BOS – Bluebonnet Brew-Off for 2026

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	Australian Sparkling Ale	Australian Sparkling Ale	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Donald Schneider	Boozy Banana Bread	Weizenbock	Weiz Guys
3rd	Curtis Ritter	Michiko	International Pale Lager	Ace Brewing Society

Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak, Megan Kulcak	Shepherd’s Miod Trojniak	Historical Mead	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	David Towles	Sweet Meadowfoam	Sweet Mead	High Plains Drafters [TX]

Home Brew Team of the Year

Place	Team	Brewers	Club
1st	Bradley Brewing	Keith Bradley and Pam Bradley	NINJA Homebrewers

Home Brewer of the Year

Place	Brewer	Club
1st	David Towles	High Plains Drafters [TX]

Mead/Cider Maker of the Year

Place	Brewer	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak and Megan Kulcak	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Club of the Year

Place	Club
1st	Ninja Homebrewers

Winners – Bluebonnet Brew-Off for 2026

Table 50: Pale Lager (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter	Michiko	International Pale Lager	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Mark McCurdy	Dees This Aint No Coors Light American Lager	American Lager	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Luke Osborne	Arkansas Light	American Light Lager	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 51: Light Ale (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kim Hynek	Cream Ale	Cream Ale	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Ken Damon	Don’t Judge Me	Cream Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Dalton Coleman	Jag’s Wheat	American Wheat Beer	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 52: Commonwealth Beer (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	Australian Sparkling Ale	Australian Sparkling Ale	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Michael Rensing	Second (Beer) Breakfast	New Zealand Pilsner	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Taylor Shastid	That Sort Of Thing Ain’t My Bag Baby	British Golden Ale	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 53: Pale German Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Lampman	Helles Or Heaven	Munich Helles	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Ken Damon	Don’t Judge Me	German Helles Exportbier	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Haven Schultz	Munich Gold	Munich Helles	The Bru Club

Table 54: Pale European Beer (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	Pils	German Pils	North Side Alers (NSA)
2nd	Ross Stuart	Double Decocted Czech Premium	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Rob Hardisty	Phineas	German Pils	Liquid Poets

Table 55: Kolsch and Blonde (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeffrey Oberlin	Mielikki Light Ale	Blonde Ale	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Mark Boelman	Donald Trump Is A Pedo	Kölsch	Weiz Guys
3rd	James Smith	544 Cascade Blonde	Blonde Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
HM	Dane Clark	Pick Me Or Else	Kölsch

Table 56: Octoberfest (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Terry Olinger	Bell Haus Marzen	Märzen	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	John Driscoll	FatFinger – How Many Fingers	Festbier	Mid-State Brew Crew
3rd	Andy Cox	Oaktoberfest	Märzen	Underground Brewers of Connecticut

Table 57: European Ambers and Bocks (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Daily	I’ll Be Bock #Randy’s	Dunkels Bock	Varsity-Brews
2nd	Jennifer Vonderwell	Cheeseburger In Paradise	Czech Amber Lager	Brewtubers
3rd	Josh Word	Bock Around And Find Out	Dunkels Bock	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 58: Amber Bitter European Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark McCurdy	Allie Gators Vienna	Vienna Lager	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Phillip Abbott	Alte Schule	Altbier	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Colby Reineke	Floating Realms	Kellerbier	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 59: Dark European Lager (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Loring Knutson	Cerveza Negra	Schwarzbier	Central Arkansas Fermenters
2nd	David Towles	International Dark Lager	International Dark Lager	High Plains Drafters [TX]
3rd	Andy Cox	Everyday Dunkel	Munich Dunkel	Underground Brewers of Connecticut

Table 60: Strong European Beer (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Bradley	Salivator	Doppelbock	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	John Driscoll	FatFinger – Frost Bite	Eisbock	Mid-State Brew Crew
3rd	Scott Steenburg	Doppelbock #1	Doppelbock	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Table 61: German Wheat Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Schneider	Boozy Banana Bread	Weizenbock	Weiz Guys
2nd	Jeff Case	Jeffuhweizen	Weissbier	QUAFF
3rd	Keith Bradley	On The Sly	Weizenbock	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 62: British Bitter (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Wilson	Best Western Bitter	Best Bitter	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	Stephen Polczynski	Extra Special Beer	Strong Bitter	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	John Davidson	Me Lorde	Best Bitter	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 63: Brown British Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dane Clark	Sir Sad Hound Eyes	British Brown Ale
2nd	Amanda Long	Milo’s Mild	Dark Mild	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Chris Daily	Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers	British Brown Ale	Varsity-Brews

