2018 Bluebonnet Brew-Off Awards
Best Of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Janine Weber | Sour Journey – Solera Black Cherry | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Foam Rangers |
| 2nd | Danny Kocurek | Belgian Pale Ale | 24B: Belgian Pale Ale | Knights of the Brown Bottle |
| 3rd | Richard Harris | Genny’S Marzen | 6A: Marzen | North Texas Home Brewers Association |
Best Of Show – Mead & Cider
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Cindy Oberlin | White Rabbit | C1A: New World Cider | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Team Home Brewers of the Year
| Place | Team | Brewers | Club |
| 1st | Clifton, Colten & Barney Ellis | Independent |
Home Brewer of the Year
| Place | Brewer | Club |
| 1st | David Rogers (16 pts) | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Cindy Oberlin (12 pts) | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 3rd | Matthew Herrold (8 pts) | Cane Island Alers |
Glen Mueller- Frank Brown Quality Award
| Cane Island Alers | Ave Score 35.08 |
Club of the Year
| Place | Club |
| 1st | Cane Island Alers |
Rabbit Hole Brewing Pro-AM
| Justin Holman | RIS | Imperial Stout | Cane Island Alers |
Homebrew Showcase People’s Choice
| Place | Club |
| 1st | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Mash Runners |
| 3rd | NTHBA |
Table 1: Pale Lager (27 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Rogers | Boracho Lager | American Light Lager | CIA |
| 2nd | David Rogers | Boracho Lager | International Pale Lager | CIA |
| 3rd | Shawn Scott | Duff Select | American Lager | Beer Mafia |
Table 2: Light American Beer (28 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Clifton Ellis | The Hard Part | Cream Ale | |
| 2nd | David Rogers | Kraut Lager | Cream Ale | CIA |
| 3rd | Scott Koehler | Cream Ale | Cream Ale | bay area mashtronauts |
Table 3: Kolsch (21 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Chris Duehning | Breakfast Happy Hour | Kolsch | |
| 2nd | Shawn Scott | Banks Of The Rhein | Kolsch | Beer Mafia |
| 3rd | Fred David | Das Kolsch | Kolsch | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager (24 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Kasselman | Syn Helles | Munich Helles | Big Country Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Brad Janowski | Festbeir | Festbier | Austin Zealots |
| 3rd | Jeremy Sanders | Blue Quail Helles | Munich Helles | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer (39 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Matthew Herrold | Chiggity Czech Urquell | Czech Premium Pale Lager | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | David Rogers | Pilz Zwei | German Pils | CIA |
| 3rd | Hank Keller | Export This! | German Exportbier | Foam Rangers |
Table 6: Amber Malty European Lager (32 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Richard Harris | Genny’S Marzen | Marzen | North Texas Home Brewers Association |
| 2nd | John Jons | Beautiful Bock | Dunkels Bock | Bay Area Mastronauts |
| 3rd | Kerry Martin | Mexican Vienna | International Amber Lager | Austin Zealots |
Table 7: Amber Bitter European Beer (24 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | James Petty | Toasted Heaven | Vienna Lager | Austin Zealot |
| 2nd | David Rogers | Vienna Lager | Czech Amber Lager | CIA |
| 3rd | Fred David | Das Alt | Altbier | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
Table 8: Dark European Lager (31 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | William Lawrence | Willy’s Munich Dunkel | Munich Dunkel | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Hank Keller | Dark Star | International Dark Lager | Foam Rangers |
| 3rd | Shawn Scott | Black Saxon | Schwarzbier | Beer Mafia |
Table 9: Strong European Beer (32 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dave Kutschman | Dave’s Eisbock | Eisbock | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Hank Keller | Big And Beautiful | Doppelbock | Foam Rangers |
| 3rd | Hank Keller | Baltic, Schmaltic | Baltic Porter | Foam Rangers |
Table 10: German Wheat Beer (28 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Clifton Ellis | Edgeweizen | Weissbier | |
| 2nd | Weston Sampson | Helige Scheissen Weizen | Weizenbock | Zealots |
| 3rd | David Thompson | Ol Faithful | Weizenbock | Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers |
Table 11: British Bitter (26 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Matthew Cogburn | Derby Day Bitter | Best Bitter | Big Country Homebrewers Assoc |
| 2nd | Jeremy Sanders | Scousers Best | Best Bitter | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jeremy Sanders | Pride Of Bedford | Ordinary Bitter | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
Table 12: Strong Bitter (28 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Kevin Foster | Tule Fog | Strong Bitter | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| 2nd | Christopher Daily | Fortnight | English Strong Ale | San Antonio Cervaceros |
| 3rd | Randy Daily | Cavan County Strong Ale | English Strong Ale | Bay Area Mastronauts |
Table 13: Pale Commonwealth Beer (23 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Andy Scherzinger | This Is Kangaroo Court, Sir! | Australian Sparkling Ale | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Matthew Herrold | Mind The Gap | English IPA | Cane Island Alers |
| 3rd | David Rogers | Boracho Lager | Australian Sparkling Ale | CIA |
