12th Annual MVHBC Homebrew Competition
Thanks to all who participated in the 12th Annual MVHBC Homebrew Competition.
There were 196 entries judged and 141 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liam Quigley | Piwo Pietryka | 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie | |
| 2nd | Nicholas Griner | Biere De Griner | 24C: Bière de Garde | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Joe Devanna | West Coast Video | 21A: American IPA | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| HM | Mike Shea | Marzupial | 6A: Märzen | North Shore Brewers |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Table 1 - AM: 1, 2, 5A, 5B, 5C: Standard American beer, International Lager, Pale Bitter European Beer (14 entries)
Table 2: Table 2 - AM - 3A, 3B, 4A, 5D: Czech Lager, Pale Malty European Lager, Pale Bitter European Beer (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nate Cicoria | Bounced Czech | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Viginesh Sankararaman | What Lager | 4A: Munich Helles | Post Modern Brewers |
| 3rd | Tom Slonaker | 99 Czech Pilsner | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 3: Table 3 - AM - Amber, Dark Lager (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tom Slonaker | 92 Barke Lager | 2B: International Amber Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Tom Slonaker | 91 Altbier | 7B: Altbier | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jason Dunn MHP | The Most Gluggable | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Inland Empire Brewers |
| HM | Brian Schwartz MHP | Uncle Dunkle | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Middlesex Malters |
Table 4: Table 4 - AM - Strong Beers (12 entries)
Table 5: Table 5 - AM - Dark UK Beers (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Shea MHP | Stormie-Licious | 16A: Sweet Stout | North Shore Brewers |
| 2nd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Old Walking Stick | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Extra Extra! | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Boston Wort Processors |
| HM | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Jump Back Jimmy | 15B: Irish Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 6: Table 6 - AM - American Beers (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Schwartz MHP | Pre-Porter | 27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter | Middlesex Malters |
| 2nd | John McCafferty | ABC Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
| 3rd | Ross Stuart | APA | 18B: American Pale Ale | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| HM | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Blonde Bombshell | 18A: Blonde Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 7: Table 7 - AM - IPAs (15 entries)
Table 8: Table 8 - AM - Fruit Mead (10 entries)
Table 9: Table 9 - PM - Fruit and Spiced Beer (16 entries)
Table 10: Table 10 - PM - Belgians (15 entries)
Table 11: Table 11 - PM - Ciders (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tom Bowman | Pear Cider | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | |
| 2nd | Ross Stuart | Cider | C1A: New World Cider | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer | Being There - S04 | C1A: New World Cider | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| HM | Nathan Williams | 2023 "800 Down" Pine Hill Cider | C1A: New World Cider | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 12: Table 12 - PM - Sours (10 entries)
Table 13: Table 13 - PM - Wheat, smoked and Historical beers (13 entries)
Table 14: Table 14 - PM - Pale, Amber UK beers (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dominick Dufner | All The Haunts Be Ours | 12C: English IPA | STLBrewhogs |
| 2nd | Ron Barnes MHP | Scotty Doesn't Know! | 14B: Scottish Heavy | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Left Yer Kelt | 14C: Scottish Export | Red Earth Brewers |
| HM | Brian Jacokes | Here Comes A Special Bitter Boy | 11C: Strong Bitter | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 15: Table 15 - PM - Marzen, Festbier (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Shea MHP | Marzupial | 6A: Märzen | North Shore Brewers |
| 2nd | Jason Dunn MHP | Marlow's Monkey | 6A: Märzen | Inland Empire Brewers |
| 3rd | Ron Barnes MHP | Life On Mars | 4B: Festbier | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 16: Table 16 - PM - Trad, Spiced, Specialty Meads (8 entries)
Judging Sessions
Portuguese American Civic League
10/19/2024 8:30 AM, EDT.
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 08/06/2024 12:00 AM, EDT through 10/19/2024 8:30 AM, EDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 08/06/2024 12:00 AM, EDT through 10/18/2024 7:00 PM, EDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry registrations accepted 08/09/2024 12:00 AM, EDT through 10/19/2024 8:30 AM, EDT.
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 09/06/2024 7:00 AM, EDT — 10/10/2024 4:00 PM, EDT.
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 09/06/2024 7:00 AM, EDT — 10/11/2024 7:00 PM, EDT.