Fall N’ Down Fermentation Festival – Winners!

Congratulations to the 2009 FNDFF Best of Show Meads and Ciders Winners Byron Burrier, Steve Olson, & Steve Mattheeussen for their English Cider!

2009 Fall N’ Down Fermentation Festival Results
October 24th, 2009
Titletown Brewing Company, Green Bay, WI

Fruit Wines
1st Place-Julie Lawson, Fond du Lac, WI SOB
“Very Cherry Wine” Fruit Wine-Semi-Sweet; Sour Cherries
2nd Place- Stephanie Riley, Clintonville, WI
“Blueberry” Berry Wine-Sweet; Blueberries
3rd Place- Frank Faubel, Menasha, WI ALE
“Apple Wine” Fruit Wine-Semi-Sweet; Gala, McIntosh, & Macoun Apples

Other Meads & Ciders
1st Place- Byron Burrier, Steve Olson, & Steve Mattheeussen
Neenah, WI ALE
“English Cider” 27B English Cider
2nd Place- Diana & Jeff Kane, Thiensville, WI Barons
“Cranberry Ginger” 26C Open Category Mead with Cranberries,
Wildflower Honey, & Ginger
3rd Place- Byron Burrier, Steve Olson, & Steve Mattheeussen
Neenah, WI ALE
“Griffin Cider” 27B English Cider

Melomels
1st Place- Julie Lawson, Fond du Lace, WI SOB
“Apple Cyser” 25A Cyser with Wildflower Honey
2nd Place- Jason Walters, Madison, WI MHTG
“Ski-Hi Sweet Cyser” 25A Cyser
3rd Place- Edward Mathis, Beecher, WI TCF
“Cemetery Grapes” 25B Pyment with Killer Bee Honey &
Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes

Vinifera
1st Place- Edward Mathis, Beecher, WI TCF
“Kyan Gump’s Sicilian Nero D’Avola Shiraz” Red Vinifera- Shiraz
2nd Place- Paul Chambers, Green Bay, WI Rackers
“Ralph’s Zinfandel” Red Vinifera- Zinfandel with Oak
3rd Place- Edward Mathis, Beecher, WI TCF
“The Czarina’s Chocolate Raspberry Port”
Specialty Wine- Chocolate Raspberry Port

BEST OF SHOW- MEADS AND CIDERS
Byron Burrier, Steve Olson, & Steve Mattheeussen, Neenah, WI ALE
“English Cider” 27B English Cider

BEST OF SHOW- WINES
Julie Lawson, Fond du Lac, WI SOB
“Very Cherry Wine” Fruit Wine-Semi-Sweet; Sour Cherries

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2nd Annual Fall N’ Down Fermentation Festival

A Wine, Mead, & Cider Competition

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Hosted by:

The ALE Club, The Green Bay Rackers, The Society of Oshkosh Brewers, and The Tri-County Fermenters

Judging:

9:00 am; Titletown Brewing Company; Green Bay, WI

Rules:

This competition will be a BJCP sanctioned competition this year. Entry fee is $5 for each of your each of your first four entries. 5th and additional entries are free.

Members of TCF, ALEs, Rackers, and SOBs will get their second entry free.

For more info see:   Tri-County Fermenters

The Tri-County Fermenters are looking for people to also judge and steward for this event.  If interested contact Ed Mathis

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