Mad Zymurgists to host Oaktoberfest Homebrew Comp.

Mad Zymurgists will be hosting the 2009 Oaktoberfest Homebrew competition.  This competition is for German style beers only.  Rules and forms should be posted soon. 
Entries will be due in early to mid-September, with final judging on October 4th, and Best of Show judging at the Oaktoberfest event in Oakland October 10th.

So, start brewing those great German beers, and check out www.oaktoberfest.org for more info.  Additional updates will be provided soon.

Greg Robles wins Silver at NHC 2009

Our enthusiastic congratulations go out to Greg Robles of the Mad Zymurgists, who won a Silver medal in the 2009 National Homebrew Competition for his Vienna Lager.  Awards were announced at the National Homebrewers Conference, in Oakland, CA on June 20th, 2009.  Congrats, Greg!

http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/recent_winners.html

Pre-Conference Judging Event

The Beer Judging Pre-Conference seminar taught by David Teckam on June 16, 2009 was a HUGE success!  Thanks to the Englander Pub in San Leandro for hosting, and to all of our helpers who helped keep things running smoothly!  Special thanks to Beer By BART (www.beerbybart.com) for helping us to promote and organize this event.

For those who participated, here are a list of the beers tasted in the class:
Beer-Menu-2009-06-16.pdf

See David's site at beerjudgeschool.com for more info about his program, or see www.bjcp.org to learn more about beer judging.  The Mad Zymurgists will be holding a beer judging study course (working from David's course materials) starting on July 22 and culminating in a BJCP exam on October 3rd in Pleasanton, CA.   Please contact us at info@madzymurgists.com if you're interested.