Congratulations John Tipton and Chris Lehman

Congratulations to Alabama’s most awarded homebrewer, John Tipton and Nashville homebrewing hippie Chris Lehmann, for placing in the 2009 National Homebrew Competition. Both are members of Huntsville’s Rocket City Brewers.
John won a bronze medal for his Russian Imperial Stout, in a category with 374 entries.
Chris, along with Nashville Antioch Sud Sucker members Carl Meier, [...]

Congratulations to Scott Johnson!!!

Scott Johnson, one of the best brewers in Alabama, likes to lay low… but we’re not having it!!! Scott has been quietly entering competitions all over the country and not telling any of us about it. And he’s been racking up wins! What a guy!! Check out this impressive list of [...]

Auburn Brew Club results from 2008 Mid-South Fair

Stephen’s Ivanna Data Belgian Blonde

Congratulations to Stephen on winning another ribbon in a MidSouth Series competition. The 2008 BrewMasters Open (Atlanta) results were recently posted.
There were over 360 entries in the competition. I’m not sure who all from Auburn entered, but Stephen placed 2nd out of 18 entries in the Belgian Strong Ale category with his [...]

20th Annual Bluff City Brewers Extravaganza

Scott received another 2nd place this past weekend. This time the competition was the 20th annual Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs Homebrew Extravaganza, and Scott placed in the English Pale Ale category with his Extra Special Bitter. There were 165 entries, and I believe he only submitted a couple of entries. Way [...]

midsouthhomebrew.org

midsouthhomebrew.org is now the home of news and standings for the Mid-South Homebrew Competition Series, which currently consists of the following competitions which are typically held during the months indicated.
• February – Peach State Brew-Off in Atlanta, Georgia hosted by the Covert Hops Society
• April – Bluff City Brewers’ Annual Homebrew Extravaganza in Memphis, Tennessee [...]

Auburn Brew Club tied for 3rd place nationwide

The Auburn Brew Club tied for 3rd place nationwide after 3 national Club-Only Competitions. Hey, it sounds good, and it might be the only time we ever place, so we might as well write it up and post a picture of the results!

2007 MidSouth Hombrew Competition Series Results

Congratulations to the Antioch Sud Suckers of Nashville, Tennessee for winning 2007 MidSouth Homebrew Club of the Year and to Tom Meier for winning 2007 MidSouth Homebrewer of the Year!
Posting of the final results have been slightly delayed because an upgrade of the Rocket City Brewers website has resulted in a couple months downtime for [...]

Nov and Dec 2007 Upcoming Events

We had a great meeting last night at Stephen’s. Thanks to everyone who brought the many varieties of homebrews we were able to sample and discuss. Of the Saisons samples, the general consensus was that the 4 homebrewed versions were better than the Saison du Pont, which is remarkable.
For our one confirmed listener, [...]

Results are In, and the word is out! Auburn Brew Club places 2nd in national Strong Ale competition!

41 homebrew clubs from 19 states entered the first AHA Club Only Competition for the 2007-2008 year, a competition for Strong Ales (Old Ales, English Barleywines and American Barleywines). The judging pool was entirely made up of BJCP judges, and the Best of Show (BOS) panel had almost 40 years judging experience between the [...]