Thanks to all who participated in the Pacific Brewers Cup.
There were 213 entries judged and 115 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kyle White | Fart Rocket | 20C: Imperial Stout | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Steven Severn | Adaptation | 27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 3rd | Tricia Gallant
Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant | Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Winning Entries
Category 1: Standard American Beer 11 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Ben Wilson | Grommet Pf | 1A: American Light Lager | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Joe St. John | Where Y'at? | 1B: American Lager | Yeastside Brewers |
| 3rd | Joshua Parsons | Adjunct Professor | 1B: American Lager | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| HM | Josh Brewer | Brother Uncle's Last Stand | 1C: Cream Ale | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category 2: International Lager 3 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Tom Fontes | Rose Park Lager | 2A: International Pale Lager | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Joe St. John | Que Paso, Mi Amigo? | 2C: International Dark Lager | Yeastside Brewers |
| 3rd | Todd Peterson | I Tally Bubbles | 2A: International Pale Lager | |
Category 3: Czech Lager 9 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Carl Townsend | Bohemian Dark | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Chad Russell | Mmm So Dark Czech Lager | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Mash Masters |
| 3rd | Mike Neice | My Pils | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Barley Bandits |
Category 4: Pale Malty European Lager 3 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Doug Brown | Golden Age Helles Lagerbier | 4A: Munich Helles | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Joe St. John | How's It Hangin'? | 4C: Helles Bock | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer 8 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Joshua Avery | Jahrhundert | 5C: German Exportbier | Strand Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Joshua Avery | Coolsch | 5B: Kolsch | Strand Brewers Club |
| 3rd | Joe St. John | How've You Been? | 5D: German Pils | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 6: Amber Malty European Lager 3 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 2nd | Roxy García | Malta Sanchez | 6A: Marzen | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
| 3rd | Marvin Gomez
Co-Brewer: Enrique Leveron | March Is Hazy | 6A: Marzen | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
Category 7: Amber Bitter European Beer 5 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Roxy García
Co-Brewer: Luis Bojorquez | La Viennuda | 7A: Vienna Lager | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
Category 8: Dark European Lager 5 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Brent Krohn | Howard | 8A: Munich Dunkel | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Doug Brown | Ain't No Sunshine Schwarzbier | 8B: Schwarzbier | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 10: German Wheat Beer 4 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Eric Dang | Buckets | 10A: Weissbier | OC Mashups |
| 2nd | Thomas Carpenter | German Summer | 10B: Dunkels Weissbier | Carolina Brewmasters |
Category 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer 3 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Carl Townsend | English IPA | 12C: English IPA | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Jerald Pike | Ale Of Oz | 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale | Maltose Falcons |
| 3rd | Mike Page | Not of English Way | 12C: English IPA | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 13: Brown British Beer 6 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Tricia Gallant
Co-Brewer: Jamie Gallant | Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Patrick Leon | Improper Porter | 13C: English Porter | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 3rd | Jeff Case | Hopwater Session Porter | 13A: Dark Mild | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 14: Scottish Ale 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Carl Townsend | Scottish Export | 14C: Scottish Export | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Mike Page | Zeppelin's Last Drop | 14C: Scottish Export | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 15: Irish Beer 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 2nd | Jerald Pike | Kiss The Blarney Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Maltose Falcons |
| 3rd | Brew Mutt | Gelert’s Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Brew Knights |
Category 17: Strong British Ale 3 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeff Case
Co-Brewer: Tad Garabedian | Tax Day [here's Your 1099] | 17C: Wee Heavy | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Doug Brown
Co-Brewer: Patrick Leon | P.J. Brown's Way Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 18: Pale American Ale 8 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Curtis Ritter | Charlotte | 18A: Blonde Ale | OC Mashups |
| 2nd | Chad Russell | Arrowhead Ple Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Mash Masters |
Category 19: Amber and Brown American Beer 7 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Joe St. John | What's Goin' On? | 19B: California Common | Yeastside Brewers |
| 2nd | Jerald Pike | Amber Along | 19A: American Amber Ale | Maltose Falcons |
Category 20: American Porter and Stout 8 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kyle White | Fart Rocket | 20C: Imperial Stout | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Eli Palma | Monchichi | 20C: Imperial Stout | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 21: IPA 21 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Tom Fontes | Rose Park Phantasm Haze | 21B7: New England IPA | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Masahiro Kitano | Wet Tissue | 21B: Specialty IPA | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
| 3rd | Eli Palma | Bob Ross | 21B2: Black IPA | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 22: Strong American Ale 4 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Guillermo Velasco
Co-Brewer: Isaac De Canela | Barleywine | 22C: American Barleywine | Tijuana Homebrew Club |
Category 23: European Sour Ale 1 entry
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeremy Stacy | Bierlieb | 23A: Berliner Weisse | Thousand Oaked Homebrewers |
Category 24: Belgian Ale 6 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Ben Frymark | Wit's the Deal | 24A: Witbier | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Marcos Sant'Anna | Wit's End | 24A: Witbier | Silicon Valley Sudzers |
| 3rd | Lister Hargreaves | Wits End | 24A: Witbier | Inland Empire Brewers |
Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale 12 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Steven Severn | Small Farmhouse Methode | 25B: Saison | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Craig Corley | 283 - Sequestered Ale #6 | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
| 3rd | Joe St. John | What's Up Hot Stuff? | 25B: Saison | Yeastside Brewers |
| HM | Curtis Ritter
Co-Brewer: Evan McGann | Truancy | 25B: Saison | OC Mashups |
Category 26: Trappist Ale 6 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Curtis Ritter | Susan | 26C: Belgian Tripel | OC Mashups |
| 2nd | Craig Corley | 282 - Single #4 | 26A: Trappist Single | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
Category 27: Historical Beer 7 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Steven Severn | Adaptation | 27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Jeremy Stacy | Galacticus Gose | 27A1: Gose | Thousand Oaked Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Masahiro Kitano | Lemon Squash! | 27A1: Gose | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
Category 28: American Wild Ale 9 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jay Perez | Dilly Dally | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
| 2nd | Val Guerrero | Out of State | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Thomas Carpenter | Blue Sunday | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Carolina Brewmasters |
Category 29: Fruit Beer 13 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Brian Young | Jingoes | 29A: Fruit Beer | |
| 2nd | Ben Sookying | Strawberry Lemondae | 29A: Fruit Beer | Crown of the Valley Brewing Society |
| 3rd | Rocky Evans
Co-Brewer: Chris Bruno | Watermelon Gose Summer Crusher | 29A: Fruit Beer | Orange County Mash Ups |
Category 30: Spiced Beer 4 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Masahiro Kitano | Beetroot Red | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | SoCal Cerveceros (SCC) |
| 3rd | Patrick Leon
Co-Brewer: Alan Polk | Incognito | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category 32: Smoked Beer 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Eric Muhlheim | Nothingburger Baltic Porter | 32B: Specialty Smoked Beer | Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club |
Category 33: Wood Beer 7 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Eli Palma | The Monchichi | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 2nd | Val Guerrero | Bender Ba Stout | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category 34: Specialty Beer 5 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Steven Severn | Caffeination | 34A: Clone Beer | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Tom Fontes | I Think My Wc IPA Is Dead | 34A: Clone Beer | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category C1: Standard Cider and Perry 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | John Pagano | #1 Granny | C1A: New World Cider | Santabarbeerians |
Category C2: Specialty Cider and Perry 4 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 2nd | Tara Youel | Fall Ginger Cider | C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices | |
| 3rd | Ben Frymark | Mhc 3.0 | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
Category M2: Fruit Mead 7 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 2nd | Marcos Sant'Anna | Grenache Pyment | M2B: Pyment | Silicon Valley Sudzers |
Category M3: Spiced Mead 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Rivera | Purple Midnight Majesty | M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | Strand Brewers Club |
Category M4: Specialty Mead 1 entry
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 3rd | Adrian Rocha | Coffee Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Strand Brewers Club |
Category PR: Provisional Styles 2 entries
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeff Case | Catharina Sour Com Graviola | PRX4: Catharina Sour | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
