America's Finest City Homebrew Competition (AFC)

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

There were 325 entries judged and 141 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Garza	Wee Heron Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Border Brewers
2nd	Scott Steenburg	Helles #2	4A: Munich Helles	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
3rd	Alan Turken	Yabba Dabba Weissbier	10A: Weissbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
HM	Todd Higginson	Hair Metal	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Karl Kahleck	Pardon My French	C1C: French Cider	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Gruszeczniak	M4B: Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Bill Boyer	Castle Anthrax	M2B: Pyment	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Winning Entries

Table 1: Cat 1 - Standard American Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Steenburg	El Dorado American Lager	1B: American Lager	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Alan Turken	All American Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Radames Serrano Co-Brewer: Del Campo Brewing Co.	Sol Del Caribe	1D: American Wheat Beer

Table 2: Cat 2 - International Lager (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Coro-Yeah!	2A: International Pale Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's International Pale Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Pat Leon	Lucky Penny	2B: International Amber Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 3: Cat 3 - Czech Lager (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Bell	No Pressure	3C: Czech Amber Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Tom Atkinson	Archer	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Tmave Rauvola	3D: Czech Dark Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 4: Cat 4 - Pale Malty European Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Steenburg	Helles #2	4A: Munich Helles	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Tom Atkinson	Skyler	4A: Munich Helles
3rd	Jeff Mathiowetz	To Helles And Bock	4C: Helles Bock	Maltose Falcons

Table 5: Cat 5 - Pale Bitter European Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Kings Gold	5B: Kolsch	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Deborah And Marc Prichard	Miller Family Water	5A: German Leichtbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Chris Hunter	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Artesian Homebrewers

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Bog Body	6B: Rauchbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Benjamin Frymark	Krustanator	6C: Dunkels Bock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman’s Marzen	6A: Marzen	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 7: Cat 7 - Amber Bitter European Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Trout	Alt Rock	7B: Altbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Lucas Orr	Old Schumacher	7B: Altbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Altbaer	7B: Altbier	East Side Brewers [IL]

Table 8: Cat 8 - Dark European Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eli Palma	Night Harvest	8A: Munich Dunkel	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Dan Acheson	Keines Deutches Porter	8B: Schwarzbier	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Thomas Carpenter	Silent Night	8B: Schwarzbier	Carolina Brewmasters

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Rauvola	Doofenshmirtz Doppelbockinator	9A: Doppelbock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Benjamin Frymark	Krustanator	9A: Doppelbock	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Baltik Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 10: Cat 10 - German Wheat Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alan Turken	Yabba Dabba Weissbier	10A: Weissbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Dan Acheson	What Happens When Rams Eat Wheat	10C: Weizenbock	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Jeff Case	Head In A Weiss	10A: Weissbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 11: Cat 11 - British Bitter (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pat Leon	Resting Bitter Face	11C: Strong Bitter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Dan Acheson	Not Your Bitter Mother In-Law	11B: Best Bitter	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Scott Steenburg	Version #5	11C: Strong Bitter	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Table 12: Cat 12 - Pale Commonwealth Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jared Rowley Co-Brewer: Dana Taylor And Barley	Nugget Beach Day	12A: British Golden Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Benjamin Frymark	Ello Governor	12C: English IPA	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 13: Cat 13 - Brown British Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Garza	Wee Heron Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Border Brewers
2nd	Brian Trout	Taddy Bear	13C: English Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Tricia Gallant Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant	English Brown	13B: English Brown Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 14: Cat 14 - Scottish Ale (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Gardinier Co-Brewer: Paul Rubens	Ballshaven Scottish Ale	14C: Scottish Export	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Jeff Case	Craig Family Export Ale	14C: Scottish Export	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Benjamin Frymark	Fat Bastard	14C: Scottish Export	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 15: Cat 15 - Irish Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pat Leon	Rowdy Dow Dow	15A: Irish Red Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	John Bell	Luck of the Irish	15B: Irish Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearma's Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 16: Cat 16 - Dark British Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allan Polk	Experimental Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Tom Atkinson	Jack	16A: Sweet Stout
3rd	John Bell	Black Magic	16B: Oatmeal Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 17: Cat 17 - Strong British Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case Co-Brewer: Tad Garabedian	Moving Concrete Goalposts	17C: Wee Heavy	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Guillermo Velasco Co-Brewer: Isaac De Canela	Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine	Tijuana Homebrew Club
3rd	Steven Severn	Warmth	17D: English Barleywine	Orange County Mash Ups

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	No Burn Day	18B: American Pale Ale	Brewing Borrachos
2nd	Chris Erdos	Old Man Moses B2	18B: American Pale Ale

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benjamin Frymark	Uncommon In Cali	19B: California Common	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Brian Trout	Chuuby Wheels	19A: American Amber Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Connor Foster Co-Brewer: Joe Citelli	Back 9 Brown	19C: American Brown Ale