Table 64: Scottish and Irish Ale (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dave Jonathan Maxon	Maxon’s Irish Red	Irish Red Ale	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	Fred David	Deagh Leann	Scottish Export	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	James Lampman	Man I Could Drink Alot Of This	Scottish Export	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 65: Stout and Porter (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stacy Myers	1801 Porter	Foreign Extra Stout	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Stacy Myers	Leprechaun Nightfall	Irish Extra Stout	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Luis Frasson Nori	Our Stout	Irish Extra Stout	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 66: British Stout (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ken Damon	Don’t Judge Me	Sweet Stout	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Sam Hoopes	Fat Pilgrim	Oatmeal Stout	NINJA Homebrewers
3rd	Sam Hoopes	Black Milk Ninja	Sweet Stout	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 67: Strong British Ale (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Lampman	Robert The Bruce	Wee Heavy	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	John Skelton	I’m A Little Tea Pot Short And Stout…But I’m Old Like Jarrett!	Old Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Patrick Leon	Peacoat Buttons	British Strong Ale	QUAFF
HM	John Bates	Was Billy Kimber Even Strong	British Strong Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 68: Pale American Ale (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	APA	American Pale Ale	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Colby Reineke	Intelligent Machines	American Pale Ale	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Ken Damon	Don’t Judge Me	American Pale Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 69: Amber and Brown American Beer (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Skelton	Mark Rendon Said Just Name The Beer American Amber Ale	American Amber Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Josh Word	Don’t Tell The Temperance League	Pre-Prohibition Porter	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Jake Jones	Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown	American Brown Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
HM	Jennifer Vonderwell	Bank Of Bad Habits	California Common	Brewtubers

Table 70: American Porter and Stout (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joel McGormley	Mack’s Night Out	American Stout	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Mike Neice	Black Dog	American Porter	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Walter Hodges	MERICA!	American Stout	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 71: Imperial Stout (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Cortez	Zaragoza Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout
2nd	Scott Koehler	Glorious Ivan	Imperial Stout	NINJA Homebrewers
3rd	Taylor Shastid	Baily’s Beads	Imperial Stout	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 72: American IPA (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	IPA	American IPA	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Damian Dobbs	The Grunt IPA	American IPA
3rd	Colby Reineke	Cryogenic Dreams	American IPA	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 73: Specialty IPA (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah And Marc Prichard	Crap Shoot Beer For A Crap Shoot Comp	Belgian IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Keith Bradley	2 AM Keith	Red IPA	NINJA Homebrewers
3rd	Nick Mccoy	Go Big	Black IPA	Draft Punk

Table 74: Hazy and Experimental IPA (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak	Opa’s G-PA	Specialty IPA	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	David James	Morning Star	Hazy IPA	Cascade Brewers Society
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Look But You Can’t Touch	Hazy IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 75: Strong American Ale (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Walter Hodges	The News Makes Me Want To Stay Drunk	Wheatwine	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Keith Bradley	Olympic Strong	American Strong Ale	NINJA Homebrewers
3rd	Eli Palma	Dream Church	Double IPA

Table 76: Barleywines (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lloyd Allen	Terminal Lanced	American Barleywine	Redstick Brewmasters
2nd	David Towles	English Barleywine	English Barley Wine	High Plains Drafters [TX]
3rd	Thomas Musquiez	3 Guys 1 Pot	English Barley Wine	San Antonio Cerveceros

Table 77: European Sour Ale (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	The Leftorium	Flanders Red Ale	QUAFF
2nd	Travis Johnson	Strawberry Cucumber Lambic	Fruit Lambic	QUAFF
3rd	Travis Johnson	Boring Berliner Weisse	Berliner Weisse	QUAFF
HM	Aaron Crousillac	De La Terres ’25	Gueuze	Redstick Brewmasters

