Category: SNERHC

To say that the 35th Southern New England Regional Homebrew competition was an undertaking would be, well, an understatement. 400 entries, multiple judging sessions, and the absolute best medals in the homebrewing competition world (no bias here!)… and at the end of the day, we’re able to say that it went incredibly well.

Results are posted, and it was great to see so many familiar names both near and far at the top of the categories, including some Underground Brewers and our good friends (and often co-members) over at Brew Haven. Huge shout out to Mike L. from Brew Haven for taking home 2nd in Best of Show for his absolutely outstanding Altbier!

This event is not possible without the incredible support we get from local breweries, especially New England Brewing Co. as our hosts, and homebrewing related companies near and far that support our competition with generous donations. Be sure to check out the sponsors listed on the SNERHC site, and consider supporting them with your next homebrewing purchase!

No post about SNERHC would be complete without a massive thank you to all of the individuals who make the event possible. To our fearless leader/organizer, Andy Cox, thank you for keeping us on target and ensuring that the medals got out in record time. Paul Hayslett, without whom we’d probably have 6 judges… thank you. Andy Orefice, who gets our stewards organized and prepared for battle, Chris McCann, who took on Cellar Master duties this year, and Pat Sullivan, who ensured our competition had ample sponsors and prizes for the many many winners… again, this competition simply does not happen without you all.

This is usually the moment where I’d add pictures to the post… except, between judging and struggling to pronounce names (AGAIN, I am so sorry for all the names that I absolutely butchered along the way), I didn’t take any! The SNERHC Facebook page is the best place to see posts, photos, and recaps of the event.

Again, a huge congratulations to all the medal winners – and to ALL of those who entered, judged, stewarded, donated… or in any way supported this event, THANK YOU. SNERHC does not happen without the amazing people. Now… it’s time to get ready for next year… and the return of the pizza cutter gold medals! Cheers!

The Underground Brewers will proudly host the next Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition on October, 22 2023 at Armada Brewing in New Haven, CT.

That’s right. We’re back! Back to our usual autumn timeframe. Back to in-person judging. Back to a 400-entry limit. (Take that, COVID!)

Full details, including exact dates, drop-off locations, etc., are available at https://snerhc.com.

Put us on your brewing calendar so you’ll have homebrew ready for judging this coming October.

The Underground Brewers of CT and the Krausen Commandos of Northwest CT jointly hosted the 2017 Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition at Two Roads Brewing in Stratford on October 15.

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The 2016 Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition (SNERHC 2016) was held on October 23 at Two Roads Brewing in Stratford, CT, hosted by the Underground Brewers of CT and the Krausen Commandos of Northwest CT.

SNERHC was generously sponsored by Maltose Express, My Place Restaurant, and Two Roads Brewing.

Full results are now posted: http://www.undergroundbrewers.org/snerhc/results/Results_2016.htm

Scoresheets will be scanned and posted by Oct 30.

 

SNERHC 2015 was an amazing success. The decision to co-host with the Krausen Commandos was the best ever. Despite a major change in guidelines and an inauspicious start (we were stranded outside until someone came to unlock the gate at Two Roads), we judged 400 entries — 40 more than last year — in 45 minutes LESS time. We were cleaned up and out the door by 6:30pm.

Results may be found here: SNERHC 2015 Results

Scores and scoresheets are also available. Go to the SNERHC page and log in to see your scores.

Enormous thanks to all involved: the judges, the stewards, the cellar staff, and the sponsors.

See you all next year!

The 2015 Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition will be held on October 4 at Two Roads Brewing, Stratford, CT.

Registration for both entries and volunteers is now open.

For full details and registration, please visit the SNERHC page.

SNERHC 2015 is made possible through the generous support of Maltose Express, My Place Restaurant, and Two Roads Brewing.

 

Please follow this link for full results from SNERHC 2014.

Scanned score sheets should be available at this site before Oct. 10.

Scores and score sheets are now available. Log in to the registration site to view and/or download your score sheets.

If the writing on one or more of your score sheets is too faint to read, send me an email (address on the entry list page) and I’ll rescan it darker.

Many, many, many thanks to the awesome crew who made SNERHC such a success yet again: the organizing committee, the judges and stewards, and the sponsors. You were all fantastic.

The entries have been unpacked and sorted. The prizes are piling up. The judges are getting their marching orders. In short, everything is falling into place. SNERHC 2014 is just 4 days away. Yes, we are excited.

UPDATE: As of Sept 17, we have 332 paid entries. Not much room left!!

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With 5 days left in the registration period, we are currently just shy of 300 entries for SNERHC.

This is an outstanding turnout. Thank you all!

Of course, it reinforces the need for MORE JUDGES. If you can help out with judging, please register now!

 

*** UPDATE 9/10/14 ***

With 10 days left in the registration period, we currently have 225 paid entries in the system. That leave 150 open slots. There is still room for yours!!!

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We registered more than 150 SNERHC entries in the first 24 hours, more than 1/3 of the slots available. Woot!