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Southend Brewery & Smokehouse
by john mitchell

May 1, 2001 -- Charlotte, NC


Thanks to all who supported the US Open. I particularly want to thank our out-of-town judges and our sponsors, including Homebrew Adventures, the Johnson Brewing Company, Rock Bottom, Crosby & Baker, LD Carlson, Wyeast, White Labs, and Carolina Beer Co.

Best of Show went to Slade Franklin for his Kolsch, 2nd BoS to Harold Dowda for his Belgian Strong Golden Ale and third BoS to Craig Sikes for his Blond Ale.

The rest of the winners are in the following table:

place group number group name style winning brew
1 1 Pilsner/Export/American lager 2b Northern German Pilsner Bob Carlton's War Stein
2 1 Pilsner/Export/American lager 1c Classic American Pilsner George Fix's Esquire
3 1 Pilsner/Export/American lager 2c Dortmunder Export George Fix's High Test
1 2 American Ales 3a Blond Ale Craig Sikes's Brilliant Blonde
2 2 American Ales 6a American Pale Ale Glenn Thomas's
3 2 American Ales 3c Cream Ale George Fix's Traditional
1 3 British light Ales 7 India Pale Ale Todd Bowman's Indomitable Pale Ale
2 3 British light Ales 7 India Pale Ale Brian Cole's Howlin' Wolf IPA
3 3 British light Ales 4a Ordinary Bitter Bob Heckman's 123
1 4 Koelsch/Alt/Vienna 8a Koelsch-style Beer Slade Franklin's Cobb's Kolsch
2 4 Koelsch/Alt/Vienna 8a Koelsch-style Beer Brian Cole's Oh de Cologne
3 4 Koelsch/Alt/Vienna 8c Northern German Altbier Steve Peeler's Altbier
1 5 Mild and Brown Ales 10d American Brown Ale Bill Lynch's Brown Ale
2 5 Mild and Brown Ales 10d American Brown Ale Mark Aichele's
3 5 Mild and Brown Ales 10d American Brown Ale John Oshman's Loser Ale
1 6 Strong Ales 12a English-style Barleywine Brian Cole's Willie Warmer Barleywine
2 6 Strong Ales 12c Russian Imperial Stout Steve Peeler's Imp. Stout
3 6 Strong Ales 11a Old Ale Brian Cole's Old Beelzebub
1 7 Bocks, Wheats and Schwarzbier 14c Doppelbock Glenn Thomas's
2 7 Bocks, Wheats and Schwarzbier 14a Traditional Bock Glenn Thomas's
3 7 Bocks, Wheats and Schwarzbier 13b Schwarzbier James Kinn's First Brew Schwarzbier
1 8 Porter and Stout 15b Brown Porter Brian Cole's Peregrine Porter
2 8 Porter and Stout 16b Sweet Stout Todd Bowman's Proverbial Cream Stout
3 8 Porter and Stout 16d Foreign Extra Stout Glenn Thomas's
1 9 Belgians 18c Belgian Strong Golden Ale Harold Dowda's Devilish Delight
2 9 Belgians 20b Gueze-style Ale Christian Smerz's South Lyford Gueuze
3 9 Belgians 18b Tripel Steve Peeler's Tripel
1 10 Special Beers 23a Classic Rauchbier Steve Peeler's Rauchbier
2 10 Special Beers 24 Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer James Kinn's Wild Rice Vienna Lager
3 10 Special Beers 24 Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer George Allen's Fat Bottom Honey
1 11 Mead & Cider 25a Traditional Mead Brian Cole's Beeknees Mead
2 11 Mead & Cider 25b Varietal Honey Traditional Mead Brian Cole's Bee Balm Mead
3 11 Mead & Cider 26b New England-style Cider Kevin Martin's First Try


Monkey on the Mainline Porter: Employs use of honey and molasses to give a potent alcohol content for its style (SG 1.070) Both provide a different twist to an old style.


*** Multiple Award Winner
Ram's Head Weizenbock:: As its style name implies, German wheat with bock strength. Quite a combo!! Deep amber color, medium to full bodied with banana and clove character apparent (except in dry yeast version).

Burton Pale Ale:: Example of a English Pale Ale. The use of Carapils and Crystal 120L give this beer a nice medium body as well as a pale to copper color. Kent Goldings provide a crisp bitter bite along the upper end of the bittering scale for this style.
Repeats Wicked Brown Ale:: Copy of the beer most folks think of when they think of the American Brown Ale style. Hoppy, but well-balanced by malt...a fine example. Kudos to that "wicked" guy...hope you enjoy this!
What in the Helles Bock:: Pale version of the strong, dark, malty bock beer. It has a medium to full body and a high warming alcohol content. Perfect for those who like a higher alcohol content and pale color.

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