America's Finest City Homebrew Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the America's Finest City Homebrew Competition.

There were 460 entries judged and 214 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ralph Carrasquillo Co-Brewer: Gabe Padilla, Jason Justeson	Brett Hombre	28A: Brett Beer	Brewing Borrachos

Winning Entries

Table 1: 01 - Standard American Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Cold Crush Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Howard Clearfield	Baby Brother Foxtrot	1A: American Light Lager	Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers [CA]
3rd	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Todd Slater & Courtney Castellino	Straw	1D: American Wheat Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 2: 02 - International Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tor Roberts	Poppin' Pils	2A: International Pale Lager	MASH831
2nd	Nick Wilson	International Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jonathan Patterson	Logger Lager	2A: International Pale Lager

Table 3: 03 - Czech Lager (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Derek Springer	Vlastně Vídeňský Ležák	3C: Czech Amber Lager	Society of Barley Engineers
2nd	Tricia Gallant Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant	Schwartsie McSchwartz	3D: Czech Dark Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Brent Krohn	Tk	3A: Czech Pale Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 4: 04 - Pale Malty European Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Leon	Maibock Is Your Bock	4C: Helles Bock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Patrick Leon	Helles Real	4A: Munich Helles	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Doug Brown	Golden Age Helles Lagerbier	4A: Munich Helles	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 5: 05 - Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Derek Springer	California Gold	5D: German Pils	Society of Barley Engineers
2nd	Doug Brown	Golden Age Helles Exportbier	5C: German Exportbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Oleg Shpyrko	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 6: 06 - Amber Malty European Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Goats In A Tree	6C: Dunkels Bock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Scott Rauvola	Bog Body	6B: Rauchbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Brent Krohn	The Hunt For	6A: Marzen	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 7: 07 - Amber Bitter European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Todd Slater & Courtney Castellino	Vienna Reboot	7A: Vienna Lager	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Ben Sookying	Red Happiness	7A: Vienna Lager	Brew Knights [CA]
3rd	Doug Brown	Viennese Steez	7A: Vienna Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 8: 08 - Dark European Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tricia Gallant Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant	Schwartsie McSchwartz	8B: Schwarzbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Brian Trout Co-Brewer: Doug Brown	Schwarzbier Collab 2018	8B: Schwarzbier	Mash Heads
3rd	Howard Clearfield	Mine Shaft	8A: Munich Dunkel	Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers [CA]
HM	Doug Brown	Out the Mud Munich Dunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 9: 09 - Strong European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Baltik Sons Of Liberty	9C: Baltic Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Scott Rauvola	De-Evolutionator	9A: Doppelbock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 10: 10 - German Wheat Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Weissbier	10A: Weissbier	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Chad Hamilton	Bienenweizen	10A: Weissbier
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Kaiserbrau Weizenbock	10C: Weizenbock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 11: 11 - British Bitter (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Leon	Craictastic	11A: Ordinary Bitter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Nick Wilson	Esb	11C: Strong Bitter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Tim Rouse	Dw's Great Expectations	11C: Strong Bitter	Seven City Brewers

Table 12: 12 - Pale Commonwealth Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's English Golden Ale	12A: English Golden Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 13: 13 - Brown British Beer (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's English Porter	13C: English Porter	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Howard Weiss	Howies Tall Dark and Mild	13A: Dark Mild	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Dan Stoneman	Brown Beauty	13C: English Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 14: 14 - Scottish Ale (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Oleg Shpyrko	Scotch Ale	14C: Scottish Export	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Carl Townsend	Scottish Export	14C: Scottish Export	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 15: 15 - Irish Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Slade	Acting A Maggot	15A: Irish Red Ale	Mash Heads
2nd	Patrick Thalken	Malty Thalken's Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout
3rd	Jared Rowley	Smaug's Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
HM	Steven Suiter	The Importance of Being Driest	15B: Irish Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 16: 16 - Dark British Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Voak	Tropical Storm	16C: Tropical Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Tropical Stout	16C: Tropical Stout	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Sweet Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 17: 17 - Strong British Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Havering Hag	17C: Wee Heavy	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Scott Rauvola Co-Brewer: John Schneider	Man's Dilemma	17B: Old Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Hayden Charter	Grove Hill Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 18: 18 - Pale American Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gilbert Salas	Mo Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Temecula Valley Homebrewers Association
2nd	Cyrus Baluyot	Soo Thirsty	18B: American Pale Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Doug Brown	Supermolly IPA (8.1% Abv)	18B: American Pale Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 19: 19 - Amber and Brown American Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Suiter	Long Haired Moose Brown	19C: American Brown Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Ben Sookying	Happy In Common	19B: California Common	Brew Knights [CA]
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Kalifornia Steaming	19B: California Common	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 20: 20 - American Porter and Stout (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Sons Of Liberty Porter	20A: American Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Jared Rowley Co-Brewer: Chris Swanson	Stouty McStoutface	20B: American Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Hayden Charter	Big Stoopid Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 21: 21 - IPA (42 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Evan Kadow	Hands Full IPA	21A: American IPA
2nd	Gabe Padilla	Can U Taste It!	21A: American IPA	Brewing Borrachos
3rd	Johnny Floersheimer	Birthday Brew	21B7: New England IPA

Table 22: 22 - Strong American Ale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Hoover	The Drunken Sailor	22C: American Barleywine	Brewtubers
2nd	Eli Palma	Dream Church	22A: Double IPA	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jason Justeson	B-Wine	22C: American Barleywine	Brewing Borrachos

