Romancing The Beer

Thanks to all who participated in the Romancing The Beer.

There were 243 entries judged and 111 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Dark Mild 13A: Dark Mild Mash Heads 2nd Matthew Slade Catharina Sour W/ Raspberries PRX4: Catharina Sour Mash Heads 3rd Israel Arrieta Sweet Death 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Maltose Falcons

Best Belgian Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Jeremy Stacy

Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy 3 Years of My Life 23E: Gueuze Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Most Medals (63 Participating Brewers) Place Brewer 1st 2nd 3rd Score Club 1st Oleg Shpyrko 3 2 3 24.04 QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Winningest Club (17 Participating Clubs) Place Club 1st 2nd 3rd Score 1st Mash Heads 6 5 3 45.04 Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

× Most Medals / Winningest Club Scoring Methodology Each placing entry is given the following points: 1st Place: 4

2nd Place: 3

3rd Place: 2

HM: 1 The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority: The highest maximum score. The highest number of first places.

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (6 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Todd Heavy 1B: American Lager Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 2nd Matt Castellino

Co-Brewer: Todd Slater Straw 1D: American Wheat Beer Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 3rd Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Todd Lite 1A: American Light Lager Thousand Oaked Homebrewers HM Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Toaked Cream 1C: Cream Ale Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 2: Czech and International Lager (15 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Ronald Haaland Guinevere 2A: International Pale Lager Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 2nd Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Schwartsie McSchwartz 3D: Czech Dark Lager Mash Heads 3rd Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino International Toaked 2A: International Pale Lager Thousand Oaked Homebrewers HM Ronald Haaland Písek 3A: Czech Pale Lager Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager (18 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Oleg Shpyrko Bayho Helles 4A: Munich Helles QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 2nd Paul Duddles Righteous 6B: Rauchbier Mash Heads 3rd Donovan Curie It's A-Marzen 6A: Marzen Maltose Falcons HM Matt Castellino

Co-Brewer: Todd Slater Another Day In Munchen 4A: Munich Helles Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 4: Dark European Lager (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Oleg Shpyrko Bayho Schwarzbier 8B: Schwarzbier QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 2nd Oleg Shpyrko Bayho: Very Dark And Very Bready 8A: Munich Dunkel QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 3rd Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Schwartsie McSchwartz 8B: Schwarzbier Mash Heads

Table 5: British Bitter (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Ben Sookying Big Ben Strong 11C: Strong Bitter Brew Knights [CA] 2nd Patrick Leon Craictastic 11A: Ordinary Bitter QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 3rd Oleg Shpyrko Bayho - Very Strong And Very Bitter 11C: Strong Bitter QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) HM Patrick Leon Resting Bitter Face 11B: Best Bitter QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 6: Mead (7 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st David Nagal

Co-Brewer: Austin Mortimore Chai Masala M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead 2nd David Nagal

Co-Brewer: Austin Mortimore Zambian Wild Flower M1C: Sweet Mead 3rd David Nagal

Co-Brewer: Austin Mortimore Wood Aged Bochet M4C: Experimental Mead

Table 7: Cider and Perry (6 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Oleg Shpyrko Bayho Fall'2019 Cider C1A: New World Cider QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 2nd Mike Durrant The Epic Apple C1A: New World Cider MASH831 3rd Brian Young Bit Of A Bingle C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry

Table 8: Specialty Beer (10 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Jeremy Stacy Confiscation 34A: Clone Beer Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 2nd Kyle Hufford Hommage 34A: Clone Beer 3rd Scott Tower Rye In Your Eye 27A4: Roggenbier Brew Knights [CA]

Table 9: Smoke and Wood Beers (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Israel Arrieta Sweet Death 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Maltose Falcons 2nd Danny Woolstenhulme Nightcap 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer 3rd Paul Debler Jack's Lantern 32B: Specialty Smoked Beer HM Brian Young Vegemite Sanga 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Table 10: Spiced Beer (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Sarah Flora Anything Gose 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Maltose Falcons 2nd Oleg Shpyrko Bayho Feats of Strength 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 3rd Mario Garcia Jr. P.B. King 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer HM Brian Young Brekkie 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 11: Fruit Beer (6 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Jeremy Stacy

Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy Guavalieb 29A: Fruit Beer Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 2nd John Warner Ginger Grapefruit Saison 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer San Francisco Homebrewer's Guild 3rd David McBride Upon A Fruited Brown 29A: Fruit Beer

Table 12: American Wild Ale (9 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Matthew Slade Catharina Sour W/ Raspberries PRX4: Catharina Sour Mash Heads 2nd John Warner Imperial l'International 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer San Francisco Homebrewer's Guild 3rd Jeremy Stacy Recreationale 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Thousand Oaked Homebrewers HM Scott Tower Always Bet On Brett 28A: Brett Beer Brew Knights [CA]

Table 13: Trappist Ale (16 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Fred Brophy

Co-Brewer: Paul Duddles David Bowie 26B: Belgian Dubbel Mash Heads 2nd Paul Duddles Tenacious 26A: Trappist Single Mash Heads 3rd Mike Neice Sunshine 26A: Trappist Single Phantom Homebrew

Table 14: Belgian Ale (8 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Fred Brophy

Co-Brewer: Paul Duddles Casey's 24A: Witbier Mash Heads 2nd Thomas Atkinson Layla 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale 3rd Oleg Shpyrko Bayho Strong Like Bull 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 15: European Sour Ale (6 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Jeremy Stacy

Co-Brewer: Cori Stacy 3 Years of My Life 23E: Gueuze Thousand Oaked Homebrewers 2nd John Warner Ned 3 23B: Flanders Red Ale San Francisco Homebrewer's Guild 3rd Oleg Shpyrko Bayho 2016' Rescue Beer Lambic 23D: Lambic QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 16: Strong American Ale (9 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Steve Obrien Stampede 22A: Double IPA 2nd Paul Debler Young American 22C: American Barleywine 3rd Jonathan Williams Left Coast Imperial Red 22B: American Strong Ale High Desert Home Brewers Anonymous HM Mike Neice 22nd Sea 22C: American Barleywine Phantom Homebrew

Table 17: IPA (27 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Joe St. John IPA 32 21A: American IPA Yeastside Brewers [CA] 2nd Peter Martins

Co-Brewer: Danny Woolstenhulme Citcoe 2020 21A: American IPA 3rd Drew Kaiser Up In The Strata-Sphere 21A: American IPA High Desert Home Brewers Anonymous HM Brian Young Minimum Chips 21B7: New England IPA

Table 18: Porter and Stout (20 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Roland Montgomery Hotz Oats 16B: Oatmeal Stout The Brü Club 2nd Steve Obrien Jumping Rooftops 20A: American Porter 3rd Paul Debler Dark Night Porter 20A: American Porter HM Robert Olsen Foreign Extra Stout 16D: Foreign Extra Stout St. Louis Brews

Table 19: Amber and Brown Beer (14 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Patrick Leon Rowdydowdow 15A: Irish Red Ale QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) 2nd Ben Sookying Happy In Common 19B: California Common Brew Knights [CA] 3rd Matthew Slade Acting A Maggot 15A: Irish Red Ale Mash Heads HM Neil Ian Horowitz Amber Laurel 19A: American Amber Ale Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 20: Pale American Ale (12 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Brian Young Strewth 18B: American Pale Ale 2nd Steve Obrien Penny On the Train Tracks 18A: Blonde Ale 3rd Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Lupe Pale 18B: American Pale Ale Thousand Oaked Homebrewers HM Todd Slater

Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Newbury Blonde 18A: Blonde Ale Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 21: Strong British Ale (5 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Mike Neice Wee Wee Wee 17C: Wee Heavy Phantom Homebrew 2nd Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Olde Ale 17B: Old Ale Mash Heads 3rd Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Bada-Barleywine 17D: English Barleywine Mash Heads HM Ben Sookying Sir Bentley Brown 17A: British Strong Ale Brew Knights [CA]

Table 22: Brown British Beer and Scottish Beer (7 entries) Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club 1st Tricia Gallant

Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant Dark Mild 13A: Dark Mild Mash Heads 2nd Ben Sookying Big Ben Brown 13B: English Brown Ale Brew Knights [CA] 3rd Mike Neice Brown Eye 13B: English Brown Ale Phantom Homebrew