Member Awards & Publications

In addition to opening breweries and becoming professional brewers, current and past BABBLE members have won acclaim in brewing competitions and published work in the field of craft beer and brewing. A list of their awards and works appears below.

AWARDS:

Dan Berger:
1st Stouts 2015 BABBLE Brew-Off: name-Winterdark. Style-American Stout.
3rd BOS 2017 BABBLE Brew-off: Name-Pluto’s Share. Style-English barleywine
gold Strong Euro Beers 2017 BABBLE Brew-off: Name-Pluto’s share. Style-English barleywine

Jay Freise:
2nd Pale American Ales, 2016 BABBLE Brew-Off: Name-Crackalakin. Style-American Pale Ale
Bronze Ciders 2017 BABBLE Brew-off:cherry cider

Crowd Favorite Wisconsin Beer and Cheese Fest 2017: Name-Zombie Rejuvenation. Style-Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Quad.

Crowd Favorite Wisconsin Beer and Cheese Fest 2018: Name-Zombie Rejuvenation. Style-Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Quad.

John Williams:
Honorable Mention British Strong and Bitters 2016 BABBLE Brew-Off: Name-JW Special Bitter. Style: Special Bitter

Pat Duby:
Silver Experimental Mead Drunk Monk 2017: Jimmy Buffets Wet Dream
Gold Fruit Meads 2016 BABBLE Brew-Off: Orange Pomegranate Mead
Gold Experimental Mead 2016 BABBLE Brew-Off

Bill Westfall:
First Round Chicago Region 2017 National Homebrew Competition: Style-Pilsner
Silver light lager 2016 Drunk Monk: Name-To Helles and Back. Style-Light Lager
1st Strong Euro Lagers 2016 Charlie Orr Memorial Chicago Cup Challenge: Name-Reanimator.Style-Doppelbock.

Crowd Favorite 2nd place Wisconsin Beer and Cheese Fest 2018: Cordially Yours: Vanilla Chocolate Cherry Stout

Aidan Lasky:
2nd Meads 2016 BABBLE Brew-Off: Blue Mango Melomel

Dan Sikorski:
2nd American IPA The Schooner Homebrew Championship; Syle-American IPA.

Chris Burns:
silver Strong Euro Beers 2017 BABBLE Brew-off: Name-Thanks Bill. Style-Dopplebock
bronze Fruit Mead ginger 2017 BABBLE Brew-off: lime mead
2nd Fruit beers 2016 The Schooner Homebrew Championship: Name-Citrus Bukkake. Style-American Pale Ale with Fruit.

PUBLICATIONS
Adam Ronchetti 2017 AHA/ Zymurgy online extra November/December: Session Science
Dan Berger 2015 Zymurgy November/December You’ve Gotta Drink This: Three Floyds Space Station Middle Finger