BOS - Microfest 2024 Homebrew Competition

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Powell	MazurCzech	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Big Sioux Brewing Society
2nd	Shawn Montgomery	Uncommon Kent	Kentucky Common	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	John Luhmann	BDSM	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union

Winners - Microfest 2024 Homebrew Competition

Table 1: Pale Lager (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Powell	Scarlet Oak Export	German Helles Exportbier	Big Sioux Brewing Society
2nd	Jeff And Corina Mager	Hell Of A Year	Munich Helles	Ferm [IL]
3rd	Kevin Haeffner	Mexican Lawn Mowing Beer	American Lager	Garage Brewers Society

Table 2: Pilsner (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Powell	MazurCzech	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Big Sioux Brewing Society
2nd	Nicholas Merfeld	In A Galaxy Not So Far Away	New Zealand Pilsner	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Brian Stephens	Bitter Corn Water	Pre-Prohibition Lager	Keepers of Craft

Table 3: Amber & Dark Lager (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	Schwarzbier	Schwarzbier	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Eddie Belter	Dunkel Ed	Munich Dunkel	STLBrewhogs
3rd	Gerad Miller	It Cost A Man's Life To Get This Out Of Germany	Märzen	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

Table 4: Pale Ale (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Benoit	Sanctuary Kolsch	Kölsch
2nd	Kyle Kiely	Horsefeathers	Cream Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Keith Blanchard	Sequoia	American Pale Ale	Morris Area Society of Homebrewers

Table 5: Amber Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shawn Montgomery	Uncommon Kent	Kentucky Common	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Lawrence Bolton	American Amber Ale	American Amber Ale	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
3rd	Eddie Belter	Ed's Special Bitter	Strong Bitter	STLBrewhogs

Table 6: Brown Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eddie Belter	DM Me	Dark Mild	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Keith Reding	Blaire's British Brown	British Brown Ale	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Dave Maxon	Kevin Brown Brown	American Brown Ale	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 7: Porter & Stout (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Gemoules	Lil Bro Porter	English Porter	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	Michael Stewart	Three Sisters Stout	Sweet Stout	Garage Brewers Society
3rd	Keith Reding	Benji's American Porter	American Porter	St. Louis Brews

Table 8: IPA (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Howell	Hazy IPA	Hazy IPA	Zymurgists of the Ozarks
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Brown IPA	Brown IPA	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Ross Stuart	Hazy IPA	Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 9: Wheat Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Schmitt	Lambic 2023	Lambic	Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd	Eric Martin	Blueberry	Fruit Lambic	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Mike Walters	Lemon Drop Wheat	American Wheat Beer	St. Louis Brews

Table 10: Belgian Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dominick Dufner	When Evil Lurks	Saison	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Steve Ristau	Bierelzebub II	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	John Grant	St Tammy Dubbel	Belgian Dubbel

Table 11: Strong Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Anthoney	Amber Waves Wheatwine	Wheatwine	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Eric Martin	Dystopia	Old Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Kevin Olson	Buckle Bunnies	Doppelbock	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
HM	Kyle Ernsberger	You Have Goat To Be Kidding Me	Dunkels Bock	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 12: Fruit & Spice Beer (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Luhmann	BDSM	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Timothy Wicklund	Strawberry Yum Yum	Specialty Fruit Beer	Keepers of Craft
3rd	Pete Shuleski	Chocolate Chocolate Stout	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	St. Louis Brews

Table 13: Specialty Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Hannan	PBC Rauchbier	Rauchbier	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Mike Bechina	The Martini Shot	Specialty Smoked Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Giovanni Piva	London Has Fallen	Classic Style Smoked Beer	STLBrewhogs