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Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Masahiro Kitano	Potato Heady Topper	21B7: New England IPA	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	Jason Dunn	Aprocats	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Matt Richard	Rye Barley Wine	31A: Alternative Grain Beer

Best of Show - Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Williamson	Surtr's Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers

Best of Show - Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mandy Porter	Poppin' Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 1: Category 1: Standard American Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Courtney Castellino	Incognito	1A: American Light Lager	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Courtney Castellino	Poser	1C: Cream Ale	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Courtney Castellino	I Like Lagers!	1B: American Lager	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 2: Category 2 & 3: International & Czech Lagers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Brown	Darkness Imprisoning Me	2C: International Dark Lager	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Alexander Lehman	Atl Int Amber	2B: International Amber Lager
3rd	Alexander Lehman	Atl Int Pale	2A: International Pale Lager
HM	Jonathan Hernandez	Boogies Pils	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Bakerfield FOAM

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lou Gamache	Munich Helles	4A: Munich Helles	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Alexander Lehman	Atl Maibock	4C: Helles Bock
3rd	Ben Sookying	Hellaz Happy	4A: Munich Helles	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 4: Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Sotelo	German Pils Project	5D: German Pils	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Courtney Castellino	Shenandoah Kolsch V. 2	5B: Kolsch	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Brad Burnett	Aberdeen Kolsch	5B: Kolsch
HM	Jason Dunn	Just A Pils	5D: German Pils	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 5: Category 6: Amber Malty European Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexander Lehman	Atl Dunkle Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock
2nd	Ben Sookying	Happy Marzen	6A: Marzen	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rd	Jeff Case Co-Brewer: Tad Garabedian	Auf Wiedersehen Lederhosen	6A: Marzen	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 6: Category 7: Amber Bitter European Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lou Gamache	Vienna By Any Other Name	7A: Vienna Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Todd Slater	All the Way	7B: Altbier	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Alex Alonzo Co-Brewer: Eddie Casillas	Eye Spy	7B: Altbier	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 7: Category 8: Dark European Lager (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Jorgensen	Jim’s Schwartzbier	8B: Schwarzbier	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	My Schwarz Is Bigger Than Yours	8B: Schwarzbier	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Matt Castellino Co-Brewer: Courtney Castellino	Average Bear	8A: Munich Dunkel	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 8: Category 9: Strong European Beer (4 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	Alexander Lehman	Atl Dopplebock	9A: Doppelbock

Table 9: Category 10 & 27: German Wheat Beer & Roggenbier (2 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Brown	Where's Fluffy	10A: Weissbier	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Todd Peterson	Goin' Roggen'	27A4: Roggenbier	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 10: Category 11: British Bitter (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Hernandez	Ollies #5	11B: Best Bitter	Bakerfield FOAM
2nd	Ben Sookying	Big Ben Strong	11C: Strong Bitter	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 11: Category 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Lee	Normal Red Eye.P.A.	12C: English IPA
2nd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Luis Jauergui Steve Chitwood	Its Shite	12A: British Golden Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Alexander Lehman	Atl Brit IPA	12C: English IPA

Table 12: Category 13: Brown British Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Hernandez	Crumpets	13A: Dark Mild	Bakerfield FOAM
2nd	Brad Burnett	Bannockburn Brown Ale	13B: English Brown Ale
3rd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood & Luis Jauergui	Just A Name	13A: Dark Mild	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 13: Category 14 & 15: Scottish and Irish Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
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)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Jorgensen	The Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	A Bunch Of Fives	17D: English Barleywine	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Lister Hargreaves	Highland Coo	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 15: Category 18: Pale American Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Neice	Mike's Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Phantom Homebrew
2nd	Brandon Kessler	Pursuit of Happiness	18B: American Pale Ale	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
3rd	Trevor Alcorn Co-Brewer: Jeffrey Alcorn	Quartermaster Jerry Pale Ale	18A: Blonde Ale

Table 16: Category 19: American Amber & Brown Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Mesmer	Paul's American Amber Ale 0621	19A: American Amber Ale	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Todd Slater	Across A New Frontier	19A: American Amber Ale	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Jeff Richard	American Amber	19A: American Amber Ale

