Author: Keith Curtachio

May 2023 Meeting Notes

Meeting Notes from 5/24/2023
President Paul Callahan presiding
Location: Santoras at Galleria Mall
1) AWOG – Will have AWOG wrap up meeting and start planning for next year.
2) Education –Mark Zambron did a “beer in a bag” demo.
3) Essential business will be brewed on June 3 rd . Zoom will be available at whatever time people
want to log in. Dan suggests 8am.
4) Socials – This months social was at Lilly Belle meads in Lancaster. Seems like everyone had a
good time and enjoyed several meads. Personal favorite was the ginger mead.
5) June 8 th social will be at Hamburg brewing for everyone who enjoys a relaxing night out in the
beer garden. July will be at Wayland, August at McCarthy’s and September at Blackbird cider on
Chandler. We will be attempting to get a cider making lesson from Blackbird. August business
meeting will be at Dan Gestwick’s to share southern English brown. I will be arranging a socials
list. If you have a place that you feel we should have a social, let me know and I will add it to the
list.
6) John Crossett is starting to organize a study course. If you would like to be involved, contact
John. There was also a request for a mead study course. Beer study course will probably start in
October.
7) Keith has volunteered to organize a picnic in September. The theme of Imperial stout and steak
was suggested, so start brewing those stouts now. Brian Milleville was not in attendance so it
was suggested we have the picnic at his house. Brian really needs to make it to meetings.
8) Paul will be contacting Vinnie or Colin at Flying Bison about doing Brew at the Bison in
September.
9) Combined event with UNYHA has not started planning.
10) Erie county fair is Aug 9 th – 20 th . Mark is signing us up to have a table again. Volunteers can start
signing up with Mark.
11) Treasurers report was given. Dan wants everyone to know that if you do an education session,
you will be reimbursed for any beer or supply purchases (i.e. cups).
12) John Crossett went out to Vermont to judge the Greg Noonan homebrew memorial competition
and came home with the 1 st place BOS. Congratulations John!
13) Dude hates Cancer is August 20 th . Start brewing those beers now.
14) We are working on “Brew around the world” where we would get random ingredients from
local breweries and brew a fabulous beer with them.
15) Everyone who showed up at the business meeting received a package of Sabro cryo hops. Yeah!

April 2023 Business Meeting Notes

Meeting Notes from 4/25/2023

President Paul C presiding

Location: Santoras at Galleria Mall

1)     AWOG – The event was again successful. Several items were brought up and will be addressed further at the AWOG wrap up meeting.

2)     Education – No education for this meeting. Mark Z will do a “beer in a bag” demo at the May meeting.

3)     Essential business will be brewed on June 3rd. If you want in, contact Dan Gestwick immediately so he can get a kit reserved for you.

4)     Socials – This months social was lightly attended at the Griffon on Transit. The May social will be 5/11/23 at Lilly Belle meads in Lancaster. For all who are worried, they do serve beer as well.

5)     Tim C will be arranging a socials list. If you have a place that you feel we should have a social, let me know and I will add it to the list.

6)     John C is starting to organize a study course. If you would like to be involved, contact John. There was also a request for a mead study course. We will wait until after the beer study course is over to start the mead course.

7)     Future events – there are suggestions to do a summer picnic, Brew at the Bison (in September) and a mixed club event with UNYHA. If anyone would like to take the ball on any of these, contact Keith C.

AWOG 2021 Winners

Thanks to all who entered and everyone who volunteered. Our 25th year was another outstanding success!

Congratulations to all the winners who took home some amazing prizes thanks to our generous sponsors.