Table 14: Brown British Beer (46 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Jason Roe | Petrol | English Brown Ale | Rockwall Hombrewers Association |
| 2nd | Sean McCanne | Smoking Jacket Porter | English Porter | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Shawn Mason | Porter Me Another | English Porter | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Table 15: Scottish Ale (20 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Barry Forrest | Thistle Dew | Scottish Export | Cap & Hare |
| 2nd | Doug Nett | Jeremy’s Scotch Ale | Scottish Export | Red River Brewers |
| 3rd | Justin Holman | 80 Schilling | Scottish Export | Cane Island Alers |
Table 16: Irish Beer (24 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Walter Hodges | Hutton Branch Red | Irish Red Ale | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Jason Shipley | Silas Stout | Irish Stout | Dchg. Denton county homebrewers guild |
| 3rd | Clifton Ellis | Weatherfordian | Irish Red Ale |
Table 17: Dark British Beer (37 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Eric Johnson | Mother Heffer | Sweet Stout | |
| 2nd | Andy Scherzinger | Luca’s Stout | Sweet Stout | Cane Island Alers |
| 3rd | Bryan And Skott Knowles | UnKle Rudolf’s Stout | Oatmeal Stout | Knowles Brothers Craft Brewing |
Table 18: Strong British Ale (21 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Rogers | Old Ale | Old Ale | CIA |
| 2nd | Brad Berven | A Knight’s Muse | Old Ale | Knights of the Brown Bottle |
| 3rd | David Rogers | DR12 | English Barleywine | CIA |
Table 19: Wee Heavy (10 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Claire McGillivray | Claire’s Wee | Wee Heavy | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Ken Morris | Wee Too Heavy | Wee Heavy | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 20: Pale American Ale (59 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Philip Bennett | Citra/Denali Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | Brewers of the Hood |
| 2nd | Cameron Allahverdi | SunWalker | American Pale Ale | Draft Punk |
| 3rd | Josh Prince | Petty Theft | American Pale Ale |
Table 21: Amber And Brown American Beer (44 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Stuart Maples | American Brown Ale | American Brown Ale | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Kevin Foster | Trouble Behind | California Common | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| 3rd | James Lowrey | BSBC Amber Ale | American Amber Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 22: American Porter And Stout (39 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Samuel Pugh | GONE IN SPACE Robust Porter | American Porter | |
| 2nd | Greg Etzel | Dark Secret | American Porter | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | John Sutton | SS Stout Be Hoppy | American Stout | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
Table 23: Imperial Stout (26 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Justin Holman | RIS | Imperial Stout | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Jeremy Sanders | Samsquanch | Imperial Stout | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | James Brown | Hell Face | Imperial Stout |
Table 24: American IPA (37 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Douglas Jager | Uber Pig | American IPA | East Texas Brewers Guild |
| 2nd | Greg Christianesn | Undead Drunk | American IPA | Mox Nix Brewery |
| 3rd | Joshua Cassidy | Yellow Dandelion | American IPA | The Foam Rangers |
Table 25: Specialty IPA (35 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Tyler Fenstermaker | Phantasma | Specialty IPA | East Texas Brewers Guild |
| 2nd | Bradley Sheehan | Sharnell | Specialty IPA | Dallas Homebrew Collective |
| 3rd | Mike Treadway | Commander Rye’ker | Specialty IPA | Cap and Hare |
Table 26: Strong American Ale (29 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Matthew Cogburn | Harmonious Havoc Double | Double IPA | Big Country Homebrewers Assoc |
| 2nd | Eric Heinz | Fat Man | American Barleywine | Foam Rangers |
| 3rd | Eric Heinz | Double Clutch | Double IPA | Foam Rangers |
Table 27: European Sour Ale (28 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Janine Weber | Sour Journey – Solera Flanders Red | Flanders Red Ale | Foam Rangers |
| 2nd | Steven Barsalou | Warcola Berliner | Berliner Weisse | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Kevin Foster | Cuvée 836 | Gueuze | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
Table 28: Belgian Ale (28 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Danny Kocurek | Belgian Pale Ale | Belgian Pale Ale | Knights of the Brown Bottle |
| 2nd | Matthew Herrold | Witty Bitty Batch | Witbier | Cane Island Alers |
| 3rd | Fritz Schanz | Witbier | Witbier | Denton County Homebrewer’s Guild |
Table 29: Strong Belgian Ale (32 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Bradley Sheehan | Texas Golden | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Dallas Homebrew Collective |
| 2nd | Nate Newcomb | My Trapp Queen | Belgian Blond Ale | Knights of the brown bottle |
| 3rd | Matthew Herrold | Blustery | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Cane Island Alers |
Table 30: Saison (23 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Brenden Stubblefield | TBI Saison Experiment | Saison | Cap and Hare |
| 2nd | Phillip Zayas | The Finn | Saison | North Texas Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Fritz Schanz | Saison | Saison | Denton County Homebrewer’s Guild |
