Brew or Cry 2017

BREW OR CRY:  Brewers Challenge 2017

The Brew or Cry started 5 years ago with a goal to push us all to brew better beer, learn new tricks and discover new styles.  This year, we’re changing things up a little bit, and giving members a little more choice for what they’ll brew, while continuing the spirit of the challenge.

In 2017 we’re taking a cue from the Olympics.

The Rules
• There will be 3 regular rounds of competition, with 3 styles in each.
• The 4th and final round will be for the winning team and top individual brewers.*
• Each team will be responsible for at least one entry into each category, for rounds 1-3.
• Teams may submit more than one entry per category.
• Limit one entry per team member, per round.**
• Limit three entries per team, per category, per round.
• Styles are based on the 2015 BJCP Guidelines.
• Brewers must bring a smartphone with a reasonable battery charge for online scoring system.
• Brewers must submit 32-36oz. of beer for competition nights to ensure enough for judging process.  Bring extra if you want to share with everyone.
    Ideal packaging for your entries will be in non-distinct bottles, growlers (ie. no stainless steel, branded etc..)
TWO 22oz generic brown glass bomber, or THREE 12oz generic brown glass bottles, or ONE 32oz swingtop brown glass bottle, or ONE 32oz growler

*Top individual brewers are invited to the final round as a way to recognize outstanding brewing prowess, despite an overall team loss.  The final number of these invites will be determined at the conclusion of the 3rd round (historically 4-6 additional brewers make the cut)
**Collaborations are allowed, but might exclude you from judging if involved in 3 different style entries.
***The Brew or Cry Challenge is, and always has been voluntary. We hope that you want to have some fun, and that this new format is something that interests all members enough to participate.

Scoreboard

Team Score
Jason 106
Dan 89
Garry 81
Peter 66
Rod 59

For detailed scoring round by round, scroll to bottom of page.  If you find any errors, please email sunprairieworthogs@gmail.com 

Judging
You will be seated with others who brewed the same style as you.  If you collaborated, please make board members aware if there is a potential that a brew you were directly involved in, might be judged by you.  We will reassign you to a non-conflicting category for judging night as you are not permitted to judge in a category you brewed in.

Scoring will all be done online.  We will provide a link for each beer style.  Judges must use their real name, erroneous entries will be audited and omitted if necessary.

Styles
The board has chosen these nine common styles for the 2017 competition.  This provides a fair amount of choice to all competitors, in each round.  The selection of styles increase in difficulty each round, while still leaving options for brewers of all skill levels.

ROUND 1 – March 23rd
Origin Styles Level
American American IPA Basic
Irish Dry Stout Basic
German Hefeweizen Basic
     
ROUND 2 – May 25th
Origin Styles Level
American APA Basic
German Kolsch Intermediate
Belgian Belgian Dubbel Advanced
 American  Sweet Stout  Intermediate
ROUND 3 – September 28th
Origin Styles Level
American American Brown Basic
British ESB Intermediate
German Marzen/Okto
Munich Dunkel
Advanced
Advanced

2015 BJCP Style Guidelines

*Additional beer styles may be added if club membership increases enough to necessitate expansion.

Scoring
Now that you’ve seen the styles, it’s time to see what they’re worth.  As the difficulty increases, more points are awarded in scoring.  In the later rounds this gives teams an opportunity to make up larger point deficits by attempting more difficult styles or more entries.  Our scoring system is based on the BJCP scoresheet and categories.  Appearance 0-2 points, Aroma 0-5 points, Flavor 0-10 points, Mouthfeel 0-3 points and Overall Impression 0-5 points.

  SCORING BY SKILL LEVEL
PLACE\LEVEL Basic Intermediate Advanced
1st 10 12 14
2nd 9 11 13
3rd 8 10 12
4th 7 9 11
5th 6 8 10
6th 5 7 9
7th 4 6 8
8th 3 5 7
9th 2 4 6
10th 1 3 5
11th 0 2 4
12th 0 1 3

*The board reserves the right to reevaluate scoring system to maintain a fun competition, while continuing to challenge brewers.

Bonus Points
Individual bonus points can be awarded if you enter your beer from Round 1 or 2 into a BJCP sanctioned competition and submit your score sheets to sunprairieworthogs@gmail.com.  These points will only count towards individual’s scores.

BJCP Score Bonus Points
46-50 8
40-45 6
30-39 4
20-29 2

*The board reserves the right to reevaluate scoring system.


Teams

The exec board members have volunteered to serve as the 5 Team Captains.  Teams were drafted and styles were chosen at the 2017 planning meeting.  Since the board members are already communicating frequently, we made an executive decision to take on this additional role for the year.  Here’s the lineup for 2017.

PETER ZOELLNER JASON MAYERL GARRY PUZACH ROD MELOTTE DAN MICKELSON
Alan Oakland Andy Atwood Andy/Michelle Gerver Brian Sellung Alan Ledrowski
Brian Brockman Charlie Marcotte Andy Windstrand Greg Schultz Chris Erickson
Hannah Stoffs Colin Hornig Dan Nelson Jim Albrecht Dan Nieman
Jeff Scanlan Gene Wittenheiler Eric Bontrager Joel Franke Greg Vander Velden
Nick Skuban Karl Siekart Mary Jean Martin Kevin Karls Jason Boynton
Theron Issacson Kris Hinzman Nate Hughes Ruben Mota Josh Kurutz
Tom Thrun Kyle Sauk Zach Lee Zak Holmes Peter Schroder
Troy Bronk Matt Boyd    

*As new members join, they will be assigned to a team at the discretion of the board.
** If you were drafted on a team and do not wish to participate in a single round, please inform a boardmember so we can make adjustments.