Table 20: Cat 20 - American Porter and Stout (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	Biggly	20C: Imperial Stout	Brewing Borrachos
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Brent Krohn	Dangerous But Worth the Risk	20C: Imperial Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 21: Cat 21 - IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Stacy Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy	Vixen	21B2: Black IPA	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Anthony Incrocci	Anthony Incrocci	21B7: New England IPA	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Gabe Padilla Co-Brewer: Ralph Jason Dennis Erick	F-K-I	21A: American IPA	Brewing Borrachos

Table 22: Cat 22 - Strong American Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Guillermo Velasco Co-Brewer: Isaac De Canela	Barleywine	22C: American Barleywine	Tijuana Homebrew Club
2nd	Gabe Padilla Co-Brewer: Ralph Jason Dennis Erick	Double Borracho	22A: Double IPA	Brewing Borrachos
3rd	Jason Justeson	Bwine	22C: American Barleywine	Brewing Borrachos

Table 23: Cat 23 - European Sour Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Berliner Weisse	23A: Berliner Weisse	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Brian Trout	American Gueuze 2016	23E: Gueuze	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Karl Kahleck	Flanders Red	23B: Flanders Red Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 24: Cat 24 - Belgian Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benjamin Frymark	Wits The Deal	24A: Witbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 25: Cat 25 - Strong Belgian Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Higginson	Hair Metal	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	John Bell	Halo Adjuster	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Saison	25B: Saison	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 26: Cat 26 - Trappist Ale (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brent Krohn	Bombed Cyclone	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Howard Clearfield	Drunken Monk	26C: Belgian Tripel	Grain Trust
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Trappist Single	26A: Trappist Single	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 27: Cat 27 - Historical Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah And Marc Prichard	Professor Pickles The Destroyer	27A3: Lichtenhainer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Jeremy Stacy	Galacticus	27A1: Gose	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 28: Cat 28 - American Wild Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Wild Specialty Beer	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Dan Acheson	Barrel Projects Are Fun	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Masahiro Kitano	Funky Sh*t!!	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 29: Cat 29 - Fruit Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Masahiro Kitano	Pom!	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	Jeremy Stacy Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy	Guavaliner	29A: Fruit Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Tangy Sour Salty Baer	29A: Fruit Beer	East Side Brewers [IL]
HM	Bill Boyer	Sweethearts Revenge	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 30: Cat 30 - Spiced Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Walden	Farkus's Black Eye	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Chicken City Ale Raisers
2nd	Todd Higginson	Tiki Todd	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	George Kolcun	Sage Saison	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Amber Rye	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Benjamin Frymark	Thor's Hammer	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jared Rowley Co-Brewer: Dana Taylor And Barley	P90 Rye	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 32: Cat 32 - Smoked Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case Co-Brewer: Ben Frymark	Smokey the Beer	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Smoked German Dark	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	John Stumph Co-Brewer: Christos Renner	Apricot Forest Wildfire	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 33: Cat 33 - Wood Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eli Palma	Finachi	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Steven Severn	Warmth: Martinique	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Curio	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 34: Cat 34 - Specialty Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Pucker Up Guava Cup	34C: Experimental Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Matt Richard	Ice Distilled Porter Aged In Port Barrel	34C: Experimental Beer	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
3rd	Scott Rauvola	Cherry Oak Rauchbock	34C: Experimental Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 35: Cat C1 - Standard Cider and Perry (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Karl Kahleck	Pardon My French	C1C: French Cider	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Tricia Gallant Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant	Dickson's Cider	C1A: New World Cider	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Jonathan Stevens Co-Brewer: Maria Stevens	English Cider	C1B: English Cider	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 36: Cat C2 - Specialty Cider and Perry (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Amburana	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Karl Kahleck	Fire Cider	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Dan Acheson	Daadee Ma's Apple Chai - Fall Edition	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 37: Cat M1 - Traditional Mead (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Fowler	Tupelo Tradish	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Brian Trout	Buckwheat Traditional Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Ryan Fowler	Kiawe Tradish	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 38: Cat M2 - Fruit Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Castle Anthrax	M2B: Pyment	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Karl Kahleck	Num Nums	M2C: Berry Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Matt Richard	Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards

Table 39: Cat M3 - Spiced Mead (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Peach Oolong	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Carol Rutherford	Carol's Cherry Spice Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Karl Kahleck	Ah Squite Squite	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 40: Cat M4 - Specialty Mead (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Gruszeczniak	M4B: Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Karl Kahleck	Yum Yums	M4C: Experimental Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Bill Boyer	Melter	M4C: Experimental Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Judging Sessions and Dates

1 - Alesmith Brewing Company
02/24/2023 6:00 PM, PST.

2 - Alesmith Brewing Company
02/25/2023 9:00 AM, PST.

3 - Alesmith Brewing Company
02/25/2023 12:00 PM, PST.

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/12/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 02/24/2023 6:00 PM, PST.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 01/12/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 02/24/2023 6:00 PM, PST.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 02/06/2023 11:00 AM, PST through 02/17/2023 9:00 PM, PST.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.

Entry Shipping Closed

Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 02/06/2023 11:00 AM, PST through 02/17/2023 9:00 PM, PST.