Results for the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2017

[Cerevisius]

You've been waiting with baited breath, but we can now announce the results for the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2017.

Category Winners:

12C English IPA
1 John Kingston
2 Paul Chapman


21A American IPA
1 Scott Trainor
2 Kris Domagala
3 Todd Kitchen

22A Double IPA
1 Hamish Brown
2 Scott Trainor
3 Julian Robinson

21B Specialty IPA - Belgian
1 James Campbell
2 Nick Laurie
3 Matt Collinson

21B Specialty IPA - Black IPA
1 Duncan Johnston
2 Jesse McFadyen
3 Benn Walton

21B Specialty IPA - Brown IPA
1 Luke Drenen
2 Tim Armstrong
3 Julian Robinson

21B Specialty IPA - Red
1 Julian Robinson
2 Neal Kavanagh
3 Kris Domagala

21B Specialty IPA - Rye IPA
1 Mark Connors
2 David Petty
3 Cameron Eldridge

21B Specialty IPA - White IPA
1 Dale Messina
2 Michael Fitt
3 Ashton Walker

34 Specialty Beer - Specialty Other IPA
1 Joel Broad
2 Tim Armstrong
3 Paul McLaurin


But wait - there's more!

Major Prize Winners:

Champion Brewer
Scott Trainor (with a total of 5 points)
(with honourable mention to Julian Robinson who only narrowly missed out)


Scott wins a Hawkers slab plus a 4 pack of special limited release beers (brand spanking new) and an option to spend a few hours with co-founder and chief spokesman Mazen Hajar talking business as part of a day at the brewery, in Reservoir.


Champion Beer (Best of Show)
Dale Messina (whose White IPA scored 124 points)

Dale takes away a Grand Prize of a $250 voucher to be spent over the bar at Carwyn Cellars, or in their bottle shop in Thornbury.


Clifton Hill Brew Pub's Choice Award
Joel Broad (Specialty Other IPA)

Joel's winning beer to be brewed at Clifton Hill Brew Pub with Brewer Ben Simmons (thanks Ben!).


Home Make It's Choice Award
Julian Robinson (Specialty Red IPA)

Julian will get to brew his winning Red IPA at Craft & Co, Collingwood.


Congratulations All!

The winner of Best Novice will be announced in due course.

 

[GrumpyPaul]

Any idea when the full list will published?

 

[Cerevisius]

Any idea when the full list will published?

Individual results will be available on Compmaster with scoresheets in the fullness of time. This is no small task with something like 300 scoresheets to be entered into the spreadsheet manually and each then scanned and uploaded.

 

[moonhead]

Hi All, Results are now live in Compmaster. Scoresheets are still being scanned, and will be uploaded hopefully in the next day or 2.

 

[moonhead]

Annnnnnnnd the scoresheets are now published in Compmaster. Get at it.

 

[zeggie]

Annnnnnnnd the scoresheets are now published in Compmaster. Get at it.

Epic job. Cheers.

 

[Yob]

Good ****.

Cheers

 

[Cerevisius]

Congratulations, Scott Trainor!

Not only have you walked away with the prize for Champion Brewer at the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2017, but you have been confirmed as this year's Best Novice!

This means you get a $250 voucher from Grain and Grape, Yarraville to spend in store on brewing equipment and ingredients.

Well done!

 

[Cerevisius]

And finally, the results for Club of Show at the Merri Mashers IPA Comp 2017:

Merri Mashers 22
Westgate Brewers 9
Yarra Valley Brewers 2
Melbourne Brewers 2
Macedon Ranges Brew Club 2


This means that Mashers take away a crazy amount of loot from BeerCo including:

• 25Kg of Gladfield Malt split across 3 x 5Kg bags of Base Malt & 10 x 1Kg bags of Specialty Malt
• 5 x 100g of Hops – selection of NZ AU US & EU Hops
• 3 x GigaYeast Gold Pitches – selection
• $50 voucher for www.beerco.com.au
• and a selection of Gladfield Malt & GigaYeast merch – shirts, caps, openers etc