Table 78: Belgian Ale (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Heinz	Monk Food	Belgian Single	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Walter Hodges	Belgian And Single	Belgian Single	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Jeffrey Oberlin	G-Man Ale	Belgian Pale Ale	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 79: Belgian Blond and Saison (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fernando Mireles	El Perro Astronauta	Saison	Cervezatlan
2nd	Andrew McHenry	Andy’s Belgian Blond	Belgian Blond Ale	Wichita Homebrewers Organization (WHO)
3rd	Mark McCurdy	Pipi Pipers Belgian Blond	Belgian Blond Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
HM	Andy Scherzinger	Not Quite Nick Nolte	Saison	Weiz Guys

Table 80: Strong Light Belgian Ale (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins	Hurry Up, Goldenrod!	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Jonathan Reasoner	Tripel Threat	Belgian Tripel	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Louis Strowger	Bourre’ Moine	Belgian Tripel	Peninsula Fermentation Society

Table 81: Strong Dark Belgian Ale (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Reasoner	A Beer Called Quad	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Fred David	Dubbel Trubble	Belgian Dubbel	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Greg Smith	26d	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 82: Fruit Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian McCrickard	Decadence: Bananas Foster	Specialty Fruit Beer	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Anthony Cortez	Pink Charro	Fruit Beer
3rd	Robert Morrison	Trinity Paloma Rosa	Fruit Beer

Table 83: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alf Syftestad	Abuelita	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	David Johnson	2025 Jalapeno Cream Ale	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd	Shaun Huggins	Boil Em, Mash Em, Stick Em In A Beer	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros
HM	Sam Hoopes	Vanilla Barrel Dream	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 84: Autumn Winter Seasonal (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred David	Yum!	Winter Seasonal Beer	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Kenneth Glass	Jon Snow-Winter Is Here	Winter Seasonal Beer	Central Arkansas Fermenters
3rd	Matt Parulis	Coal Cracker Warmer	Winter Seasonal Beer	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 85: Smoke Beer (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Bierschenk	Czy Kto? Tutaj Mówi Po Polsku?	Piwo Grodziskie	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Mark Boelman	Colorado Smoke Show	Rauchbier	Weiz Guys
3rd	Barry Forrest	Licht ‘Em Up	Lichtenhainer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 86: Wood Aged Beer (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Bradley	Luvin My Wood	Wood-Aged Beer	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Loring Knutson	Make My Mark	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Central Arkansas Fermenters
3rd	Brian Street	Warhorse BBA Imperial Stout	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 87: American Wild Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Christiansen	Halley’s Comet	Wild Specialty Beer	Mox Nix Brewery
2nd	Haven Schultz	Homestead – Table Beer ’25	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	The Bru Club
3rd	Chris Daily	What Kind Of Sick Bitch Takes The Ice Cube Trays?	Brett Beer	Varsity-Brews

Table 88: Specialty Beer (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeffrey Oberlin	Emma Destruction	Alternative Sugar Beer	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Kevin Olson	Rye You Askin Me?	Alternative Grain Beer	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Cole Christian	International Pup Of Foni Business	Alternative Grain Beer	DC Homebrewers
HM	Andy Scherzinger	Ramona Flowers N/a	Experimental Beer	Weiz Guys

Table 89: Traditional Mead (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	Sweet Meadowfoam	Sweet Mead	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Wesley Kulcak	Shepherd’s Dessert D’Lite	Sweet Mead	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	John Black	Bees In Paradise	Dry Mead	Bay Area Mashtronauts
HM	Cindy Oberlin	Grumpy	Semi-Sweet Mead	NINJA Homebrewers

Table 90: Melomel (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Fowler	Tropical Vibes	Melomel
2nd	Garrett Freeman	Merlot Pyment	Pyment	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Brian Stephens	Time Travel Sauce	Stone Fruit Mead	Keepers of Craft
HM	Jarrett Long	Bananas Foster	Melomel	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 91: Spiced and Specialty Mead (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak	Shepherd’s Miod Trojniak	Historical Mead	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Brian Biggs	All Along The Watchtower	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
3rd	Bill Boyer	Scene 8: Why No One Likes The French	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 92: Cider and Perry (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cindy Oberlin	White Rabbit	New World Cider	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Justin Holman	Costco Crush	New World Cider	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Andy Scherzinger	#BetterthanBoyer	New World Cider	Weiz Guys

Table 93: Specialty Cider and Perry (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	A Series Of Pearilous Events 2022	Specialty Cider/Perry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Andy Scherzinger	Brrrr	Ice Cider	Weiz Guys
3rd	Diana Lester	Apple Snow Cone	Ice Cider	Central Arkansas Fermenters