2025 America's Finest City Homebrew Competition

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Richard Aguirre, James Akin, Josh Akin, David Baillie, Randy Barnes, Demian Bosiger, Ryan Brooks, Doug Brown, Jeff Case, Jeremy Castellano, Anthony Chen, Donovan Contreras, James Cota, Jose Dias, Jed Douglas, Lizeth Duenas, Luis Echavarria, Brian Favela, Sean Gardinier, Brett Goldstock, Melissa Greenfield, Chris Hotz, Louie Ilievski, Karl Kahleck, Bob Mac Kay, Peggy Kelly, Tom Kelly, Patrick Leon, Kazuko Masaryk, Kazuko Masaryk, Kevin Masaryk, Judd McGhee, Karla Pliego, Luke Prnoo, Shawn Pucher, Eduardo Quezada, Joaquin Quiroz Jr, Cattleya Sankham, Jonathon Schubert, Oleg Shpyrko, Jake Smith, José Sosa, William Stemwell III, Jonathan C. Stevens, Dan Stoneman, Thomas Timkanic, Eduardo Villegas, Alfredo Viloria, Skip Virgilio, Scott Voak, Doug Walker, Sean Watkins, Chuck West, Curt Wittenberg, Mark Zanfardino, Ignacio Alfonso Lomelí Zavala

Staff

Jeffrey Case, Ben Frymark, Joaquin Quiroz Jr

By the Numbers

477 Entries 113 Entrants

56 Judges 3 Staff

131 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

15 entries

Judges: Doug Brown, Jeff Case, Jose Dias, Skip Virgilio

Table 2: International Lager

14 entries

Judges: Melissa Greenfield, Kevin Masaryk (Head Judge), Eduardo Quezada, Curt Wittenberg

Table 3: Czech Lager

13 entries

Judges: Donovan Contreras, Louie Ilievski (Head Judge), Karl Kahleck, Shawn Pucher, Jonathon Schubert

Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager

8 entries

Judges: Jake Smith, Dan Stoneman (Head Judge)

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

16 entries

Judges: David Baillie, Bob Mac Kay (Head Judge), Tom Kelly, Jake Smith

Table 6: Amber Malty European Lager

12 entries

Judges: Doug Brown (Head Judge), Sean Gardinier

Table 7: Amber Bitter European Beer

10 entries

Judges: Luke Prnoo, Alfredo Viloria, Chuck West (Head Judge)

Table 8: Dark European Lager

11 entries

Judges: Jeff Case, Dan Stoneman (Head Judge)

Table 9: Strong European Beer

9 entries

Judges: Demian Bosiger, Ryan Brooks (Head Judge), Eduardo Villegas

Table 10: German Wheat Beer

8 entries

Judges: Kazuko Masaryk (Head Judge), José Sosa

Table 11: British Bitter

12 entries

Judges: Josh Akin, Luke Prnoo, William Stemwell III (Head Judge), Ignacio Alfonso Lomelí Zavala (Head Judge)

Table 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer

6 entries

Judges: Luke Prnoo, Dan Stoneman (Head Judge)

Table 13: Brown British Beer

13 entries

Judges: Luis Echavarria, Chris Hotz (Head Judge)

Table 14: Scottish Ale

7 entries

Judges: Josh Akin, William Stemwell III (Head Judge)

Table 15: Irish Beer

8 entries

Judges: James Akin (Head Judge), Luis Echavarria

Table 16: Dark British Beer

9 entries

Judges: Chris Hotz (Head Judge), Shawn Pucher

Table 17: Strong British Ale

5 entries

Judges: Karla Pliego, José Sosa (Head Judge)

Table 18: Pale American Ale

26 entries

Judges: Jeff Case, Melissa Greenfield, Oleg Shpyrko (Head Judge), Jake Smith, Jonathan C. Stevens (Head Judge), Alfredo Viloria, Doug Walker, Sean Watkins (Head Judge)

Table 19: Amber and Brown American Beer

12 entries

Judges: Jeff Case, Shawn Pucher, Jake Smith, Sean Watkins (Head Judge)

Table 20: American Porter & Stout

19 entries

Judges: Luis Echavarria, Eduardo Quezada, Dan Stoneman (Head Judge), Thomas Timkanic (Head Judge)

Table 21: IPA

29 entries

Judges: Josh Akin, Demian Bosiger, Donovan Contreras, Luis Echavarria, Brett Goldstock (Head Judge), Luke Prnoo, Eduardo Quezada, Eduardo Villegas, Ignacio Alfonso Lomelí Zavala

Table 22: Strong American Ale

9 entries

Judges: Doug Brown (Head Judge), Alfredo Viloria

Table 23: European Sour Ale

5 entries

Judges: Jeremy Castellano, Eduardo Quezada, William Stemwell III (Head Judge)

Table 24: Belgian Ale

8 entries

Judges: Bob Mac Kay (Head Judge), Jonathon Schubert, José Sosa

Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale

14 entries

Judges: Ryan Brooks (Head Judge), James Cota, Jake Smith, William Stemwell III

Table 26: Monastic Ale

20 entries

Judges: David Baillie, Brian Favela, Louie Ilievski, Kevin Masaryk (Head Judge), Dan Stoneman, Alfredo Viloria, Chuck West

Table 27: Historical Beer

9 entries

Judges: Demian Bosiger, Doug Brown (Head Judge)

Table 28: American Wild Ale

8 entries

Judges: Jeff Case, Curt Wittenberg (Head Judge)

Table 29: Fruit Beer

12 entries

Judges: James Akin (Head Judge), Lizeth Duenas, Louie Ilievski (Head Judge), Shawn Pucher

Table 30: Spiced Beer

8 entries

Judges: Jeff Case (Head Judge), Patrick Leon

Table 31: Alternative Fermentables Beer

4 entries

Judges: Judd McGhee, Joaquin Quiroz Jr (Head Judge)

Table 32: Smoked Beer

4 entries

Judges: Jonathan C. Stevens (Head Judge), Doug Walker, Ignacio Alfonso Lomelí Zavala

Table 33: Wood Beer

9 entries

Judges: Bob Mac Kay (Head Judge), Dan Stoneman

Table 34: Specialty Beer

6 entries

Judges: Jonathan C. Stevens (Head Judge), Mark Zanfardino

Table 35: Standard Cider & Perry

12 entries

Judges: Randy Barnes (Head Judge), Karl Kahleck

Table 36: Specialty Cider & Perry

13 entries

Judges: Demian Bosiger, Anthony Chen (Head Judge), Melissa Greenfield, Thomas Timkanic, Scott Voak

Table 37: Traditional Mead

9 entries

Judges: Doug Brown (Head Judge), Melissa Greenfield

Table 38: Fruit Mead

32 entries

Judges: Richard Aguirre, Doug Brown (Head Judge), Lizeth Duenas, Brett Goldstock, Peggy Kelly, Karla Pliego, Oleg Shpyrko, Thomas Timkanic, Scott Voak

Table 39: Spiced Mead

21 entries

Judges: Richard Aguirre, Doug Brown, Melissa Greenfield, Karla Pliego, Oleg Shpyrko (Head Judge), Thomas Timkanic, Scott Voak

Table 40: Specialty Mead

12 entries

Judges: David Baillie, Ryan Brooks (Head Judge), Brett Goldstock (Head Judge), Jonathon Schubert

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Brew Machine

113 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Top Club

42 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners