Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

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

There were 196 entries judged and 84 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ward Walkup	Ba Coconut Vanilla Matrimonial Milk Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Kyle Hufford	Goldtone	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
3rd	Logan Prasser	Vegetable Salad	18B: American Pale Ale	Silicon Valley Sudzers

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Parr Co-Brewer: David Cox	Tara's Cider	C1A: New World Cider

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lou Gamache	Dear Chocolate Lover	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Inland Empire Brewers

Most Awesome Club (20 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	Inland Empire Brewers	7	8	5	1	83.07
2nd	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)	4	8	6	0	70.04
3rd	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards	3	2	1	0	26.03
4th	Yeastside Brewers	3	0	2	1	22.03
5th	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)	2	2	1	0	21.02
	Long Beach Homebrewers	2	1	2	1	21.02
7th	Silicon Valley Sudzers	2	1	1	0	17.02
8th	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society	2	1	0	1	15.02
9th	Santabarbeerians	0	2	2	0	14.00
10th	OC Mashups	0	1	2	0	10.00
11th	Tijuana Homebrew Club	1	1	0	0	9.01
12th	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers	0	0	2	0	6.00
	Orange County Mash Ups	0	0	2	0	6.00
14th	Brewluminati [CA]	0	1	0	0	4.00
15th	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)	0	0	0	1	1.00

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.

Winning Entries

Table 1: Category 1 & 2: Standard American & International Lager - SPONSORED by INKBIRD (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Sadler	An Amber Lagah	2B: International Amber Lager	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	Charles Kirk	Mexican Lager Apollo	1B: American Lager	Brewluminati [CA]
3rd	Jeff Case	Turf Chop	1C: Cream Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 2: Category 3: Czech Lager (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	The Most Gluggable Lager	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Mike Page	Jeste Jedno	3D: Czech Dark Lager	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Mike Rascon	East Side Pils	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 3: Category 4: Pale Malty European Lager (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	To Helles and Bock	4C: Helles Bock	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Patrick Leon	Helles Real	4A: Munich Helles	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 4: Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case Co-Brewer: Roger Case	That's Ale, Brother	5B: Kölsch	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Tyler Sadler	Crispy Girl Pils	5D: German Pils	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
3rd	Logan Prasser	Gravvel	5B: Kölsch	Silicon Valley Sudzers

Table 5: Category 6 & 7: Amber Malty European Lager & Amber Bitter Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Luc Rennie	Autumn's Alt	7B: Altbier
2nd	Ben Sookying	Hodl My Beer Bro	7A: Vienna Lager	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rd	Tyler Sadler	Marvins Marzen Challenge	6A: Märzen	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 6: Category 8 & 9: Dark & Strong European Lager- SPONSORED by INKBIRD (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	Pitfall Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Lou Gamache	Doppelbock	9A: Doppelbock	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Brent Krohn	Bether Md	8A: Munich Dunkel	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 7: Categories 10, 11, 12: German, British & Commonwealth (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Guillermo Velasco Co-Brewer: Isa Plascencia	Best Pitter II	11B: Best Bitter	Tijuana Homebrew Club
2nd	Eric Dang	Buckets	10A: Weissbier	OC Mashups
3rd	Mike Page	Not of English Way	12C: English IPA	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 8: Category 13: Brown British Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	George Moyer	Crystal Fiesta	13A: Dark Mild	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Patrick Leon	Improper Porter	13C: English Porter	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Ward Walkup	Minimalist	13A: Dark Mild	Yeastside Brewers

Table 9: Category 14 & 15: Scottish and Irish Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lou Gamache	Penny Scot	14C: Scottish Export	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Mike Page	Leppelins Last Drop	14C: Scottish Export	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Bill Mandel	Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 10: Category 16: Dark British Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lister Hargreaves	Stone The Crows	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Doug Walker	Adam’s Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Don Harrisberger	Sweet Stout	16A: Sweet Stout	OC Mashups

Table 11: Category 18: Pale American Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Logan Prasser	Vegetable Salad	18B: American Pale Ale	Silicon Valley Sudzers
2nd	John Bell	Ode To Sierra Nevada	18B: American Pale Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Matt Richard	American Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
HM	Alistair Benson	Mission Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU)

Table 12: Category 19: American Amber & Brown Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Richard	American Amber	19A: American Amber Ale	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
2nd	Mike Page	Raise The Anchor	19B: California Common	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood & Tom Levi	Amber Alert	19A: American Amber Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Joe St. John	Anchors Aweigh!	19B: California Common	Yeastside Brewers

