Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

Thanks to all who participated in the Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship.

There were 193 entries judged and 74 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Hufford	The Journeyman	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
2nd	Mike Neice	Beetlejuice II	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Barley Bandits
3rd	Kyle Hufford	New Magic	25B: Saison	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
HM	Josh Mengers	Afternoon Splash	27A3: Lichtenhainer

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Young	She's My Cherry Pie	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Ace Brewing Society

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Castruita	Royal Grape Jelly	M2B: Pyment

Most Awesome Brewer (42 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	2	6	2	0	40.02	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Steven Severn	4	1	2	0	30.04	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Mike Neice	1	5	0	2	27.01	Barley Bandits
4th	Kyle Hufford	3	1	2	0	25.03	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
5th	Doug Brown	0	3	3	0	21.00	QUAFF
6th	Doug Walker	2	1	1	1	18.02	Inland Empire Brewers
7th	Curtis Ritter	1	2	1	1	17.01	Orange County Mash Ups
8th	Robert Baker	2	0	2	0	16.02	Inland Empire Brewers
9th	Matt Young	2	1	0	0	14.02	Ace Brewing Society
10th	Eli Palma	2	0	1	1	14.02	QUAFF

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 Awesome Club (12 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	HM	Score
1st	Inland Empire Brewers	8	8	9	1	3	104.08
2nd	QUAFF	2	5	8	0	2	56.02
3rd	Orange County Mash Ups	5	3	3	0	1	47.05
4th	Barley Bandits	1	5	0	0	2	27.01
5th	Santa Barbara Brewing Society	3	1	2	0	0	25.03
6th	Ace Brewing Society	2	1	2	0	0	20.02
7th	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers	2	1	1	0	1	18.02
8th	Maltose Falcons	1	0	1	0	0	8.01
9th	Denton County Homebrewers Guild	0	2	0	0	0	8.00
10th	Long Beach Homebrewers	0	0	0	0	1	1.00

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (Cat 1) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ricky Whitefoot	Lighter Side Of Life	1A: American Light Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Corona Cream	27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Doug Brown MHP	Cold Crush Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	QUAFF
4th	Ricky Whitefoot	Float Away	1B: American Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Todd Slater MHP Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino	TO Lite	1B: American Lager	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 2: International /Czech Lagers (Cat 2&3) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn MHP	The Most Gluggable	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Mike Neice MHP	Hogweiser	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Barley Bandits
3rd	Doug Walker MHP	Knight Takes Queen-Czech Mate	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager (Cat 4) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn MHP	Helles Hath No Fury	4A: Munich Helles	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Helles Yes	4A: Munich Helles	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Matt Castellino	Munich Helles	4A: Munich Helles	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (Cat 5) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn MHP	Klappe Zu, Affe Tot	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Solo Pilz	5D: German Pils	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Steven Severn MHP	ISO: Slow Pour Pils	5D: German Pils	Orange County Mash Ups
HM	Jeffry Battles MHP	Longdale Pils	5D: German Pils	QUAFF

Table 5: Amber Malty European Lager (Cat 6) (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter MHP	Marzen Madness	6A: Märzen	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Beep Beep Bop	6C: Dunkels Bock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 6: Amber Bitter European Beer (Cat 7) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Luis Jauregui	Why Not?	7B: Altbier	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Sausage Anyone?	7A: Vienna Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Seth Spivack Co-Brewer: Sheridan Sturm	Sawyer Alt	7B: Altbier	Maltose Falcons

Table 7: Dark European Lager (Cat 8) (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eli Palma MHP	Night Harvest	8A: Munich Dunkel	QUAFF
3rd	Doug Brown MHP	Ain't No Sunshine Schwarzbier	8B: Schwarzbier	QUAFF

Table 8: Strong European Beer (Cat 9) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn MHP	Baltic Sea	9C: Baltic Porter	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	5 Years Of Pitfalling	9C: Baltic Porter	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Jason Dunn MHP	Big Daddy	9A: Doppelbock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 9: German and Belgian Wheat Beer (Cat 10 & 24) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Banana Nut Bread Breakfast	10C: Weizenbock	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Benjamin Frymark MHP	Martin Van Nostrin	24A: Witbier	QUAFF
3rd	Tim Hinger Co-Brewer: Vanessa Hinger	The Hefty Heff	10A: Weissbier	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 10: British and Commonwealth Beer (Cat 11 & 12) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn MHP Co-Brewer: Adam Flynn	Crispy NZ	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Matt Castellino	British Golden	12A: British Golden Ale	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Ketchen Smith	Hidden City XPA	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	QUAFF
HM	Mike Neice MHP	Ausi Ale	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Barley Bandits

Table 11: Brown and Dark British Beer (Cat 13 & 16) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Walker MHP	Wanker	13B: British Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Doug Brown MHP Co-Brewer: Les Overman	The B.O.S.S.	16A: Sweet Stout	QUAFF
3rd	Jeffry Battles MHP	Left Hand Milk Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	QUAFF

