Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship
Awards
Judges
John Aston, Demian Bosiger, Jeremy Brown, Mike Chalukian, Donovan Contreras, Donny Costello, Linda Daly, Jason Dunn, Luis Echavarria, David Gulotta, Lister Hargreaves, Cynthia M Junken, Brandon Leutz, Mike Merola, Jason Phelps, Mandy Porter, Eduardo Quezada, Jesus Ramirez, Steven Severn, William Stemwell III, Doug Walker, Lynne Wilder, Doug Wozny
Judges - Best of Show
Demian Bosiger, Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria
Stewards
Allison Aston, Eva Dunn, Chuck Griffin, Zahra Hargreaves, Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain, Rex Irmer
By the Numbers
205 Entries
51 Entrants
23 Judges
6 Stewards
1 Staff
93 Placing Entries
Table 1: Table 1: Category 1 Standard American Beer
14 entries
Judges: Linda Daly, Jason Dunn (Head Judge), David Gulotta, Brandon Leutz, Jesus Ramirez, Doug Wozny
1st
William Vigil
Ace Brewing Society
Not Your Momma's Cream (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Mike Neice
Ace Brewing Society
Strange Brew (1C: Cream Ale)
3rd
Ryan Jiles & Mario Tosta
Ace Brewing Society
Gf American Lager (1B: American Lager)
HM
Mario Tosta & Ryan Jiles
Ace Brewing Society
Gentleman Farmer Light American Lager (1A: American Light Lager)
Table 2: Table 2: Category 2 International Lager
8 entries
Judges: Demian Bosiger, Jason Dunn (Head Judge), Lynne Wilder
1st
Ryan Jiles & Mario Tosta
Ace Brewing Society
Gf Amber Lager (2B: International Amber Lager)
2nd
Cary Chitwood & Luis Jauregui
Inland Empire Brewers
Sakura (2A: International Pale Lager)
3rd
Jeff Case
QUAFF
Coro-Yeah! V2 (2A: International Pale Lager)
Table 3: Table 3: Category 3A Czech Pale Lager and 3B Czech Premium Lager
7 entries
Judges: Linda Daly, Brandon Leutz (Head Judge), Doug Wozny
1st
Thomas Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Czech Yes Or No (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
2nd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
The Decoction Concoction (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
3rd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Knight Takes Queen- Czech Mate (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
HM
Scott Rigg
Inland Empire Brewers
Party Pils (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
Table 4: Table 4: Category 3C Czech Amber Lager and Category 7 Amber Bitter European Beer
8 entries
Judges: John Aston, Mandy Porter (Head Judge)
1st
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Vienna Knights (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
Thomas Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Althea Told Me (7B: Altbier)
3rd
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Dark Amber (3C: Czech Amber Lager)
Table 5: Table 5: Category 4 Pale Malty European Lager and Category 5 Pale Bitter European Beer
10 entries
Judges: John Aston, Donny Costello, Eduardo Quezada (Head Judge)
1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Stange (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Matt Young
Ace Brewing Society
Shikaka! (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Mike Chalukian
Inland Empire Brewers
Helles of A Day (4A: Munich Helles)
Table 6: Table 6: Category 3D Czech Dark Lager and Category 8 Dark European Lager
7 entries
Judges: Doug Walker (Head Judge), Doug Wozny
1st
Mike Chalukian
Inland Empire Brewers
Good Knight (8B: Schwarzbier)
2nd
Ben Sookying
Crown of the Valley Brewing...
Kru Thai (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Matt Castellino & Todd Slater Courtney...
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)
Table 7: Table 7: Category 6 Amber Malty European Lager and Category 27A1 Kellerbier
7 entries
1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Uncle's Drunkel Box (6C: Dunkels Bock)
2nd
Thomas Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Marching Marzen (6A: Märzen)
3rd
Matt Castellino & Todd Slater Courtney...
