Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition (HHHC) - December 9, 2017

589 Entries

BOS Winners

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Haarmann	Sour Project - Chambourcin	Wild Specialty Beer
2nd	Brian Ruswinkle	English Mild	Dark Mild
3rd	John Mullins	Master Bader	Doppelbock	Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association

Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Taylor	Morat Cyser	Melomel	Manty Malters
2nd	Justin Bradbury	Scarlett Rose	Melomel	Jefferson Country Home Brewers (JCHB)
3rd	Leo Knisely	Royal Hibiscus Mead	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	The Worts Home Brew Club

Category Winners

Table 1: Specialty IPA (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Rys	Grim Reaper	Black IPA	Missouri Mashers
2nd	Matt Fitzgerald	Identity Czech	Specialty IPA	STL Hops Homebrew Club
3rd	Ryan Kunken	New England IPA	Specialty IPA

Table 2: Pale Lager (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Trey Lovelace	International Pale Lager	International Pale Lager	Fermentation Nation
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 69 - 2308	Munich Helles	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society
3rd	Phil McConnell	Kolsch	Kolsch
HM	Dean Wiensch	Dab'ling A Bit Part Deux	German Exportbier	Manty Malters

Table 3: Pilsner (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Germany	Mike Czech	Czech Pale Lager	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	Paul McGrew	Barke Like A Dog	German Pils	STL Hops Homebrew Club
3rd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 71	German Pils	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society

Table 4: Amber Hybrid and Lager (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Kurtz	Gambrinus's Redheaded Stepchild	Czech Amber Lager	St. Louis Brewminati
2nd	Scott Kurtz	Curiosity	International Amber Lager	St. Louis Brewminati
3rd	James Faircloth	Hoptacular 2017	Altbier	Chicago Home Brewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.

Table 5: Dark Lager (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean Gemoules	Seanzbier	Schwarzbier	STL Hops Homebrew Club
2nd	John Evanson	Black Like Your Heart	Schwarzbier
3rd	Dan Dudenhoeffer	Dude's Dunkel	Czech Dark Lager	St. Louis Brews

Table 6: English Pale Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Landers	Golden Eye	English Golden Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 73	Strong Bitter	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society
3rd	Steven Offutt	Unnamed	Best Bitter

Table 7: Scottish and Irish Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Schember	Ain't That Enough ?	Scottish Light	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Trey Lovelace	Wee Heavy	Wee Heavy	Fermentation Nation
3rd	Peter Shuleski	Eight Dog	Irish Red Ale	Fat Toe Brewing

Table 8: American Pale Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Howell	Juiced Big Boi	American Pale Ale	Central Alabama Brewers Society
2nd	James Wells	Hop-Bursted Pale	American Pale Ale
3rd	Nicholas Slay	A Pale Ale?	American Pale Ale	St. Louis Brews
HM	Jeffrey Hilton	Naked Beer/citra	American Pale Ale

Table 9: Other Pale American Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mitch Rybacki	Crown & Feather Brew Co: As A Feather, Lite	Blonde Ale
2nd	Nicholas Normandin	Firefly Light	Blonde Ale	Worts [MO]
3rd	Wesley Haug	Elle	Blonde Ale
HM	Brian Dorry	You're Not A Golden Lion Blonde Ale	Blonde Ale

Table 10: American Amber and Brown Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Bennett	Common Cali-Ale	California Common	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
2nd	Chris Proulx	Phoenix Rising	American Amber Ale	Homebrewers Local 402
3rd	Nicholas Normandin	Great Plains	American Amber Ale	Worts [MO]

Table 11: English Brown Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Ruswinkle	English Mild	Dark Mild
2nd	Matthew White	Demodog	London Brown Ale	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Jeremy Adams	Dark Mild	Dark Mild	Mid-Mass Malt Masters (M4)

Table 12: Porter (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Fuson	Thulsa Doom	Baltic Porter	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Gary Black	My Baltic Lies Over the Ocean	Baltic Porter	Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB)
3rd	Michael Marino	Baltic Pierre	Baltic Porter	Brewing Network, The

Table 13: Small Stouts (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Schember	Galway Palms	Irish Stout	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 68	Sweet Stout	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society
3rd	Tim Lerch	Oatmeal Stout	Oatmeal Stout

Table 14: Strong Stouts (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Faircloth	Moonless Midnight Ris	Imperial Stout	Chicago Home Brewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.
2nd	James Wells	Russian Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout
3rd	Jeff Michalski	Total Eclipse 1	Foreign Extra Stout	St. Louis Brews

Table 15: American and Imperial IPA (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Friling	Oath of Ekuasaic	Double IPA	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Tim Lerch	Yermomz	American IPA
3rd	Carter Smith	Smells Like Collusion	American IPA

Table 16: German Wheat and Rye (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Druckenmiller	Boston Calling	Weissbier	Boston Wort Processors
2nd	Jon Weaver	Nice Trye	Roggenbier
3rd	Gary Black	Dark & Wise	Weizenbock	Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB)

Table 17: Belgian and French Ales (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Ultee	Mike's Biere de Garde	Biere de Garde	PALE ALES (Princeton and Local Environs Ale and Lager Enthusiast Society)
2nd	Josh Aune	Belgian Wit	Witbier	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Josh Wuertz	Peter McAllister; The Patersbier	Trappist Single	Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association

Table 18: Strong Belgian and Trappist Ales (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gary Black	Deplorable Monks	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB)
2nd	Jacob Voss	Lost In the Dark	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Daniel Barnes	Lil' Hellion	Belgian Golden Strong Ale
HM	Jeff Muse	Dubbel, Dubbel, Boil and Trouble	Belgian Dubbel	St. Louis Brews

Table 19: Sour Ales (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Peluso	Shmambick	Fruit Lambic	B.U.Z. Bootheel United Zymurgist
2nd	Dusty Kelley	Willshaper	Flanders Red Ale	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
3rd	Jonathan Williamson	Red Tail	Flanders Red Ale	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 20: Strong Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew White	Wine of Mine	Wheatwine	Lincoln Lagers
2nd	David Peluso	Goliath	American Barleywine	B.U.Z. Bootheel United Zymurgist
3rd	Jeff Muse	Old Screwups	American Barleywine	St. Louis Brews
HM	Daniel Stauder	Barleywine	American Barleywine

Table 21: Fruit Beer (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rob Tegel	Plum-Ale	Fruit Beer	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Brian Ruswinkle	Blue Morning	Fruit Beer
3rd	David Peluso	Passionfruit Berliner Weiss	Fruit Beer	B.U.Z. Bootheel United Zymurgist

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Aune	Jalapeno Cream Ale	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	St. Louis Brews
2nd	Glenn Cole	Cucumber Berliner Weisse	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	The Ferm
3rd	Scott Pintabone	Jugtown Goat	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers

Table 23: Smoke and Wood Aged Beer (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Charles Uding	Last Call Bos17	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Other
2nd	Adam Johnson	Rye Barrel Aged Barleywine	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	David Taylor	Manty Malters Solera Barrel Barleywine W/ Added Whiskey	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Manty Malters

Table 24: American Wild Ales (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Haarmann	Sour Project - Chambourcin	Wild Specialty Beer
2nd	Paul Harper	American Sour	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Worts [MO]
3rd	Dusty Kelley	Edgedancer	Brett Beer	Garage Brewers Society [MO]
HM	Jason Chang	Ol' Dirty Cherry	Wild Specialty Beer

Table 25: Specialty Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jose Beteta	Raíces American-Belgo-Style Ale	Mixed-Style Beer
2nd	David Stuck	Praline Porter	Experimental Beer	Missouri Mashers
3rd	Amey Patwardhan	Sweet Nector	Clone Beer	Lincoln Lagers

Table 26: Bock (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Mullins	Master Bader	Doppelbock	Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association
2nd	Laurel Canan	Laurelstein Dictator Doppelbock	Doppelbock
3rd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch 70 - 2206	Helles Bock	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society

Table 27: Traditional Mead and Fruit Mead (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Bradbury	Scarlett Rose	Melomel	Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB)
2nd	David Taylor	Morat Cyser	Melomel	Manty Malters
3rd	Arn Olson	Lloyd	Melomel	Homebrew Association of Manatee and Sarasota (HAMS)
HM	Scott Kurtz	Mesquite Mead	Sweet Mead	St. Louis Brewminati

Table 28: Spice and Specialty Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Leo Knisely	Royal Hibiscus Mead	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	The Worts Home Brew Club Columbia MO
2nd	Scott Kurtz	Valkyries Of The Caribbean	Fruit and Spice Mead	St. Louis Brewminati
3rd	Kevin Wojdak	Apple Bomb 2016 Cinnamon Cyser	Fruit and Spice Mead	Urban Knaves of Grain
HM	Stephen Ausband	Amber Vanilla	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead

Table 29: Cider and Perry (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch C17 - H	Specialty Cider/Perry	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society
2nd	Andrew Laidlaw	Batch C20	New World Cider	St Louis Brews / Garage Brewers Society
3rd	James Faircloth	Irving Park Tart Cherry Cider	Cider with Other Fruit	Chicago Home Brewers Group / C.H.A.O.S.