Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

THIRSTY Classic
The first THIRSTY homebrew competition was held Spring of 1994 with 104 entries. In 2003 the name was changed to the THIRSTY Classic and has endured until 2016. Regretfully, the THIRSTY Classic has been retired.

Through the years the Classic has been supported by Millstream Brewing and their staff. Millstream was the receiver for the entries and the site of the competition itself. Millstream Brewery was a perfect venue for our competition. Since 2003 I have been the competition coordinator. I have handled each bottle entered (~1500 entries), managed the data entry of entrant information, and mailed ribbons and score sheets. Through this process I feel like I know many of you. Over the years I began to recognize familiar names of people who supported the competition by entering their beer, mead or cider year after year. I had the good fortune to sample your entries after the judging finishedl. I have formed great friendships with judges who came year after year to help make the THIRSTY competition successful. You judges deserve a hand, as judging at the Classic wasn’t always a smooth process.

Thank you
Susan Walsh
THIRSTY Classic Coordinator
THIRSTY President

That's too bad.

I wonder if Thirsty has any thing new planned to replace this activity for its members.

This leaves a big gap, as it was one of the Big 3 competitions for Iowa Homebrewer of the Year.

Maybe we up our game and fill that gap!

It would potentially require a $1400-$1680 budget (LOTMW Competition limited to 240 entries @$6-7/each). Is this a fund raiser for them? I am not sure what expenses are incurred to pull something like this off. The biggest challenges would be beer cold storage and the recruitment of qualified judges.

LOTMW is not listed on the Midwest Homebrewer of the Year Award Circuit:
http://midwesthomebrewer.com/Circuit.aspx

But it is on the High Plains
http://www.kcbiermeisters.org/competiti ... award.html

daryl wrote:Maybe we up our game and fill that gap!

It would potentially require a $1400-$1680 budget (LOTMW Competition limited to 240 entries @$6-7/each). Is this a fund raiser for them? I am not sure what expenses are incurred to pull something like this off. The biggest challenges would be beer cold storage and the recruitment of qualified judges.

LOTMW is not listed on the Midwest Homebrewer of the Year Award Circuit:
http://midwesthomebrewer.com/Circuit.aspx

But it is on the High Plains
http://www.kcbiermeisters.org/competiti ... award.html

Could be a good way to get the clubs new name and logo recognized once that happens. I think hosting an event like this could be highly beneficial for us.


Tattoo Travis

The challenge is getting enough certified judges. And, as noted, cold storage for all the entries.

Do not underestimate how much work and resources it takes to run a comp. Someone would need to log a lot of hours.