Midwinter Homebrew Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the Midwinter Homebrew Competition.

There were 820 entries judged and 310 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Tompkins	Gemini	25B: Saison
2nd	Wayne Doucette	German Pilsner	5D: German Pils	River City Brewers [MN]

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Hayosh	Thank You, Joe!	C1B: English Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	All The Passions	M2E: Melomel	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Brewmaster's Choice Award

Milwaukee Brewing Company - Will choose one Kellerbier entry (BJCP category 7C) to be brewed up at the Milwaukee Ale House.

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colby Reineke	Cultivate	7C: Kellerbier	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Mead Maker's Choice Award

Moonlight Meadery - Will choose one Mead (BJCP categories M1, M2, M3, M4B & M4C) to qualify for their 2019 Pro Am Competition.

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Kanczuzewski	Cherry Mead	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead

Cider Maker's Choice Award

White Winter Winery - Will choose one cider entry (BJCP categories C1 & C2) to be made at the White Winter Winery.

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Hayosh	Thank You, Joe!	C1B: English Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale Lagers (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wayne Doucette	German Pilsner	5D: German Pils	River City Brewers [MN]
2nd	Thomas Robinson	Dort	5C: German Exportbier
3rd	Jeff Landers	Champagne Of Footbiers	1A: American Light Lager	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 2: Pale American Ales (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Hintz	Imagine	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Nathan Peterson	God Don't Make No Junct	1C: Cream Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Dan Schlosser	Zappa Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
HM	Jim Silverstein	Drop Bear Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)

Table 3: Kolsch & Wheat Beers (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Stacy Myers	Jeffrey Epstein Did Not Commit Suicide....	10B: Dunkels Weissbier	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Kevin Bencz	Pi	10A: Weissbier

Table 4: Malty Amber Lagers (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Metras	3rd Time Lucky	6A: Marzen	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
2nd	Alex Dropkin	Keep On Rauchin' In the Free World	6B: Rauchbier	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
3rd	Adam Joyce	Euro Amber Lager	2B: International Amber Lager	Sun Prairie Worthogs

Table 5: Dark Lagers (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Hammel	Aus der Dunkelheit	8A: Munich Dunkel
2nd	Samuel Brewster	Second Chance Dunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Kevin Olson	Temny	3D: Czech Dark Lager	ZZHops Homebrewing Club

Table 6: Amber Bitter Euro Lagers (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Red Happiness	7A: Vienna Lager	Brew Knights [CA]
2nd	Colby Reineke	Cultivate	7C: Kellerbier	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Aaron Cahn Co-Brewer: Connor Firth	Vl1	7A: Vienna Lager

Table 7: British/Commonwealth Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Bencz	Staffie	11B: Best Bitter
2nd	Dave Bance	Pride of Woodbury	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Kyle Degrave	Esb	11C: Strong Bitter

Table 8: Dark British Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wes Lemons	Chaka-Chocolate Milk Stout	16A: Sweet Stout
2nd	Jeff Landers	Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Ben Sookying	Big Ben Brown	13B: English Brown Ale	Brew Knights [CA]

Table 9: Scottish/Irish Beer (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Schmitt	Luminous Gloom	15B: Irish Stout	Plainfield Ale and Lager Enthusiasts (PALE)
2nd	David Byer	Transitions To Persona From Object	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters (MALT) [NC]
3rd	Mark Kanczuzewski	Irish Red Ale	15A: Irish Red Ale

Table 10: Strong British Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Sir Bentley Brown	17A: British Strong Ale	Brew Knights [CA]
2nd	Ryan Stack	English Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine	Cloudy Town Brewers
3rd	Derek Gilbertson	My Tribe My Ale	17C: Wee Heavy

Table 11: Dark American Ales (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Caleb Meinke	Hyperion	19A: American Amber Ale	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters
2nd	Roy Navik	Onkel Rojus Black Forest Stout	20B: American Stout
3rd	Doug Neufeldt	Muddy Pitch	19C: American Brown Ale

Table 12: Imperial Stout (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Peterson	Olga	20C: Imperial Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Ryan Stack	Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Cloudy Town Brewers
3rd	Scott Casko	Sleeper Agent	20C: Imperial Stout	Boston Wort Processors

Table 13: American IPA (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Karie Bencz	69-Ish	21A: American IPA
2nd	Bryan Hufford	Treble Clef: Crunk Muzik	21A: American IPA
3rd	Neil Froelich	Hop Harbinger	21A: American IPA	Green Bay Brewers Guild [De Pere, WI]

Table 14: Specialty IPAs (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Stack	Hazed Hippy Juice	21B7: New England IPA	Cloudy Town Brewers
2nd	Scott Casko	Short Cut	21B7: New England IPA	Boston Wort Processors
3rd	Dmitri Tymos	Citron IPA	21B7: New England IPA	Club Wort

Table 15: Strong American Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Neil Froelich	Grognak the Hopbarian II	22A: Double IPA	Green Bay Brewers Guild [De Pere, WI]
2nd	Dan Chisholm	Bomber 2020	22C: American Barleywine	Glass City Mashers
3rd	Ryan Stack	American Barleywine	22C: American Barleywine	Cloudy Town Brewers

Table 16: Sour/Wild Beers (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Seth Jaeck	Cerasus	28C: Wild Specialty Beer
2nd	Tim Oelke	Lilikoi Ohana	PRX4: Catharina Sour	Bull Falls Homebrew Club
3rd	Jared Sutliff	What Pucker	23C: Oud Bruin	Beer Barons of Milwaukee

Table 17: Belgian Ales (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Tompkins	Gemini	25B: Saison
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Golden Strong Ale	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Colby Reineke	A Delicate Touch	25B: Saison	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 18: Trappist Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Brian Priddle	Philosophizer (2019)	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd	Michael Marino	Kismet X	26A: Trappist Single
3rd	Michael Marino	Dark Passanger Xxx	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Table 19: Other Beers (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Walker	Smoked Helles	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)
2nd	Sean Greenwood	Prussian Smoky	27A2: Piwo Grodziskie	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Don Jagoditsh Co-Brewer: Dan Lutzow	MacOn Bacon	34C: Experimental Beer	Bull Falls Homebrew Club

Table 20: Fruit Beer (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brandon Kessler	Baby It's Cold Outside	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
2nd	Shannon Olsson Co-Brewer: Brian Olsson	Bang-A-Rang	29A: Fruit Beer	CRAZE [IA]
3rd	Joel McGormley	Raspberry Tartnado	29A: Fruit Beer

Table 21: Spiced Beer (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Dufek	The Early Bird	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
2nd	James Werner	Abbey Christmas	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	Jeremy Rott	Peanut Butter Panic	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 22: Wood Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Strupp Co-Brewer: Paul K./chuck L.	Gettin' Figgy With It	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
2nd	Brian Marsh Co-Brewer: Michael Schaefgen, Michael Kastner, Darren Siverling, David Hardeman, Richard McKagan	Bourbon Barrel Wheatwine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Beer Barons of Milwaukee
3rd	James Faircloth	Ba Moonless Midnight	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Table 23: Standard Cider & Perry (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Hayosh	Thank You, Joe!	C1B: English Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Josh Landy	Batch 245	C1A: New World Cider	Primary Fermenters Brewers & Vintners
3rd	Shawn Brady	Dorsett Drive Cider 2019	C1A: New World Cider	Madison Homebrewers & Tasters

Table 24: Specialty Cider & Perry (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Landy	Batch 199	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Primary Fermenters Brewers & Vintners
2nd	Tom Hayosh	Blueberry Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Josh Landy	Batch 239	C2A: New England Cider	Primary Fermenters Brewers & Vintners

Table 25: Dry Trad (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Fireweed Trad	M1A: Dry Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Adam Bystrom	Zambezi Gold	M1A: Dry Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Adam Bystrom	Aster	M1A: Dry Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 26: Semi-Sweet Trad (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Holbrook	Trad H	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Blue Ox Brewers Society
2nd	Adam Bystrom	The Artist Formerly Known As Quince	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Josh Holbrook	Trad S	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Blue Ox Brewers Society

Table 27: Sweet Trad (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Basswood Trad	M1C: Sweet Mead	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Amy Olsen	Hawaiian Lehua Traditional	M1C: Sweet Mead	Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB)
3rd	Matthew Weide	Hairy Vetch	M1C: Sweet Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 28: Cyser / Pyment (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Martin	Cab Pyment	M2B: Pyment	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Nick Ferndino	Cotton Candy Pyment	M2B: Pyment
3rd	Tom Hayosh	Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 29: Berry Mead (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Meintsma	Berried Alive!	M2C: Berry Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Christopher Skottegard	Busy Berries	M2C: Berry Mead	South Side Barley Crushers
3rd	Josh Mahoney	Blackberry	M2C: Berry Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 30: Stone Fruit Mead (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Kanczuzewski	Cherry Mead	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
2nd	Steve Fletty	Cerise	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	Mr. Anderson's Big Boy Pants	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Lincoln Lagers

Table 31: Melomel (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Fletty	All The Passions	M2E: Melomel	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd	Jeremy Goehring Co-Brewer: Dustin Deisher	Mr. Anderson’s El Hefes’s El Pog-O	M2E: Melomel	Lincoln Lagers
3rd	Mike Mattson	Bc2	M2E: Melomel

Table 32: Fruit & Spice Mead (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Holbrook	Kung Pao Cherry	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Blue Ox Brewers Society
2nd	Adam Bystrom	Stockholm Syndrome (Strawberry & Basil)	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Steve Fletty	Sergio	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club

Table 33: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Holbrook	Kung Pao Cousin	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Blue Ox Brewers Society
2nd	Josh Holbrook	Da Caps What Makes It	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Blue Ox Brewers Society
3rd	Adam Bystrom	The Rooster Crows (Peaberry And Cacao)	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 34: Specialty Mead (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Weide	Bochet	M4C: Experimental Mead	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Josh Holbrook	Sour Man	M4A: Braggot	Blue Ox Brewers Society
3rd	Stuart Maples	Honey In Paradise	M4A: Braggot

Midwinter Homebrew Competition: Past Winners – 2020