - Stouts (20 Entries)
1 Stephen Robson Telford,PA 13D Foreign Extra Stout Keystone  
2 Stephen Robson Telford,PA 13E American Stout Keystone  
3 Chris Bible Knoxville,TN 13D Foreign Extra Stout   Ariee Mon
             
Table 15 - Russian Imperial Stouts (13 Entries)
1 Jeff Louella Feasterville,PA 13F Russian Imperial Stout ALEiens RAIS (#2)
2 Tim Caum North Wales,PA 13F Russian Imperial Stout Keystone 208
3 Jason Wasnick Pottstown,PA 13F Russian Imperial Stout Bru Clear (Limerick) Obsidian Imperial Stout
             
Table 16 - American IPA (24 Entries)
1 Nathan Panek Ridley Park,PA 14B American IPA   West Coast IPA
2 Derek Skillings State College,PA 14B American IPA   Hoppy Valley IPA
3 Fred Kline Coatesville,PA 14B American IPA   Hop Circle
             
Table 17 - Eng. & Imp. IPA (13 Entries)
1 Mickey Brown Middlebury,CT 14C Imperial IPA YAHOOS God Bless Hops
2 Andrew Starsiak Weymonth,MA 14A English IPA   English IPA
3 Blake Morris Nazareth,PA 14A English IPA Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Mind the Gap IPA
             
Table 18 - German Wheat and Rye Beer (22 Entries)
1 Fred Kline Coatesville,PA 15B Dunkelweizen   Delong Dunkelweizen
2 Fred Kline Coatesville,PA 15C Weizenbock   Klienzenbock
3 Bill Schools {Croydon },PA 15A Weizen ALEiens #37
             
Table 19 - Belgian and French Ale (25 Entries)
1 Mark Kenesky Blue Bell,PA 16C Saison HOPS Saison
2 Charlie Milan {Baton Rouge},LA 16D Biere de Garde Redstick Brewmasters Biere de Bayou
3 Mark Kenesky Blue Bell,PA 16A Witbier HOPS Witbier
             
Table 20 - Belgian Specialty (12 Entries)
1 Mike Manning Allentown,PA 16E Belgian Specialty LVHB Belgian Barley Wine
2 Sal Narisi Warminster,Pa 16E Belgian Specialty   Bernie the Beer
3 David Barber Kempton,PA 16E Belgian Specialty Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Saison de Noire
             
Table 21 - Sour Ales (12 Entries)
1 Jim Fries Philadelphia,PA 17F Fruit Lambic GLUB Mango Lambic
2 Michael Lessa Allentown,PA 17B Flanders Red LVHB  
3 David Covey Philadelphia,PA 17A Berliner Weisse ALEiens Homebrew Club Pucker Up
             
Table 22 - Belgian Dark Strong Ales (16 Entries)
1 Ryan Gerlach Narberth,PA 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale The Weng #58  
2 Jeremy Harris Furlong,PA 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale Batch #2  
3 Josh Weikert Collegeville,pa 18B Belgian Dubbel Stoney Creek Homebrewers Dumb Luck Dubbel
             
Table 23 - Belgian Light Strong Ales (15 Entries)
1 Peter Polczynski Tulsa,OK 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale The Brewing Network Riding with Charon
2 Wardell Massey Spring City,PA 18A Belgian Blond Ale Keystone HOPS Bella Blonde
3 Sal Narisi Warminster,Pa 18A Belgian Blond Ale   Pat the Beer
             
Table 24 - Strong Ales (8 Entries)
1 Pat reddy Bridgeton,MO 19A Old Ale   Driftwood Ale
2 R.J. Sherman Washington,NJ 19A Old Ale NJ HOPZ Richie's Bath
3 David Houseman Chester Springs,PA 19A Old Ale BUZZ Groundhog Old Ale
HM Bobby Mierzejwski Piscataway,NJ 19B English Barleywine WHALES Her Majesty's Pleasure
             
Table 25 - Fruit, Spice, Herb & Veggies (14 Entries)
1 Greg Ferenz Philadelphia,PA 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer   Pineal Pumpkin Ale
2 Kevin Socha West Chester,PA 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer BUZZ Not You Mama's Joe
3 Scott Magalengo Quakertown,PA 20A Fruit Beer Zen Brewing Raspberry Zen Stout
             
Table 26 - Smoke and Wood Aged Beer (12 Entries)
1 Michael Lewandowski Drexel Hill,PA 22B Other Smoked Beer   Queen Tammy's Smoked Porter
2 Bobby Mierzejwski Piscataway,NJ 22C Wood-Aged Beer WHALES Bourbon Barrel English Barleywine
3 Keith Story Piscataway,NJ 22B Other Smoked Beer WHALES Brent's Imperial Smoked Porter
             
Table 27 - Specialty Beer (18 Entries)
1 Andrew Starsiak Weymouth,MA 23A Specialty Beer   Fuss-pot Rye Old Ale
2 Tim Caum North Wales,PA 23A Specialty Beer Keystone 230 imperial amber
3 Michael Lessa Allentown,PA 23A Specialty Beer LVHB Imperial Pumpkin Ale
             
Table 28 - Meads (7 Entries)
1 Bob Piano Allentown,PA 26A Metheglin LVHB Sweet Camus
2 Gary Weston Bridgewater,NJ 26C Open Category Mead WHALES Agave Mead
3 Luke Kostu Hopelawn,NJ 26C Open Category Mead WHALES Chili Mead
             
Table 29 - Melomels & Ciders (8 Entries)
1 Curt Keck Allentown,PA 28D Other Spec. Cider/Perry Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Spider Venom
2 David Barber Kempton,PA 25A Cyser Lehigh Valley Homebrewers Cyser #1
3 Christopher Clair West Chester,PA 25A Cyser BUZZ Not Al's Cyser

 

THE 2009 BUZZ OFF COMPETITION COMMITTEE
~ organizer & head poo-bah ~
Ron Daubel

~ judge coordinator ~
Brian Pylant

~ steward wrangler ~
Bob Purrenhage

~ consultants & mentors ~
Chris Clair
Dave Houseman

~ iron hill liasons ~
Larry Horwitz
Chris LaPierre