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	35-39 point score	30-34 point score	<30 point score
4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point

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 entered 5 or fewer homebrew/mead/cider competitions OR has created 10 or fewer total batches of beer/mead/cider.

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Past QUAFF Rising Stars

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