Monday, April 11, 2011

Meet the Ten Dudes Brew Team


(L to R)

Ian Sheppard (CA)
John Kleinchester (NJ)
Josh Shaffer (CA)
Jeff Quinn (NYC)
Tim Bullock (TX)

The Ten Dudes have known eachother since roughly 1986 or so, all having grown up in Parsippany, NJ. The homebrewing bug bit them around September of 2007 and since then, they've been churning out homebrews nonstop. The brew team is split up between John and Jeff in NJ/NYC, Tim in Austin and Ian and Josh in LA. A few of their brews have even won some prestigious awards:

3rd Place Best of Show, Smoke Ale - 2010 NYC Homebrewer's Guild Competition (out of 370 Entries)
2nd Place Strong Ale Category, English Barlewine - 2010 NYC Homebrewer's Guild Competition
1st Place Other Smoke Ale Category, Smoke Ale - 2010 NYC Homebrewer's Guild Competition
2nd Place Other Smoke Ale Category, Smoke Ale - 2010 NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition
2nd Place Sour Ale Category, Fruit Lambic Peach - 2012 NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition
3rd Place Scottish and Irish Ale Category, Strong Scotch Ale - 2012 NYC Homebrewer's Guild Competition
3rd Place Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer Category, Garden (Herb) Saison - 2012 NYC Homebrewer's Guild Competition

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