Homebrewtah Beer and Cider Competition
Awards
Judges
Zachary Belles, Patrick Bourque, Erin Brennan, Julia Button, James Bywater, Elizabeth Fischer, Drew Flitton, Travis Grimm, David Jimenez, Mike Johnson, Steve Kondrick, Lauren Lerch, Julia Light, Bridgette Luke, Cody McKendrick, Brian McKray, Brian McKray, Tony Mungiguerra, Chris Pasko, Steve Pierson, Jessi Rose, Brandon Sims, Erik Syvertson, Dwight Wilson
Judges - Best of Show
Drew Flitton, Mike Johnson, Brian McKray, Chris Pasko
Stewards
Matthew Bailey, Justin Wood
Staff
Matthew Bailey, Julia Button, Rick Jensen, Jake McQueen, Dwight Wilson
Organizer
Kelsey Booth
By the Numbers
342 Entries
77 Entrants
24 Judges
2 Stewards
5 Staff
81 Placing Entries
Table 1: Standard American Beers
11 entries
Judges: Drew Flitton (Head Judge), Dwight Wilson
1st
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Cream Ale (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Jamie Crawford
Maltose Falcons
Dolla Dolla Bill (1C: Cream Ale)
3rd
Cole Christian & Paulette Palacios
DC Homebrewers
Pup Heavy (1B: American Lager)
Table 2: International Lagers
10 entries
Judges: Zachary Belles (Head Judge), David Jimenez
1st
Dwight Wilson
O-Town Hop Heads
Internationally International (2C: International Dark Lager)
2nd
John Jesus
Lauter Day Brewers
Samful Adamd (2B: International Amber Lager)
3rd
Ian Wilhelm & Gabriella Meany
Sons of Alchemy
Mechanicsbock (2C: International Dark Lager)
Table 3: Czech Lagers
8 entries
Judges: Steve Kondrick, Steve Pierson (Head Judge)
1st
David Towles
High Plains Drafters [TX]
I Guess I'll Do A Decoction (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
2nd
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Onyx Pivo (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Czech Pale Lager (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
Table 4: Pale Malty Lagers
15 entries
Judges: Travis Grimm (Head Judge), Steve Kondrick, Steve Pierson, Brandon Sims
1st
Cheyne Harvey & Michael Smith
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
I Can't Decide If This Is A Helles Or A Pilsner (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Tyler Miller
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
September. Do You Remember? (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
The Bridesmaid (4A: Munich Helles)
Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beers
12 entries
Judges: Kelsey Booth, Erin Brennan, James Bywater, Lauren Lerch (Head Judge), Erik Syvertson
1st
Stephen Schmitt
Evanston Homebrew Club
The Cathedral (5B: Kölsch
)
2nd
Scott DeVelbiss
German Leichtbier (5A: German Leichtbier)
3rd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
German Pils (5D: German Pils)
4th
Zachary Belles
Lauter Day Brewers
Homewoven Handicrafts (5D: German Pils)
Table 6: Amber European Lagers
16 entries
Judges: Zachary Belles, Drew Flitton, David Jimenez (Head Judge), Dwight Wilson
1st
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires (6B: Rauchbier)
2nd
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Fo' Schnitzel (6A: Märzen)
3rd
Travis Cherry
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Aachen Bräu (7B: Altbier)
Table 7: Dark European Lagers and Strong European Beers
18 entries
Judges: Travis Grimm (Head Judge), Bridgette Luke, Tony Mungiguerra, Steve Pierson
1st
John Jesus
Lauter Day Brewers
Stealthy Screeching (9C: Baltic Porter)
2nd
Justin Holman
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Doppelbock (9A: Doppelbock)
3rd
Dirk Montgomery
Red Earth Brewers
Ragnar's Valhalla (9C: Baltic Porter)
Table 8: Pale Commonwealth Beers
11 entries
Judges: Elizabeth Fischer (Head Judge), Tony Mungiguerra
1st
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Two Wizards Bickering (12C: English IPA)
2nd
Raymond Eilenstine
Wave Break (12B: Australian Sparkling Ale)
3rd
Doug Walker
Don't Be Need - See You Next Tue (12A: British Golden Ale)
4th
Kurt Green
He Gained The Day (11B: Best Bitter)
HM
Tim Haran
Lauter Day Brewers
Bit O' Bitter (11A: Ordinary Bitter)
