Pacific Brewers Cup

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

John Aitchison, Jay Ankeney, Israel Arrieta, Joshua Avery, Rives Borland, Tomm Carroll, Brian Drown, Scott Fielder, Mark Fitzsimmons, Ben Frymark, Ray Grace, Ilan Grossberg, Guilherme Martins Hoffmann, Jesse Kercheval, Masahiro Kitano, Jason Kolb, Brendan Megowan, Paul Mesmer, Jim Moorman, Doug Moyer, Ryan Penrod, Bob Peters, Mark Poliner, Jonathan Porter, Maribeth Raines, Geoff Robertson, Joe St. John, Michal Sulkowski, Roger Taylor, Carl Townsend, Jill Updyke, Harold Ward, David Youel, Geoff Young

Judges - Best of Show

Rives Borland, Ryan Penrod, Michal Sulkowski

Stewards

Helen Curtis, Mark Doan, Ryan Erato, Christy Hoy, Ray Mongi, Alexis Remensperger, Michael Rivera, Michelle Rivera, Adrian Rocha, David Wu, Tara Youel

Staff

Ryan Erato, Christy Hoy

Organizer

Jeffrey Hoy

By the Numbers

213 Entries 60 Entrants

34 Judges 11 Stewards 2 Staff

77 Placing Entries

Category 1: Standard American Beer

11 entries

1st
Ben Wilson
Long Beach Homebrewers
Grommet Pf (1A: American Light Lager)
2nd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Where Y'at? (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Joshua Parsons
Long Beach Homebrewers
Adjunct Professor (1B: American Lager)
HM
Josh Brewer
Long Beach Homebrewers
Brother Uncle's Last Stand (1C: Cream Ale)

Category 2: International Lager

3 entries

1st
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Rose Park Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
2nd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Que Paso, Mi Amigo? (2C: International Dark Lager)
3rd
Todd Peterson
I Tally Bubbles (2A: International Pale Lager)

Category 3: Czech Lager

9 entries

1st
Carl Townsend
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
Bohemian Dark (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
2nd
Chad Russell
Mash Masters
Mmm So Dark Czech Lager (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Mike Neice
Barley Bandits
My Pils (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

Category 4: Pale Malty European Lager

3 entries

1st
Doug Brown
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Golden Age Helles Lagerbier (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
How's It Hangin'? (4C: Helles Bock)

Category 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

8 entries

1st
Joshua Avery
Strand Brewers Club
Jahrhundert (5C: German Exportbier)
2nd
Joshua Avery
Strand Brewers Club
Coolsch (5B: Kolsch)
3rd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
How've You Been? (5D: German Pils)

Category 6: Amber Malty European Lager

3 entries

2nd
Roxy García
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Malta Sanchez (6A: Marzen)
3rd
Marvin Gomez & Enrique Leveron
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
March Is Hazy (6A: Marzen)

Category 7: Amber Bitter European Beer

5 entries

1st
Roxy García & Luis Bojorquez
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
La Viennuda (7A: Vienna Lager)

Category 8: Dark European Lager

5 entries

1st
Brent Krohn
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Howard (8A: Munich Dunkel)
2nd
Doug Brown
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Ain't No Sunshine Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

Category 9: Strong European Beer

2 entries

There are no winning entries at this table.

Category 10: German Wheat Beer

4 entries

1st
Eric Dang
OC Mashups
Buckets (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Thomas Carpenter
Carolina Brewmasters
German Summer (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)

Category 11: British Bitter

3 entries

There are no winning entries at this table.

Category 12: Pale Commonwealth Beer

3 entries

1st
Carl Townsend
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
English IPA (12C: English IPA)
2nd
Jerald Pike
Maltose Falcons
Ale Of Oz (12B: Australian Sparkling Ale)
3rd
Mike Page
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Not of English Way (12C: English IPA)

Category 13: Brown British Beer

6 entries

1st
Tricia Gallant & Jamie Gallant
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Dark Mild (13A: Dark Mild)
2nd
Patrick Leon
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Improper Porter (13C: English Porter)
3rd
Jeff Case
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Hopwater Session Porter (13A: Dark Mild)

Category 14: Scottish Ale

2 entries

1st
Carl Townsend
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
Scottish Export (14C: Scottish Export)
2nd
Mike Page
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Zeppelin's Last Drop (14C: Scottish Export)

Category 15: Irish Beer

2 entries

2nd
Jerald Pike
Maltose Falcons
Kiss The Blarney Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)
3rd
Brew Mutt
Brew Knights
Gelert’s Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)

Category 16: Dark British Beer

1 entry

There are no winning entries at this table.

Category 17: Strong British Ale

3 entries

1st
Jeff Case & Tad Garabedian
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Tax Day [here's Your 1099] (17C: Wee Heavy)
2nd
Doug Brown & Patrick Leon
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
P.J. Brown's Way Heavy (17C: Wee Heavy)

Category 18: Pale American Ale

8 entries

1st
Curtis Ritter
OC Mashups
Charlotte (18A: Blonde Ale)
2nd
Chad Russell
Mash Masters
Arrowhead Ple Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)

Category 19: Amber and Brown American Beer

7 entries

1st
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
What's Goin' On? (19B: California Common)
2nd
Jerald Pike
Maltose Falcons
Amber Along (19A: American Amber Ale)

Category 20: American Porter and Stout

8 entries

1st
Kyle White
Long Beach Homebrewers
Fart Rocket (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Eli Palma
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Monchichi (20C: Imperial Stout)

Category 21: IPA

21 entries

1st
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Rose Park Phantasm Haze (21B7: New England IPA)
2nd
Masahiro Kitano
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Wet Tissue (21B: Specialty IPA)
3rd
Eli Palma
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Bob Ross (21B2: Black IPA)

Category 22: Strong American Ale

4 entries

1st
Guillermo Velasco & Isaac De Canela
Tijuana Homebrew Club
Barleywine (22C: American Barleywine)

Category 23: European Sour Ale

1 entry

1st
Jeremy Stacy
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
Bierlieb (23A: Berliner Weisse)

Category 24: Belgian Ale

6 entries

1st
Ben Frymark
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Wit's the Deal (24A: Witbier)
2nd
Marcos Sant'Anna
Silicon Valley Sudzers
Wit's End (24A: Witbier)
3rd
Lister Hargreaves
Inland Empire Brewers
Wits End (24A: Witbier)

Category 25: Strong Belgian Ale

12 entries

1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Small Farmhouse Methode (25B: Saison)
2nd
Craig Corley
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
283 - Sequestered Ale #6 (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)
3rd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
What's Up Hot Stuff? (25B: Saison)
HM
Curtis Ritter & Evan McGann
OC Mashups
Truancy (25B: Saison)

Category 26: Trappist Ale

6 entries

1st
Curtis Ritter
OC Mashups
Susan (26C: Belgian Tripel)
2nd
Craig Corley
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
282 - Single #4 (26A: Trappist Single)

Category 27: Historical Beer

7 entries

1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Adaptation (27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
2nd
Jeremy Stacy
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
Galacticus Gose (27A1: Gose)
3rd
Masahiro Kitano
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Lemon Squash! (27A1: Gose)

Category 28: American Wild Ale

9 entries

1st
Jay Perez
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Dilly Dally (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Val Guerrero
Long Beach Homebrewers
Out of State (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
3rd
Thomas Carpenter
Carolina Brewmasters
Blue Sunday (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

Category 29: Fruit Beer

13 entries

1st
Brian Young
Jingoes (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Ben Sookying
Crown of the Valley Brewing...
Strawberry Lemondae (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Rocky Evans & Chris Bruno
Orange County Mash Ups
Watermelon Gose Summer Crusher (29A: Fruit Beer)

Category 30: Spiced Beer

4 entries

1st
Masahiro Kitano
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Beetroot Red (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Patrick Leon & Alan Polk
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Incognito (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Category 31: Alternative Fermentables Beer

1 entry

There are no winning entries at this table.

Category 32: Smoked Beer

2 entries

1st
Eric Muhlheim
Pacific Gravity Home Brewers...
Nothingburger Baltic Porter (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)

Category 33: Wood Beer

7 entries

1st
Eli Palma
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
The Monchichi (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Val Guerrero
Long Beach Homebrewers
Bender Ba Stout (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

Category 34: Specialty Beer

5 entries

1st
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Caffeination (34A: Clone Beer)
2nd
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
I Think My Wc IPA Is Dead (34A: Clone Beer)

Category C1: Standard Cider and Perry

2 entries

1st
John Pagano
Santabarbeerians
#1 Granny (C1A: New World Cider)

Category C2: Specialty Cider and Perry

4 entries

2nd
Tara Youel
Fall Ginger Cider (C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices)
3rd
Ben Frymark
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Mhc 3.0 (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)

Category M1: Traditional Mead

1 entry

There are no winning entries at this table.

Category M2: Fruit Mead

7 entries

2nd
Marcos Sant'Anna
Silicon Valley Sudzers
Grenache Pyment (M2B: Pyment)

Category M3: Spiced Mead

2 entries

1st
Michael Rivera
Strand Brewers Club
Purple Midnight Majesty (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)

Category M4: Specialty Mead

1 entry

3rd
Adrian Rocha
Strand Brewers Club
Coffee Mead (M4C: Experimental Mead)

Category PR: Provisional Styles

2 entries

1st
Jeff Case
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Catharina Sour Com Graviola (PRX4: Catharina Sour)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Rives Borland, Ryan Penrod, Michal Sulkowski

1st
Kyle White
Long Beach Homebrewers
Fart Rocket (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Steven Severn
Orange County Mash Ups
Adaptation (27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
3rd
Tricia Gallant & Jamie Gallant
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation...
Dark Mild (13A: Dark Mild)

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners