Thanks to all who participated in the Midwinter Homebrew Competition.
There were 794 entries judged and 363 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | David Merz | Wild Brew | 17B: Flanders Red Ale | Palmetto State Brewers |
2nd | Matt Koval | Jabberwock | 22C: Wood-Aged Beer | |
3rd | David Merz | Dexter Ale | 16E: Belgian Specialty Ale | Palmetto State Brewers |
Best of Show – Mead / Cider
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mino Choi & Molly Noyes | P(Bc X 2) | 25C: Other Fruit Melomel | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
Milwaukee Brewing Company Brown Ale Ramp Up
One Brown Ale Entry (BJCP categories 10C, 11B, & 11C) 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 | Craig Kuehl | South UK Brown | 11B: Southern English Brown Ale | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Pale Lagers (27 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kevin Kearney | Radegast | 2B: Bohemian Pilsener | |
2nd | Tom Zahasky | American Pie | 1B: Standard American Lager | MASH |
3rd | Kyle Sisco | German Pils | 2A: German Pilsner (Pils) | Primary Fermenters |
Table 2: Amber Lagers & Hybrids (29 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Scot Schaar | Black Eagle Alt | 7C: Dusseldorf Altbier | MUGZ |
2nd | Robert Rys | Billiwhack | 7B: California Common Beer | KC Nanobrews |
3rd | Bob Alvord | Alt Kelly | 7A: Northern German Altbier | UKG |
Table 3: Dark Lager & Bocks (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kevin Flynn | Eagle’s Nest | 5C: Doppelbock | Belle City Homebrewers |
2nd | Chris Retzlaff | Munich Dunkel | 4B: Munich Dunkel | The Brewing Network |
3rd | Kyle Sisco | Dark American Lager | 4A: Dark American Lager | Primary Fermenters |
Table 4: Cream & Blonde Ales (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kyle Motley Co-Brewer: Definitely not Molly Connor | Molly’s Bail Ale | 6B: Blonde Ale | Shenandoah Valley Homebrewer's Guild |
2nd | Michael Crane | Drunken Cow Cream Ale | 6A: Cream Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Nathan Hintz | Spotted Bevis | 6A: Cream Ale | |
Table 5: Kolsch & American Wheat/Rye (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Christopher Hay | Rock Island Rye | 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer | The Brewing Network |
2nd | James Davis | Seven Daughters American Wheat | 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer | |
3rd | Brian Coleman | Kolsch | 6C: Kolsch | |
Table 6: English Pale Ales (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Matthew Berthiaume Co-Brewer: Cletus Poirier | Bitter Ol Lady | 8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter | Forest City Brewers |
2nd | Tom Sisson | Common ESB | 8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) | Beer Barons |
3rd | David Worth | Davey’s Extra Special | 8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) | Madison Homebrewers & Tasters Guild |
Table 7: Scottish & Irish Ales (26 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Matt Klausner | Irish I Had Another Keg Of Scottish Ale | 9B: Scottish Heavy 70/- | Urban Knaves of Grain |
2nd | Michael Shannon | Sheamus The Griffin | 9E: Strong Scotch Ale | Midnight Carboys |
3rd | Kurt Bimler | Irish Red | 9D: Irish Red Ale | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 8: American Pale Ale (34 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Daniel Smith | Perpetual Pale Ale | 10A: American Pale Ale | Bellecity Homebrewers |
2nd | David Strong | Ernies Pale Ale | 10A: American Pale Ale | Brewligans |
3rd | Ray Sachs | HuLu JuJu | 10A: American Pale Ale | |
Table 9: American Amber Ale (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Matt Thomas Co-Brewer: Chris Shaddock & Jake Forker | All American Amber | 10B: American Amber Ale | |
2nd | Rob Yeo | Chi Amber | 10B: American Amber Ale | Brewligans |
3rd | Matt Mayes | Evil Matt | 10B: American Amber Ale | HOPS! Homebrewers' Pride of the Southside |
Table 10: American Brown Ale (29 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Jared Gilbert | Full Of Welcome | 10C: American Brown Ale | |
2nd | Bob Alvord | Kelly’s Brown Ale | 10C: American Brown Ale | UKG |
3rd | Randy Clay | American Brown | 10C: American Brown Ale | Milltown Mashers |
Table 11: English Mild & Southern Browns (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kevin Kearney | Barwench | 11A: Mild | |
2nd | VICTOR WILLIAMS | South Of London Brown | 11B: Southern English Brown Ale | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
3rd | Craig Kuehl | South UK Brown | 11B: Southern English Brown Ale | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Table 12: English Northern Browns (21 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Kevin Kearney | NE Brown | 11C: Northern English Brown Ale | |
2nd | Jacob Schenk | Fuggling Brown Toad | 11C: Northern English Brown Ale | |
3rd | Rick Schultz | Brigantes | 11C: Northern English Brown Ale | Beer Barons |
Table 13: Porters (33 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Steve Walter | Kwyjibo | 12A: Brown Porter | |
2nd | Lee Friske | Texas Crude Porter | 12B: Robust Porter | Basin Brewers |
3rd | Ilan Klages-Mundt | Chiswick Porter | 12A: Brown Porter | NBFB |
Table 14: Small Stouts (37 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Tom Gustafson | The Intercontinental | 13D: Foreign Extra Stout | Soma Ale Werks / Chicago Beer Society |
2nd | Mitch Truesdale Co-Brewer: Brian Pedersen | Three Queens Sweet Stout | 13B: Sweet Stout | |
3rd | Mike OKeefe | Zero Dark Thirty | 13D: Foreign Extra Stout | |
