2007 Michigan State Fair

Home Brewing Competition

The 2007 Winners have been announced!
Click here is a link to a .pdf with the winners for 2007

Also, Rex Halfpenny winners:
Jeff Carlson
Bob Krieger

Homebrew Club of the Year
3rd Place - Craft
2nd Place - Motor City Mashers
1st Place - Primetime Brewers

Best of Show - Mead - Jason McMurray - Swashbuckler Braggot
Best of Show Cider - Jeff Carlson - Peach Ridge Cider

Best of Show - Beer:
Kirk Roland - 18D Belgian Golden Ale

Click here is a link to a .pdf with the winners for 2007

This competition is becoming an enormous undertaking and would be impossible without the support of our sponsors, judges, stewards, and volunteers, whose enthusiasm and hard work are responsible for its success.

Special Thanks to our 2007 Home Brewing Competition Sponsors:

Hopman's Beer and Wine Supply


Entries will be accepted July 27 throguh August 11 and the main drop off location will be Dragonmead in Warren.  Watch this site for additional drop off locations.

BOS and Awards ceremony will be September 1 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.

From 324 entries in fifteen beer-only categories in 2004, the Michigan State Fair Home Brewing Competition has grown to 569 entries in all 28 beer, cider and mead categories in 2006, making it one of the largest competitions in the country. We expect even more entries this year.

This competition is becoming an enormous undertaking and would be impossible without the support of our sponsors, judges, stewards, and volunteers, whose enthusiasm and hard work are responsible for its success. Please be courteous to those who volunteer their time and talent by reading following the directions completely.

Click Here to see What's New for 2007

Click Here for a list of drop-off locations for your entries.

Click Here to download the 2007 MSF Home Brewing Competition .pdf

Click Here to download The Recipe form (paper submissions are still accepted and any word compatible format (basically anything but promash) is acceptable.)

Click here for a map of the State Fair

Click here to view our Sponsors

•  Contact Information – Please direct questions regarding entries, styles, etc to the competition organizers

Phil Kitkowski , Competition Organizer

(248) 735 5596

msf.homebrew@gmail.com

 

Rex Halfpenny, Judge Director

(248) 628 6584

mibeerguyd@aol.com

 

Kevin Kutskill, Registrar

msf.registrar@gmail.com

 

This competition is sanctioned by the BJCP competition program

American Homebrewers Association http://www.bertown.org/

The Beer Judge Certification Program http://www.bjcp.org/

Site development and hosting donated by sleepingbear.org