6 Wednesday, December 2010 // The Statement HOME BREW COMPETITION WINNERS Last Thursday we hosted the second annual Michigan Daily home brew competition at our offices at 420 Maynard. Three certified judges from the Ann Arbor Brewer's Guild, with more than 60 years of combined judging experience, helped us rate 24 different samples. The judging itself turned out to be just as much an art as the craft of brewing. They sniffed and swirled and tilted and tasted - all the while jotting down notes about hop levels and head retention. Beers were judged on five basic criteria: aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and overall impression. And after more than two hours of smelling, tasting and eliminating, three beers remained. Here's a look at the three winners. 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AIMEE RICHARD FIFTH-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT, MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY DOG DAYS OF SUMMER WIT WH ITBI ER INGREDIENTS turbo malt, flaked wheat, flaked oats, coriander and bitter orange peel Last year, when Aimee Richard entered her beer into The Michigan Daily's home brew competition, she unknowingly submitted a contami- nated batch. It's pretty safe to say that Richard's brew was nowhere near the top in the judges' rankings. This year, however, Richard made quite the turnaround, taking home top honors for with her Belgian Whitbier. This is the first time Richard, who has been home brewing for about two years, has attempted this style of beer. "At first, I wasn't that thrilled with this beer," Richard wrote on her blog, tharshebrews.com, where she chron- icles her home brewing attempts. "I thought it was a bit too sweet, and it wasn't as carbonated as I'd like." Richard brewed the winning batch in the end of July, and the lon- ger the beer sat the better she felt about it. "Over time, I liked it more and more ... the carbonation picked up, and it started to taste a bit more bal- anced," she wrote. Richard is not unaccustomed to receiving accolades for her brewing. Only a few months into the craft, Richard entered a batch into a home brew competition at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti, winning first place in her category. Richard even has distant plans to take her brewing to the next level. "I can see myself brewing for a long time," she said. "It would be really nice to at some point retire and open up my own brewery." 0 1214 5 . 67 7j 78T91101 quotes of the week on the cheap "RIP, Leslie Nielsen. Shirley, he will be missed." drinking good beer on the cheap RUSSELL BRAND, comedic British actor, via his Twitter account, mourning the 84-year-old Canadian "Airplane!" actor's death. "This was a gift. We aren't thieves. We didn't do anything' wrong." DANIELLE LE GUENNEC, wife of Picasso's retired electrician, who claims to have been holding onto 271 undocumented works of Pablo Picasso's in a trunk in his garage after Picasso's second wife supposedly gave them to him as a gift. "I was thinking, ifhe gets hit, I can't go to work. It's Sunday. I can't miss out. It's a time-and-a-half day." CARLOS FLORES, a grocery clerk in New York City, on saving a man who fainted and fell onto the city subway tracks in an effort to ensure there PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE EBERTS wouldn't be subway delays that would make him late for work.'A s college students, we often take for granted that we are going to drink cheap, foul- tasting beer throughout our time at the University. But push aside your keg of Natty Light and crush that can of Bud Light, because here are some tips to help you drink good the rules beer on the cheap. First, take advantage of happy hours at bars across Ann Arbor. While there are bars closer to Central Campus that offer drink specials, Main Street in particular has a ton No. 296: No. 297: No. 298: of happy hour options where you can enjoy good beer at reduced prices. Check out a2happyhour.com to see a map of Ann Arbor with pins showing where the bars that offer It's probably time Craft gifts are not It's OK to avoid happy hours are and details like times and specials. to throw out your OK for Secret Santa. doing laundry until Moreover, there are multiple websites that offer special deals and coupons that will Thanksgiving We want something you're home on enable you to drink well and cheaply across Ann Arbor. For example. thedealmap.com Thanksivingallows you to search by category (beer) and city to help find discounted gilt certificates. leftovers, bought in a store. winter break. And if those tips don't work, you can always try brewing your own. Have advice for life on the cheap? 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