Table 15: Big Stouts (27 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Brian Davis | Lawyers, Guns And Money | 13F: Imperial Stout | Iowa Minnesota Society of Brewers |
2nd | Brandon Voltin Co-Brewer: Brandon Ratcliff | Kremlin | 13F: Imperial Stout | |
3rd | Andy Waisanen | Black Tie Imperial Stout | 13F: Imperial Stout | Central Wisconsin Vintners & Brewers |
Table 16: English & Imperial IPAs (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Nicholas Damoth | Farm Dog English IPA | 14A: English IPA | San Francisco Home Brewers Guild |
2nd | Robert Newhouse | Superbeast Imperial IPA | 14C: Imperial IPA | |
3rd | Stephen Tomory | Empress Tawny Rae Imperial IPA | 14C: Imperial IPA | Midnight Carboys |
Table 17: American IPAs (30 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Samuel Dixon | IPA | 14B: American IPA | |
2nd | Jeff Muse | Yet Another IPA | 14B: American IPA | St. Louis Brews |
3rd | Ken Megal | Stone Free IPA | 14B: American IPA | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Table 18: German Wheat & Rye (31 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Mino Choi & Molly Noyes | Wheat Beer Ryan’s Legacy | 15A: Weizen/Weissbier | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
2nd | Dave Mason | Uberweiss | 15C: Weizenbock | kenosha bidal society |
3rd | John Rocco | Meine Geliebte | 15C: Weizenbock | |
Table 19: Belgian and French Ale (35 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David Merz | Dexter Ale | 16E: Belgian Specialty Ale | Palmetto State Brewers |
2nd | Jacob Schenk | Toad Chateau Pale Ale | 16B: Belgian Pale Ale | |
3rd | Matt Schonewald | White | 16A: Witbier | |
Table 20: Sour Ale (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David Merz | Wild Brew | 17B: Flanders Red Ale | Palmetto State Brewers |
2nd | Dan Schlosser | Flanders Red 2.75 | 17B: Flanders Red Ale | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
3rd | David Skreczko | Cranberry Lambic | 17F: Fruit Lambic | Brewing Network/ Beer Barons |
Table 21: Pale Belgian Strong Ale (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Brian Burke Co-Brewer: Burke | Tripel 11 | 18C: Belgian Tripel | |
2nd | Andrew Frazee Co-Brewer: Glenn Frazee | Chateau Le Stooph | 18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Geneva Alers |
3rd | Jay Freise | Blago | 18A: Belgian Blond Ale | Babble Homebrewers |
Table 22: Belgian Dubbel & Dark Strong Ale (17 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Dan Lechner | Four Eyed Belgian | 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |
2nd | Matt Youngblut | Belgian Dubbel | 18B: Belgian Dubbel | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
3rd | Ken Pegram | Stumbling Monk | 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |
Table 23: Strong Ales (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Ken Pegram | Broken Arrow Barleywine | 19C: American Barleywine | |
2nd | Adam Blackwell | My Barleywine | 19C: American Barleywine | |
3rd | Michael Marino | Ol’e ’62 | 19A: Old Ale | The Brewing Network |
Table 24: Fruit Beer (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Dan Lechner | Belgian Bliss | 20A: Fruit Beer | |
2nd | Michael Crane | Thanksgiving Saison | 20A: Fruit Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | David Merz | Sour Puss | 20A: Fruit Beer | Palmetto State Brewers |
HM | Sean Kampshoff | Sean’s Scottish Apple | 20A: Fruit Beer | MHBA |
Table 25: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (44 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Steven Walloch | Ginger Weissbier | 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
2nd | Michael Marino Co-Brewer: Wendy Marino | Carole’s Christmas Ale | 21B: Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer | The Brewing Network |
3rd | Mark Klever Co-Brewer: Matt Campbell | Vanilla Shtout | 21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
Table 26: Smoke-Flavored/Wood-Aged Beer (37 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Matt Koval | Jabberwock | 22C: Wood-Aged Beer | |
2nd | David Stanton | Smokey Beer 1.2 | 22A: Classic Rauchbier | Beer Barons Of Milwaukee |
3rd | Kris Barrus | Firebush Oaked IPA | 22C: Wood-Aged Beer | Blockhead |
Table 27: Specialty Beer (46 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Ken Pegram | Dark Crevice Black Imperial IPA | 23A: Specialty Beer | |
2nd | John Rocco | Rum Soaked Goodness | 23A: Specialty Beer | |
3rd | Scot Schaar | CRye Me A River | 23A: Specialty Beer | MUGZ |
Table 28: Traditional Meads, Cysers and Pyments (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Bruce Buerger | New England Cyser | 25A: Cyser | Beer Barons Of Milwaukee |
2nd | Andy Hemken | Cyser | 25A: Cyser | Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
3rd | Chris Smith | Gewurztraminer Pyment | 25B: Pyment | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
Table 29: Other Meads (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Mino Choi & Molly Noyes | P(Bc X 2) | 25C: Other Fruit Melomel | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |
2nd | Robert Kay | Brown Ale Braggot | 26B: Braggot | UKG |
3rd | Tom Sisson | Sparkling Ginger Mead | 26A: Metheglin | Beer Barons |
Table 30: Cider & Perry (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Andrew Day | Field Cider | 27A: Common Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
2nd | Paula Cartwright | Poisoned Apple | 27A: Common Cider | Barley's Angels MKE & Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
3rd | Mino Choi & Molly Noyes | New Millenium Caramel Apple Pie Hard Cider | 28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry | Northern Brewer Fermentation Brigade |