QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year
The title of QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year is awarded annually to the club member who accumulates the most total points for beer entries in QUAFF Club Only Competitions. Each beer entry into a Club Only Competition earns 1 point for each participating brewer. Additional points are awarded to each participating brewer as follows:
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- 1st place: 6 points
- 2nd place: 4 points
- 3rd place: 2 points
The QUAFF Homebrewer Of The Year is presented with a commemorative mash paddle at the QUAFF Holiday Party.
2026 Homebrewer Of The Year Standings:
| Brewer(s) | Point(s) |
|---|---|
QUAFF Fermentationist Of The Year
The title of QUAFF Fermentationst of the Year is awarded annually to the club member who accumulates the most total points for mead/cider entries in QUAFF Club Only Competitions. Each mead/cider entry into a Club Only Competition earns 1 point for each participating fermentationist. Additional points are awarded to each participating fermentationist follows:
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- 1st place: 6 points
- 2nd place: 4 points
- 3rd place: 2 points
The QUAFF Fermentationist Of The Year is presented with an award at the QUAFF Holiday Party.
2026 Fermentationist Of The Year Standings:
| Fermentationist(s) | Point(s) |
|---|---|
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 entry as follows:
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- ≥ 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:
| Rising Star(s) | Point(s) |
|---|---|
Past QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year
- 2025: Jeffry Battles
- 2024: Jeffry Battles
- 2023: Jeff Case
- 2022: Jeff Case & Patrick Leon (tie)
- 2021: Doug Brown
- 2020: Robert Bridenbecker
- 2019: Ryan Fowler
- 2018: Oleg Shpyrko & Matt Barrett (co-brewers)
- 2017: Patrick Martinez & Paul Bischeri (co-brewers)
- 2016: Brian Trout
- 2015: Jeff Wiederkehr
- 2014: Brian Trout
- 2013: Travis Hammond
- 2011-12: Brian Trout
- 2010-11: Travis Hammond
- 2009-10: Rick Stangel & Dan O’Brien
Past QUAFF Fementationist of the Year
- 2025: John Bell
Past QUAFF Rising Star
- 2025: Jonathon Schubert
- 2024: Jeffry Battles
- 2023: Josh Akin
- 2022: Jacob Gottlieb
- 2021: Jeff Case
- 2020: Jim Connor