Table 31: Trappist Ale (61 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Travis Pollan | Oh My Quad! | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Cap and Hare |
| 2nd | Brenden Stubblefield | TBI Dragon De Oro | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Cap and Hare |
| 3rd | Kevin Foster | Brother Jerome 12 | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
Table 32: Fruit Beer (34 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Allen Martin | Foo Foo Juice 2018 | Fruit Beer | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Ian Steinmetz | Sourpuss | Fruit Beer | |
| 3rd | Mike Treadway | Blackberry Mugwump | Fruit Beer | Cap and Hare |
| HM | Dean Weaver | Deanitude Chocolate Cherry Bomb! | Fruit Beer | NTHBA |
Table 33: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (48 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Steve Brown | Habanero Hell | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Cap and Hare |
| 2nd | Danny Kocurek | Imperial Coffee Stout | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Knights of the Brown Bottle |
| 3rd | Cade Jobe | BCS Chocolate Hazelnut Porter | Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | ZEALOTS |
Table 34: Seasonal Spiced Beer (16 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Justin Holman | Spiced Milk Stout | Winter Seasonal Beer | Cane Island Alers |
| 2nd | Greg Christianesn | Mox Nix Pumpkin Ale | Autumn Seasonal Beer | Mox Nix Brewery |
| 3rd | Walter Hodges | Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins | Winter Seasonal Beer | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
Table 35: Smoked Beer (23 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Brad Janowski | Boris The Lager | Classic Style Smoked Beer | Austin Zealots |
| 2nd | Greg Christianesn | Smoked Poblano Porter | Specialty Smoked Beer | Mox Nix Brewery |
| 3rd | Jon Jarvis | Smoktoberfest | Classic Style Smoked Beer | The Foam Rangers |
Table 36: Wood Aged Beer (26 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Thompson | BA Totality | Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Fellowship of Oklahoma Alemakers |
| 2nd | Graham Linder | One In The Barrel Barleywine | Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
| 3rd | Pete Walden | Keel Haul Em’ | Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Cap and Hare |
Table 37: American Wild Ale (27 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Janine Weber | Sour Journey – Solera Black Cherry | Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Foam Rangers |
| 2nd | Steven Barsalou | Warcola Brett Saison | Brett Beer | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Kevin Foster | 2017 Muscat | Wild Specialty Beer | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
Table 38: Specialty Beer (60 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Pete Train | Seven Seas Of Rye | Alternative Grain Beer | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | CJ Gent | Dec 17 KC | Historical Beer | |
| 3rd | Philip Verdieck | There Gose Another One 2 | Historical Beer | The Foam Rangers |
Table 39: Traditional Mead (35 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Fred David | Thump Stump | Semi-Sweet Mead | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | James Lallande | Buckwheat Buffalo | Sweet Mead | Cap and Hare |
| 3rd | Jeff Oberlin | Sweet Mary | Sweet Mead | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Table 40: Melomel (31 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Cindy Oberlin | Happy | Berry Mead | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Frederick Tootle | Nature’s Mega Berry Melomel | Melomel | |
| 3rd | Chuck Homola | Hairy Pommes | Melomel | North Texas Home Brewers Association |
Table 41: Spiced And Specialty Mead (36 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Cindy Oberlin | Ruby Fire | Fruit and Spice Mead | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Carvin Wilson | Rosey | Fruit and Spice Mead | Carvin Wilson |
| 3rd | James Harvey | Orange Cranberry Spiced Melomel | Fruit and Spice Mead | Oakie Wine Club |
Table 42: Cider And Perry (13 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Cindy Oberlin | White Rabbit | New World Cider | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Joseph Dulock | Joe’s Cider | French Cider | MashRunners |
| 3rd | Jeff Oberlin | Cider Monkey | New World Cider | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Table 43: Specialty Cider And Perry (26 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Cindy Oberlin | Pink Elephant | Cider with Other Fruit | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Bart Hines | Slider Cider | Cider with Herbs/Spices | Knights of the Brown Bottle |
| 3rd | Kevin Fleming | Blueberry Mango Ginger | Specialty Cider/Perry | Dukes Of Ale |
Table 44: Bluebonnet New Entrant (16 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Daniel Brumley | D-Boy Hefeweizen | Bluebonnet New Entrant | |
| 2nd | Bray Denard | Acacia BOMM | Bluebonnet New Entrant | Mashrunners |
| 3rd | Joshua Cassidy | Yellow Dandelion | Bluebonnet New Entrant | The Foam Rangers |
Table 45: Bluebonnet Hop Specialty (26 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Walter Hodges | Hutton Branch Blonde | Bluebonnet Hop Showcase | North Texas Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Nicholas Bulleri | The Lasting Legacy | Bluebonnet Hop Showcase | knights of the brown bottle |
| 3rd | Nigel Curtis | Legacy Gold | Bluebonnet Hop Showcase | Cap And Hare Homebrew Club |