Kearney Area Brewers

Results are in for the 2017 Buffalo County Fair Beer/Wine/Mead competition.

• 21 Beer Entries
• 5 Wine/Mead/Cider Entries

Special Awards are as follows:

• Best of Show in Beer – Corey Cagler
• Best of Show in Beer Runner Up – Ken Anderson
• Best of Show in Mead/Cider – Zach Clevenger
• Best of Show in Mead/Cider Runner UP – Monte Hogg
• Best of Show in Wine Division – Doug Kramer
• Person with the Most Entries – Dave Stewart

The average score for all the beers entered was 43.738 out of 50. There were some very good beers entered this year.

Congrats to all!!

The annual AHA Big Brew Day for the Kearney Area Brewers will be held at Thunderhead Brewing at their brewery. The address is 201 F Ave, Axtell NE. The event will be held May 6, 2017 starting at 10:00am central time. See you there!!

See more details here: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/national-homebrew-day/big-brew-events/?site_id=3978

Thanks to our webhost for his help (who says you get what you pay for…that is funny because we literally pay him nothing), the KAB website is back to working!! I will work to get all content back to current. If anyone sees any info that is missing or incorrect please let me know by sending me an email. Thanks  -Jason

The Kearney Area Brewers hosted the 2011 AHA Learn to Homebrew Day on November 5. Over 25 people attended again this year. There were some new faces interested in learning to homebrew. The weather was a bit chilly and quite windy but it didn’t effect our brewing. Four brews were made, 1 all-grain and 3 extract. As always the food was outstanding! It was another successful club gathering! Cheers!!!

On Saturday July 23, 2011 the Buffalo County Fair Homebrew Competition was held at Thunderhead Brewing Co. This year there were 85 Beer & Mead entries and 9 Wine entries for a total of 94, a new record. The entries were all top notch. A couple of the judges mentioned that this was the best beer they have judged in a competition. Picking a Best of Show for Beer was quite a challenge for sure but ultimately Kim Herald walked away with those honors. Additionally, Emmett Maul received the Best of Show for Mead and Jason Meyer received Best of Show for Wine. Congratulations to them!

On Saturday May 14, 2011 members of the Kearney Area Brewers, along with friends, gathered at Emmett Maul’s garage for the annual AHA BIG BREW. Five batches of beer were made. Two All-Grain & three Extracts.

The Kearney Area Brewers hosted the 2010 AHA Learn to Homebrew Day on November 6. Over 25 people attended. We had quite a few interested in learning to brew. The weather was very accommodating with a high of ~70F and clear blue skies. Four brews were made, 3 all-grain and 1 extract. Adam debuted his new all electric brew system. With a little tweaking a nice Munich & Rye Pale Ale was born. There were enough runnings from the mash to make another beer, with a little help from some LME. We’ll have to see which one turns out better. 🙂 All in all we had a great day…. Cheers!!!

Tom Hamilton and Dave Stewart are awarded top honors at the 2010 Nebraska State Fair. Tom received Best of Show – Ale and Dave received Best of Show – Lager. Congrats to both, as well as a great showing for the club. Cheers!!!

Click HERE to see the final results.

On Saturday, July 24 the Kearney Area Brewers hosted the 2010 Buffalo County Fair Beer/Mead/Wine Competition at Thunderhead Brewing Co. The competition kicked off @ 9:00AM and wrapped up @ 3:00PM.  A total of 76 entries were judged by 10 Judges. A special THANKS goes out to the judges who traveled from Omaha & Lincoln.  You guys & gals were amazing!!! Thunderhead Brewing (Trevor Schaben) provided pizza for the Judges & Stewards after the competition. If you haven’t tried Thunderhead pizza, well, you haven’t lived!

The results can be viewed under the Competition Tab at the top of the page.

Here are a few pics of the event as it unraveled.  No, Trevor didn’t drink all those beers, but he did try each & every one.