Table 9: Brown and Amber Commonwealth Beers
10 entries
Judges: Travis Grimm (Head Judge), Brandon Sims
1st
Zachary Belles
Lauter Day Brewers
Expected System Behavior (13B: British Brown Ale)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
It's A Kilt, Not A Skirt! (14C: Scottish Export)
3rd
Rick Burkhardt
Darkness On The Edge Of Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)
Table 10: British and Irish Stouts and British Strong Beers
19 entries
Judges: Travis Grimm, Lauren Lerch (Head Judge), Bridgette Luke, Tony Mungiguerra
1st
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Lot Of McStakes (15B: Irish Stout)
2nd
Tyler Miller
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Look What You Made Me Brew (17C: Wee Heavy)
3rd
Dirk Montgomery
Red Earth Brewers
Old Walking Stick (15C: Irish Extra Stout)
HM
Justin Holman
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
Table 11: Pale, Amber and Brown American Beers
14 entries
Judges: Drew Flitton, Dwight Wilson
1st
Stephen Schmitt
Evanston Homebrew Club
Cali Common (19B: California Common)
2nd
Mike Johnson
Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative...
Blonde Ale (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Scott Estlund
The Brü Club
Gentleman's Preference (18A: Blonde Ale)
Table 12: American Porters and Stouts
16 entries
Judges: David Jimenez (Head Judge), Lauren Lerch, Bridgette Luke, Brandon Sims
1st
Tim Haran
Lauter Day Brewers
Porch Sittin' Porter (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Travis Cherry
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Patton (20B: American Stout)
3rd
Cole Christian & Paulette Palacios
DC Homebrewers
Porter Alfredson's American Tour (20A: American Porter)
Table 13: American Pale Ale and IPA
16 entries
Judges: Zachary Belles (Head Judge), Drew Flitton, Julia Light, Dwight Wilson
1st
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Walk Away (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Christian Chandler
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Single Decker Bus (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Byron Bird
High Plains Drafters [TX]
So You're Telling Me There's A Chance (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 14: Specialty IPA
13 entries
Judges: David Jimenez, Mike Johnson, Brian McKray, Brandon Sims
1st
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Gallows Humor (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Cheyne Harvey
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
I Didn't Put Any Cascade Hops In This Cascadian Dark Ale (21B2: Black IPA)
3rd
Phillip Saurer & Jennifer Saurer
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Hoist The Black Flag (21B2: Black IPA)
Table 15: Hazy IPA
12 entries
Judges: Kelsey Booth, Mike Johnson (Head Judge), Bridgette Luke, Cody McKendrick, Dwight Wilson
1st
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Come Back With A Warrant (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Scott Cox
Hazy Is Lazy (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Matthew Bailey
Lauter Day Brewers
JooCee (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 16: European Sour and American Wild Ale
15 entries
Judges: Patrick Bourque (Head Judge), Julia Button
1st
Stephen Schmitt
Evanston Homebrew Club
Old & New (23E: Gueuze)
2nd
Dwight Wilson
O-Town Hop Heads
Aaron's Overly Sour Lambic I Blended And Hoped For The Best (23D: Lambic)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Red Plum Straight And Sour (LSX4: Catharina Sour)
HM
Dwight Wilson
O-Town Hop Heads
9Fiddy Cherry Pie (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Table 17: Belgian and Monastic Ales
20 entries
Judges: Patrick Bourque, Erin Brennan, James Bywater, David Jimenez, Lauren Lerch, Brandon Sims
1st
Dirk Montgomery
Red Earth Brewers
Van Overveld (24A: Witbier)
2nd
Evan Carlton
FLOPS
For The Love Of God (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
3rd
Mike Johnson
Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative...
