BOS - 2023 Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition (HHHC)

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Giovanni Piva	I See Red People	Irish Red Ale	STLBrewhogs
2nd	David Keer	Vienna	Vienna Lager	Ocean County Home Brewers
3rd	Kevin Olson	Parrot Making Zipper Noises	Irish Stout	ZZHops Homebrewing Club

Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Fruit Du Dragon Rose	Cider with Other Fruit	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Matthew Mead	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs. Balaton Vs. Danube	Stone Fruit Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Jack Cantle	Very Merry Perry	New World Perry	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)

Honey Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
3rd	Keith Reding	Getting Buzzed Honey Porter	Honey Beer	St. Louis Brews

National Honey Board

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs. Balaton Vs. Danube	Stone Fruit Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Czerwony Miod Gronowy	Pyment	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Matthew Mead	Midwest Clover Blossom	Sweet Mead	PrimeTime Brewers

Category Winners

Table 1: American Lagers (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew White	Night Lite	American Light Lager	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Rice Try	American Light Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Eric Martin	Frank Korver	American Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 2: Pilsner (12 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson	Kiwi Juice '23	New Zealand Pilsner	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Jeffery Mager Corina	Darmstadt Country Club	German Leichtbier
3rd	David Barrett	Blessings From Above	German Pils	Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS)

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Wojdak	Kishi Rice Lager	International Pale Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Dexter Garner	Radiance	Kellerbier (helles)
3rd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	Don't Worry - Ted Will Drive	German Helles Exportbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 4: Czech Lagers (15 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Normandy Sailor	Czech Dark Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Chad Medford	Onyx Pivo	Czech Dark Lager	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Brian Sommers	Czech, Please	Czech Amber Lager	Rocket City Brewers

Table 5: Bock (15 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Polczynski	Restless Thief	Helles Bock	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
2nd	Zach Fritts	Buckle Up, Fucklehead!	Dunkels Bock	Club Wort
3rd	Chad Medford	Vindicator	Doppelbock	Red Earth Brewers

Table 6: Amber Lagers and Hybrids (32 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Keer	Vienna	Vienna Lager	Ocean County Home Brewers
2nd	Chad Medford	Fo' Schnitzel	Marzen	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Brian Fresenburg	Oktoberfest	Kellerbier (Marzen)

Table 7: Dark Lagers (16 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Luhmann	Black Like My Soul	Schwarzbier	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Holland Andrew	Cloud Forest Dunkel	Munich Dunkel
3rd	Ross Stuart	Schwarzbier	Schwarzbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 8: Light Ales (24 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Kolsch But No Cigar	Kolsch	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Alex Williams Patrick Williams	Play The Hits	Cream Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Kyle Kiely	Horsefeathers	Cream Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 9: German Wheat Beers (16 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Hodge	Weiss Men Say	Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Adam McConnell	Weisser Now	Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Ross Stuart	Dunkelweiss	Dunkels Weissbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 10: Bitters (17 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carl Teachey	Bart Harley Jarvis	Strong Bitter	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Andrew Schwartz Bailey Shaw	Bitter Baby	Best Bitter	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Darren Vaughn	Dodgy Wanker	Ordinary Bitter	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)

Table 11: British Brown Ales (15 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Akin	Wild Mild	Dark Mild	QUAFF
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's British Brown Ale	British Brown Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Mark Drilling	British Campground	British Brown Ale	St Charles County Society Of Brewers

Table 12: Porter (26 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Montgomery	Ragnar's Valhalla	Baltic Porter	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	The Saddest Part	Baltic Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Ross Stuart	Blackstrap Porter	Historical Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 13: Small Stouts (18 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson	Parrot Making Zipper Noises	Irish Stout	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Lawrence Bolton	Sweet Stout	Sweet Stout	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
3rd	Dan Acheson	A Lil' Lactose 'L Do Ya'	Sweet Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 14: Scottish and Irish Ales (18 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Giovanni Piva	I See Red People	Irish Red Ale	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Scottish Light	Scottish Light	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Mink Mating	Scottish Export	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 15: Strong Stouts (17 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Rensing	My Wife's Bakery	Imperial Stout	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Ross Druckenmiller	Kate The Lessor	Imperial Stout	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Nick & Heather Hartley	One Bottle Is All I Have Left #MHP	Imperial Stout

Table 16: Strong Ales (20 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Akin	Bigfoot's Brother	American Barleywine	QUAFF
2nd	Brandon Enghauser Andy Schwartz	Burton On Blow	British Strong Ale	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Dominick Dufner	Double Double West Coast IPA	Double IPA	STLBrewhogs

