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Dunedin Brewers Guild is happy to announce the 10th Annual
Walk the Line on Barleywine and Strong Ale Stumble competition and Barleywine Festival!
There is a homebrew competition, a commercial competition,
and a barleywine festival and tasting.
Both competitions are AHA sanctioned (for BJCP points). Event dates: December 2-3, 2011 BJCP 2008 judging guidelines will be followed, and entries for both the homebrew and commercial competitions 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.
Why is the competition/festival called "Walk The Line on Barleywine and Strong Ale Stumble"?
The tradition is that after the Fest we set up a very crooked path line in which participants raced against the clock and got points 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 participants to go faster. History has shown that this works: times improved dramatically; however there were a few competitors who chose to do it on their knees, so they actually took longer... and sometimes these competitors even went backwards! Was it the Barleywine, or was it the Dominatrix?
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). 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. We also had our first WTL homebrew competition.
2002: The second homebrew competition.
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. Our third homebrew competition.
2004: Our fourth homebrew competition.
2006: The third festival was a blowout of all vintage barleywines from our cellars, with an average age of 6 years, including kegs and bottles all carefully refrigerated in the upper lofts of the Dunedin brewery cooler. The original stash was depleted as of this year, including a special second tasting at the SAAZ homebrew competition. The festival was coordinated with our fifth homebrew competition.
2007: The sixth annual homebrew competition was on 1 December, and also included tasting a selection of barleywines, old ales, and aged stouts, poured from Nelson's private cellar, with donations from KK's and other cellars!
2008: The seventh annual homebrew competition was on 6 December, and also included tasting a selection of barleywines, old ales, and aged stouts, poured from Nelson's private cellar, with donations from KK's and other cellars!
2009: The eighth annual homebrew competition was on 5 December. Again, we had a tasting a selection of barleywines, old ales, and aged stouts, poured from Nelson's private cellar, with donations other cellars! Just to make things interesting for the BJCP judges, we also hosted the American Homebrewers Association Club-Only Competition for Belgian Strong ales the same day!
2010: The ninth annual homebrew competition was on 4 December. Once again, we tasted a selection of barleywines, old ales, and aged stouts, poured from Nelson's private cellar, with donations other cellars!
2011: The tenth annual Homebrew Competition was on 3 December, and the fourth Festival was later that evening. We also has our first Commercial Competition the day before.
2001 Ed Measom “Strong Scotsman #81” - Central Florida Homebrewers - Orlando Florida (Strong Scotch Ale)
2002 Virgil Wasko “IPS 2001” - Dunedin Brewers Guild - Dunedin Florida (Russian Imperial Stout)
2003 Antoinette Hodges - Quality Ale Fermentation Fraternity (Russian Imperial Stout)
2004 Virgil Wasko - Dunedin Brewers Guild - Dunedin Florida (Strong Scotch Ale)
2006 David Grymonpre - Tampa Bay BEERS - Tampa Florida (American Barleywine) (see List Of Winners)
2007 Jeff Long - NOVA Homebrew - Sterling Virginia (Old Ale) (see List Of Winners)
2008 Michael Cohen - Tampa Bay BEERS - Tampa Florida (Doppelbock) (see List Of Winners)
2009 Dean Palmer - Dunedin Brewers Guild - Dunedin Florida (Imperial Stout) (see List Of Winners)
2010 Josh Brengle - Central Florida Homebrewers - Orlando Florida (Wee Heavy) (see List Of Winners)
2011 Michael Cohen - Tampa Bay BEERS - Tampa Florida (Wood Aged Old Ale) (see List Of Winners)
2011 Tampa Bay Brewing Company - Tampa Florida (Old Ale) (see List Of Winners)