CD brewers show off homemade beers; Standard gets a patio covering

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A gaggle of judges and home brewers packed into Standard Brewing on Saturday for a people’s choice competition among members of the Central District Brewing Collective. photo(2)

Judges sampled ten home brews and rated them on their aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel, and overall appeal. The top-rated beer of the day was from Central District resident Chris Prost, whose creation “Simarillion Pale Ale,” made with Simcoe and Amarillo hops, received the highest marks.

“The name [Simarillion] is both a play on the hops used in the beer and an off-hand reference to one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘mythopeic’ works (although spelled slightly differently),”
Prost says. “I brewed the beer as an anniversary gift to my hop-loving wife, Michelle. It’s a golden-hued ale with a biscuit-y malt character and a bold citrus/pine aroma and flavor.” A keg of Simarillion will be on tap at Standard until it runs out.

Second place went to Greg Guzauskas with a Belgian twist on an IPA called Mr. Belevedere, and third place went to Tim Frommer for his Backyard Plum Dubbel.

In other news, Standard’s Justin Gerardy is planning to turn his patio space into a winter beer garden of sorts. Gerardy is waiting on a custom covering to keep you dry until the sun comes out again. He’ll heat the space with a propane heat lamp, too. The set up will be ready any day now.

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