_Welcome to Capitol Brewers:
Salem Oregon's Home Brew Club Since 1992 

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Capitol Brewers Homebrew Club exists as a means for members to explore their hobby through the promotion and education of home brewing.

Mission: To promote awareness and appreciation of the quality and variety of homebrewed beers and other fermented beverages through education, research, and collection and dissemination of information; to serve as a forum for the technological and cross-cultural aspects of the art of brewing; and to encourage personal responsibility when using beer or other alcohol-containing beverages.  The consumption of samples allow for the examination of the various styles of home brewed beverages for the purposes of competition, evaluation, feedback and problem solving. Annual membership is $24.

Club Officers

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President:
Ian Croxall

Vice President:
Shannon Levin

Secretary
Scott Nash

Treasurer:
Rob McBride
_Capitol Brewers Hosts of the Annual Oregon Garden Homebrew Classic

All entry Forms are on the Events Page


7th Annual Home Brew Classic: Winners List

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2012 Homebrewers Classic Competition
Best Of Show: Randy Scorby for “Oh, Helles”  (1D)

1st Runner Up: ave Swisher for “Chubby’s Angel Kisses” (24B)

2nd Runner Up: Steven Patrick for “Totem IPA” (14C)

Honorable Mention: Bill Baxter & Christiane Lohr for “Pferdedcke” (17D)

                                         Brewers                                           Beer Name

1. LIGHT LAGER
       1st  Place:              Randy Scorby                                       Oh, Helles          
       2nd Place:              Matt Killikelly                                     Lager Than Life
       3rd Place:              Scott Nash                                             Little Lisa Lager

2. PILSNER
       1st  Place:              Randy Scorby                                       Heils Pils            
       2nd Place:              Scott Nash                                             A Bitter Pils to Swallow
       3rd Place:              Ian Croxall                                             Infiltrator Pilsner            

3.EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
       1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Best O'Fest
       2nd Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Double D's
       3rd Place:              Cliff Andrews                                        Betty's Best

4. DARK LAGER
      1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Dark
      2nd Place:              Owen Norvell                                        Darth Schwarz
      3rd Place:              Josh Huerta                                           Dunich Munkel

5. BOCK
       1st  Place:              Scott Satterthwaite                               Bock It To Me
       2nd Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Double Trouble
       3rd Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Hard as a Rock Mai Bock

6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER
       1st  Place:              Chris Kiesel                                           Honey Kolsch
       2nd Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Miss Riley's Rye
       3rd Place:              Michael Gruber                                     Double Cream Ale

7. AMBER HYBRID BEER
        1st  Place:              Owen Norvell                                        Je Alt
        2nd Place:              Zach Sutton                                          mALTed Wisdom
       3rd Place:              Scott Nash                                             The Exalted One

  8. ENGLISH PALE ALE
       1st  Place:              Dirk Baker                                              Mo' Bitta
       2nd Place:              Richard Olson                                       Jackson's ESB
       3rd Place:              Ian Croxall                                             Spitfire Bitter

9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
       1st  Place:              Jeremy Evans                                       Scottish Redemption
       2nd Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Krusty Kilt
       3rd Place:              Matt Hendrick                                        Kilts, Celts & Carbs

10. AMERICAN ALE
       1st  Place:              Richard Olson                                       Bob's Brown
       2nd Place:              Don Fief                                                 Play It Again
       3rd Place:              James Cardwell & Dean Howes        Booted Brothers Pale Ale

11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE
       1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Barney's Brown
       2nd Place:              Daniel Harada                                      A Mildly Proud Cat
       3rd Place:              Michael Gruber                                     Smiled Ale

12. PORTER
       1st  Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Pogue Mahone Baltic Porter
       2nd Place:              Richard Olson                                       Mountain Pass Porter
       3rd Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Ball Buster Baltic

13. STOUT
       1st  Place:              Jamie Richardson                                Shadow
       2nd Place:              Jeremy Evans                                       UPStout
       3rd Place:              Jim Wallace                                           Pride of Catherines Court       

14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
       1st  Place:              Steven Patrick                                       Totem IPA
       2nd Place:              Dirk Baker                                              Easy Money IPA
       3rd Place:              John & Angie May                               Bitter But Not Angry IPA

15. GERMAN WHEAT &  RYE BEER
       1st  Place:              Jonathan Kissinger                             Guties Bier
       2nd Place:              Eric Ledet                                               Weisenbock
       3rd Place:              Owen Norvell                                        Weiss One

16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
       1st  Place:              Armond Schoppy                                 Guardian Angel
       2nd Place:              Ian Croxall                                             Farmhouse Saison
       3rd Place:              Darrel Hall                                             Intergalactic

17. SOUR ALE
       1st  Place:              Bill Baxter & Christiane Lohr              Pferdedecke
       2nd Place:              Armond Schoppy                                 Rode in Back
       3rd Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Miss Helen's Peche Passion

18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE
       1st  Place:              Randy Scorby                                       Belgian Hottie
       2nd Place:              Cliff Andrews                                        Belnok
       3rd Place:              Armond Schoppy                                 High Water Tripel

19. STRONG ALE
       1st  Place:              Scott Nash                                             Dominant Being
       2nd Place:              Jim Johnson                                         Old Lady
       3rd Place:              Chris Kiesel                                           Big Brother Barleywine

  20. FRUIT BEER
       1st  Place:              Shannon Levin & Ian Croxall            Coconut Stout
       2nd Place:              Alan Priest                                             Cranberry Orange Crush
       3rd Place:              Josh Huerta                                           Pineapple Express

21. SPICE / HERB AND VEGETABLE BEER
       1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Spruce Goose on the Loose
       2nd Place:              Jim Wallace                                           Scovillies Slumber
       3rd Place:              Ron Hall                                                 Reinheitsgebot Be Damned

22. SMOKE FLAV’ERD AND WOOD AGED BEER
       1st  Place:              Josh Berry                                             Black on Bourbon
       2nd Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Miss Eva's Brandy Bock
       3rd Place:              Randy Scorby                                       Smoke Screen

23. SPECIALTY BEER
       1st  Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Papa Rabbit's Imperial Pilsner
       2nd Place:              Greg Oline                                             XXX Special Stout
       3rd Place:              Eric Ledet                                               IPL

24. TRADITIONAL MEAD
       1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Angel Kisses
       2nd Place:              none
       3rd Place:              none

25. MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
       1st  Place:              Chris Jennings                                     Faceplant Punch
       2nd Place:              John Bierly & Rosemary Roberts      Apple Cyser
       3rd Place:              Jeremy Evans                                       Subtle Marriage

26. OTHER MEAD
       1st  Place:              Dave Swisher                                       Chubby's Spruce Mead
       2nd Place:              Chris Jennings                                     Spooky Panties
       3rd Place:              Chris Jennings                                     Schizo Yazeed

27. STANDARD CIDER  AND PERRY
       1st  Place:              Mike Taylor                                            Spyders Cyder
       2nd Place:              Scott Nash                                             Apple of My Eye
       3rd Place:              John Paul Bierly                                   Gopher Valley Cider

28. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
        1st  Place:              Armond Schoppy                                 Monticello Madness
       2nd Place:              Scott Nash                                             My Cherry Pie
       3rd Place:              Patrick Shearer & Matt Jidas              Shadypeak Summit Cider

29. EXTREME HOP BEERS
       1st  Place:              Jeremy Evans                                       Dwight's Flight
       2nd Place:              Dick Blankenship                                 Rockittshipp Imperial Rye
       3rd Place:              Ian Croxall                                             Hop Tea Mashed Ale