FOAM Brewer of the Year 2011 - Jim Sawitzke
Congratulations to Jim Sawitzke, who again this year at the final FOAM Cup added on to his
nearly-insurmountable lead for FOAM Brewer of the Year 2011!
9 points - Jim Sawitzke
5 points - Mike Ireland & Bob McNally
4 points - Brian Gruner
2 points - Patrick Nicholls
2 points - Roger Knoell
1 point - Terry Brann
1 point - Mike Kozar
FOAM CUP 2012 - Next Competition is in March (not February!)
March 2011 - Dark Lagers - BJCP Category 4
Standings for FOAM Brewer of the Year, 2012:
Brewer | Points |
Nobody yet! | 0 |
See your name | 0 |
in this space | 0 |
if you are | 0 |
good enough! | 0 |
The Rules:
- A given brewer may enter only one entry in each FOAM Cup; however…
- If more than one brewer participated in brewing a beer, each brewer can be listed on the entry, and each will receive points toward Brewer of the Year.
- One bottle is required for the “Best of Show” format judging. We prefer plain, brown bottles, but we can handle other types.
- Entries should specify name of brewer(s) and the BJCP style subcategory (e.g. John Brewer, Brown Porter, 12A). Entrants need to choose the subcategory because judges will not assign it for them during the judging.
- Beers are judged against BJCP guidelines, in a Best of Show format, with places 1st, 2nd, and 3rd awarded. No written feedback is returned from this round.
- Entrants can submit extra bottles for further, complete evaluation and will get back a full score sheet completed by a BJCP judge later and returned to you. A self-addressed, stamped envelope will get the score sheets back sooner.
Best of Show Format
We find that this method streamlines the process a lot. The main judging of the beers for the FOAM Cup is be done in a “Best of Show” format. This means that there is no BJCP score sheet completed for each beer. Instead, the beers are lined up against each other, and the judge panel compares them one on one, and they decide (we hope quickly) on a 1-2-3 ranking of the top three beers.
This format will speed up the judging a lot, and we hope this will allow for more members to be part of the judging panels by making it short and free of paperwork.
This will also help us get the results of each FOAM Cup during the meeting.
FOAM Cup Results for 2011
February 2011: Bock
The first FOAM cup of 2011 was held at the FOAM meeting at Flying Dog.
We had 12 entries, judged by Calvin Perilloux and Ben Fegley.
1st Place - Jim Sawitzke - Traditional Bock
2nd Place - Brian Gruner - Doppelbock
3rd Place - Terry Brann - Traditional Bock
May 2011: Mild
The second FOAM cup of 2011 was held at the FOAM meeting at the Flying Barrel.
We had 7 entries, judged by Calvin Perilloux and JP Sloan.
1st Place - Jim Sawitzke - Mild
2nd Place - Patrick Nicholls - Mild
3rd Place - Mike Ireland and Bob McNally - Mild
August 2011: American Ale
The third FOAM cup of 2011 was held at the FOAM meeting at the Flying Dog.
We had 9 entries, judged by Calvin Perilloux and JP Sloan.
1st Place - Mike Ireland & Bob McNally - Amber Ale
2nd Place - Roger Knoell - American Pale Ale
3rd Place - Mike Kozar - American Pale Ale
November 2011 - Specialty
The final FOAM cup was held at the new Flying Barrel.
We had 5 entries, judged by Marion Kozar, Dave Coleman, and Mike Lamb.
1st Place - Jim Sawitzke - Imperial Black IPA
2nd Place - Brian Gruner - Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter
3rd Place - Mike Ireland & Bob McNally - Scottish Heavy & American
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FOAM Brewer of the Year 2010 - Jim Sawitzke
Congratulations to Jim Sawitzke, who at the final FOAM Cup added on to his
insurmountable lead for FOAM Brewer of the Year 2010! Since there was a 4-way
tie for second place, we resorted to the published tie-breaker calculations* based
on gravity and color of the relevant styles.