The Final Round
The winning team after 3 rounds will disband to compete against each other for the grand prize and bragging rights as the  2017 Brewer of the Year for the SPWH!  Top individual brewers will be invited to final round at the discretion of the board.

*If a brewer on the winning team failed to enter a single beer in 2017 competition, they will be excluded from the final round.

The winner of Round 4 will go on to brew that beer at One Barrel Brewing Co. and have their beer released during Madison Craft Beer Week.

Scoreboard by Round

ROUND STYLE TEAM BREWER SCORE PLACE LEVEL TEAM Points INDY Points NOTE
1 American IPA Dan Peter S 19.8 1 Basic 10 10
1 American IPA Rod Kevin Karls 18.2 2 Basic 9 9
1 American IPA Jason Andy Atwood 16.1 3 Basic 8 8
1 American IPA Jason Charlie 14.9 4 Basic 7 7
1 American IPA Garry Nate Hughes 14.5 5 Basic 6 6
1 American IPA Peter Jeff Scanlan 13.5 6 Basic 5 5
1 American IPA Jason Kris Hinzman 13.2 7 Basic 4 4
1 American IPA Rod Rod 12.8 8 Basic 3 3
1 American IPA Dan Chris Erickson 12.6 9 Basic 2 2
1 American IPA Garry Zak Lee 10.9 10 Basic 1 1
1 American IPA Dan Jason Boynton 10.3 11 Basic 0 0
1 Irish Stout Peter Alan Oakland 19.4 1 Basic 10 10
1 Irish Stout Garry Garry 19.1 2 Basic 9 9
1 Irish Stout Dan Dan Nieman 18.4 3 Basic 8 8
1 Irish Stout Garry Mary Martin 17 4 Basic 7 7
1 Irish Stout Dan Alan Ledrowski 16.7 5 Basic 6 6
1 Irish Stout Garry Alex Benedict 16.1 6 Basic 5 5
1 Irish Stout Jason Matt Boyd 15.8 7 Basic 4 4
1 Irish Stout Jason Karl Siekart 15.5 8 Basic 3 3
1 Irish Stout Rod Zak Holmes 14 9 Basic 2 2
1 Irish Stout Peter Nick Skuban 13.3 10 Basic 1 1
1 Irish Stout Peter Hannah Stoffs 12.5 11 Basic 0 0
1 Irish Stout Rod Jim Albrecht 11.9 12 Basic 0 0
1 Irish Stout Jason Colin Hornig 10.1 13 Basic 0 0
1 Irish Stout Rod Joel Franke 7.4 14 Basic 0 0
1 Weissbier Jason Gene 18.4 1 Basic 10 10
1 Weissbier Peter Brian Brockman 16.8 2 Basic 9 9
1 Weissbier Rod Greg Schultz 16.1 3 Basic 8 8
1 Weissbier Dan Greg V 15.4 4 Basic 7 7
1 Weissbier Dan Dan Mickelson 14 5 Basic 6 6
1 Weissbier Peter Peter Z 13 6 Basic 5 5
1 Weissbier Garry Gervers 11.1 7 Basic 4 4
1 Weissbier Jason Jason Mayerl 10.4 8 Basic 3 3
1 Weissbier Rod Brian Sellung 4.2 9 Basic 2 2
2 APA Garry Andy Gerber 20.7 1 Basic 10 10
2 APA Jason Charlie Marcotte 17.3 2 Basic 9 9
2 APA Rod Kevin Karl’s 13.3 3 Basic 8 8
2 APA Dan Dan Nieman 12 4 Basic 7 7
2 Belgian Dubbel Dan Greg V 20.3 1 Advanced 14 14
2 Belgian Dubbel Peter Jeff Scanlan 20 2 Advanced 13 13
2 Belgian Dubbel Jason Jason Mayerl 19.3 3 Advanced 12 12
2 Belgian Dubbel Rod Zak Holmes 15.1 4 Advanced 11 11
2 Belgian Dubbel Jason Andy Atwood 14.6 5 Advanced 10 10
2 Belgian Dubbel Garry Garry Puzach 12.5 6 Advanced 9 9
2 Belgian Dubbel Peter Nick Skuban 11.8 7 Advanced 8 8
2 Belgian Dubbel Dan Peter Schroeder 11.6 8 Advanced 7 7
2 Belgian Dubbel Peter Alan Oakland 8.2 9 Advanced 6 6
2 Kolsch Garry Nate Hughes 20 1 Intermediate 12 12
2 Kolsch Dan Dan Mickelson 16.6 2 Intermediate 11 11 TIE
2 Kolsch Dan Jason Boynton 16.6 2 Intermediate 11 11 TIE
2 Kolsch Jason Matt Boyd 15.4 4 Intermediate 9 9
2 Kolsch Jason Karl Siekart 14.8 5 Intermediate 8 8
2 Kolsch Jason Gene W 14.3 6 Intermediate 7 7
2 Kolsch Garry Alex Benedict 14.3 7 Intermediate 6 6
2 Kolsch Rod Jim albrecht 12.4 8 Intermediate 5 5
2 Kolsch Peter Peter Zoellner 12.4 9 Intermediate 4 4
2 Kolsch Peter Brian Brockman 12.3 10 Intermediate 3 3
2 Kolsch Peter Scanlan team zoellner 9.4 11 Intermediate 2 2
2 Kolsch Rod Joel Frankie 8.2 12 Intermediate 1 1
2 Sweet Stout Garry zak Lee 20 1 Intermediate 12 12 TIE
2 Sweet Stout Jason Kris Hintz an 20 1 Intermediate 12 12 TIE
2 Sweet Stout Rod Rod Melotte 14 3 Intermediate 10 10


(updated 1/17/2017)