Table 17: Pale Ales (20 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Hunsworth	Hipster Skull	American Pale Ale	Brewers Anonymous
2nd	Jeremiah Baer	Golden Baer	British Golden Ale
3rd	Colby Reineke	Lupuline Covered Hands	American Pale Ale	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 18: American Amber and Brown Ales (17 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Benoit	Cali Common	California Common
2nd	Daniel Copeland Claire Copeland	Wayward Brown	American Brown Ale	Snake River Brewers
3rd	John Luhmann	That Chick Named Amber	American Amber Ale	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 19: IPA (32 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Schmitt	Goodison Park	English IPA	Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd	Eddie Belter	Particle Prone	Cold IPA	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Adam McConnell	Don't Judge A Book	Black IPA	Red Earth Brewers

Table 20: Hazy IPAs (7 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Duff	Kosmic Nod IPA	Hazy IPA	Club Wort
2nd	Colby Reineke	Santa's Jingle Juice	Hazy IPA	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Nathan Buckner	Providence	Hazy IPA

Table 21: Belgian Ales (20 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Baer Trapp	Belgian Single
2nd	Ryan Vigne	Garde	Bi貥 de Garde	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	Dominick Dufner	New Hit Single 2	Belgian Single	STLBrewhogs

Table 22: Strong Belgian and Trappist Ales (31 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Williams Alex Williams	Reine Blonde Du Drame	Belgian Blond Ale
2nd	Daniel Kukuk	Tempest	Belgian Dubbel	Motor City Mashers
3rd	Kevin Wagner	Easy , Big Shooter!	Belgian Tripel	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 23: Smoked Beers (18 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Smoked Baltic Porter	Classic Style Smoked Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Smoke & Mirrors	Piwo Grodziskie	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Dexter Garner	Smolder	Rauchbier

Table 24: Wild Ales and European Sours (23 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Baerliner Weisse	Berliner Weisse
2nd	Dominick Dufner	Calvaire	Flanders Red Ale	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Heath Johns	BS & Peaches	Wild Specialty Beer

Table 25: Fruit Beers (26 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Tangy Baer	Catharina Sour
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Gose With Tropical Fruit	Fruit Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Matthew White	OhNoo Bier	Italian Grape Ale	Seven City Brewers

Table 26: Spice Herb and Vegetable Beers (35 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Keer	Santa's Little Hipster	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Ocean County Home Brewers
2nd	Joel McGormley	Hatch Cornbread	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	John Luhmann	Fresh Baked	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 27: Wood Aged Beer (17 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joel McGormley	Wandering Scarecrow On Brandy Barrel	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd	Matthew White	Mind The Gap	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Mark Drilling	Barleywine	Wood-Aged Beer	St Charles County Society Of Brewers

Table 28: Specialty Beers (22 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart Tyler Miller	Wet Hop Workshop	Experimental Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Michael Rensing	Party At The Moon Tower	Experimental Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Keith Reding	Getting Buzzed Honey Porter	Honey Beer	St. Louis Brews

Table 29: Traditional Mead (12 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Midwest Clover Blossom	Sweet Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Kyle Kiely	Strange Magic	Semi-Sweet Mead	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Bill Boyer	Book Of Armaments - Wildflower/Lehua	Semi-Sweet Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 30: Fruit Mead (15 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs. Balaton Vs. Danube	Stone Fruit Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Czerwony Miod Gronowy	Pyment	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Keith Reding	Berry Mead	Melomel	St. Louis Brews

Table 31: Spice Mead (15 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jake Tweedy Garrett Freeman	Blueberry Cinnamon	Fruit and Spice Mead	Doin The Most Discord
2nd	Bill Boyer	Gorge Of Eternal Peril 2023	Fruit and Spice Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Jake Tweedy	Red Sloom	Fruit and Spice Mead	Doin The Most Discord

Table 32: Specialty Mead (8 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Gutierrez David Page	Rapidly Descending Into Chaos	Braggot	Ferm [IL]
2nd	Bill Boyer	Miod Pitny Wiśniowo-Makadamia 2023	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Kevin Wojdak	Getting Toasted By The Fire	Braggot	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 33: Standard Cider and Perry (20 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jack Cantle	Very Merry Perry	New World Perry	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
2nd	Ron Barnes	La Joconde	French Cider	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Daniel Kukuk	Wolfpack	New World Cider	Motor City Mashers

Table 34: Specialty Cider and Perry (17 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Fruit Du Dragon Rose	Cider with Other Fruit	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Matthew White	Raspy	Cider with Other Fruit	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Dan Acheson	Cidurana	Specialty Cider/Perry	Urban Knaves of Grain