BOS - 2024 Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Kennedy Symphony Of Destruction Wheatwine  
2nd Todd Cogswell Edna's Koolaid Berliner Weisse Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle
3rd Dan Acheson Two Timin' American Pale Ale Urban Knaves of Grain

Category Winners

Table 1: American Lagers (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Ross Stuart American Light Lager American Light Lager Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd Ross Stuart American Lager American Lager Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd Stephen Schmitt King Of Beers American Lager Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 2: Pilsner (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Erik Jensen RCB Pils German Pils  
2nd Ross Stuart NZ Pils New Zealand Pilsner Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd Brian Sommers Make America Classic Again Pre-Prohibition Lager Rocket City Brewers

Table 3: Pale International and German Lagers (30 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Darren Vaughn Over The Helles And Far Away Munich Helles  
2nd Byron Bird Helles Smuggler German Helles Exportbier High Plains Drafters [TX]
3rd Stephen Schmitt Augsburg Bock Helles Bock Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 4: Czech Lagers (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mark Kunzelmann Czech Mate Czech Premium Pale Lager St. Louis Brews
2nd Jay Brantley JB Special Czech Dark Lager PC Mashers
3rd Chad Medford Onyx Pivo Czech Dark Lager Red Earth Brewers

Table 5: Strong European Beers (12 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Justin Holman Doppelbock Doppelbock Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd Jason Decker Day Of Eisbock Eisbock  
3rd Patrick Carey Webstermallet Baltic Porter Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn

Table 6: Amber Hybrids and Lagers (35 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Metts Potter Gray Skies Vienna Lager Bloatarian Brewing League
2nd Matt Castellino Marzen Märzen Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd Alex Williams Alt Rock Altbier Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 7: Dark Lagers (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Taylor Shastid Dark Hollow Schwarzbier Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd Ross Stuart Schwarzbier Schwarzbier Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd Matt Castellino Schwarz Schwarzbier Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 8: Light Ales (20 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Stephen Schmitt The Cathedral Kölsch Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd Steven Offutt Axiom Blonde Ale Ozark Zymurgists
3rd David Galich SWASHbuckler American Wheat Beer Chicken City Ale Raisers

Table 9: German Wheat Beers (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Cole Christian Alfred The Wise(N) And The Bock Bock Weizenbock DC Homebrewers
2nd Timothy Pratt Dunks Dunkels Weissbier Brew Haven
3rd Jay Brantley The Adventures Of Bob & Doug McKenzie Weissbier PC Mashers

Table 10: Bitters and Commonwealth Beers (21 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Scott Estlund Tis But A Scratch British Golden Ale The Brü Club
2nd Dan Acheson V Is Very, Very.... Ordinary? Ordinary Bitter Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd Joe Skiles Aces High Best Bitter Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 11: British Brown Ales (18 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joel McGormley Pito's Porter English Porter  
2nd Phillip Saurer Night Light Dark Mild Peninsula Fermentation Society
3rd Mark Drilling British Campground British Brown Ale St Charles County Society Of Brewers

Table 12: Scottish and Irish Ales (19 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nicholas Hodge Red Feather Irish Red Ale Red Earth Brewers
2nd Mike Ultee Mike's Irish Red Ale 244A Irish Red Ale Garden State Homebrewers
3rd Nicholas Hodge Wibbly Wobbly Kilts Scottish Heavy Red Earth Brewers

Table 13: Small Stouts (28 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Alex Williams Werewolf Stout Irish Stout Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Kevin Olson People Have Been Wanting A Quick NHC Awards Ceremony Sweet Stout ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd Dan Acheson Murphy's Has It Right Irish Stout Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 14: Strong Stouts (29 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Kyle Kersting Imp Stout Imperial Stout  
2nd Justin Guldalian Foreign Extra Stout Foreign Extra Stout  
3rd Kevin Wagner 35 Attempt To Elicit An Emotional Response. Tropical Stout Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 15: Strong British Ales (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joe Skiles Calculating Infinity English Barley Wine Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd Justin Guldalian Old Ale #2 Old Ale  
3rd Timothy Fahrner Old Solstice Old Ale St. Louis Brews

Table 16: American Pale and Amber Ales (31 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Dan Acheson Two Timin' American Pale Ale Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd Andy Cox Trickle Down American Amber Ale Underground Brewers of Connecticut
3rd Jamye & Cody Naramore Trying To Prove We Still Can American Pale Ale Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 17: American Browns and Porters (14 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Sam Hoopes Bye Bye Brown American Brown Ale NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Kenneth James Springlake Twilight Brew American Porter Red Earth Brewers
3rd Joe Rose Pappy's Porter Pre-Prohibition Porter Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 18: IPA (33 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mark Pennick Hoppy Fête Nationale Belge Belgian IPA Brew Crew [CO]
2nd Joe Skiles Make IPA Clear Again American IPA Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd Ross Stuart Hazy Pale Ale Session Hazy Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 19: Strong American Ales (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Kennedy Symphony Of Destruction Wheatwine  
2nd Metts Potter Even More Citra! Double IPA Bloatarian Brewing League
3rd Cole Christian Tacticool Puppy Double IPA DC Homebrewers

Table 20: Wild Ales and European Sours (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Todd Cogswell Edna's Koolaid Berliner Weisse Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle
2nd Brian Marmoreo King Paimon Flanders Red Ale  
3rd Andrew Schwartz Grey Area Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer STLBrewhogs

Table 21: Begian Ales (26 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike & Stephanie Butler Ted's R Rated Magic Show Saison Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd Gary Smet Trappist Single Belgian Single Ace Brewing Society
3rd Alex Williams Refrigerator Man Belgian Single Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 22: Strong Belgians (40 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jay Wilkes Big Stupid Belgian Golden Strong Ale DC Homebrewers
2nd Eric Martin Three Grain Belgian Tripel Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd Jacob Voss Lost In The Dark Belgian Dark Strong Ale St. Louis Brews

Table 23: Fruit Beer (28 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Keith Reding Cindy's Sour Fruit Beer St. Louis Brews
2nd Michael Wulff Our Baby Is A Lime Catharina Sour INSTABHility
3rd Tom Hannan Plum Puckered Fruit Beer STLBrewhogs

Table 24: Spice, Herb, and Vegetable (31 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Travis Cherry John McClane's Christmas Ale Winter Seasonal Beer Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd Daniel Vanderslice Anch'o Glad It's Christmas Winter Seasonal Beer Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
3rd Josh Reid Nuts N Nibs Specialty Spice Beer Missouri Mashers

Table 25: Smoked and Wood-Aged Beers (33 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Curtis Ritter Barrel Free Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Ace Brewing Society
2nd Steve Ristau Stau-Haus Smoked Sour Lichtenhainer Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd Holland Andrew Roadtrip Rauchbier Rauchbier  

Table 26: Alternative Ingredients and Experimental Beers (18 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mark Pennick She Fancies Herself A Little Bit French Experimental Beer Brew Crew [CO]
2nd David Scheil Poor Richard's Ale American Colonial Beer  
3rd Dan Acheson Caramelization, Two Ways Alternative Sugar Beer Urban Knaves of Grain