Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition (HHHC) - December 8, 2018

606 Entries

BOS Winners

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 75 - 2124	Schwarzbier	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Trey Lovelace	Dunkels Bock	Dunkels Bock	Carolina Brewmasters
3rd	Eric Smith	Sour	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	St. Louis Brews

Mead / Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Hayes	Lacroix Surprise	Sweet Mead	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
2nd	Kevin Wagner	Submit Your Blahster For Inspection	French Cider	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Kevin Wojdak, Eileen Uchima	Bobby Bochet	Experimental Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

Honey Beer

Best use of honey in a beer.

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1	Matt Fitzgerald	Mesquite Sticke Altbier	Honey Beer	STL Hops Homebrew Club

Alpha Ramp-Up

Best Sour or Wild Ale, chosen for ramp up at Alpha Brewing Company

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1	Ryan Crump	Berliner Weisse	Berliner Weisse	St. Louis Brews

Stubborn German Ramp-Up

Best German stye beer, chosen for ramp up at Stubborn German Brewery

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1	Trey Lovelace	Dunkels Bock	Dunkels Bock	Carolina Brewmasters

Category Winners

Table 1: Pale Lager (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Fitzgerald	Jan Light	American Light Lager	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	James Faircloth	Oh, Helles Yes!	Munich Helles	Chicago Home Brewers Group
3rd	Keith Reding	German Lager	German Exportbier	St. Louis Brews

Table 2: Pilsner (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brady Smith	Republic Pils	Czech Pale Lager	Circle City Zymurgy
2nd	Mark Unick	Motueka Pils	German Pils	East Side Brewers [IL]
3rd	Rob Tegel	Czech-Pils	Czech Pale Lager

Table 3: Amber Hybrid And Lager (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Trey Lovelace	Altbier	Altbier	Carolina Brewmasters
2nd	Ryan Crump	Two Step	Vienna Lager	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Matt Fitzgerald	Amber Kellerbier	Amber Kellerbier	STL Hops Homebrew Club

Table 4: Dark Lager and Kentucky Common (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 75 - 2124	Schwarzbier	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Mark Hulsey	Schwartzkreig	Schwarzbier
3rd	Michael Caylor	Black Bear Lager	Munich Dunkel	Tennessee Valley Homebrewers

Table 5: English Pale And Commonwealth Ales (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Australian Sparkling Ale	Australian Sparkling Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Bob Ernst	Queen's Champion	English IPA	BeerKnobbers
3rd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 74	Ordinary Bitter	St. Louis Brews

Table 6: Scottish and Irish Ales (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Happy St. Pappy	Irish Red Ale	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Paddy Lie Back	Scottish Heavy	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Francisco Talley	Scottish Kilt	Scottish Export	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)

Table 7: American Pale Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 66 - Ci	American Pale Ale	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Richard Reed	El-Mo's Pale Ale	American Pale Ale
3rd	Jeff Preussner	Pretty Good Pale Ale I Guess	American Pale Ale	Boston Wort Processors

Table 8: Light Ales (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darien Wills	James Blonde	Blonde Ale	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 65	Kolsch	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Nicholas McCoy	Me Loral You Long Time	American Wheat Beer	Draft Punk

Table 9: American Amber and Brown (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Kiely	Candied Pecan Brown	American Brown Ale
2nd	Darren Papek	Brown Betty	American Brown Ale	Missouri Mashers
3rd	Nicholas Slay	The Not So Common Common	California Common	St. Louis Brews

Table 10: English Brown Ales (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's English Porter Alt	English Porter	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Daryl Lamprey	Cheeky Brown	English Brown Ale	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
3rd	Joshua Boldt	To Honor & Riches & Girls With No Britches	Dark Mild	Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB)

Table 11: Porter (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Stuck	American Porter	American Porter	Missouri Mashers
2nd	Scott Kurtz	Chilean Porter	American Porter	STL Brewminati/St. Louis Brews
3rd	Phil Taylor	American Af	American Porter

Table 12: Small Stouts (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Gregory	Royal's Milk Stout	Sweet Stout	Barley Mob Brewers
2nd	Kristofer Brann	Milk Stout	Sweet Stout
3rd	Doug Schmidt	Oatmeal Stout Wlp028	Oatmeal Stout	Boston Wort Processors

Table 13: Strong Stouts (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Hill	Mill Em All	Imperial Stout	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	Nic Pestel	Sounds of September	American Stout	Zoo City Zymurgists
3rd	Justin Guldalian	Foreign Extra	Foreign Extra Stout

Table 14: American and Imperial IPA (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	The Bjørn Identity	American IPA
2nd	Jeff Muse	Hop Slobber	Double IPA	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	Jason Bjørn	American IPA

Table 15: German Wheat and Rye (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Muse	Workday	Weizenbock	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Nicholas McCoy	El Jefe	Weissbier	Draft Punk
3rd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 67 - 3638	Weissbier	St. Louis Brews