Table 13: Category 20: American Porter and Stout - SPONSORED by INKBIRD (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Page Co-Brewer: Jeff Case	Katie’s Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	John Aston	Blackolicious	20B: American Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood & Tom Levi	King of Prussia	20C: Imperial Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Mike Rascon	Robust Porter	20A: American Porter	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 14: Category 21: IPA - SPONSORED by INKBIRD (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	The S Is Ilent	21B2: Black IPA	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Lou Gamache	Some Odd Notion	21A: American IPA	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Joe St. John	47	21A: American IPA	Yeastside Brewers

Table 15: Category 17 & 22: Strong British & American Ales (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ward Walkup	Spinach	22A: Double IPA	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Guillermo Velasco Co-Brewer: Isa Plascencia	Imperial Red III	22B: American Strong Ale	Tijuana Homebrew Club
3rd	Mike Rascon	Mo-Citra	22A: Double IPA	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 16: Category 23 & X4: European & Local Style Sours (Catharina Sour) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Pineapple Crush	LSX4: Catharina Sour	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Kyle Hufford	Untitled Wild	23E: Gueuze
3rd	Jeremy Stacy	Bierlieb	23A: Berliner Weisse	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 17: Category 24: Belgian Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Marcos Sant'Anna	Wit's End	24A: Witbier	Silicon Valley Sudzers
2nd	Lister Hargreaves	Wits' End	24A: Witbier	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Peter Howson	Le Geant de Flandres	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
HM	Jason Dunn	Mike Made Me...	24A: Witbier	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 18: Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Sadler	Belgiany Blond Boi	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	John Bell	Halo Adjuster	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Dan Stoneman Co-Brewer: Doug Brown Jeff Case	Saison Du Clairemont	25B: Saison	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 19: Category 26: Trappist Ale (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	George Moyer	Single Monks In Your Area Want To Chat Now	26A: Belgian Single	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	Best Quad Ever!	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Curtis Ritter	Susan	26C: Belgian Tripel	OC Mashups

Table 20: Category 27: Historical Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Peterson	Dark Before Nada	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Patrick Leon	Schmooze Juice	27A8: Roggenbier	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
3rd	Steven Severn	Adaptation	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Orange County Mash Ups

Table 21: Category 28: American Wild Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Hufford	Goldtone	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
2nd	Masahiro Kitano	Wild Sh*t Sour	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
3rd	Jason Dunn	I Picked 'em Myself	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Ben Sookying	Sour Belgian Peach	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 22: Category 29: Fruit Beer - SPONSORED by Amoretti (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Baker Co-Brewer: Karissa Curatolo	A Weisse Guy Eh?	29A: Fruit Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Lou Gamache	Cabernet Sauvignon Grape Ale	29D: Grape Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Jeremy Stacy	The Summoning of Balthromaw	29A: Fruit Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
HM	Sam Castellano	It’s All Buena	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer

Table 23: Category 30: Spiced Beer - SPONSORED by Amoretti (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ward Walkup	Ba Coconut Vanilla Matrimonial Milk Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	German Chocolate Cake	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Todd Parr Co-Brewer: David Cox	Chipotle Smoked Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 24: Categories 31 & 34: Alternative Grain & Experimental (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Stoneman Co-Brewer: Doug Brown Jeff Case	Saison Du Clairemont	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Matt Richard	Ice Distilled Porter Aged On Merlot Wood	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
3rd	Steven Severn	Caffeination	34A: Commercial Specialty Beer	Orange County Mash Ups

Table 25: Category 33: Wood Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Barrel Aged Werewolves	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Mike Rascon	Black Cat	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Joseph Michaud Co-Brewer: Lou Gamache	Naughty Brunette	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 26: Category C1: Standard Cider & Perry (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Parr Co-Brewer: David Cox	Tara's Cider	C1A: New World Cider
2nd	John Pagano	Apt #138	C1D: New World Perry	Santabarbeerians
3rd	John Pagano	#1 Granny	C1A: New World Cider	Santabarbeerians

Table 27: Category C2: Specialty Cider (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	New World Cider Aged On Rum Wood	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
2nd	John Pagano	Richard Persimmons	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Santabarbeerians
3rd	Todd Parr Co-Brewer: David Cox	Blue Juice	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit

Table 28: Category M1 & 2: Traditional & Fruit Mead (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	Cyser	M2A: Cyser	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
2nd	Marcos Sant'Anna	Merlot Pyment	M2B: Pyment	Silicon Valley Sudzers
3rd	John Pagano	Mc Fruit Patrol	M2E: Melomel	Santabarbeerians

Table 29: Category M3 & M4: Spiced and Specialty Mead (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lou Gamache	Dear Chocolate Lover	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Matt Richard	Cyser With Lemon and Ginger	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Big Grainy Triumphant Bastards
3rd	Carol Rutherford	Carol's Cherry Spice Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

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