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Dunedin Brewers Guild is happy to announce the winners
(click here for list) of the 6th Annual
Walk the Line on Barleywine competition! This is a homebrew competition, and
has been expanded to include the latest emerging "Imperial" styles.
It is AHA sanctioned (for BJCP points). Homebrew Competition: Judging dates: December 1, 2007 BJCP judging guidelines will be followed, and entries can be made in the following styles:
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Winner of the homebrew competition gets a great plaque. All winners get AHA medals.
2001: The WORLDS LARGEST Barleywine Festival with 72 true Barleywines, with an average of 2 years of age on them. This ran over two days so that there were 36 offered each day. Why? Disappointed in the South's lack of availability of the style (only two distributed and only two breweries in the SE made the style (McGuires & TBBC). The goal to beat was the record of 55 held by the famous tap room, Toronado in San Francisco. The festival offerings ended up beating it by 17 barleywines, maybe more (because we did not allow just any Strong Beers to be categorized as a Barleywine, it had to be brewed and marketed as a Barleywine).
2003: The second festival featured 34 Barleywines, making it the 3rd largest true Barleywine Festival with an average of 4 years of age on them.
2006: The third and LAST festival, probably the last ever in the Southeast and the East Coast. This is a blowout of all vintage barleywines in stock, with an average age of 6 years, all carefully refrigerated in the upper lofts of the Dunedin brewery cooler.
The Last Festival (Homebrew competitions will continue) From 1999-2001, assisted by other frequent travelers, KK went on an exhaustive Barleywine hunt. Hundreds of phone calls begging breweries and brewers for their precious product, asking retailers to hold it for the next mule contact traveling in that area, this hunt took about 2 1/2 years to collect. That original stash will be depleted as of this year. Note: as with any vintage product, a few barleywines will have gone south or be way past it's prime.... As determined by the pourer and organizer, these will not count towards your paid samples.
2007: The 6th annual homebrew competition on 1 December, with new categories:
- Imperial Lager (BJCP styles 1-5)
- Imperial Pale and Brown Ale (BJCP styles 6-11 and 14-15)
- Imperial Porter and Stout (BJCP styles 12-13)
- Big Belgians (BJCP styles 16-18)
- Old Ales and Barleywine (BJCP style 19)
"Walk The Line"... what is that about?? The tradition is that after the fest we set up a very crooked path line in which participants' race against the clock and for accuracy to adhering to the path of line. Three sober judges time you and penalize you for "aberrations:.. Sounds easy, right? We thought so too, so we added a dominatrix with a whip to motivate you to go faster. History has shown, that this works, times improved dramatically, however there were a few who chose to do it on there knees, so they actually took longer...
2001 Ed Measom “Strong Scotsman #81” - Central Florida Homebrewers (Strong Scotch Ale)
2002 Virgil Wasko “IPS 2001” - Dunedin Brewers Guild (Russian Imperial Stout)
2003 Antoinette Hodges - Quality Ale Fermentation Fraternity (Russian Imperial Stout)
2004 Virgil Wasko - Dunedin Brewers Guild (Strong Scotch Ale)
2006 David Grymonpre - Tampa Bay BEERS (American Barleywine) (see List Of Winners)
2007 Jeff Long - NOVA Homebrew - Sterling Virginia (Old Ale) (see List Of Winners)