Table 16: Belgian and French Ales (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Citwaka	Saison
2nd	Matt Bates	Bière de Bosco	Saison	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Jeff Muse	Slow Witted	Witbier	St. Louis Brews
HM	Shane Kammerer	Don't Get Rye With Me	Saison	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 17: Strong Belgian and Trappist Ales (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Guldalian	Dub	Belgian Dubbel
2nd	John Veers	Belgian Blond	Belgian Blond Ale	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)
3rd	Jacob Voss	Lost In the Dark	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	St. Louis Brews
HM	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Golden Strong Ale	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 18: Specialty IPA (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Baer Necessities	New England IPA
2nd	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	Bjørn To Rye	Rye IPA
3rd	Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal	Panderbjørn	New England IPA

Table 19: Strong Ales (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	"barley" Legal	English Strong Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Michael Stewart	Red Wedding Wee Heavy	Wee Heavy	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
3rd	Tyson Shroyer	English Barleywine	English Barleywine	Association of Bloomington-Normal Brewers
HM	Dan Stauder	Barleywine	American Barleywine

Table 20: Fruit Beer (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Fitzgerald	Catharina's Passion	Catharina Sour	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	Kyle Kiely	The Howitzer	Fruit and Spice Beer
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Ryes And Shine	Fruit Beer

Table 21: Smoke and Wood Aged Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Faircloth	Barrel Aged Moonless Midnight	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Chicago Home Brewers Group
2nd	James Faircloth	Gin Barreled Saison	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Chicago Home Brewers Group
3rd	Stacy Myers	Jacked Up Big Ball Barleywine	Wood-Aged Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 22: Spice, Herb, and Vegetable (48 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Richard Lawrence	Chocolate Coconut Porter	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	John Maloney	Monsters In Space	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	Joel McGormley	Gordian Knot	Autumn Seasonal Beer

Table 23: Wild Ales (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Smith	Sour	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Doug Schmidt	Mixed Lacto, Mixed Brett And Some Us-05 For The Hell Of It & Not Hops Unless I Need At Least One Hop To Call It Beer, The Lets Say There Is One Hop I	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Michael Zukovsky	Jam	Wild Specialty Beer

Table 24: Fruit Mead (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dustin Diesher	Hall Of The Dead	Berry Mead	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	Jeremy Goehring	Ode To Marek	Stone Fruit Mead	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch M27 - Sp	Cyser	St. Louis Brews
HM	Dustin Diesher	Mr. Andersons Giddy Up Buck A Roo	Cyser	Lincoln Lagers

Table 25: Traditional Meads (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Hayes	Lacroix Surprise	Sweet Mead	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
2nd	Jeff Muse	Marshmallow Mead	Sweet Mead	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Mark Lask	Hunter's Valhalla	Semi-Sweet Mead

Table 26: Spiced Meads (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shane Kammerer	Give'em The Heater, Ricky	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Patrick Sheehan	Spiced Hibiscus Mead	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
3rd	Tom Hayosh	Doesn't Smell Like An Old Lady	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 27: Honey Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Fitzgerald	Mesquite Sticke Altbier	Honey Beer	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	Mark Unick	Bee's Brew	Honey Beer	East Side Brewers [IL]
3rd	Michael Jablonski	Purple Perfume	Honey Beer	Hancock County Home Brewers Assoc.

Table 28: Standard Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wagner	Submit Your Blahster For Inspection	French Cider	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch C20	New World Cider	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Eric Smith	Cider	New World Cider	St. Louis Brews

Table 29: Specialty Cider and Perry (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch C17	Specialty Cider/Perry	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Nathan Williams	2017 Cider Hill Ice	Ice Cider	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Mark Unick	Berry Good Moose	Cider with Other Fruit	East Side Brewers [IL]

Table 30: Euro Sours (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Schmidt	My Brett Brings All the Girls At the Club	Berliner Weisse	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Jason Chang	Barnyard Funk	Flanders Red Ale
3rd	Ryan Crump	Old & Sour	Flanders Red Ale	St. Louis Brews

Table 31: Specialty Meads (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak	Bobby Bochet	Experimental Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch M25 - Bo - St	Braggot	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Scott Kurtz	Barrel-Aged Mead	Experimental Mead	STL Brewminati/St. Louis Brews

Table 32: Bocks and Other Strong Euro Beers (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Trey Lovelace	Dunkels Bock	Dunkels Bock	Carolina Brewmasters
2nd	Doug Schmidt	Lots Of Time And Effort But Worth It To Say I Did It	Eisbock	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Tim Cochran	Baltic Porter	Baltic Porter	St. Louis Brews

Table 33: Specialty Beers (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Amey Patwardhan	I Am The Winner	Clone Beer	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	Rob Tegel	Kolsch-Lgt	Alternative Sugar Beer
3rd	Joel McGormley	Midtown	Mixed-Style Beer