Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

Awards

Judges

Alex Alonzo, John Bernat, Brent Brubaker, Michael Chalukian, Jim Delperdang, Jason Dunn, Cyndy Gamache, Lou Gamache, Lister Hargreaves, Jim Jorgensen, Kristian Kiraly, Alexander Lehman, Martin Martinez, Damon Poliakon, Matt Richard, William Stemwell, Rob Tomao, Doug Wozny, Geoffrey Young

By the Numbers

209 Entries 47 Entrants

19 Judges

104 Placing Entries

Table 1: Category 1: Standard American Beer

9 entries

1st

Matt Castellino & Courtney Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Incognito (1A: American Light Lager)

2nd

Matt Castellino & Courtney Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Poser (1C: Cream Ale)

3rd

Matt Castellino & Courtney Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

I Like Lagers! (1B: American Lager)

Table 2: Category 2 & 3: International & Czech Lagers

8 entries

1st

Paul Brown

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Darkness Imprisoning Me (2C: International Dark Lager)

2nd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Int Amber (2B: International Amber Lager)

3rd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Int Pale (2A: International Pale Lager)

Jonathan Hernandez

Bakerfield FOAM

Boogies Pils (3A: Czech Pale Lager)

Table 3: Category 4: Pale Malty European Lager

5 entries

1st

Lou Gamache

Inland Empire Brewers

Munich Helles (4A: Munich Helles)

2nd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Maibock (4C: Helles Bock)

3rd

Ben Sookying

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Hellaz Happy (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 4: Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

10 entries

1st

Chris Sotelo

Long Beach Homebrewers

German Pils Project (5D: German Pils)

2nd

Matt Castellino & Courtney Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Shenandoah Kolsch V. 2 (5B: Kolsch)

3rd

Brad Burnett

Aberdeen Kolsch (5B: Kolsch)

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Just A Pils (5D: German Pils)

Table 5: Category 6: Amber Malty European Lager

10 entries

1st

Alexander Lehman

Atl Dunkle Bock (6C: Dunkels Bock)

2nd

Ben Sookying

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Happy Marzen (6A: Marzen)

3rd

Jeff Case & Tad Garabedian

QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...

Auf Wiedersehen Lederhosen (6A: Marzen)

Table 6: Category 7: Amber Bitter European Beer

11 entries

1st

Lou Gamache

Inland Empire Brewers

Vienna By Any Other Name (7A: Vienna Lager)

2nd

Todd Slater

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

All the Way (7B: Altbier)

3rd

Alex Alonzo & Eddie Casillas

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Eye Spy (7B: Altbier)

Table 7: Category 8: Dark European Lager

5 entries

1st

Jim Jorgensen

Inland Empire Brewers

Jim’s Schwartzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

2nd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

My Schwarz Is Bigger Than Yours (8B: Schwarzbier)

3rd

Matt Castellino & Courtney Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Average Bear (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 8: Category 9: Strong European Beer

4 entries

1st

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Pitfall Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)

2nd

Lou Gamache

Inland Empire Brewers

Doppelbock (9A: Doppelbock)

3rd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Dopplebock (9A: Doppelbock)

Table 9: Category 10 & 27: German Wheat Beer & Roggenbier

2 entries

1st

Paul Brown

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Where's Fluffy (10A: Weissbier)

2nd

Todd Peterson

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Goin' Roggen' (27A4: Roggenbier)

Table 10: Category 11: British Bitter

4 entries

1st

Jonathan Hernandez

Bakerfield FOAM

Ollies #5 (11B: Best Bitter)

2nd

Ben Sookying

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Big Ben Strong (11C: Strong Bitter)

Table 11: Category 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer

3 entries

1st

Justin Lee

Normal Red Eye.P.A. (12C: English IPA)

2nd

Cary Chitwood & Luis Jauergui Steve Chitwood

Inland Empire Brewers

Its Shite (12A: English Golden Ale)

3rd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Brit IPA (12C: English IPA)

Table 12: Category 13: Brown British Beer

6 entries

1st

Jonathan Hernandez

Bakerfield FOAM

Crumpets (13A: Dark Mild)

2nd

Brad Burnett

Bannockburn Brown Ale (13B: English Brown Ale)

3rd

Cary Chitwood & Steve Chitwood &...

