Home Brewer of the Year 2001 Points

Well, now it's all over; but it wasn't decided till the final competition results were in. This year we had more entries, from more brewers than ever before. The final results were extremely close - six brewers were within striking distance at the end. Finally, when the dust settled, Richard Furlong is our new Brewer of the Year, 2001. Congratulations, Richard, for your victory.

And a new tradition has begun. Richard was presented with the new BOTY Cask Trophy. The winner will keep this new perpetual trophy for the year. A brass plate will be added each year with the year and winner's name. Gift certificates from Heart's Homebrew Supply were given to the first, second, and third place winners.

Hopefully, the 2002 BOTY competition series will build on the great participation and competition we saw this year. So keep those fermenters bubbling and remember, you can't win unless you enter.

December - Brown Ale Competition (Category 10)

First Place - Richard Furlong
Second Place - Wayne Smith
Third Place - Pete Turner

This gave us the following Point totals for the year-

BOTY 2001 Point Totals

Richard Furlong - 21
George Perrin - 20
Pete Turner - 19
Wayne Smith - 18
Mark Tumarkin - 17
Dave Williams - 15
Dave Perez - 6
Jim Ritchhart - 3
Brad Seeling - 2
Bruce Stevens - 2
Greg McGann - 1

2002 BOM Style Competition Calendar

December - Specialty, Historical, and Experimental (Category 24) and Open
Janurary - Eng & Scottish Strong (11) and Barley Wine & Imp Stout (12)
February - Porter (15) and Stout (16)
March - Strng Belg (18), Belg/French (19) Lambic& Belg Sour (20)
April - Fruit (21), Spice & Vegetable (22) and Smoke (23)
May - All Lagers (1,2,9,13) and Bock (14)
June - Bitter & Eng Pale (4) and Scottish Ale (5)
July - German Wheat (17)
August - Am Pale Ale (6) and IPA (7)
September - Koelsch & Alt (8) and Light Ale (3)
October - Mead (25) and Cider (26)
November - Brown Ale (10)

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