Best of Show – Beer

Best of Show

John Crossett
Beautiful Chocolate Stout
IRISH EXTRA STOUT

2nd Best of Show

Mark Scibilia
Black IPA
BLACK IPA

3rd Best of Show

Leonard Modelewski
Grodziski
PIWO GRODZISKIE

Honorable Mention

Rob Sells
Deception In Darkness
BELGIAN DARK STRONG ALE

Best of Show – Mead and Cider

Best of Show

Benjamin Gilmore & Danae Gilmore
Zam-Bee-Zi
SEMI-SWEET MEAD

2nd Best of Show

John Crossett & ABCZ Makers
Three Doctors and one smart guy
NEW WORLD CIDER

3rd Best of Show

Stephen Wilson
Chufère
CYSER

Light Lager

1st Place

Wally Kopinski
Cream Ale
CREAM ALE

2nd Place

Hermen Díaz
Unbodied Air
AMERICAN LAGER

3rd Place

Jeffrey Clift
Sweet Paradise
CREAM ALE

Bitter Light Lager

1st Place

John Crossett
Muff Beer
CZECH PREMIUM PALE LAGER

2nd Place

Wally Kopinski
Kolsch
KOLSCH

3rd Place

Tim Collins
Czech Lite
CZECH PALE LAGER

Amber Lager

1st Place

William Serowski
Hi, My Name Is Amber
CZECH AMBER LAGER

2nd Place

Mike Eagan & Geoff Heusinger
Mozart Juice
INTERNATIONAL AMBER LAGER

3rd Place

Kevin Ditondo
Vienna
VIENNA LAGER

Hoppy German

1st Place

Kevin Ditondo
Altbier
ALTBIER

2nd Place

Hermen Díaz
Judgement, In Fire
GERMAN PILS

3rd Place

Larry Pilon
Dorkmunder
GERMAN HELLES EXPORTBIER

Dark Lager

1st Place

Tim Collins
Baltic
BALTIC PORTER

2nd Place

Kevin Ditondo
Schwarzbier
SCHWARZBIER

3rd Place

Ken Smith
Dusk Over Munich
MUNICH DUNKEL

Malty Light Lagers

1st Place

Brian Milleville
Hot As Helles
MUNICH HELLES

2nd Place

Kevin Ditondo
Festbier
FESTBIER

3rd Place

Jeffrey Clift
Cellar Dweller
MUNICH HELLES

Strong Lager

1st Place

Rob Sells
Insurrectionist
DOPPELBOCK

2nd Place

Mark Zambron
Vaccinator
DOPPELBOCK

3rd Place

Brian Richards
2020 Was Cold As Eis
EISBOCK

Honorable Mention

Rick Felser
Night In the Ruts
BIERE DE GARDE

American & British Ale

1st Place

William Stapleton
Spring Chick
BLONDE ALE

2nd Place

Rob Sells
Summer In Amarillo
BRITISH GOLDEN ALE

3rd Place

Rob Sells
Yorkshire Brown
BRITISH BROWN ALE

American Amber & Brown Ale

1st Place

Alex Buckley
Naked Pig
AMERICAN BROWN ALE

2nd Place

Mark Scibilia
In No Uncertain Terms
AMERICAN AMBER ALE

3rd Place

Tim Collins
California Covid
CALIFORNIA COMMON

Scottish & Irish Ale

1st Place

Michael Sullivan
Piper of Shetland
SCOTTISH HEAVY

2nd Place

Rick Felser
Bagpipes And Kilts
SCOTTISH EXPORT

3rd Place

Jon Gerenski
Lucky’s Irish Red Ale
IRISH RED ALE

American IPA

1st Place

Dylan Borzynski & Joe Borzynski
Guernica IPA
AMERICAN IPA

2nd Place

Brian Meyer & Lori Meyer
Odie’s Favorite
AMERICAN IPA

3rd Place

Brian Milleville
Cali Fusion
AMERICAN IPA

Kinda Special IPA

1st Place

Mark Scibilia
Black IPA
BLACK IPA

2nd Place

Leonard Modelewski
Brut
SPECIALTY IPA

3rd Place

Leonard Modelewski
Hazy Brut
SPECIALTY IPA

Double IPA

1st Place

Hermen Díaz
Last Breath
NEW ENGLAND IPA

2nd Place

William Stapleton
Sundewly Yours
DOUBLE IPA

3rd Place

Jeffrey Rocker
Stand Up Double
DOUBLE IPA

Honorable Mention

Corey Dudish & Jennifer Hare
Lemonade Stand
NEW ENGLAND IPA

NEIPA

1st Place

Daniel Stonier
Galactic Haze 2.0
NEW ENGLAND IPA

2nd Place

Brian Meyer & Kyle & Alissa
Nachbarn
NEW ENGLAND IPA

3rd Place

Blayne Michael & Alex Buckley
Finger Banger
CLONE BEER

Vanilla Beers

1st Place

Michael Kanick
Apple, Table, Penny
SPICE, HERB OR VEGETABLE BEER

2nd Place

Michael Kanick
Gourd Downie
AUTUMN SEASONAL BEER

3rd Place

Alex Buckley
Right In The Kisser
SPECIALTY IPA

Wood aged & Smoked

1st Place

Leonard Modelewski
Grodziski
PIWO GRODZISKIE

2nd Place

Alex Buckley
Patience
WOOD AGED BEER

3rd Place

Leonard Modelewski
Maple Bourbon Stout
SPECIALTY WOOD AGED BEER

American Porter

1st Place

Michael Kanick
Success Is 1% Inspiration, 98% Perspiration, And 2
AMERICAN PORTER

2nd Place

Paul Weisenburger
The Dark Side
AMERICAN PORTER

3rd Place

Tim Collins
Throwdown Porter
AMERICAN PORTER

Imperial Stout

1st Place

Tim Collins
Imperial Imperial Stout
IMPERIAL STOUT

2nd Place

Brian Milleville
Deez Stout
IMPERIAL STOUT

3rd Place

Rob Sells
Total Eclipse Imperial Stout
IMPERIAL STOUT

Stouts

1st Place

John Crossett
Beautiful Chocolate Stout
IRISH EXTRA STOUT

2nd Place

Paul Callahan
Fookin Irish Stout
IRISH STOUT

3rd Place

Michael McKean & Ryan Hochmuth
School’s Out
FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT

American & British Strong Ale (Red Mrozek Award)

1st Place

Dominque Burshnick & Donald Burshnick
Anna Bell
WEE HEAVY

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2nd Place

Andrew Urban
Nessie’s Wee Draught
WEE HEAVY

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3rd Place

Mark Scibilia
Strongarm
AMERICAN BARLEYWINE

Saison

1st Place

Bob Charboneau & Sam Tischler
Spelter Weight Saison
SAISON

2nd Place

William Stapleton
Building Mixtures
SAISON

3rd Place

Jesse Boyle
Jesse Boyle
SAISON

Honorable Mention

Mark Scibilia
Saison
SAISON

Light Color Belgian Ale

1st Place

Erik Reinheimer
Breaker Trip
BELGIAN TRIPEL

2nd Place

Wayne Chase
Loral Saison
BELGIAN PALE ALE

3rd Place

Amanda Schlegel
Belgian Blonde Ale
BELGIAN BLONDE ALE

Dark Color Belgian Ale

1st Place

Rob Sells
Deception In Darkness
BELGIAN DARK STRONG ALE

2nd Place

Brian Milleville
Juicy Fruit
BELGIAN DARK STRONG ALE

3rd Place

Alex Buckley
Dubbel
BELGIAN DUBBEL

Wheat Beer

1st Place

Victor Kosloski
Wheat Wine
WHEATWINE

2nd Place

Victor Kosloski
Wheat IPA
AMERICAN WHEAT BEER

3rd Place

Tom Sirgey
Hefe Nice Day
WITBIER

Sour & Wild Beer

1st Place

Andrew Zwack
Stone Fruit Solera
MIXED FERMENTATION SOUR BEER

2nd Place

Dominque Burshnick & Donald Burshnick
Uber Sped Redhead
WILD SPECIALTY BEER

3rd Place

Jason Foster
It Makes Her Happy
BERLINER WEISSE

Coffee Chocolate Beers

1st Place

Todd Jech & Jeff Morante
Attridge Grove Mochavado Imperial Stout
SPICE, HERB OR VEGETABLE BEER

2nd Place

Alex Buckley
The Emperor
EXPERIMENTAL BEER

3rd Place

Matt Durante
Home Roast Porter
SPICE, HERB OR VEGETABLE BEER

Spiced Beer

1st Place

Tim Collins
Gledelig Jul
SPICE, HERB OR VEGETABLE BEER

2nd Place

Craig Sherwood
Treesap
EXPERIMENTAL BEER

3rd Place

Jerry Canny
Spring Break
CLONE BEER

Fruit Beers

1st Place

Geoffrey Heusinger & Mike Eagan
Mango Tango Kolsch
FRUIT BEER

2nd Place

Dylan Borzynski & Joe Borzynski
8th Castle
FRUIT BEER

3rd Place

Geoffrey Heusinger & Mike Eagan
Mitchell Tribrewski
FRUIT BEER

Fruit Mead

1st Place

Stephen Wilson
Chufère
CYSER

2nd Place

Benjamin Gilmore & Danae Gilmore
Elderberry
BERRY MEAD

3rd Place

Benjamin Gilmore & Danae Gilmore
Nord Mead
FRUIT & SPICE MEAD

Traditional Mead

1st Place

Benjamin Gilmore & Danae Gilmore
Zam-Bee-Zi
SEMI-SWEET MEAD

2nd Place

Stephen Wilson
Traditional Mead
SWEET MEAD

3rd Place

Jeffrey Gay
Marcy’s Mead
SEMI-SWEET MEAD

Cider

1st Place

John Crossett & ABCZ Makers
Three Doctors and one smart guy
NEW WORLD CIDER

2nd Place

Wally Kopinski
Apple Wine
APPLEWINE

3rd Place

Jeffrey Clift
Liberty
SPECIALTY CIDER/PERRY

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