Inland Empire Brewers

Just A Name (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 13: Category 14 & 15: Scottish and Irish Beer

6 entries

1st

Jeff Richard

Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)

2nd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Irish Stout (15C: Irish Extra Stout)

3rd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Scot Exp (14C: Scottish Export)

Table 14: Category 17: Strong British Ale

6 entries

1st

Jim Jorgensen

Inland Empire Brewers

The Wee Heavy (17C: Wee Heavy)

2nd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

A Bunch Of Fives (17D: English Barleywine)

3rd

Lister Hargreaves

Inland Empire Brewers

Highland Coo (17C: Wee Heavy)

Table 15: Category 18: Pale American Ale

9 entries

1st

Mike Neice

Phantom Homebrew

Mike's Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)

2nd

Brandon Kessler

C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

Pursuit of Happiness (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Trevor Alcorn & Jeffrey Alcorn

Quartermaster Jerry Pale Ale (18A: Blonde Ale)

Table 16: Category 19: American Amber & Brown Beer

4 entries

1st

Paul Mesmer

Long Beach Homebrewers

Paul's American Amber Ale 0621 (19A: American Amber Ale)

2nd

Todd Slater

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Across A New Frontier (19A: American Amber Ale)

3rd

Jeff Richard

American Amber (19A: American Amber Ale)

Table 17: Category 20: American Porter and Stout

8 entries

1st

Matt Richard

Imperial Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)

2nd

Cary Chitwood & Steve Chitwood

Inland Empire Brewers

Imperial Darkness (20C: Imperial Stout)

3rd

Darin Burks

Black Dog (20A: American Porter)

Table 18: Category 21: IPA

15 entries

1st

Masahiro Kitano

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Potato Heady Topper (21B7: New England IPA)

2nd

Brandon Kessler

C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club

It's About Time (21B7: New England IPA)

3rd

Bill Mullins

Rusty Red (21B4: Red IPA)

Agustin Martinez

El Tuerto IPA (21A: American IPA)

Table 19: Category 22: Strong American Ale

5 entries

1st

Alexander Lehman

Atl Am Strong (22B: American Strong Ale)

2nd

Alfredo Rocha

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

MacHo Prieto (22B: American Strong Ale)

3rd

Jeff Case

QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...

Hop Face IPA (22A: Double IPA)

Table 20: Category 23, 27 & X4: European Sour, Gose & Catharina Sour

3 entries

1st

Jonathan Hernandez

Bakerfield FOAM

Salty (27A1: Gose)

2nd

Lister Hargreaves

Inland Empire Brewers

Only A Few Things (23B: Flanders Red Ale)

3rd

Matt Richard

Berliner Weisse (23A: Berliner Weisse)

Table 21: Category 24: Belgian Ale

5 entries

1st

Jeff Case

QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...

One Day In Bruges (24B: Belgian Pale Ale)

2nd

Jim Jorgensen

Inland Empire Brewers

Jim’s Bpa (24B: Belgian Pale Ale)

3rd

Alfredo Rocha

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Botas Blancas White Ale (24A: Witbier)

Table 22: Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale

7 entries

1st

Matt Richard

Belgian Golden Strong (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)

2nd

Daniel Sepulveda & Thomas Martois

Abyssinia

Surreal Real Soon (25B: Saison)

3rd

Mark Passarella

What's Your Base? (25B: Saison)

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Saison (25B: Saison)

Table 23: Category 26: Trappist Ale

7 entries

1st

Matt Richard

Belgian Dark Strong (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

2nd

Paul Brown

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Expectation (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

3rd

Brent Brubaker

Inland Empire Brewers

Date Quad (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

Jordan Reed

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Inner Monk (26C: Belgian Tripel)

Table 24: Category 28: American Wild Ale

6 entries

1st

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Aprocats (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

2nd

Lou Gamache

Inland Empire Brewers

California Sunshine Margarita (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

3rd

Jeremy Stacy

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Pandemic Porter (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

Table 25: Category 29: Fruit Beer

14 entries

1st

Jordan Reed

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Razzmatazz (PRX4: Catharina Sour)

2nd

Lou Gamache

Inland Empire Brewers

Call Me A Cab (29A: Fruit Beer)

3rd

Masahiro Kitano

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Blackberry Beautiful (29A: Fruit Beer)

Jordan Reed

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

The Peach (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 26: Category 30: Spiced Beer

7 entries

1st

Jordan Reed

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Hoho Xoco (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

2nd

Eric Dang

OC Mashups

Sua Da (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Cary Chitwood & Steve Chitwood &...