9 pts Jim Sawitzke
3 pts Brian Gruner (2.887 pts adjusted)
3 pts Bill Heverly (2.824 pts adjusted)
3 pts Pieter Huiberts (2.799 pts adjusted)
3 pts Ben Fegley (2.758 pts adjusted)
2 pts Steve Hesselink
1 pt Vinnie Sempronio
1 pt Bryant White
1 pt Joe Mondo
FOAM Cup Results for 2010
November 2010: Scottish and Irish Ale
The final FOAM cup of 2010 was held at the FOAM meeting at the Flying Barrel last night.
We had six entries: Scottish Ales, Irish Red Ale, Strong Scotch Ales, judged by JP Sloan and Ben Fegley.
1st Place - Brian Gruner - Scottish Light 60/-
2nd Place - Jim Sawitzke and Pieter Huiberts - Strong Scotch Ale
3rd Place - Joe Mondo - Irish Red Ale
August 2010: German Wheat and Rye Beer
The third FOAM Cup event of 2010 took place at Barley and Hops.
Entries from German Wheat and Rye beer were judged by Dave Justice, Mike Lamb and J.P. Sloan.
There were 5 entries and they were all Category 15A : Weizen/Weissbier
1st Place Jim Sawitzke
2nd Place Steve Hesselink
3rd Place Pieter Huiberts
May 2010: India Pale Ale
14 entries were judged at the Flying Barrel: 2 English IPAs, 11 American IPAs, and 1 Imperial IPA
Thanks go to our judges: Pieter Huiberts and Calvin Perilloux as well as to Tim Rice, who was a diligent and quick steward and who really helped speed things along.
1st Place Bill Heverly's American IPA
2nd Place Jim Sawitzke's American IPA
3rd Place Bryant White's American IPA
February 2010: Stout
The first competition of the 2010 FOAM cup took place at the February meeting.
Keith Hipsley, Marion Kozar, and Larry from Flying Dog judged this event.
There were 16 beers entered, so they had their work cut out for them.
1st Ben Fegley’s Foreign Extra Stout
2nd Jim Sawitzke’s American Stout
3rd Vinnie Sempronio’s Russian Imperial Stout
*Point adjustment spreadsheet for tie-breaking in 2010 FOAM Cup
Place Category MinOG MinSRM Adjust Points
Nov 2010
1 Gruner 9A 1030 9 0.962 2.887
2 Sawitzke 9E 1070 14 0.922 1.843
2 Huiberts 9E 1070 14 0.922 1.843
3 Mondo 9D 1044 9 0.949 0.949
Aug 2010
1 Sawitzke 15A 1044 2 0.956 2.868
2 Hesselink 15A 1044 2 0.956 1.912
3 Huiberts 15A 1044 2 0.956 0.956
May 2010
1 Heverly 14B 1056 6 0.941 2.824
2 Sawitzke 14B 1056 6 0.941 1.883
3 White 14B 1056 6 0.941 0.941
Feb 2010
1 Fegley 13D 1056 30 0.919 2.758
2 Sawitzke 13E 1050 30 0.925 1.849
3 Sempronio 13F 1075 30 0.903 0.903
FOAM Brewer of the Year 2009 - Calvin Perilloux
Congratulations to Calvin Perilloux, taking it in a contest that went to the last FOAM Cup of 2009
with four brewers in contention for FOAM Brewer of the Year even to the very end. Final point totals
are as follows:
9 pts Calvin Perilloux
6 pts Brian Gruner
5 pts Dave Justice
3 pts Joe Mondo
1 pt Terry Brann
FOAM Cup Results for 2009
November 2009: Smoke and Wood Aged Beer
The final FOAM Cup of 2009 took place at Brewers Alley.
We had 7 entries in Smoked and Wood-aged Beers, BJCP Category 22,
judged this evening by BJCP judges Jim Sawitzke and Jason Konopinksi.
1st Calvin Perilloux, Classic Rauchbier
2nd Brian Gruner, Smoked Porter
3rd Dave Justice, SmokedHelles
Past Winners:
- August '09 -Light Hybrid Beer (BJCP Style 6)
- Brian Gruner, American Wheat (1st), Dave Justice, Koelsch (2nd), Calvin Perilloux, Koelsch (3rd)
- May '09 - Pilsner (BJCP Style 2)
- Calvin Perilloux (1st), Dave Justice (2nd), Brian Gruner (3rd)
- February '09 - English Bitter
- Joe Mondo: Ordinary Bitter (1st), Calvin Perilloux: Ordinary Bitter (2nd), Terry Brann: ESB (3rd)
- November '08 - Strong Ale (BJCP Style 19)
- Calvin Perilloux: English (1st), Brian Gruner: American (2nd), Terry Brann: English (3rd)
- August '08 - Belgian and French Ale (BJCP Style 16)
- Brian Gruner: Saison (1st), Pieter Huiberts: Belgian Pale Ale (2nd), Jim Sawitzke: Witbier (3rd)
- May '08 - Bock (BJCP Style 5)
- Keith Hipsley: Helles Bock (1st), Tim Rice: Traditional Bock (2nd), Calvin Perilloux: Doppelbock (3rd)
- February '08 - Amber Hybrid Beer (alt, steam) (BJCP Style 7)
- Tim Rice: North German Altbier (1st), Brian Gruner: Dusseldorf Altbier (2nd), Ed Moss: California Common Beer (3rd)
- November '07 - Belgian Strong Ale (BJCP Style 18)
- Dave Justice (1st), Pieter Huiberts (2nd), Terry Brann (3rd)
- August '07 - German Wheat (BJCP Style 15A, 15B or 15C)
- Edgar Radonich and Mike Lamb (1st), Dave Justice (2nd), Terry Brann (3rd)
- May '07 - Maerzen/Vienna (BJCP Style 3)
- Dave Justice (1st), Keith Hipley (2nd), Mike Lamb and Edgar Radonich (3rd)
- February ’07 – Porter (BJCP Style 12)
- Tim Rice (1st, Baltic Porter), Dave Justice (2nd, Robust Porter), Brian Roberts (3rd, Brown Porter)
- November ’06 – Christmas / Winter (2004 BJCP Style 21B)
- Dan Sycalik (1st), Pieter Huiberts (2nd), Tim Rice (3rd)
- August ’06 – Wit (2004 BJCP Style 16A)
- Jeff Garrison (1st), Dave Justice (2nd), Jeff Garrison (3rd)
- May ’06 – English and American Pale Ales (2004 BJCP Style 8, 2004 BJCP Style 10)
- Dave Justice (1st), Joe Thompson (2nd), Edgar Radonich (3rd)
- Feb 2006 - Stouts (2004 BJCP Style 13)
- Bill Heverly (1st), Dan Sycahic (sp?) (2nd), Bob Cleveland (3rd)
- [sorry folks - I missed a few -Lou]
- Mar 2005 - Sour Beers (2004 BJCP Style 17)
- Brian Pazkiet (1st), Bob Cleveland (2nd), Brian Paszkiet (3rd)
- Jan 2005 - Irish Red (2004 BJCP Style 9D)
- Bob Cleveland (1st), Lou King (2nd), Brian Paszkiet (3rd)
- Nov 2004 - Imperial IPA (2004 BJCP Style 14C)
- Dave Justice (1st), Les White (2nd), Bill Heverley (3rd)
- Aug 2004 - Bohemian Pilsner (BJCP Style 2A)
- Bob Cleveland (1st), Joe Thompson (2nd), Calvin Perilloux (3rd)
- May 2004 - Dry Stout (BJCP Style 16A)
- Bill Heverley (1st), Bob Cleveland (2nd), Calvin Perilloux (3rd)
- Feb 2004 - American Lager (BJCP Style 1A)
- Dave Justice (1st), Mike Kozar (2nd), Lou King (3rd)
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