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
Marzen (6A: Märzen)
Table 8: Table 8: Category 9 Strong European Beer
5 entries
Judges: Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria (Head Judge)
1st
Todd Slater & Matt Castellino
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2023 Nhc Doppelbock. (9A: Doppelbock)
2nd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
The Five Year Plan (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Uncle Doppel (9A: Doppelbock)
Table 9: Table 9: Category 10 German Wheat Beer
5 entries
Judges: Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria (Head Judge)
1st
William Vigil
Ace Brewing Society
Johnny Chimpo 3.0 (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Jon Perkins
576 Hefeweizen (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Darth Maltious (10C: Weizenbock)
Table 10: Table 10: Category 11 British Bitter, Category 12C English IPA, and Category LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner
5 entries
Judges: Mike Chalukian, Doug Walker (Head Judge)
1st
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Mama's Special (11C: Strong Bitter)
2nd
Thomas Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Puia Pils (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
3rd
Mike Neice
Ace Brewing Society
Good Ol Pops (11A: Ordinary Bitter)
Table 11: Table 11: Category 13 Brown British Beer and Category 27A4 London Brown Ale
8 entries
Judges: Demian Bosiger (Head Judge), Cynthia M Junken
1st
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Northern Wanker (13B: British Brown Ale)
2nd
Andrew Leavitt & Thomas
Yeastside Brewers
The Not Strong (13A: Dark Mild)
3rd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Nuttier Than A Fruitcake (13B: British Brown Ale)
Table 12: Table 12: Category 14 Scottish Ale and Category 15 Irish Beer
6 entries
Judges: Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria (Head Judge)
1st
Jon Perkins
578 Irish Red Ale (15A: Irish Red Ale)
2nd
Jeff Case
QUAFF
Schubert's 60 Schilling (14A: Scottish Light)
3rd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Donnybrook Stout (15C: Irish Extra Stout)
Table 13: Table 13: Category 16 Dark British Beer
4 entries
Judges: Mike Chalukian, Doug Walker (Head Judge)
1st
Bill Mandel
Inland Empire Brewers
Oh - My Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
2nd
William Vigil
Ace Brewing Society
Jenn's Big Banana Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
3rd
John Aston & Allison Aston
Inland Empire Brewers
Holy Cow!! (16A: Sweet Stout)
Table 14: Table 14: Category 17 Strong British Ale and Category 22 Strong American Ale
6 entries
Judges: Donovan Contreras (Head Judge), Doug Walker
1st
Mike Neice
Ace Brewing Society
22nd Sea (22C: American Barleywine)
2nd
Todd Peterson
Crown of the Valley Brewing...
'quit Yur Whinin' (22D: Wheatwine)
3rd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Wee Beastie (17C: Wee Heavy)
HM
Beau Floch & Jason Bonnell
Inland Empire Brewers
Wee Overweight (17C: Wee Heavy)
Table 15: Table 15: Category 18 American Pale Ale
10 entries
Judges: Mike Merola, Jason Phelps, Steven Severn (Head Judge)
1st
Matt Young
Ace Brewing Society
White Devil (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Gary Smet
ACE Brewing Society
Ziggy (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Jon Perkins
581 Blonde Ale (18A: Blonde Ale)
Table 16: Table 16: Category 19 Amber and Brown American Beer
7 entries
Judges: Mike Chalukian (Head Judge), Mike Chalukian, Doug Walker
1st
Todd Slater & Matt Castellino
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
Conejo Commom (19B: California Common)
2nd
Victor Ortiz & Paul Freudenberg German...
Ventura Independent Beer Enthusiasts...
