Thanks to all who participated in the Midwinter Homebrew Competition.
There were 776 entries judged and 353 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kevin Kearney | Barwench | 11A: Mild | |
2nd | Adam Meyers | Scottish 60 | 9A: Scottish Light 60/- | |
Best of Show – Mead
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Karen Schaar | Shy Chai | 26A: Metheglin | qc refs |
Milwaukee Brewing Company Baltic Porter Ramp Up
One Baltic Porter Entry (BJCP categories 12C) will be chosen to be ramped up and brewed by the Milwaukee Brewing Company for serving at the Milwaukee Ale House*.
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Scot Schaar | I Really Hope Brian Joas Doesn’t Judge This! | 12C: Baltic Porter | River;s Edge Fermentation Society |
Moonlight Meadery Pilot Ramp Up
One Mead Entry (BJCP categories 24, 25, & 26, excluding Braggot) will be ramped up as a pilot batch by Moonlight Meadery**.
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Tom Lemanczyk | Raspberry Oleoresin Capsicumel | 26C: Open Category Mead | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Light Lagers (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Petr Bachan | Mnichov | 1D: Munich Helles | Saint Paul Homebrewing Club |
2nd | Adam Meyers | Munich Helles | 1D: Munich Helles | |
3rd | Matt Stever | Silesian Helles | 1D: Munich Helles | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Table 2: Pilsners (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | John Lomnicki Co-Brewer: Russ Nies | CAP | 2C: Classic American Pilsner | Saint Paul Homebrewers Club |
2nd | Mike Thomas | Mike’s Bo-Pils | 2B: Bohemian Pilsener | Smoke N Brew |
3rd | Charles Fort | Chuck’s Pilsner | 2B: Bohemian Pilsener | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 3: European Amber Lagers (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Tim Thomssen | The Big "O" | 3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen | Lincoln Lagers! |
2nd | Keith Bradley Co-Brewer: Pam Btadley | Decoctoberfest | 3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen | Texas Carboys |
3rd | Keith Bradley Co-Brewer: Pam Bradley | Pam’s Vienna | 3A: Vienna Lager | Texas Carboys |
Table 4: Dark Lagers (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Aaron Young | Goldilocks 2.0 | 4A: Dark American Lager | |
2nd | Bob Alvord | Kelly’s Black Bier | 4C: Schwarzbier | UKG |
3rd | Petr Bachan | Cigan | 4C: Schwarzbier | Saint Paul Homebrewing Club |
Table 5: Bocks (18 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Jeremy Whitehead | Bock Me? Bock You! | 5C: Doppelbock | Austin Zealots |
2nd | Sean Smith | Two Duckies | 5B: Traditional Bock | BABBLE |
3rd | Bill Westfall | White Caps | 5A: Maibock/Helles Bock | Babble Homebrewers |
Table 6: Light Hybrid Beer (39 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Justin Minikel | Fat Cow Cream Ale | 6A: Cream Ale | |
2nd | Joe Rezendes | Mountain Kolsch | 6C: Kolsch | |
3rd | Glenn Kuh | Good Karma | 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer | Bloomington Hop Jockeys |
Table 7: Amber Hybrid Beer (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Tim Thomssen | Parallel Universe | 7A: Northern German Altbier | Lincoln Lagers! |
2nd | Keith Kost | And In Third Place With A Dusseldorf Altbier... | 7C: Dusseldorf Altbier | TRASH |
3rd | Andre Lukatsky | Ctrl-ALT-Del | 7C: Dusseldorf Altbier | Club Wort |
Table 8: English Pale Ales (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Joe Edidin | Premium Bitter | 8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter | Tennessee Valley Homebrewers |
2nd | Keith Bradley Co-Brewer: Pam Bradley | Pam’s Special Bitter | 8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter | Texas Carboys |
3rd | Joe Edidin | ESB | 8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) | Tennessee Valley Homebrewers |
Table 9: Scottish and Irish Ale (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Adam Meyers | Scottish 60 | 9A: Scottish Light 60/- | |
