Thanks to all who participated in the 11th Annual MVHBC Homebrew Competition.
There were 173 entries judged and 85 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mike Shea | Respectable Buck | 13A: Dark Mild | North Shore Brewers |
| 2nd | David Fetty | Saison 12 | 25B: Saison | Brixie's Brewers |
| 3rd | Douglas Erickson | Vary Berry | PRX4: Catharina Sour | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Best of Show – Mead
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| HM | Kyle Ducharme | Pyment's Due Volume Two | M2B: Pyment | Green Mountain Mashers |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Table 1: Pale American/International Lager & Ale (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | David Fetty | Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Brixie's Brewers |
| 2nd | Nicholas Griner | Bumweiser | 1B: American Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Douglas Erickson | You Call That A Knife? | 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 2: Table 2: Czech Lager, Pale Malty European Lager and Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Gushue | Mumble MacHine | 5D: German Pils | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
| 2nd | Joe Dauria | Karnival Koslch | 5B: Kolsch | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
| 3rd | Nicholas Griner | Jagged Little Pils | 3A: Czech Pale Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| HM | Tom Allen | Bopils | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | |
Table 3: Table 3: IPA & Pale Ale (28 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Nicholas Berlingieri
Co-Brewer: Chelsea Berlingieri | Big Al's Amber Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | |
| 2nd | Tom Allen | Time Only Goes | 21B7: New England IPA | |
| 3rd | Dana Collins | 9th Circle of Hell | 22B: American Strong Ale | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| HM | Robert Abbott | Apa | 18B: American Pale Ale | Brewtubers |
Table 4: Table 4: Wheat, Irish & Scottish Beers (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Phillip Bond | Strike Mash Boil Is Witty Af | 24A: Witbier | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 5: Table 5: British Beer (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mike Shea | Respectable Buck | 13A: Dark Mild | North Shore Brewers |
| 2nd | Mark Keck | Heath | 13C: English Porter | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Mike Shea | Sense of Complacency | 11C: Strong Bitter | North Shore Brewers |
| HM | Mike Shea | Waning Career | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | North Shore Brewers |
Table 6: Table 6: Stouts & Porters (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | John Erste | Puppy Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Adam Carroll | Stout | 20B: American Stout | Rhode Island Brewing Society |
| 3rd | Steve Schember | Serfin the K | 20C: Imperial Stout | Boston Wort Processors |
| HM | Jonathan Martins
Co-Brewer: Neil Kade | Shadow Of The Gallows | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
Table 7: Table 7: Belgian & Trappist Beers (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | David Fetty | Saison 12 | 25B: Saison | Brixie's Brewers |
| 2nd | Jacob Corbin | Fill Blond | 26A: Trappist Single | |
| 3rd | Kyle Schwartz | Saison of Summer | 25B: Saison | |
| HM | Mark Keck | 3726 Saison | 25B: Saison | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 8: Table 8: Sour Beer (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Douglas Erickson | Vary Berry | PRX4: Catharina Sour | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Michael Gushue | Fuse Is Lit | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
| 3rd | Jacob Corbin | Paisley Mae | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | |
| HM | Dana Collins | Citrus Mango Bango | PRX4: Catharina Sour | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 9: Table 9: Wood Aged & Smoked Beers (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Joe Devanna
Co-Brewer: Phil Bond | Salted Caramel Buryhammer | 34C: Experimental Beer | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Daniel McGlew | Bourbon Imperial Stout | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Tom Slonaker | Smoked Table Beer | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 10: Table 10: Amber/Dark/Malty European Lager (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Richard Lanoue | Marzen | 6A: Marzen | |
| 2nd | Karl Metzemaekers
Co-Brewer: T.J. Catalano | Mingyamarz | 6A: Marzen | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Richard Lanoue | Kellerbier | 7C: Kellerbier | |
Table 11: Table 11: Fruit Beer & Cider (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Robert Dugan | Joe Exotic Is My Cellmate | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | |
| 2nd | Sean Dooley | Bourbon Oaked Cider | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Eric Pierce | Cider City | C1A: New World Cider | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 12: Table 12: Belgian & Trappist Strong Beers (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Nicholas Griner | Bdsm | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Gaussian Quadrature | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Nicholas Griner | Tripel Triad | 26C: Belgian Tripel | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| HM | Nicholas Griner | Guard de Beer | 24C: Biere de Garde | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 13: Table 13: Mead (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kyle Ducharme | Pyment's Due Volume Two | M2B: Pyment | Green Mountain Mashers |
| 2nd | Andy Cox | Darth Braggot | M4A: Braggot | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 3rd | Kyle Ducharme | As Told By | M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | Green Mountain Mashers |