Judges
Joshua Akin, Esteban Andrade, Doug Ashcraft, Calvin Austin, Rory Bens, Arun Bhalla, Rafi Bortnick, Boris Chen, Howard Clearfield, Brian Colvin, Robert Colvin, Bob Crocker, Rachel Cunningham, Paul Domich, Matthew Doyle, Tim Durning, Ian Elliott, Nick Facciola, Kevin Foster, Richard Fox, Morgan Griffin, Randy Guerrero, Tania Guerrero, Dan Heil, Christopher Hess, Paul Hsi, Paul Keefer, Jon Koerber, Paul Kohlmann, Jason Komadina, Drew Lewis, Chris Lum, Nate Martin, Gordon Mauger, Trevor McGuire, Tim McNerney, Phil Menzies, Casey Mirch, Jason Okui, Scott Perfect, Steven Phillips, Logan Prasser, Robbie Proctor, Michael Riddle, Robert Rohrbacher, Jeff Rose, Ajay Ryerson, David Sapsis, Brian Schar, Jon Sheehan, Dan Sherman, Charles Simchick, Douglas Smith, Roger St. Denis, Charles Stevens, Bradley Strutner, Steve Studebaker, Thomas Timkanic, Dimitri Torres, Hirendu Vaishnav, Jack Weldon
Judges - Best of Show
Drew Lewis, Brian Schar
Stewards
Aaron Bagnell, Wesley Blummer, Ed Breuner, Emily Brown, Brad Cain, Steve Davidson, Alex Deacon, Suzanne Fox, Paul Juarez, Sinarle Kevin, Bingo Kohlmann, Raymond Ludwig, Dirk Manders, Marc Newman, Kyle Oliveira, Fred Ponce, Olivia Pool, Peter Pray, Jim Quinn, Andre Reynier, Jim Sandmann, Phil Sandri, Greg Strom, Christopher Tanforan
Staff
Matthew Alioto, Adam Bradley, Olivia Pool
Organizer
Robert Ayasse
By the Numbers
393 Entries
122 Entrants
61 Judges
24 Stewards
3 Staff
94 Placing Entries
Table 1: Standard American Beer
7 entries
Judges: Nick Facciola, Jason Komadina, David Sapsis (Head Judge)
1st
Chris Camarillo
Bay Area Mashers
Contains No Moo Brew (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Patrick Sosinski & Logan Prasser
Bay Area Mashers
Vorgeben US Lager #1 (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Yann Leroux
Collectif Rennais Des Amateur.ice.s...
Cream In Ale (1C: Cream Ale)
Table 2: International Pale Lager
7 entries
Judges: Drew Lewis (Head Judge), Charles Simchick, Douglas Smith
1st
Stephen Hoeprich
Boston Wort Processors
Faugh A Ballagh (2A: International Pale Lager)
2nd
Jamie Crawford
Maltose Falcons
No Kings But Us (2A: International Pale Lager)
3rd
Jason Komadina
Mad Zymurgists
Ace (2A: International Pale Lager)
Table 3: Pale European Lager
11 entries
Judges: Doug Ashcraft (Head Judge), Morgan Griffin (Head Judge), Chris Lum, Trevor McGuire
1st
Jordan Vaughn
Mashout Boyz
Six Figures Losses (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
2nd
Mike Neice
Ace Brewing Society
Fest Pils (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
3rd
Nitesh Kamboj
Bay Area Mashers
Del-Helles Lager (4A: Munich Helles)
Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer
16 entries
Judges: Bob Crocker, Randy Guerrero, Scott Perfect (Head Judge), Robbie Proctor (Head Judge), Douglas Smith, Roger St. Denis (Head Judge)
1st
Erik Jensen
RCB Kölsch (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Jordan Kathnelson
Ottawa Homebrew Society
Paradise Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Jordan Vaughn
Mashout Boyz
Frühlicht Helles (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
Table 5: British Bitter
14 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Arun Bhalla, Tania Guerrero, Paul Keefer (Head Judge), Steven Phillips (Head Judge), Roger St. Denis (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
Aaron Bagnell & Thomas Hervey Paul Nesbit
Bay Area Mashers
Too Many Kooks (11C: Strong Bitter)
2nd
Trevor McGuire
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
It's Just The One Swan Actually (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
Dirk Manders
Bay Area Mashers
Bitter (11C: Strong Bitter)
Table 6: Pale Commonwealth Beer
8 entries
Judges: Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Bob Crocker, Trevor McGuire (Head Judge), Dimitri Torres
1st
Chris Lum
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Lunatic (12A: British Golden Ale)
2nd
John Williams
Bay Area Mashers
New Zealand Pilsner (12B: Australian Sparkling Ale)
3rd
Brad Cain
San Francisco Homebrewer's...