Tripel (26C: Belgian Tripel)
Table 18: Strong Belgian Ales
13 entries
Judges: Travis Grimm (Head Judge), Erik Syvertson
1st
Mark Rose
The Brü Club
Popeye's Elixir (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)
2nd
Mark Pennick
Brew Crew [CO]
Saison On Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Belgian Blonde 1 (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
Table 19: Historical Beers
10 entries
Judges: James Bywater, Cody McKendrick (Head Judge)
1st
Tyler Miller
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Picture To Burn (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
2nd
Scott Cox
Volstead Pils (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
3rd
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Kentucky Common (27A2: Kentucky Common)
Table 20: Specialty Beers
16 entries
Judges: Mike Johnson, Julia Light
1st
Jon Schlee
Lauter Day Brewers
Quaff The Fresh, Pt. Deux (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Curtis Ritter
Ace Brewing Society
Chipper Jen (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Mark Pennick
Brew Crew [CO]
Floral Loral (34A: Commercial Specialty Beer)
Table 21: German and American Wheat
12 entries
Judges: Tony Mungiguerra, Dwight Wilson
1st
Scott DeVelbiss
Weizenbock (10C: Weizenbock)
2nd
Tom Leonard & Ross Stewart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Casper (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Matthew Young
Ace Brewing Society
Wheat AF (1D: American Wheat Beer)
Table 22: Fruit, Spice and Alternative Fermentable Beers
19 entries
Judges: Patrick Bourque, Erin Brennan, Travis Grimm (Head Judge), Erik Syvertson
1st
Brandon Besser
South Austin Area Zymurgists...
Mar-Gose-Rita (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Mark Pennick
Brew Crew [CO]
Saison Du Sinaasappel (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Mike Johnson
Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative...
Coffee Stout (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 23: Strong American Ales and Wood Aged Beers
15 entries
Judges: Erin Brennan, James Bywater, Cody McKendrick, Erik Syvertson
1st
Dwight Wilson
O-Town Hop Heads
Fantastic Voyage (22D: Wheatwine)
2nd
Craig Gulla & Tom Shivers And Dwight...
O-Town Hop Heads
Adambier (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Mike Johnson
Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative...
Amburana Wood Imperial Stout (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
HM
Kat Smith
House Of Ruggles English IPA (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 24: Standard Ciders and Perry
9 entries
Judges: Bridgette Luke, Brian McKray (Head Judge)
1st
Josh Word
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Get It, Got It, Good (C1A: New World Cider)
2nd
Deborah And Marc Prichard
Red Earth Brewers
Wormmy Pears (C1D: New World Perry)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Being There - S04 (C1A: New World Cider)
Table 25: Specialty Ciders and Perry
12 entries
Judges: Kelsey Booth (Head Judge), Drew Flitton, Mike Johnson, Brian McKray, Chris Pasko, Jessi Rose
1st
Allen Martin
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Ciderish (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Revenge Of The Pink Panther 2023 (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Slowpoke Rodriguez (C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Drew Flitton, Mike Johnson, Brian McKray, Chris Pasko
1st
Stephen Schmitt
Evanston Homebrew Club
Old & New (23E: Gueuze)
2nd
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Two Wizards Bickering (12C: English IPA)
3rd
Tyler Miller
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Picture To Burn (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
Best Brewer
77 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
---|
1st | Chad Medford | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18.0602000 | Red Earth Brewers |
2nd | Bill Boyer | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12.0500000 | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
3rd | Stephen Schmitt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12.0303000 | Evanston Homebrew Club |
Best Club Award
40 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | HM | Score |
---|
1st | Arizona Society of Homebrewers | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.1204000 |
2nd | Lauter Day Brewers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31.0806000 |
3rd | Red Earth Brewers | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29.1003000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 4
- 2nd Place: 3
- 3rd Place: 2
- 4th Place: 1
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The highest number of first places.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners