Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

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

There were 209 entries judged and 73 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

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

Winning Entries

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
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
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

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 06/01/2023 5:00 AM, PDT through 08/12/2023 4:00 PM, PDT.

Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship: Past Winners – 2021