Upper Mississippi Mash-Out

Mash-Out Pictures

Paul Dienhart's photos of the 2009 Mash-Out are now available. Just click here to see them up on Picasa.

Until Next Year...

We'd like to thank everyone who entered the Mash-Out this year. It was the larget Mash-Out ever with 869 entries from 259 brewers in 33 states! We'd also like to thank all the judges, stewards, and miscellaneous helpers who assisted throught the competition. We look forward to doing it all again next year.

As these little fellows below say

BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER...BEER!

Results

The complete and final list is posted here. The results were also posted in real time - these are available on The Mash-Out Blog.

Upper Mississippi Mash-Out 2009

An old German brewing proverb states: "Was man sich eingebrockt hat, muss man auch auslöffeln." Roughly translated: "You have brewed it, now you must drink."

And that's exactly what we'll be doing in January. The eighth annual UMMO features the beers and food of Germany. This year our guest speaker is award-winning brewer Kirby Nelson from Capital Brewing in Madison, Wisconsin. Also, chef Manny Krug returns for another sumptuous beer banquet.

Dates

Entries accepted: December 29^th, 2008 - January 14^th, 2009
Entries must be received by January 14^th, 2009

Judging and events: January 23^rd-24^th, 2009

Please see the shipping page for details about where to ship or drop off your entries.

Giving Back

A do-it-yourself spirit of ingenuity and intiative guides many people to pursing the craft of brewing. No style is too tough to tackle. No equipment too complicated to build. In that spirt the UMMO organizing committee donates a percentage of the contest profits to the Second Harvest food shelf. The committee urges all contest entrants and volunteers to make a donation to help those in need. Donations will be collected during the contest.

Special Categories

Eis-Anything:
The eis beer cometh. That's right - Eis-Anything. Eis-bock, eis-kolsch, eis-barleywine, eis-mead... You name it. Anything goes.

New Brewer:
Never entered a competition before? Then this category is for you. Each new brewer may enter one beer, to be judged against only the new brewers. This is a medal category and qualifies for best of show judging. There are two subcategories in the new brewer classification:

above 1.060
1.060 and below

Affiliations

The Upper Mississippi Mash-Out is a qualifying event for the High Plains Brewer of the Year award, the Midwest Homebrewer of the Year award, and the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) competition.