A Belgian-style pale ale brewed by Vista resident Tim Taylor took top honors in Karl Strauss’ homebrew competition. The beer, named “Bleke Citroen,” will be brewed at one of the company’s brewery restaurants in August and then entered into the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am competition this October.
41 entries were received, with second place awarded to Gonzalo J. Quintero for “Pickle Tickle,” an experimental pickle saison, and third place to Colin Weir for “Coco Starkbier,” a tropical, dark European lager with coconut. The recipes for all three winners are now up on the Karl Strauss website.
“The creativity and range of styles that we saw was really impressive,” says Matt Johnson, Head Brewer, Karl Strauss Brewing Company. “The overall quality of the beers was outstanding—it was hard to narrow it down to only three winners!”
The company had six employees, including the Quality Control Manager, and two Certified Cicerones, judge the contest, as well as three guest judges.