QUAFF Rising Star Award

First awarded for 2020, the QUAFF Rising Star Award recognizes excellence among those new to homebrew competitions. The Rising Star Award will be presented to the club member with the highest cumulative point total across all of the year’s Club Only Competitions, with points awarded to each eligible brewer for each eligible entry as follows:

• • ≥ 40+ point score: 4 points
  • 35-39 point score: 3 points each
  • 30-34 point score: 2 points each
  • < 30 point score: 1 point each

Also known as the winner of the “Kräusen League,” this award is open to any club member who, as of the time of the member’s first entry in that year’s Club Only Competition, has created 10 or fewer total batches of beer/mead/cider or who has entered 5 or fewer homebrew/mead/cider competitions.

2026 Rising Star Standings:

Past QUAFF Rising Star

• 2025: Jonathon Schubert
• 2024: Jeffry Battles
• 2023: Josh Akin
• 2022: Jacob Gottlieb
• 2021: Jeff Case
• 2020: Jim Connor