Table 23: 23 - European Sour Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Fleming Co-Brewer: Crystal Fleming & Société Du Lambic	Raspberry Brambles	23F: Fruit Lambic	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Curt Wittenberg Co-Brewer: Societé Du Lambic	Can't Lueuze	23E: Gueuze	Society of Barley Engineers
3rd	Joseph Smith	Brother Hogan’s Crux	23D: Lambic	Society of Barley Engineers

Table 24: 24 - Belgian Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Hayden Charter	Witty Lizzy	24A: Witbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Craig Corley	269 - Bpa #42	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Pale Ale	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 25: 25 - Strong Belgian Ale (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Saison Du Savannah Lynn	25B: Saison	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Golden Strong Ale	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Brian Trout Co-Brewer: Nick Rakovec	Saison 2019	25B: Saison	Mash Heads

Table 26: 26 - Trappist Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Justeson Co-Brewer: Joe, Ralph, Gabe And Erick	It's A Dubbel, Right??	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Brewing Borrachos
2nd	Doug Brown	Single Du Savannah Lynn	26A: Trappist Single	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jason Justeson Co-Brewer: Joe, Ralph, Gabe And Erick	It's A Quad, Right??	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Brewing Borrachos
HM	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 27: 27 - Historical Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Sons Of Liberty Porter	27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Scott Rauvola	Zungen Brecher	27A3: Lichtenhainer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 28: 28 - American Wild Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ralph Carrasquillo Co-Brewer: Gabe Padilla, Jason Justeson	Brett Hombre	28A: Brett Beer	Brewing Borrachos
2nd	Jim Connor Co-Brewer: Jaime Connor	Sour Batch #2	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jeremy Stacy Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy	Guavalieb	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 29: 29 - Fruit Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Earl Grey Cold Crush Cream Ale	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Doug Brown	Mango Supermolly	29A: Fruit Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Kingsley Toby	Hms Resolution	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 30: 30 - Spiced Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown	Earl Grey Cold Crush Cream Ale	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Jared Rowley Co-Brewer: Peter Seliga	Good Morning, Vietnam!	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Kingsley Toby	The Spanish Inquisition	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 31: 31 - Alternative Fermentables Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jared Rowley Co-Brewer: Eric Robinson	God Save the Queen Bee	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 32: 32 - Smoked Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Brown Co-Brewer: Brian Trout	My Smoke, Mai Bock	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Christos Renner Co-Brewer: Scott Rauvola	Helles Bells	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Roy Leyrer	Smoked Lager	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 33: 33 - Wood Beer (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tricia Gallant Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant	Ba Olde Ale 2018	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Scott Voak	Barley Legal	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Ben Sookying	St Pappy's Woody	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Brew Knights [CA]

Table 34: 34 - Specialty Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Slade	Catarina Sour W/ Raspberries	34C: Experimental Beer	Mash Heads
2nd	John Warner	Dry Hopped Lithuanian Farmhouse Ale	34C: Experimental Beer	San Francisco Homebrewer's Guild
3rd	Todd Phillips	American IPA - Celebration Ale Clone	34A: Clone Beer	Temecula Valley Homebrewers Association

Table 35: C1 - Standard Cider and Perry (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Oleg Shpyrko	October Cider	C1A: New World Cider	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Brian Trout Co-Brewer: Sd Craft Cider	Sd Craft Cider Pressing 2018 (english)	C1B: English Cider	Mash Heads
3rd	Brian Trout Co-Brewer: Sd Craft Cider	Sd Craft Cider Pressing 2019	C1A: New World Cider	Mash Heads

Table 36: C2 - Specialty Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Trout Co-Brewer: Sd Craft Cider	Ginger Raspberry Sweet 2019/2020	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Mash Heads
2nd	Sean Thompson Co-Brewer: Lisa Thompson	Selectarine	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Brian Trout	Kinda Blue 2018	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Mash Heads

Table 37: M1 - Traditional Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Rutherford	Carol Rutherford	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Brian Trout	You Get Bees, You Get Bees, Everybody Gets Bees!!!	M1C: Sweet Mead	Mash Heads
3rd	Karl Kahleck	Hurtin For A Squirtin	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Foam on the Brain
HM	Krzysztof Plizga	Orange Blossom	M1C: Sweet Mead

Table 38: M2- Fruit Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jared Ayo	Strawzberriez Taste Like Strawzberriez	M2C: Berry Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Karl Kahleck	Clarity Is Only Two Points	M2E: Melomel	Foam on the Brain
3rd	Karl Kahleck	Big Fat Bluebies	M2C: Berry Mead	Foam on the Brain

Table 39: M3 - Spiced Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Rutherford	Carol Rutherford	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	David Nagal Co-Brewer: Austin Mortimore	Chai Masala	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
3rd	Justin Fleming Co-Brewer: Crystal Fleming	Death By Chocolate	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 40: M4 - Specialty Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Nagal Co-Brewer: Austin Mortimore	Wood Aged Bouchet	M4C: Experimental Mead
2nd	Krzysztof Plizga	Rosehip Trójniak	M4B: Historical Mead
3rd	Jared Ayo	Sippin On Some Sizzzurp	M4C: Experimental Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Judging Session Locations and Dates

1 - Alesmith Brewing
02/07/2020 6:00 PM, PST

2 - Alesmith Brewing
02/08/2020 9:00 AM, PST

3 - Alesmith Brewing
02/08/2020 12:00 PM, PST

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 11/19/2019 12:00 AM, PST through 01/31/2020 9:00 PM, PST.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 11/19/2019 12:00 AM, PST through 01/31/2020 9:00 PM, PST.

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Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 01/17/2020 9:00 AM, PST through 01/31/2020 9:00 PM, PST.

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Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 01/17/2020 9:00 AM, PST through 01/31/2020 9:00 PM, PST.