Table 17: Category 20: American Porter and Stout (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout
2nd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood	Imperial Darkness	20C: Imperial Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Darin Burks	Black Dog	20A: American Porter

Table 18: Category 21: IPA (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Masahiro Kitano	Potato Heady Topper	21B7: New England IPA	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	Brandon Kessler	It's About Time	21B7: New England IPA	C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club
3rd	Bill Mullins	Rusty Red	21B4: Red IPA
HM	Agustin Martinez	El Tuerto IPA	21A: American IPA

Table 19: Category 22: Strong American Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexander Lehman	Atl Am Strong	22B: American Strong Ale
2nd	Alfredo Rocha	MacHo Prieto	22B: American Strong Ale	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
3rd	Jeff Case	Hop Face IPA	22A: Double IPA	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)

Table 20: Category 23, 27 & X4: European Sour, Gose & Catharina Sour (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Hernandez	Salty	27A1: Gose	Bakerfield FOAM
2nd	Lister Hargreaves	Only A Few Things	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Matt Richard	Berliner Weisse	23A: Berliner Weisse

Table 21: Category 24: Belgian Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	One Day In Bruges	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
2nd	Jim Jorgensen	Jim’s Bpa	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Alfredo Rocha	Botas Blancas White Ale	24A: Witbier	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 22: Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	Belgian Golden Strong	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
2nd	Daniel Sepulveda Co-Brewer: Thomas Martois	Surreal Real Soon	25B: Saison	Abyssinia
3rd	Mark Passarella	What's Your Base?	25B: Saison
HM	Jason Dunn	Saison	25B: Saison	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 23: Category 26: Trappist Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	Belgian Dark Strong	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd	Paul Brown	Expectation	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Brent Brubaker	Date Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Jordan Reed	Inner Monk	26C: Belgian Tripel	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 24: Category 28: American Wild Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	Aprocats	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Lou Gamache	California Sunshine Margarita	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Jeremy Stacy	Pandemic Porter	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 25: Category 29: Fruit Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan Reed	Razzmatazz	PRX4: Catharina Sour	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Lou Gamache	Call Me A Cab	29A: Fruit Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Masahiro Kitano	Blackberry Beautiful	29A: Fruit Beer	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
HM	Jordan Reed	The Peach	29A: Fruit Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 26: Category 30: Spiced Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan Reed	Hoho Xoco	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Eric Dang	Sua Da	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	OC Mashups
3rd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood & Luis Jauergui	Coffee Power	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 27: Category 32 & 27: Smoked Beer & Piwo Grodziskie (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Brown	Jump In the Fire	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Matt Richard	Beechwood Smoked Saison	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
3rd	Cary Chitwood	Smokin	27A2: Piwo Grodziskie	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 28: Category 33: Wood Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brent Brubaker	Stoaked Kolsch	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Mike Neice	Beetlejuice	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Phantom Homebrew
3rd	Michael Chalukian	Baltic Dreams	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 29: Category 34: Specialty Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Richard	Ice Distilled Porter Aged In Merlot Wood 18-20% Abv	34B: Mixed-Style Beer
2nd	Jeremy Stacy	Pandemic Porter	34A: Clone Beer	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Daniel Sepulveda Co-Brewer: Thomas Martois	Monty's Chair	34C: Experimental Beer	Abyssinia

Table 30: Cider: (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mandy Porter	Poppin' Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Matthew Williamson	Stockton Gala Days	C1A: New World Cider	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
3rd	Matthew Williamson	Raistlin's Cider	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers

Table 31: Mead - Traditional (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Williamson	Surtr's Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
2nd	Jim Jorgensen	Jim’s Sack of Mead	M1C: Sweet Mead	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Jim Jorgensen	Jim’s Other Mead	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 32: Category 16: Dark British Beer (2 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexander Lehman	Atl Oatmeal Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout

Table 33: Category (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
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)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Williamson	Cernnunos	M2B: Pyment	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
2nd	Matthew Williamson	Freya's Mead	M2E: Melomel	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
3rd	Neil Ian Horowitz	August Clover Hibiscus	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Long Beach Homebrewers

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