Inland Empire Brewers

Coffee Power (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 27: Category 32 & 27: Smoked Beer & Piwo Grodziskie

3 entries

1st

Paul Brown

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Jump In the Fire (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)

2nd

Matt Richard

Beechwood Smoked Saison (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)

3rd

Cary Chitwood

Inland Empire Brewers

Smokin (27A2: Piwo Grodziskie)

Table 28: Category 33: Wood Beer

4 entries

1st

Brent Brubaker

Inland Empire Brewers

Stoaked Kolsch (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Mike Neice

Phantom Homebrew

Beetlejuice (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

3rd

Michael Chalukian

Inland Empire Brewers

Baltic Dreams (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 29: Category 34: Specialty Beer

5 entries

1st

Matt Richard

Ice Distilled Porter Aged In Merlot Wood 18-20% Abv (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

2nd

Jeremy Stacy

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Pandemic Porter (34A: Clone Beer)

3rd

Daniel Sepulveda & Thomas Martois

Abyssinia

Monty's Chair (34C: Experimental Beer)

Table 30: Cider:

3 entries

1st

Mandy Porter

Inland Empire Brewers

Poppin' Cider (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

2nd

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Stockton Gala Days (C1A: New World Cider)

3rd

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Raistlin's Cider (C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices)

Table 31: Mead - Traditional

4 entries

1st

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Surtr's Mead (M1C: Sweet Mead)

2nd

Jim Jorgensen

Inland Empire Brewers

Jim’s Sack of Mead (M1C: Sweet Mead)

3rd

Jim Jorgensen

Inland Empire Brewers

Jim’s Other Mead (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)

Table 32: Category 16: Dark British Beer

2 entries

1st

Alexander Lehman

Atl Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

Table 33: Category

3 entries

1st

Matt Richard

Rye Barley Wine (31A: Alternative Grain Beer)

2nd

Jeff Richard

Rye Aa (31A: Alternative Grain Beer)

3rd

Alexander Lehman

Atl Maple Stout (31B: Alternative Sugar Beer)

Table 34: Mead - Fruited, Spiced

6 entries

1st

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Cernnunos (M2B: Pyment)

2nd

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Freya's Mead (M2E: Melomel)

3rd

Neil Ian Horowitz

Long Beach Homebrewers

August Clover Hibiscus (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)

Best of Show

Beer

1st

Masahiro Kitano

SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Potato Heady Topper (21B7: New England IPA)

2nd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Aprocats (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

3rd

Matt Richard

Rye Barley Wine (31A: Alternative Grain Beer)

Best of Show - Mead

1st

Matthew Williamson

Bakersfield Organization Of...

Surtr's Mead (M1C: Sweet Mead)

Best of Show - Cider

1st

Mandy Porter

Inland Empire Brewers

Poppin' Cider (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

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Judges

By the Numbers

Table 1: Category 1: Standard American Beer

Table 2: Category 2 & 3: International & Czech Lagers

Table 3: Category 4: Pale Malty European Lager

Table 4: Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

Table 5: Category 6: Amber Malty European Lager

Table 6: Category 7: Amber Bitter European Beer

Table 7: Category 8: Dark European Lager

Table 8: Category 9: Strong European Beer

Table 9: Category 10 & 27: German Wheat Beer & Roggenbier

Table 10: Category 11: British Bitter

Table 11: Category 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer

Table 12: Category 13: Brown British Beer

Table 13: Category 14 & 15: Scottish and Irish Beer

Table 14: Category 17: Strong British Ale

Table 15: Category 18: Pale American Ale

Table 16: Category 19: American Amber & Brown Beer

Table 17: Category 20: American Porter and Stout

Table 18: Category 21: IPA

Table 19: Category 22: Strong American Ale

Table 20: Category 23, 27 & X4: European Sour, Gose & Catharina Sour

Table 21: Category 24: Belgian Ale

Table 22: Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale

Table 23: Category 26: Trappist Ale

Table 24: Category 28: American Wild Ale

Table 25: Category 29: Fruit Beer

Table 26: Category 30: Spiced Beer

Table 27: Category 32 & 27: Smoked Beer & Piwo Grodziskie

Table 28: Category 33: Wood Beer

Table 29: Category 34: Specialty Beer

Table 30: Cider:

Table 31: Mead - Traditional

Table 32: Category 16: Dark British Beer

Table 33: Category

Table 34: Mead - Fruited, Spiced

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show - Mead

Best of Show - Cider

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners