It was a great night in Woodland Park for the inaugural Holiday Cheer Christmas Beer homebrew competition. The mood at Bierwerks was more than merry as brewers and beer lovers gathered to sample an array of holiday beers.
The competition was designed to invoke the spirit and flavors or Christmas, and the brewers delivered with 21 entries from as far away as Florida. Peppermint, cardamom, raisins, pineapple sage and a slew of other spices and ingredients made appearances, making it a difficult contest to judge. (Though cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves were the most popular.)
Here are your 2010 winners:
1st – Greg Geiger “Geiger’s Holiday Ale,” Highlands Ranch, CO.
2nd – Dan Rabin & Coby Royer “Old Smootchy Pants Holiday Ale,” Boulder CO.
3rd – Edd Wittenberg “Mr. Ginger’s Milkstout,” Colorado Springs, CO.
4th – Randy Walsh “Blue Spruce Christmas Ale,” Bellvue, CO
Congratulations to all.