Kodian IV (19A: American Amber Ale)
3rd
Bill Mandel
Inland Empire Brewers
Uptown RC Brown (19C: American Brown Ale)
Table 17: Table 17: Category 20 American Porter and Stout
8 entries
Judges: Cynthia M Junken, Mandy Porter (Head Judge)
1st
Jamie Crawford
Maltose Falcons
Taking On Water (20B: American Stout)
2nd
Jeff Zwetsch & Don Frakes
Ace Brewing Society
Stout and About (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Neil Breckow
Poly Porter (20A: American Porter)
HM
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
48t- Eternal Foundation (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 18: Table 18: Category 21A American IPA and 21B Speciality IPA
8 entries
Judges: Jason Dunn (Head Judge), David Gulotta, Jesus Ramirez
1st
Curtis Ritter
Ace Brewing Society
Un·right·eous (21A: American IPA)
2nd
John Aston
Inland Empire Brewers
Texas Rye (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Chris Sotelo
Long Beach Homebrewers
General Nectaron (21A: American IPA)
HM
Beau Floch & Jason Bonnell
Inland Empire Brewers
Westennial (21A: American IPA)
Table 19: Table 19: Category 21C Hazy IPA, Category 21B2 Black IPA, Category 21B4 Red IPA, and Category 21B5 Rye IPA
10 entries
Judges: Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria (Head Judge)
1st
Jeff Zwetsch & Don Frakes
Ace Brewing Society
Hazy Goin' Crazy (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 20: Table 20: Category 23 European Sour Ale, Category 28 American Wild Ale, and Category 29 Fruit beer
8 entries
Judges: John Aston, Mandy Porter (Head Judge)
1st
Kyle Hufford
Santa Barbara Brewing Society
Apriquette (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
2nd
Kyle Hufford
Santa Barbara Brewing Society
Gin Creek (23F: Fruit Lambic)
3rd
Mike Chalukian
Inland Empire Brewers
Rosemary Is Dead (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
HM
Kyle Hufford
Santa Barbara Brewing Society
Green Grass (28A: Brett Beer)
Table 21: Table 21: Category 24 Belgian ale, Category 25 Strong Belgian ale, and 26A Belgian Single
7 entries
Judges: Jason Dunn (Head Judge), Mandy Porter
1st
Mike Neice
Ace Brewing Society
Down By the Seaside (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Frank N' Brü (24C: Bière de Garde)
3rd
Peter Johann
Long Beach Homebrewers
Farmhouse Monk (25B: Saison)
Table 22: Table 22: Category 26B Belgian Dubbel, Category 26C Belgian Tripel, and Category 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale
5 entries
Judges: Donovan Contreras (Head Judge), Doug Walker
1st
Peter Johann
Long Beach Homebrewers
Santa (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
2nd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Quadraforce (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
3rd
Curtis Ritter
Ace Brewing Society
Double Dubbel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
Table 23: Table 23: Category 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie, Category 32 Smoked Beer, and Category 33 Wood Beer
7 entries
Judges: Donovan Contreras (Head Judge), Doug Walker
1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Polish Champagne (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
2nd
Daniel Emmerling
Jd Strong Ale (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Tom Fontes & Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Rose Park the Gronk Piwo Grodziskie (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
HM
Mike Chalukian
Inland Empire Brewers
Night In the Woods (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 24: Table 24: Category 30 Spiced Beer
8 entries
Judges: Demian Bosiger (Head Judge), Cynthia M Junken
1st
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
German Chocolate Cake (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Christopher Mazurk
Orange County Mash Ups
Goose Egg (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Todd Peterson
Crown of the Valley Brewing...