2nd | Bob Alvord | Oui Kelly | 9E: Strong Scotch Ale | UKG |
3rd | Mike OKeefe | Hoggin’ The Haggis | 9B: Scottish Heavy 70/- | Brewligans |
Table 10: American Ale (50 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Timothy Minger | Texas Pale Ale | 10A: American Pale Ale | Beer Barons |
2nd | Jared Gilbert | Full Of Welcome | 10C: American Brown Ale | |
3rd | Peter Britton | Agent Orange | 10A: American Pale Ale | The Brewing Network |
Table 11: English Brown Ale (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kevin Kearney | Barwench | 11A: Mild | |
2nd | Steve Walter | Kwyjibo | 11A: Mild | Milwaukee Beer Society |
3rd | Nathan Levengood Co-Brewer: Mike Swartzwelder | The Govna | 11C: Northern English Brown Ale | SAAZ |
Table 12: Brown & Robust Porter (26 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Matt Stever | Oh Taddy | 12A: Brown Porter | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
2nd | Kyle Sisco | The Brown Note | 12A: Brown Porter | Primary Fermenters |
3rd | Charles Fort | Chuck’s Porter | 12B: Robust Porter | Urban Knaves of Grain |
HM | Andy Waisanen | Robust Porter | 12B: Robust Porter | Central Wisconsin Vintner's & Brewers |
Table 13: Baltic Porter (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Josh Strupp Co-Brewer: Dan Kramer | Zinging Revolution | 12C: Baltic Porter | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
2nd | Steve Patt | Steve’s Baltic | 12C: Baltic Porter | Beer Barons |
3rd | Aaron Young Co-Brewer: Chris Retzlaff | Pearl Harbor Porter | 12C: Baltic Porter | |
Table 14: Small Stouts (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Gary Lockwood Co-Brewer: Shanna Lockwood | Bittersweet Stout | 13B: Sweet Stout | MHTG |
2nd | William Reeves | Stocking Stuffer Stout | 13B: Sweet Stout | |
3rd | Bob Alvord | Black Lab Stout | 13A: Dry Stout | UKG |
Table 15: Strong Stouts (33 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Lee Birkett Co-Brewer: Nate Martell | RIS - 2013 | 13F: Imperial Stout | Midnight Carboys |
2nd | Peter Hemmingsen | Petes FES | 13D: Foreign Extra Stout | Short Shift Brewing |
3rd | Keith Bradley Co-Brewer: Pam Bradley | RIP Stout | 13F: Imperial Stout | Texas Carboys |
Table 16: American IPA (38 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Mike Thomas | Mike’s IPA | 14B: American IPA | Smoke N Brew |
2nd | Andy Waisanen | Thunder From Down Under | 14B: American IPA | Central Wisconsin Vintner's & Brewers |
3rd | Steven Rapko | Columbus IPA | 14B: American IPA | The Brewing Network |
Table 17: English & Imperial IPA (21 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Dustin Brooks | Double Dozer | 14C: Imperial IPA | |
2nd | Steven Rapko | DIPA | 14C: Imperial IPA | The Brewing Network |
3rd | Chris Heppe | Hip Hop Anonymous | 14C: Imperial IPA | |
Table 18: German Wheat & Rye (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Peter Britton | Vintage Sledder Wheat | 15A: Weizen/Weissbier | The Brewing Network |
2nd | Brian Foss | Rusty Shackleford | 15C: Weizenbock | |
3rd | Chris Smith | Wheat Is Murder | 15A: Weizen/Weissbier | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
HM | Mike Spores | Hefe | 15A: Weizen/Weissbier | saint paul homebrew club |
Table 19: Belgian & French Ale (44 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Andy Waisanen | Belgian Single W/ Brett | 16E: Belgian Specialty Ale | Central Wisconsin Vintner's & Brewers |
2nd | Petr Bachan | Saison | 16C: Saison | Saint Paul Homebrewing Club |
3rd | Joseph Kotvan | Lumberwagon BPA | 16B: Belgian Pale Ale | IMF |
Table 20: Sour Ale (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Barrett Tillman | BlackmanBrew.Com | 17D: Straight (Unblended) Lambic | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
2nd | Michael Crane | Drei Weisse | 17A: Berliner Weisse | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | David Skreczko | Cranberry Lambic | 17F: Fruit Lambic | Beer Baron/Brewing Network |
Table 21: Belgian Strong Ale (34 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Erik Scott | No Coast 8 | 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | RAZE |
2nd | Cesar Marron | Gouden | 18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | |
3rd | Gregory Roskopf Co-Brewer: Corey Konkol | Darth Konkol | 18B: Belgian Dubbel | Beer Barons |
HM | Andy Waisanen | XX Dubbel | 18B: Belgian Dubbel | Central Wisconsin Vintner's & Brewers |
Table 22: Strong Ale (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Brian Kane Co-Brewer: Seth McCallister | ’Merica Barleywine | 19C: American Barleywine | Brewing Network |
2nd | Jim Schwartz | Labor Of Love | 19C: American Barleywine | |
3rd | Keith Kost | Fluorescent Hangover | 19C: American Barleywine | TRASH |
Table 23: Fruit Beer (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Steven Walloch | Riverwest Raspberry Berliner Weisse | 20A: Fruit Beer | |
2nd | David Hopper | Cranberry Wheat | 20A: Fruit Beer | |
3rd | Patrick Hutton | There Is No Limes In This Toasted Coconut Milk Stout | 20A: Fruit Beer | MHTG |
Table 24: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (52 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Michael Crane Co-Brewer: Joey Crane | Magenta | 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Randall Brace | Habenaro & Serrano IPA | 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Evanston Homebrew Club |
3rd | Ken Pegram | Gobsmacker | 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | n/a |
Table 25: Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer (38 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Chris Heppe | Up In Smoke | 22B: Other Smoked Beer | |
2nd | Erik Scott | Old Dragon 2012 | 22C: Wood-Aged Beer | RAZE |
3rd | Scot Schaar | Stick A Cork In It | 22C: Wood-Aged Beer | River;s Edge Fermentation Society |
Table 26: Specialty Beer (44 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | MARK KLEVER Co-Brewer: Matt Campbell | FLOOBY DABBER DEUX | 23A: Specialty Beer | GREATER DENVER YEAST INFECTION |
2nd | Andre Lukatsky | Ctrl-ALT-Del | 23A: Specialty Beer | Club Wort |
3rd | Brian Wojciechowski | Peanut Butter Ballz | 23A: Specialty Beer | |
HM | Brian Kane Co-Brewer: Seth McCallister | Chocolate Milk Coconut Stout | 23A: Specialty Beer | Brewing Network |
Table 27: Traditional Mead (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Karen Schaar | Bottled Sunshine | 24B: Semi-Sweet Mead | qc refs |
2nd | Mino Choi Co-Brewer: Molly Noyes | Sweet Mesquite ! | 24C: Sweet Mead | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
3rd | Keith Kost | First You Get The Honey, Then You Get The Power, Then You Get The Women | 24C: Sweet Mead | TRASH |
Table 28: Melomel (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Steve Fletty | Chateau Fletty | 25B: Pyment | St. Paul Homebrewers Club |
2nd | Tom Lemanczyk | BC Melomel | 25C: Other Fruit Melomel | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
3rd | Mino Choi Co-Brewer: Molly Noyes | Highlands Grape Bubblelicious Pyment | 25B: Pyment | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
Table 29: Other Meads (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Karen Schaar | Shy Chai | 26A: Metheglin | qc refs |
2nd | Michael Crane | Glinda The Good | 26C: Open Category Mead | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Barrett Tillman | BlackmanBrew.Com | 26C: Open Category Mead | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
Table 30: Cider (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David Hopper | Ninja Apple Cider | 27A: Common Cider | |
2nd | Timothy Minger | Grandma’s Apple Pie | 28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry | Beer Barons |
3rd | Bruce Buerger | Fall Harvest Cider Redux | 28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry | Beer Barons Of Milwaukee |
HM | David Skreczko | House Cider | 27A: Common Cider | Beer Baron/Brewing Network |