Table 12: Scottish and Irish Beer (Cat 14 & 15) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	Scotty Doesn't Know	14C: Scottish Export	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Doug Brown MHP Co-Brewer: Calvin Hall	Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout	QUAFF
3rd	Doug Brown MHP	Scottish Heavy	14B: Scottish Heavy	QUAFF

Table 13: Pale American (Cat 18) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Castellino	Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Jonathan Perkins	545 American Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
3rd	Jonathan Perkins	551 Blonde Ale	18A: Blonde Ale

Table 14: Amber & Brown American Beer (Cat 19) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Slater MHP Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino	Conejo Common.	19B: California Common	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Mike Neice MHP	Janet's Brown Eye	19C: American Brown Ale	Barley Bandits
3rd	David Gulotta Co-Brewer: Jay Powell	Old Catcher's Mitt	19C: American Brown Ale	Ace Brewing Society
HM	Doug Walker MHP	Next Of Kin…. With Benefits	27A2: Kentucky Common	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 15: American Porter and Stout (Cat 20) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Zwetsch Co-Brewer: Don Frakes	No Doubt Stout	20C: Imperial Stout
2nd	Bill Mandel	Porter Me Another Please	20A: American Porter	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Mark Passarella	Midnight Majesty Stout	20C: Imperial Stout

Table 16: American IPA (21A) (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn MHP Co-Brewer: Adam Flynn	Standard Memories	21A: American IPA	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Doug Brown MHP	Supermolly	21A: American IPA	QUAFF
3rd	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	A Bitterful Attempt	21A: American IPA	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Bill Mandel	Mad Dash IPA	21A: American IPA	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 17: Specialty / Hazy IPA (Cat 21 B&C) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Jimenez	Code Black	21B2: Black IPA
2nd	Jeff Zwetsch Co-Brewer: Don Frakes	Crave The Haze	21C: Hazy IPA
3rd	Jason Dunn MHP	Pool Party Hazy	21C: Hazy IPA	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Eli Palma MHP	KaKaw	21B2: Black IPA	QUAFF

Table 18: Strong American Ale (Cat 22) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eli Palma MHP	Dream Church	22A: Double IPA	QUAFF
2nd	Mike Neice MHP	22nd Sea	22C: American Barleywine	Barley Bandits
3rd	Steven Severn MHP	Six Wheat Under	22D: Wheatwine	Orange County Mash Ups

Table 19: Strong British (Cat 17) (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	Don't Tell Scotty	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Shaggin The Haggis	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Eli Palma MHP	Zonkey	17C: Wee Heavy	QUAFF
HM	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Luis Jauregui	A Wee Bit	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 20: European and American Wild and Sour (Cat 23 & 28) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Hufford	The Journeyman	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
2nd	Kyle Hufford	Metamorphosis	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
3rd	Kyle Hufford	Orange Blossom	28A: Brett Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society

Table 21: Strong Belgian Ale (Cat 25) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Hufford	New Magic	25B: Saison	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
2nd	Mike Neice MHP	Bron-Yr-Aur	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Barley Bandits
3rd	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	Say It Ain't Son	25B: Saison	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 22: Monastic Ales (Cat 26) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Passarella	Monastery Madness	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Quadrilateral Openings	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Yeast Rancher	26A: Belgian Single	Orange County Mash Ups
HM	Neil Ian Horowitz	On The Double	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 23: Fruit Beer (Cat 29 ) (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Walker MHP	Sour As Phuk	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Fritz Schanz MHP	Stearman's Catharina Sour	LSX4: Catharina Sour	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	John Aston	Peach's For Me!!	29A: Fruit Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 24: Spice Herb and Veg (Cat 30) (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Perkins	539 Pumpkin Spice	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Doug Walker MHP	Forty Eight Tears	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Tim Hinger	Mr. Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 25: Ciders (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Young MHP	She's My Cherry Pie	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Matt Young MHP	Bumblebee Tuna!	C1A: New World Cider	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Mandy Porter	Roxie And Her Apple Tree	C1A: New World Cider	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Mike Neice MHP	Lucky Perry	C1E: Traditional Perry	Barley Bandits

Table 26: Meads (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Castruita	Royal Grape Jelly	M2B: Pyment
2nd	Benjamin Frymark MHP	The Numanium	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	QUAFF
3rd	Jeff Case	Balance Bee 'm	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	QUAFF

Table 27: Wood Beer (Cat 33) (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Neice MHP	Beetlejuice II	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Barley Bandits
2nd	Steven Severn MHP	Baltic Ruminate	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Jeff Case	LW Whiskey Barrel Imperial Stout	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF
HM	Curtis Ritter MHP Co-Brewer: Joshua Wheeler	Barrel Free	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Orange County Mash Ups

Table 28: Alternative and Specialty Beers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Mengers MHP	Afternoon Splash	27A3: Lichtenhainer
2nd	Fritz Schanz MHP	Stearman's Cold IPA	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	David Gulotta Co-Brewer: Curtis Ritter	Curda's 19th Hole - Left Coast Pils	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Ace Brewing Society

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