Golden Years (12A: British Golden Ale)
Table 7: Amber Malty European Lager
7 entries
Judges: Christopher Hess, Drew Lewis (Head Judge), Logan Prasser
1st
Lyle Farrell
Bay Area Mashers
A Bock To Remember (6C: Dunkels Bock)
2nd
Dimitri Torres
Bay Area Mashers
Ze Mountains Are Calling (6C: Dunkels Bock)
3rd
Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Marching Marzen (6A: Märzen)
Table 8: Amber Bitter European Beer
9 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Doug Ashcraft, Brian Colvin, Drew Lewis (Head Judge), Logan Prasser, Charles Simchick (Head Judge)
1st
Ben Gaylord
Ultra Rare Brewers
Little Monster (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Althea Told Me (7B: Altbier)
3rd
Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Id, Ego, Superego (7A: Vienna Lager)
Table 9: Dark European Lager
17 entries
Judges: Joshua Akin, Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Dan Heil (Head Judge), Douglas Smith, Roger St. Denis (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
Michael Riddle & Alex Riddle
HOME
International Dark Lager (2C: International Dark Lager)
2nd
Ben Gaylord
Ultra Rare Brewers
Dark Incantation (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Jim Deasy
Marin Society of Homebrewers...
DL3 (2C: International Dark Lager)
HM
Ben Sookying
Crown of the Valley Brewing...
Funkle The Dunkel (8A: Munich Dunkel)
Table 10: Wheat Beer
6 entries
Judges: Joshua Akin, Dan Heil (Head Judge), Christopher Hess
1st
Dirk Manders
Bay Area Mashers
Half-A-Bison (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Wesley Blummer
Bay Area Mashers
El Jefe (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Kevin Krauss
Bay Area Mashers
Havey Hefeweizen (1D: American Wheat Beer)
Table 11: Dark British Ale
12 entries
Judges: Robert Colvin (Head Judge), Phil Menzies, Jason Okui, Charles Simchick (Head Judge)
1st
Chris Lum
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Mad British Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)
2nd
Phil Sandri & Fred Ponce
Bay Area Mashers
UK Jive (13C: English Porter)
3rd
Nate Martin
Bay Area Mashers
RFeP (13C: English Porter)
Table 12: Scottish & Irish Ale
11 entries
Judges: Rory Bens, Boris Chen, Dan Heil (Head Judge), Paul Hsi, Scott Perfect (Head Judge)
1st
Arun Bhalla
San Francisco Homebrewer's...
Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)
2nd
Stephen Hoeprich
Boston Wort Processors
Boadicea's Broadsword (14C: Scottish Export)
3rd
Paul Domich
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Shmiddy (15A: Irish Red Ale)
Table 13: Irish & British Stout
10 entries
Judges: Tim Durning (Head Judge), Nate Martin, Scott Perfect, Jeff Rose (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
Dirk Manders
Bay Area Mashers
Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
2nd
Ken Brown
"Milestone" Milk Stout (16A: Sweet Stout)
3rd
Tom Adrian
Two Dogs Irish Stout (15B: Irish Stout)
Table 14: Pale American Ale
16 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Tania Guerrero, Dan Heil (Head Judge), Christopher Hess, Drew Lewis (Head Judge), Robert Rohrbacher, Charles Simchick (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
Chris Camarillo
Bay Area Mashers
Cheater Hop Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)
2nd
Michael Riddle & Alex Riddle
HOME
California Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Pleasant Fiction (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 15: Amber and Brown American Beer
22 entries
Judges: Rachel Cunningham, Christopher Hess, Jon Koerber (Head Judge), Gordon Mauger (Head Judge), Tim McNerney, Jeff Rose, Brian Schar, Roger St. Denis (Head Judge)
1st
Aaron Bagnell & Anna Haefele
Bay Area Mashers
Common Vaporware (19B: California Common)
2nd
Steve Davidson
Bay Area Mashers
Hi Adam! (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Randy Guerrero
Bay Area Mashers
Go Dodgers! (19B: California Common)
Table 16: American Porter & Stout
21 entries
Judges: Howard Clearfield (Head Judge), Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Matthew Doyle, Richard Fox (Head Judge), Logan Prasser, Jon Sheehan, Dimitri Torres, Jack Weldon (Head Judge)
1st
Chris Erdos
B. Doodle Stout (20B: American Stout)
2nd
Jamie Crawford
Maltose Falcons
Stout (20B: American Stout)
3rd
Greg Strom
Bay Area Mashers
Darkness (20A: American Porter)
Table 17: Imperial Stout
11 entries
Judges: Arun Bhalla (Head Judge), Paul Keefer (Head Judge), Steven Phillips, Dimitri Torres
1st
Michael Riddle & Alex Riddle
HOME
Tricentennial Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Adam Wyss
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Dark Side Imperial Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Allen Moore
Silicon Valley Sudzers
Chili'n Out Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 18: American IPA
12 entries
Judges: Randy Guerrero, Robbie Proctor (Head Judge), Dan Sherman (Head Judge), Douglas Smith
1st
Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Promised Land (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Matthew Alioto & Dan Alioto
Bay Area Mashers
Simcoe Soldier (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Damien Jones
West Coast IPA (21A: American IPA)
Table 19: Specialty IPA
12 entries
Judges: Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Tania Guerrero, Paul Hsi, Trevor McGuire (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
Kevin Smithson
That Dam Brew Club
Polar Bear (Cold IPA) (21B: Specialty IPA)
2nd
Taylor Shastid
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
DOZE Goes Hazy (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Kevin Smithson
That Dam Brew Club
Red Nebula (Galaxy Hopped Red IPA) (21B4: Red IPA)
Table 20: Strong American Ale
5 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Dan Heil, Dan Sherman (Head Judge)
1st
Matthew Alioto & Dan Alioto
Bay Area Mashers
Simcoe Soldier (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Jason Satern & Tifani Cary
Knights of the Tap Handle
Full Nelson (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Kyle Blomseth
HeadQuarters
Double IPA (22A: Double IPA)
Table 21: Strong European Beer
20 entries
Judges: Joshua Akin, Calvin Austin (Head Judge), Matthew Doyle, Tim Durning (Head Judge), Paul Keefer (Head Judge), Gordon Mauger, Logan Prasser, Jeff Rose (Head Judge)
1st
Chris Lum
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Doppelbock (9A: Doppelbock)
2nd
Vincent Simboli
Portland Mashing Maineiacs...
Baltic Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Donald Mactaggart
Scottish Craft Brewers
It's Baltic (9C: Baltic Porter)
Table 22: Strong British Beer
15 entries
Judges: Doug Ashcraft (Head Judge), Randy Guerrero, Dan Heil (Head Judge), Christopher Hess, Nate Martin, Logan Prasser, Jeff Rose, Charles Simchick (Head Judge), Steve Studebaker
1st
David Sapsis & Bob Horst
Old Wooftticket (17B: Old Ale)
2nd
Steve Davidson
Bay Area Mashers
Granny's Out To Pasture (17D: English Barley Wine)
3rd
Robbie Proctor
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Granny's Tipple (17D: English Barley Wine)
Table 23: Belgian Ale
8 entries
Judges: Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Phil Menzies, Ajay Ryerson, Roger St. Denis (Head Judge)
1st
Robert Casey
Marin Society of Homebrewers...
Belgian Blonde (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Edward DeMayo
Marin Society of Homebrewers...
Anti Vaxxer (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
3rd
George Brooks
San Francisco Homebrewer's...
