Pacific Brewers Cup

Thanks to all who participated in the Pacific Brewers Cup.

There were 458 entries judged and 226 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brett Gent	Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout
2nd	Sam Babikian Co-Brewer: Brian Bennett	Heathen Helles	4A: Munich Helles	BrewCommune

Winning Entries

Table 101: Category 1: STANDARD AMERICAN BEER (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jimmy Doyle Co-Brewer: Donnie Doyle	American Lager	1B: American Lager	snafu
2nd	Dan Olson Co-Brewer: John Gibson	Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer
3rd	Tim Shepard	Westerner	1D: American Wheat Beer	Brew Commune

Table 102: Category 2: INTERNATIONAL LAGER (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alfredo Rocha	Coronel Mexican Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Jim Thompson	Lumberjack Black Lager	2C: International Dark Lager	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 103: Category 3: CZECH LAGER (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Shepard	Pale Face	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Brew Commune
2nd	Hal Ward	Czech It Out	3D: Czech Dark Lager
3rd	Virg Redman	PPB Pils	3B: Czech Premimum Pale Lager

Table 104: Category 4: PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sam Babikian Co-Brewer: Brian Bennett	Heathen Helles	4A: Munich Helles	BrewCommune
2nd	Gary Sjobakken	Another 11 Day Lager	4C: Helles Bock	Long Beach HomeBrewers
3rd	Craig Corley	Helles #3	4A: Munich Helles	Pacific Gravity

Table 105: Category 5: PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle White	Kolschish	5B: Kolsch	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 106: Category 6: AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Bill Moreland	Bag Decoction Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	SNAFU

Table 107: Catgory 7: AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Craig Corley	Alt #15	7B: Altbier	Pacific Gravity
2nd	Fabio Colombo	Uncledog	7A: Vienna Lager	QUAFF

Table 108: Category 8: DARK EUROPEAN LAGER (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Satterthwaite	Dunkelstein 835x	8A: Munich Dunkel	Worts of Wisdom
2nd	Brett Gent	Black Lager	8B: Schwarzbier
3rd	Michael Patterson	Versuch Einer Gluckseligkeitslehre	8A: Munich Dunkel	Pacific Gravity

Table 109: Category 9: STRONG EUROPEAN BEER (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Silvertooth	Boc’s Big Bock	9A: Doppelbock	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Brett Gent	Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter
3rd	Kyle McCain	Inebriator	9A: Doppelbock

Table 110: Category 10: GERMAN WHEAT BEER (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Jensen	Weizen Heimer	10C: Weizenbock	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Hussam El-Leithy	Weissbier	10A: Weissbier	BrewCommune
3rd	Chris Lindsey	Drink Your Wheaties	10A: Weissbier	Pacific Gravity

Table 111: Categoy 11: BRITISH BITTER (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Shelley	E.S.Beetle Juice	11B: Best Bitter	QUAFF
2nd	Travis Durant	Curmudgeon	11C: Strong Bitter
3rd	Dan Olson Co-Brewer: John Gibson	ESB	11C: Strong Bitter

Table 112: Category 12: PALE COMMONWEALTH BEER (2 entries)

There are no winning entries at this table.

Table 113: Category 13. BROWN BRITISH BEER (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Silvertooth	Toothcastle	13A: Dark Mild	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Mike Neice	Brown Eye	13B: English Brown Ale	BREWLUMINATI
3rd	John Merlino	Smoke And Toast Brown Ale	13B: English Brown Ale

Table 114: Category 14: SCOTTISH ALE (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Truong	80 Shilling	14C: Scottish Export
2nd	Fred Arias	Escocia Ale	14C: Scottish Export	Brewcommune
3rd	Nicholas Heinz Co-Brewer: Jonathan Arnold	Scotch	14B: Scottish Heavy
HM	Christopher Norris	Twilight	14C: Scottish Export

Table 115: Category 15: IRISH BEER (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Brett Gent	Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout
2nd	Brett Gent	Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale
3rd	Michael Riordan	Irish Rua	15A: Irish Red Ale

Table 116: Category 16: DARK BRITISH BEER (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Sundstrom Co-Brewer: Jesse Sundstrom	Dark Side Of The Mooo	16A: Sweet Stout	Long Beach Home Brewers
2nd	Matthieu Rolland	L’Enclume	16B: Oatmeal Stout
3rd	James Hilbing	Foreign Extra Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Strand Brewers' Club

Table 117: Category 17: STRONG BRITISH ALE (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Holter Co-Brewer: Kingsley Toby	1866	17D: English Barleywine	Pacific Gravity
2nd	Dana Cordes	Ach Crivens!	17C: Wee Heavy	Maltose Falcons

Table 118: Categroy 18: PALE AMERICAN ALE (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Ziskin	Carlos Danger	18B: American Pale Ale	Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society
2nd	Dan Sundstrom Co-Brewer: Jesse Sundstrom	Citrillenial	18B: American Pale Ale	Long Beach Home Brewers
3rd	Mark Aichele	Aichele Blonde Ale	18A: Blonde Ale	none
HM	Dan White Co-Brewer: Emily White	Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Pacific Gravity

Table 119: Category 19: AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Miles McLennan	LR Amber Ale	19A: American Amber Ale	QUAFF
2nd	John Horton	Ashley’s 1K Common	19B: California Common
3rd	Aaron Schwarzkopf Co-Brewer: Matthew Schlachtman	Brewin’ Woods American Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale

Table 120: Category 20: AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Holter Co-Brewer: Kingsley Toby	Sled Dog	20C: Russian Imperial Stout	Pacific Gravity
2nd	Jon Silvertooth	RIS	20C: Russian Imperial Stout	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Jimmy Doyle Co-Brewer: Donnie Doyle	Russian Imperial Stout	20C: Russian Imperial Stout	snafu

Table 121: Category 21: IPA (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Shelley	BABY BULLY	21B: Specialty IPA	QUAFF
2nd	John Mazurco	Oat Juice IPA	21B: Specialty IPA	OC Mash Ups
3rd	Dan Olson Co-Brewer: John Gibson	IPA	21A: American IPA

Table 122: Category 22: STRONG AMERICAN ALE (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Zeb Drivdahl	Scholar’s Former Roommate	22A: Double IPA	High Gravity Homebrewers
2nd	Mike Neice	BW #250	22C: American Barleywine	BREWLUMINATI
3rd	Blake Daniel	Aphrodite	22C: American Barleywine	OC Mash Ups

Table 123: Category 23: EUROPEAN SOUR ALE (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benjamin Birdsall	Kettle Soured Berliner	23A: Berliner Weisse
2nd	Israel Arrieta	Why So Sour?	23D: Lambic	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Israel Arrieta	Sour Eve	23F: Fruit Lambic	Maltose Falcons

Table 124: Category 24: BELGIAN ALE (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Malcolm Lieban Co-Brewer: Jared Lieban	Brussels By The C	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	DOZE
2nd	Craig Corley	BPA #39	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Pacific Gravity
3rd	Craig Corley	MB2-BBdG	24C: Biere de Garde	Pacific Gravity
HM	Neil Saund	Guard Dog	24C: Biere de Garde	Pacific Gravity

Table 125: Category 25: STRONG BELGIAN ALE (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Mietz Egli	Impertinent Wife	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Central Coast Zymurgeeks
2nd	Christopher Norris	CelestialSai	25B: Saison
3rd	Daniel Oliva	Saison Du Honey	25B: Saison
HM	Lloyd Johnson Co-Brewer: Ted Silvas	Belgian Golden Strong	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Pacific Gravity

Table 126: Category 26: TRAPPIST ALE (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Truong	Dubbel Trouble	26B: Belgian Dubbel
2nd	Rives Borland	Trappist Single	26A: Trappist Single	Strand Brewers
3rd	Brian Holter Co-Brewer: Kingsley Toby	Not Dark Horse	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Pacific Gravity

Table 127: Category 27: HISTORICAL BEER (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Kissinger Co-Brewer: Myra Oxonian	WoW Unknown Hop Beer	27A: Historical Beer	Worts Of Wisdom (WoW!!!)
2nd	Dave Lauridsen	Roggenbier	27A: Historical Beer	Yeastsiders
3rd	Paul Mietz Egli	Gose The Gozarian	27A: Historical Beer	Central Coast Zymurgeeks

Table 128: Category 28: AMERICAN WILD ALE (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Mazurco	Tart Nectarina	28C: Soured Fruit Beer	OC Mash Ups
2nd	Brian Holter Co-Brewer: Kingsley Toby, Kevin Segna	Sour Blond	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Pacific Gravity
3rd	Jeff Sanders Co-Brewer: Rives Borland, Ryan Penrod, Chris Remensperger, Bob Wilson, David Eaves, Nate Federman, Christopher Sousa-Wynn, Richard Thornton, Dan Parker	La MÃmoire	28A: Brett Beer	Strand Brewers Club
HM	Steven Severn	A Cellarman & His Friends	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Brew Beer Blog

Table 135: MEAD (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Billy Beltz	Chipotell Mead	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	QUAFF
2nd	Sean Morris	Cinnamon Mead	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Yeastside Brewers
3rd	John Aitchison	I Don’t Name Meads	M1C: Sweet Mead	Maltose Falcons

Table 136: CIDER (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Silvertooth	Teacher’s Pet	C1B: English Cider	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Ryan Penrod	Simple Cider	C1A: New World Cider	Strand Brewers Club
3rd	Matthieu Rolland	Napoleon Pommaparte Cider	C1C: French Cider

Past Winners

2015

Judging Sessions and Dates

Session 1: Prelim - Westchester
10/02/2022 1:00 PM, PDT.

Session 2: Prelim - Northridge
10/04/2022 7:00 PM, PDT.

Session 3: Prelim - Torrance at Absolution Brewing Co
10/09/2022 12:30 PM, PDT.

Session 4: Project Barley Brewery - 8am
10/15/2022 8:00 AM, PDT.

Session 5: Project Barley Brewery - 1pm
10/15/2022 1:00 PM, PDT.

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 07/23/2022 12:00 PM, PDT through 10/02/2022 1:00 PM, PDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 08/01/2022 12:00 AM, PDT through 10/02/2022 1:00 PM, PDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 09/03/2022 12:00 PM, PDT through 09/25/2022 8:00 PM, PDT.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.

Entry Shipping Closed

Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 09/03/2022 12:00 PM, PDT through 09/25/2022 6:00 PM, PDT.

Pacific Brewers Cup: Past Winners – 2015