Start your brews now for the Topsfield Fair Home Brew Competition

All entries shall consist of three 10-22 oz. unlabeled bottles (7oz. bottles are permissible for strong ale categories). A fee of $5.00 is required for all entries, $4.00 for five or more entries.

Beers can be dropped off at the Coolidge Building at the fairgrounds, from August 30th through September 1st between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Entries can also be dropped off before September 2nd, during normal business hours at Boston Brewin' in Beverly, Stout Billy's in Portsmouth, NH and The Modern Homebrew Emporium in Cambridge.

Must be 21 or over to enter.

For full details download the 2006 entry form.

2005 Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition Results

September 10 2005
Sponsored by North Shore Brewers

88 Entries

Best of Show: Robert Longstaff - Imperial IPA

Name	Location	Description		Beer Category	Place	Points
Table 1 - Lager (6 Entries)
J. Tyler Carpenter	Milton,ma	Optimator	5C	Doppelbock	1	33.5
Kevin Farrell	Weymouth,ma		3B	Oktoberfest	2	33
Steve Doherty	Everett,ma		1B	Standard American	3	32.5
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma		4A	Dark American Lager	4	25
Table 2 - Hybrid (7 Entries)
Steve Doherty	Everett,ma		7B	California Common Beer	1	35.5
Steve Doherty	Everett,ma		6D	American Wheat or Rye Beer	2	35
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		7A	Northern German Altbier	3	33.5
Alejandro D'Aquino	Framingham,ma		6C	Koelsch	4	32
Table 3 - English and American Ale (9 Entries)
James Tanner	Boxford,ma		10A	American Pale	1	42.5
Jason Spanks	Gloucester,ma		10A	American Pale	2	41
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA		10A	American Pale	3	36
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA		8B	Special/Best/Premium Bitter	4	35
Table 4 - Brown Ales and Porters (8 Entries)
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA		10C	American Brown	1	32.5
Kevin Farrell	Weymouth,ma		11C	Northern English Brown	2	31
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		11A	Mild	3	29.5
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		12B	Robust Porter	4	27.5
Table 5 - Stout (9 Entries)
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		13D	Foreign Extra Stout	1	39.5
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		13F	Russian Imperial Stout	2	35.5
James Tanner	Boxford,ma	#2	13B	Sweet Stout	3	35
James Tanner	Boxford,ma		13B	Sweet Stout	4	32
Table 6 - IPA (10 Entries)
Robert Longstaff	Concord,ma		14C	Imperial IPA	1	42
James Tanner	Boxford,ma		14B	American IPA	2	37
John Dunn	Lynnfield,ma		14B	American IPA	3	36
Travis MacPherson	Middleton,ma		14C	Imperial IPA	4	35
Table 7 - German and Belgian Special Beers (5 Entries)
Alejandro D'Aquino	Framingham,ma		15A	Weizen	1	32.5
Tom Furth	Beverly,ma		16C	Saison	2	29
Tom Furth	Beverly,ma		15A	Weizen	3	27
Betty Ann Sather	Westmoreland,nh		16B	Belgian Pale Ale	4	24.5
Table 8 - Strong Ales (7 Entries)
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA		19A	Old Ale	1	34
Kevin Farrell	Weymouth,ma		18A	Belgian Blond Ale	2	33.5
John Wright	Nottingham,nh		9E	Strong Scotch Ale	3	31.5
Jason Spanks	Gloucester,ma		19B	English Barleywine	4	27
Table 9 - Spice and Smoke Beer (10 Entries)
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA	Coffee Stout	21A	Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer	1	42
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma	Expresso Stout	21A	Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer	2	37
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma	Coffee Stout	21A	Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer	3	36
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA	Smoked Porter Cherrywood	22B	Other Smoked Beer	4	34
James Pert	Wenham,ma	Honey Beer	23A	Specialty Beer	4	34
Table 10 - Mead (4 Entries)
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma		24C	Sweet Mead	1	42.5
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma		24B	Semi-sweet Mead	2	35.5
Jason Spanks	Gloucester,ma		24C	Sweet Mead	3	34
Fuzzy Faulstich	Beverly,MA		24A	Dry Mead	4	31
Table 11 - Melomel and Cider (5 Entries)
Karen MacPherson	Middleton,ma01949	Spiced Mead	26A	Metheglin	1	36
James Pert	Wenham,ma	Cranberry Melomel	25C	Other Fruit Melomel	2	34.5
Jeff Cummings	Cambridge,ma		28A	New England Cider	3	32
Kathleen Duggan	Danvers,ma		25A	Cyser	4	26.5
Kathleen Duggan	Danvers,ma		28A	New England Cider	4	26.5
Table 12 - ESB Scottish / Irish (8 Entries)
Tim Broderick	South Hamilton,ma		9D	Irish Red Ale	1	37
Richard MacPherson	Middleton,ma		8C	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)	2	34
Bill Torrey	Beverly,MA		8C	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA)	3	32
Martin Lian, Tom Furth	Beverly,ma		9B	Scottish 70/-	4	30

2005 Topsfield Fair Homebrew Competition Results

September 10 2005 Sponsored by North Shore Brewers

88 Entries

Best of Show: Robert Longstaff - Imperial IPA

September 10 2005
Sponsored by North Shore Brewers