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2020 Results

BOS – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2020 Beer

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mark Rendon Cream Ale Cream Ale  

BOS – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2020 Mead/Cider

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Oberlin Precious Melomel NINJA Homebrewers

Home Brew Team of the Year

Place Team Brewers Club
1st Ancient Goat Hunters (9 pts) Sean Vreeland and Mike Treadway Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Home Brewer of the Year

Place Brewer Club
1st Jeff Oberlin (12 pts) NINJA Homebrewers

The Glen Mueller-Frank Brown Quality Award

Place Club
1st NINJA Homebrewers (35.72 pts)

Club of the Year

Place Club
1st North Texas Homebrewers Association (38 pts)

Hop Fusion Ale Works Pro-Am Award

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Gary Bruns Black Forest II Schwarzbier Grover Place Brewers’ Guild

Winners – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2020

Table 51: Pale Lager (29 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Justin Holman Justin’s International Pale Lager International Pale Lager Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Eric Heinz and Kyle Auty Tex Mex Lager American Lager NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Jesse Thoresen Fud Light American Light Lager North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 52: Light Ale (33 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mark Rendon Cream Ale Cream Ale
2nd John Bates Great Golden Ale English Golden Ale Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd William Jones Pal Cream Ale Red Earth Brewers

Table 53: Kolsch (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Don Trotter Donniestyle Kolsch Kolsch North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Mark Rendon Kolsch Kolsch
3rd Keith Brooks and Mindy Brooks Kolsch Kolsch Bay Area Mashtronauts [Houston, TX]

Table 54: Pale Malty European Lager (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Richard Harris Hardscrabble Helles Bock Helles Bock North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Chad Medford The Bridesmaid Munich Helles Red Earth Brewers
3rd Jon Jarvis and Leah Carver Well Helles, Fuck You! Munich Helles

Table 55: Pale Bitter European Beer (31 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Charles Flynn Tett Czech Czech Premium Pale Lager Round Rock HOPS
2nd James Petty Petty Czech Pils Czech Pale Lager Austin Zealots
3rd Pete Train Bohemian Rhapsody Czech Premium Pale Lager NINJA Homebrewers

Table 56: Amber Malty European Lager (41 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Chad Medford Oktoberfest Marzen Red Earth Brewers
2nd Andy Scherzinger You’ve Lost… That Lovin Feelin… Marzen
3rd William Lawrence Willy’s Bock Bier Dunkels Bock North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 57: Amber Bitter European Beer (39 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Kerry Martin Helles Kellerbier Austin Zealots
2nd Weston Sampson and Nancy Sampson Altercation Alt Altbier Austin Zealots
3rd Sascha Tibo Rock Me Amadeus! Vienna Lager Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 58: Dark European Lager (44 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Gary Bruns Black Forest II Schwarzbier Grover Place Brewers’ Guild
2nd James Petty The Dark Horse Munich Dunkel Austin Zealots
3rd Shawn Scott Black Saxon Schwarzbier BEER MAFIA!

Table 59: Strong European Beer (37 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st John Driscoll Fatfinger – Frost Bite Eisbock North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Karl King Three Kings Baltic Porter Baltic Porter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd John Driscoll Fatfinger – How Many Fingers Doppelbock North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 60: German Wheat Beer (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st David Rogers Not Banana! Weissbier Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Shawn Scott Fat Goat Weizenbock BEER MAFIA!
3rd David Thompson Long In the Tooth Weizenbock BEER MAFIA!

Table 61: English and Irish Ale (46 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Pete Train Crimson & Clover Irish Red Ale NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Jeff Oberlin Premium Husky Best Bitter NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Doug Nett Jeremy’s Best Bitter Best Bitter North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 62: Strong Pale English Beer (33 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Fritz Schanz Stearman’s British Strong Ale Burton Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Matt Tumulty Castleman Inaugural Triumph Esb Strong Bitter
3rd Shawn Scott Hereford Special Bitter Strong Bitter BEER MAFIA!
HM Matthew Herrold Mind the Gap English IPA Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 63: Brown British Beer (40 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Sean Vreeland and Mike Treadway Seb London Brown Ale Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd Brandon May Brewpastor_english Porter English Porter
3rd Ronnie Lawson Rw’s English Porter English Porter Austin Zealots

Table 64: Scottish Ale (11 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Luigi Depari Great Scott! Scottish Light Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Steven Franks Export Scottish Export North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Pete Hemmingsen Brown Gold Scottish Export

Table 65: English and Irish Stout (47 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Sean Vreeland and Mike Treadway Fes Foreign Extra Stout Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd Daniel Boyd Chocolate Stout Tropical Stout North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Justin Holman Justin’s Sweet Stout Sweet Stout Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 66: Strong British Ale (39 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Don Trotter Donniestyle Old Ale Old Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Nicholas McCoy and Jeff Poirot Drunk And Still Drinking English Barleywine Draft Punk
3rd Jeff Oberlin Sir Connor English Barleywine NINJA Homebrewers

Table 67: Wee Heavy (22 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st James Gould Bods Wee Heavy Wee Heavy Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Hank Keller Wee Really Heavy Wee Heavy Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd Fred David Wee Wee All the Way Home Wee Heavy North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 68: Pale American Ale (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Pete Hemmingsen Everyday Blonde Ale
2nd Mark Rendon Blonde Ale Blonde Ale
3rd Eric Heinz and Kyle Autry Trail Ale American Pale Ale NINJA Homebrewers