Zippy Stocking Fill (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
HM
Jason Phelps
Society of Barley Alchemists
Coconut Grenade (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 25: Table 25: Category 34 Specialty Beer
9 entries
Judges: Linda Daly, Lister Hargreaves, Brandon Leutz, Mandy Porter (Head Judge), Doug Wozny
1st
Matt Young
Ace Brewing Society
Allrighty, Then! (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
2nd
John Aston
Inland Empire Brewers
Did I Do That? (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Richard Whitefoot
Inland Empire Brewers
The Price You Pay (34C: Experimental Beer)
Table 26: Table 26: Category C1 Standard Cider and Perry
8 entries
Judges: Lister Hargreaves, William Stemwell III (Head Judge)
1st
Curtis Ritter
Ace Brewing Society
Make Cider Great Again (C1A: New World Cider)
2nd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Happy N' Cide- New World (C1A: New World Cider)
3rd
Matt Young
Ace Brewing Society
I Have Exorcised the Demons (C1E: Traditional Perry)
HM
John Aston
Inland Empire Brewers
Peary Riposte (C1D: New World Perry)
Table 27: Table 27: Category C2 Specialty Cider and Perry
5 entries
Judges: Lister Hargreaves, William Stemwell III (Head Judge)
1st
Daniel Emmerling & Davis Kigin
Wild Cider (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
2nd
Mandy Porter
Inland Empire Brewers
Care Bear Stare (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
3rd
David Gulotta
Ace Brewing Society
Sugar Magnolia (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
HM
Mandy Porter
Inland Empire Brewers
Pool Days (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
Table 28: Table 28: Mead
5 entries
Judges: Mike Chalukian, Jason Dunn (Head Judge), Mandy Porter
1st
Alexandria Horn
QUAFF
Grapes of Wrath (M2B: Pyment)
2nd
Alexandria Horn
QUAFF
Orcs Blood (M2E: Melomel)
3rd
Jeremy Brown
Inland Empire Brewers
Home Sweet Home (M1C: Sweet Mead)
HM
Cynthia M Junken
Inland Empire Brewers
Drink Up (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Demian Bosiger, Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria
1st
William Vigil
Ace Brewing Society
Johnny Chimpo 3.0 (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Doug Walker
Inland Empire Brewers
Vienna Knights (7A: Vienna Lager)
3rd
Jeff Zwetsch & Don Frakes
Ace Brewing Society
Hazy Goin' Crazy (21C: Hazy IPA)
Best of Show
Cider
Judges: Demian Bosiger, Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria
1st
Daniel Emmerling & Davis Kigin
Wild Cider (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
Best of Show
Mead
Judges: Demian Bosiger, Jeremy Brown, Luis Echavarria
1st
Alexandria Horn
QUAFF
Grapes of Wrath (M2B: Pyment)
Most Awesome Brewer
51 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score | Club |
---|
1st | Doug Walker | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 32.0200071 | Inland Empire Brewers |
2nd | Jason Dunn | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26.0100071 | Inland Empire Brewers |
3rd | William Vigil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0300250 | Ace Brewing Society |
4th | Steven Severn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.0300200 | Orange County Mash Ups |
5th | Matt Young | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0200100 | Ace Brewing Society |
6th | Mike Neice | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0200070 | Ace Brewing Society |
7th | Thomas Taylor Shastid | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.0100160 | Diablo Order of Zymiracle... |
8th | Alexandria Horn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0200500 | QUAFF |
9th | Daniel Emmerling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0200160 | |
10th | Curtis Ritter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.0200250 | Ace Brewing Society |
Most Awesome Club
15 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
---|
1st | Inland Empire Brewers | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 109.0500004 |
2nd | Ace Brewing Society | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 94.1100002 |
3rd | Orange County Mash Ups | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0300001 |
4th | QUAFF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21.0200001 |
5th | Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.0100000 |
6th | Thousand Oaked Homebrewers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.0200000 |
7th | Long Beach Homebrewers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14.0100000 |
8th | Crown of the Valley Brewing Society | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.0000000 |
9th | Santa Barbara Brewing Society | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0100000 |
10th | Yeastside Brewers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0100000 |
11th | Maltose Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0100000 |
12th | Ventura Independent Beer Enthusiasts (VIBE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0000000 |
13th | Society of Barley Alchemists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0000000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 5
- 2nd Place: 4
- 3rd Place: 3
- 4th Place: 2
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
- The lowest number of entries.
- The highest total number of first, second, third, fourth (if applicable), and honorable mention places.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners