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Home Photo Galleries Label Galleries 2009 Label Contest Winners

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then we say a good homebrew label is worth a million. Each year we collect hundreds of entries for our annual homebrew label contest, waiting patiently to open the boxes and envelopes.

We wait to see what homebrewers have been up to all year besides mashing, boiling, hopping and fermenting.  Just as in years past, 2009 did not disappoint. This year we fell in love on a Dubbel Date, got geeky for an certain cephalopod, cooked up a mighty thirst for an old whaling ship and developed a major crush for a crazy cider. Winners — you wowed. Congratulations!

And to everyone who entered the contest, thank you for sharing all your hard work and imaginative entries with us. A big thanks also goes out to all of the companies who generously donated prizes. Cheers!

When Kasey and his wife Jenifer Royer wanted something special for their big day, they decided to go Dubbel (instead of Dutch). “We thought it would be a good beer snob thing to toast our wedding with a Belgian-style dubbel instead of champagne,” Kasey said. To create an image that not only evoked the spirit of the Belgian brew in the bottle, but also the unusual addition of dates in the mash, Kasey crafted a couple of monk-and-nun couples. “Which two are paired together on the date is subject to the imagination.” Prizes: Basic Brewing “Trippel” DVD combo from Active Voicing/Basic Brewing Radio; Weldless stainless steel spigot from Do Your Brew; Gift certificate from Grape and Granary; Brew kettle and spoons from Polar Ware Company; Gift certificate from Homebrewers Outpost & Mail Order Co.; Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply; Gift certificate from Above the Rest Homebrewing Supplies

Grand • Kasey Loman • Fayetteville, Arkansas
<p>When Brian brewed a foreign extra stout, he asked his friend Graham to help him imagine a design to describe the strange, inky concoction. “We made the connection to a deep sea octopus. It best captured the stout’s duality and odd nature,” said Graham. Prizes: Ten sheets of custom labels from Bottle Your Brand; Gift certificate from The Flying Barrel; Gift certificate from High Gravity Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies; Gift certificate from Maryland Homebrew; Gift certificate from Homebrewers Outpost &amp; Mail Order Co.; Wine bottle opener from Rubino’s Homemade Wine &amp; Beer Supply; Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply</p>

Gold•Brian Walbridge & Graham Kelman•Takoma Pk, MD
After reading In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Damian was moved to make a Belgian-style dubbel. “I was so inspired by the story I decided to brew a beer in honor of the ship’s crew,” he said. Prizes: Gift certificate from Bader Beer & Wine Supply, Inc.; Gift certificate from The Beverage People; Gift certificate from High Gravity Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies; Gift certificate from Homebrewers Outpost & Mail Order Co.; Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply

Silver • Damian Fagan • San Francisco, California
Five cider-loving friends agreed that commercial hard cider just didn’t make the mark — so they made their own. To describe that extra homemade oomph, they needed a, “drawing of a bad ass apple,” said Sean. “We believe our label accurately depicts the flavor and style of our hard cider.” Prizes: 50 lb. pail of Straight-A cleanser from Logic, Inc.; Gift certificate from Grains Bean & Things; The Homebrewer’s Answer Book from Rubino’s Homemade Wine & Beer Supply; Gift certificate from Homebrewers Outpost & Mail Order Co.; Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply

Bronze • Sean Savaria, M.C. Mortikai, DJ Stokes, G
Prize: Gift certificate from WindRiver Brewing Co., Inc.

Becca Hudson • Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prize: Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply

Brandon Jones, Franklin, Tennessee
Prize: Gift certificate from Original Home Brew Outlet

Brian Law • Campbell, California
Prize: Party Pig set-up Package from Quoin Industrial

Byron Ives • Pueblo, Colorado
Prize: Gift certificate from How Do You Brew?

John Greer • Newark, Delaware
Prize: Polo shirt from Yardwear.com

Liana Zamora • New York, New York
Prize: The Homebrewer’s Answer Book from Brew Your Own magazine

Luis Concha • Montreal, Quebec
Prize: Hat & T-shirt from How Do You Brew?

Rob Hoover • Franklin, Pennsylvania
Prize: Gift certificate from The Beer Essentials

Ryan Lynd • Snoqualmie, Washington
Prize: Gift certificate from Bader Beer & Wine Supply

Steve Schalekamp • Seattle, Washington
Prize: Beach Blonde ingredient kit from O’Shea Brewing Company

Tarey Potter • Boise, Idaho
Prize: Gift certificate from Maltose Express

Tyler Waterhouse • Stamford, Connecticut
Prize: Gift certificate from Beer and Wine Hobby

Will Wilson • Jamestown, Rhode Island
Prize: Gift certificate from Strange Brew Beer &amp; Winemaking Supplies

Heath Gelinas • Vernon, Connecticut
Prize: Gift certificate from Point Brew Supply & O’so Brewing Co.

Joseph Myers • Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Prize: Extract plus grains homebrew kit from Briess Malt and Ingredients Co.

Katie Kregal • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Adam Halon • Crown Point, Indiana

Alex Kanovich • Kfar Saba, Israel

Brian Parda • Concord, New Hampshire

Charlie Fonville • Los Angeles, California

Joseph J. Van Leeuwen • Bartlett, Illinois

Leah Dienes • Louisville, Kentucky

Matt Franck • Fredonia, Wisconsin

Matthew J. Horney • Atlanta, Georgia

Maura Houston • Pleasant Hill, California

Neal Steward • Springville, New York

Robert Sherrill • Springfield, Virginia

Travis Savchenko • Cedar Rapids, Iowa


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