Table 69: Amber And Brown American Beer (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Keith Green Red Patch American Amber Ale Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd Gary Elliott Wicked American Brown American Brown Ale Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK]
3rd John Driscoll Fatfinger – Pre-Prohibition Porter Pre-Prohibition Porter North Texas Homebrewers Association
HM Stuart Maples This Is Your Grandfathers Porter Pre-Prohibition Porter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 70: American Porter And Stout (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Kyle Lapointe The Durty American Stout
2nd Scott Bucher and Frank Dougherty Midnight Porter American Porter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Shane Ballard Time To Change the Oil. American Stout Mashrunners

Table 71: Imperial Stout (35 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Kyle Lapointe and Chris Touraine Don’t Russian To Love Imperial Stout
2nd Shane Ballard Election Fixing Fridays Imperial Stout Mashrunners
3rd Stuart Maples Russian Delivery Imperial Stout Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 72: American IPA (38 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Reed Smollar Hitchiker’s IPA American IPA Dallas Homebrew Collective
2nd Sean Vreeland and Mike Treadway IPA American IPA Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Paul Pitre Straight Outta Saint George American IPA Redstick Brewmasters
HM Caleb Lee Two Guns American IPA Red Earth Brewers

Table 73: Specialty IPA (44 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joe Thibodeaux Belge This Belgian IPA Redstick Brewmasters
2nd Caleb Lee Nobody Got Time For That New England IPA Red Earth Brewers
3rd Stacy Myers and Reagan Myers Black Betty Black IPA Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 74: Strong American Ale (26 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Scott Seymour and Scott Butler Stroked & Bored Double IPA Central Arkansas Fermenters
2nd Steven Franks Wonder Beer Wheatwine North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Brian Winfree Taters Double IPA Double IPA

Table 75: European Sour Ale (28 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Matthew Herrold, James Gould, Travis Combel Bod Gueuze Gueuze Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Michael Shott R U Ok? Flanders Red Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Matthew Herrold Bod Kriek Fruit Lambic Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 76: Belgian Ale (41 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Scott Seymour and Scott Butler Four On the Floor Biere de Garde Central Arkansas Fermenters
2nd Douglas Hicks Bière De Garde Biere de Garde
3rd Douglas Hicks Peppercorn Patersbier Trappist Single

Table 77: Strong Light Belgian Ale (45 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Heinz and Kyle Autry Rylie Belgian Tripel NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Layne McBeath Sorachi Saison 2019 Saison North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Jeff Oberlin Don’t Mess With Becky Belgian Golden Strong Ale NINJA Homebrewers

Table 78: Strong Dark Belgian Ale (32 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Fritz Schanz Stearman’s Belgian Dark Strong Ale Belgian Dark Strong Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Dean Weaver Deanitude Smooth Operator 2018 Belgian Dark Strong Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd John Jons Quaddy Belgian Dark Strong Ale NINJA Homebrewers

Table 79: Fruit Beer (29 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Christopher Bart Apricot Fruit Beer
2nd Scott Thurman Pretty As A Peach Fruit Beer Mashrunners
3rd Andy Scherzinger Your Face Is Red, Like A Strawbrary! Fruit Beer

Table 80: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (63 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Don Russell Zooted Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Red Earth Brewers
2nd Stuart Maples Thick As Molasses Winter Seasonal Beer Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Kuumba Smith Nola Sunset Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Smittox Brewing

Table 81: Smoked and Wood Beer (60 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nicholas McCoy and Jeff Poirot Christmas In July Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Draft Punk
2nd David Lusk Black Heart’s Whiskey Stout Wood-Aged Beer Mashrunners
3rd Sean Vreeland and Mike Treadway Bb Goat Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 82: American Wild Ale (35 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Travis Bullock and James Cain Strawberry Tippin’ It In Wild Specialty Beer Bexar Brewers
2nd Edward Koranda and Greg Christiansen Ma Petite Framboise Wild Specialty Beer
3rd Bradley Sheehan G Is For Golden Sour Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer Dallas Homebrew Collective

Table 83: Specialty Beer (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jon Jarvis Tyson Schindler Blowing Polish Smoke Up Your Ass Historical Beer
2nd Frederick Tootle and Belinda Tootle Stout Clone Beer Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd Gary Casey Take It Easy Mixed-Style Beer Big Country Homebrewers Association

Table 84: Traditional Mead (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Oberlin Dastardly Curious Semi-Sweet Mead NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Jeff Oberlin Sweet Mary Sweet Mead NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Cindy Oberlin Bashful Dry Mead NINJA Homebrewers

Table 85: Melomel (32 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Oberlin Precious Melomel NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Fred David The Apple Of My Mead Cyser North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Cindy Oberlin Jtp! Melomel NINJA Homebrewers

Table 86: Spiced And Specialty Mead (29 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nathan Newcomb Raspberry Chipotle Mead Fruit and Spice Mead Knights of the Brown Bottle
2nd Danny Kocurek Orange Blossom Mead With Holiday Spices Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead Knights of the Brown Bottle
3rd John Driscoll Fatfinger – Cinnamon Berry Mead Fruit and Spice Mead North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 87: Cider And Perry (17 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Carlson Westside Apple Cider New World Cider PrimeTime Brewers
2nd Bradley Sheehan C Is For Cider New World Cider Dallas Homebrew Collective
3rd Jeff Carlson Prime Time Perry New World Perry PrimeTime Brewers

Table 88: Specialty Cider And Perry (23 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Carlson Westside Sweet Heat Specialty Cider/Perry PrimeTime Brewers
2nd Cindy Oberlin Ruby Dragon Specialty Cider/Perry NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Fred David Stoned Cider with Other Fruit North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 89: New Entrant (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mauricio Montoya Helles 1st Timer Bluebonnet New Entrant Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Max Milan El’s First Beer Bluebonnet New Entrant
3rd Anna Irwin Thank You, Mike Bluebonnet New Entrant Mashrunners