St. Louis Brews Happy Holiday Homebrew Competition Award Winners
The St Louis Brews had another record-breaking competition this year with approx. 350 entries. Thank you to all the brewers who submitted your beers and meads for evaluation. There were many, many good beers (and meads) and several great ones. Thanks also to the judges and stewards, some of whom traveled through a few states to get to St. Louis.
Individual scores are available now. Score sheets went out in the mail soon after Christmas. Judge scoresheets went out around the first of the year.
But now what you have been anxiously and (in most cases) patiently
waiting for, the winners:
Best of Show
Honey Do Dunkel
Ed Miles Olathe, KS
| Style | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
| Barley Wine. English and Strong Ale | Dave's Wee Heavy David Hartwig Lone Jack MO | Owd Jim Jim & Judy Schaumberg St. Peters MO | Ryesing Barleywine Michael Gasman Lincoln NE |
| Belgian and French Ale. Belgian-Style Lambic | Dan Pillsbury Omaha NE | Dan Pillsbury Omaha NE | Blind Monk Trippel Kip Innes Derby KS |
| Mild and Brown Ale | Barley Island Brown Ale Jerry Mitchell, Jim & Judy Schaumberg St. Peters MO | Scorned Woman Brown Ale Randy Smith Kernersville NC | #31 Jerry Scheel St. Louis MO |
| English-Style Pale Ale | India Pale Ale John And Doran Moranville Memphis TN | Beyond The Pale Scott Tams Ballwin MO | Otter Tail Ipa #2 Steve Johnson Nashville TN |
| American-Style Ale | Scarlet Letter Brian Rezac Boulder CO | American Pale Ale John And Doran Moranville Memphis TN | Northwest India Pale Ale Mark Bayer Great Mills MD |
| English Bitter | Pint Of Your Best Shawn Andrews Springfield IL | Just Ordinary Ted O'neill St. Louis MO | University Club Toasty Esb Joe Formanek Lisle IL |
| Scottish Ale | It Ain't Crap! Ed Morris, Mike Fitzpatrick And Jerry Haines St. Louis MO | Ruddy Red Ale Jim Burge Olathe KS | Jackie Rager Lenexa KS |
| Porter | Packrat Porter Paul Kurjanski Quincy IL | Ed's Entire Butt Ed Miles Olathe KS | Porter Bella Scott Sutherland Kirkwood MO |
| Stout | High 'n Rye Stout Jim Burge Olathe KS | Flaked Out Stout Jackie Rager Lenexa KS | Sarahs Stout Jim & Judy Schaumberg St. Peters MO |
| Bock | Celebration Bock Ron Brooks St Louis MO | Malt Juice Ed Miles Olathe KS | Forty Brian Myers Norman OK |
| German Dark Lager, Vienna/Marzen/Octoberfest | Honey Do Dunkel Ed Miles Olathe KS | 4am Thunderstorm Ed Morris, Mike Fitzpatrick And Jerry Haines St. Louis MO | Vienna Ron Brooks St Louis MO |
| German Light Lager | Munich Helles Matt Crowley St Louis MO | Munich Helles Ron Brooks St Louis MO | Dortmunder Matt Crowley St Louis MO |
| Classic Pilsener | Dog Pound Pils Stephen P, Klump Plymouth MI | 15 Jerry Scheel St. Louis MO | Pilnsner Urpwell Kip Innes Derby KS |
| American Lager | Dad's Smooth American Lawrence D. Mayden Overland Park KS | Luther's Lager Paul Wenz Yankton SD | Pre-pro.-lawnmower Special, Jeff Sprecker Warrenton MO |
| German-Style Ale | Old City Alt Jim Burge Olathe KS | Mom's Favorite Mark & Luanne Naski St. Louis MO | Kolsch V Jerry Mitchell, John Sullivan St. Louis MO |
| German-Style Wheat Beer | Hepper #3 Ed Morris, Mike Fitzpatrick And Jerry Haines St. Louis MO | Twilight Weizenbock Jack Baty St. Louis MO | Winter Warmer Weizenbock Ronald Babcock Denver CO |
| Smoked Beer Fruit and Vegetable Beer Herb and Spice Beer | Santa On A Bender Shawn Andrews Springfield IL | Smokey Joe's Porter Ted O'neill St. Louis MO | Smoked C J Kaiser Olathe KS |
| Specialty and Experimental Beer, California Common Beer | Hootz Uncommon California Common George Huhtanen Overland Park KS | Gojo Coffee Stout Joe Orsa Millstadt IL | Serenity Steam Ale Jim Burge Olathe KS |
| Traditional, Fruit and Vegetable, Herb and Spice Meads and Braggot | Plain Ole Mead Keith Reding Ballwin MO | Cracklin Rose Mead Keith Reding Ballwin MO | Pymet John Bowen Ballwin MO |
| Christmas Brau | Ho 3 Cris Kaufman Derby KS | Arctic Night David Roesch Millstadt IL | Pseudo Claus' Bigger Brother Tim Fahrner, Mike Biondo Webster Groves MO |
