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The
Competition
 Each October, the
Prairie Homebrewing Companions gather
together the best homebrew from the best homebrewers to determine who is the 'Great Pumpkin'
of brewers. Hoppy
Halloween 2010 was featured on BrewingTV.
The
Hoppy Halloween Challenge is known for its Medals hung from unique
hand-crafted Halloween
themed lanyards.
All BJCP categories
including mead and cider can be entered, but
the Hoppy
Halloween Challenge has a category unique to this competition:
Halloween
Theme Beer:
"Any beer with characteristics that would
identify it as being made for, and in the spirit of, Halloween."
How spooky can you brew?
Full rules for the Halloween Theme
Beer are available HERE.
Questions
or comments on the Hoppy Halloween Challenge?
Email
hoppy@hoppyhalloween.com
Hoppy
Halloween Challenge XV
'The
Curse
of the Mummy's Thirst'
Final
Judging & Banquet: October 27th 2012
New
Special Category: Wet Hopped Beer
 "A
beer made with fresh undried hops that displays the character of
those hops in the flavor and aroma"
Many
homebrewers grow their own hops and the these beers showcase those
hops to the fullest. Wet Hop beers can only brewed right after
the hop harvest and the hop flavors and aromas quickly diminish, so
October is the peak time for enjoying these beers. What better
way is there to celebrate the "hoppy" portion of
competition's name Hoppy Halloween than with a special beer
that accentuates the hops.
Hoppy
Halloween 2011 Results
464
Entries
From
27 States and 1 Canadian Province
 Best
of Show - Beer:
"Jurassic
Porter" a Robust Porter from Jason Hatfield of
Cincinnati, OH and the Bloatarian Brewing League.
Best
of Show - Mead/Cider:
"Get
Off Of My Cloud" a Sweet Mead from Karen Schaar of
Davenport, IA and MUGZ
Great
Pumpkin winner:
Tom
Urbanski, Cloquet, MN, Northern Ale Stars
Halloween
Theme Beer:
"Son
Of Mola Ram" from Al Boyce, St. Louis Park, MN,
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Full
list of the Hoppy Halloween 2011 Winners
Hoppy
Halloween Sponsors
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They have supported the
PHC and Homebrewers with lots of great prizes that will be given out
as part of this competition so give them your support and let them
know that their involvement with the Hoppy Halloween Challenge is
appreciated.
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Hoppy Halloween Sponsors
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 Hoppy
Halloween on BrewingTV
Chip
from BrewingTV was in Fargo for Hoppy Halloween 2010 and had a full
weekend. He covered 2 club brews, interviewed Susan Ruud about
the club's yeast bank, talked to featured speaker Jamil Zainasheff,
and covered Hoppy Halloween judging and awards including Halloween
Theme Beer Judging.
Chip
had a great time and you can see all the fun he had in Episode
23 of BrewingTV.
Hoppy
Halloween 2010 Medals and Awards
Questions
or comments on Hoppy Halloween?
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