Biere De Noel (24C: Bière de Garde)
Table 24: Strong Belgian Ale
17 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Howard Clearfield (Head Judge), Paul Domich, Matthew Doyle, Tania Guerrero, Drew Lewis (Head Judge), Scott Perfect, Hirendu Vaishnav (Head Judge)
1st
Aaron Bagnell
Bay Area Mashers
Town Culture (25B: Saison)
2nd
Curtis Ritter
Ace Brewing Society
Double Dubbel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
3rd
Yury Ustsinchyk
Placer Ultimate Brewing Society...
Monk's Medallion (26C: Belgian Tripel)
Table 25: Fruit, Smoked, and Alternative Grain Beer
13 entries
Judges: Howard Clearfield (Head Judge), Matthew Doyle, Richard Fox, Tania Guerrero, Ajay Ryerson, Hirendu Vaishnav (Head Judge)
1st
Jacques Marais
London Amateur Brewers
Passion (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Jason Satern & Tifani Cary
Knights of the Tap Handle
MoSmoPo (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
3rd
Kenneth Bessler
Brewins
Slimbow (29A: Fruit Beer)
Table 26: Spiced Beer
20 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Boris Chen, Kevin Foster, Paul Hsi, Robbie Proctor (Head Judge), Michael Riddle (Head Judge), Bradley Strutner
1st
David Cowling
Gingerbread Saison (30C: Winter Seasonal Beer)
2nd
Jacques Marais
London Amateur Brewers
Willy Tonka (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Ken Wigginton & Jason Davis
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Saison Jamaica (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 27: Wood Aged Beer
14 entries
Judges: Matthew Doyle, Tim Durning (Head Judge), Paul Kohlmann (Head Judge), Gordon Mauger, Robert Rohrbacher (Head Judge), Ajay Ryerson
1st
Kevin Foster & Gba Club Members
Greenbelt Brewers Association
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22 (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Marc Newman
Bay Area Mashers
Morning Wood (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Trevor McGuire
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
None More Black (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 28: American Wild Ale
14 entries
Judges: Calvin Austin, Rory Bens, Rafi Bortnick, Ian Elliott (Head Judge), Randy Guerrero, Tania Guerrero, Charles Stevens, Thomas Timkanic (Head Judge), Hirendu Vaishnav (Head Judge)
1st
Aaron Bagnell
Bay Area Mashers
Paint The Town (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Kyle Navis
Bay Area Mashers
Rainier In Spring (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
3rd
Guillaume Pussard
CRAB - Collectif Rennais Des...
Into The Wild (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
Table 29: European Sour Ale
10 entries
Judges: Doug Ashcraft (Head Judge), Robert Colvin, Paul Hsi, Jon Koerber (Head Judge), Tim McNerney, Casey Mirch
1st
David Fournier
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
I Survived Standby (23G: Gose)
2nd
George Turner
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers...
Oud A$$ Bruin 25 (23C: Oud Bruin)
3rd
Dimitri Torres
Bay Area Mashers
Lemon Square (23A: Berliner Weisse)
Table 30: Historical Beer
11 entries
Judges: Joshua Akin, Arun Bhalla, Brian Colvin (Head Judge), Tim Durning (Head Judge), Richard Fox, Ajay Ryerson
1st
Kyle Navis
Bay Area Mashers
Karthik (27A1: Kellerbier)
2nd
Stan Gardner
Kentucky Common#2 (27A2: Kentucky Common)
3rd
Byron Bird
High Plains Drafters [TX]
Best Damn Lager That Ever Touched Your Lips! (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
Table 31: Specialty Beer
17 entries
Judges: Esteban Andrade, Calvin Austin, Arun Bhalla (Head Judge), Tania Guerrero, Paul Keefer (Head Judge), Jon Koerber (Head Judge), Tim McNerney, Casey Mirch
1st
Michael Riddle & Alex Riddle
HOME
Bee's Knees (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Paul Domich
Diablo Order of Zymiracle...
Haka Pilz (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Jason Satern & Tifani Cary
Knights of the Tap Handle
The Youngster (34A: Commercial Specialty Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Drew Lewis, Brian Schar
1st
David Sapsis & Bob Horst
Old Wooftticket (17B: Old Ale)
HM
Kevin Foster & Gba Club Members
Greenbelt Brewers Association
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout '22 (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners