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2019 Results

Results – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2019

BOS – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2019 Beer

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Heinz, Kyle Autry Hotpoint Lager Czech Premium Pale Lager NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Karl King Three Kings Aventinus Eisbock Clone Beer Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Randy Daily Nottingham Road – 031 English Porter NINJA Homebrewers

BOS – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2019 Mead/Cider

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Oberlin Dastardly Curious Semi-Sweet Mead NINJA Homebrewers

Home Brew Team of the Year

Place Team Brewers Club
1st Draft Punk Nicholas McCoy and Jeff Poirot Draft Punk

Home Brewer of the Year

Place Brewer Club
1st Fred David (12 pts) North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Matthew Herrold (9 pts) Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Danny Kocurek (8 pts) Knights of the Brown Bottle

The Glen Mueller-Frank Brown Quality Award

Place Club
1st NINJA Homebrewers (Ave Score 34.89)

Club of the Year

Place Club
1st NINJA Homebrewers (36 pts)
2nd Cane Island Alers (CIA) (28 pts)
3rd North Texas Homebrewers Association (26 pts)

Rabbit Hole Brewing Pro-Am Award

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Philip Verdieck Gose Encounters Fruit Beer Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Winners – Bluebonnet Brewoff for 2019

Table 51: Pale Lager (31 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Keith Wright Peckerwood Lager American Lager Red Earth Brewers
2nd Sascha Tibo Deutsche Mark Pils American Lager Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Shawn Scott Duff Select American Lager BEER MAFIA!

Table 52: Light American Beer (23 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Hank Keller Creamy Cream Ale Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Stephen Arnold Heavenly Cream Ale Cream Ale River Valley Ale Raisers [AR]
3rd Evan McDougall American Wheat Ale Recipe #1 American Wheat Beer East Texas Brewers Guild

Table 53: Kolsch (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Shawn Scott Banks of the Rhein Kolsch BEER MAFIA!
2nd Fred David Das Kolsch Kolsch North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Joey Carter Lisle’s Lil Kolsch Kolsch

Table 54: Pale Malty European Lager (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Brett Cable To Helles and Back Munich Helles BEER MAFIA!
2nd Joshua Berlin Uberfest Festbier Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd David Rogers To Helles With It All Munich Helles Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 55: Pale Bitter European Beer (53 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Heinz Hotpoint Lager Czech Premium Pale Lager NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Pete Train Panty Peeler Pils German Pils NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Pete Train A Little Dab Will Do Ya! German Exportbier NINJA Homebrewers

Table 56: Amber Malty European Lager (43 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Don Trotter Donniestyle Marzen Marzen North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Mark Rendon Gemini Lager International Amber Lager
3rd Peter Polczynski Boaty McBotox Dunkels Bock BEER MAFIA!
HM Richard Harris Genny”S Marzen Marzen North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 57: Amber Bitter European Beer (27 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Kerry Martin Vienna Vienna Lager Austin Zealots
2nd Eric Heinz Ava’s Lager Bier Kellerbier NINJA Homebrewers
3rd John Burrow Wienermobile Vienna Lager Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 58: Dark European Lager (33 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Cade Jobe Nein Sprechen Sie Deutsch Munich Dunkel Austin Zealots
2nd Pete Train A Finer Shiner International Dark Lager NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Sascha Tibo Herr Schwarz Schwarzbier Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 59: Strong European Beer (36 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Weston Sampson G Suffacator Doppelbock Austin Zealots
2nd James Lallande Dopplebuffalo Doppelbock Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Shawn Scott Riga Nights Baltic Porter BEER MAFIA!

Table 60: German Wheat Beer (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st David Thompson Being Weizy Isn’t Easy Weizenbock BEER MAFIA!
2nd Timothy Baker Baker’s Gold Weizenbock Rogue Brewers Coalition[TX]
3rd Garrett Robberson Smelly Bison Hefeweizen Weissbier Red Earth Brewers

Table 61: British Bitter (12 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nigel Curtis Landlord Best Bitter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd Fred David Burtons Best Best Bitter North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Nigel Curtis Little Brit Bitter Ordinary Bitter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
HM David Thompson Longshot Best Bitter BEER MAFIA!

Table 62: Strong Bitter (31 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Justin Holman Strong Bitter Strong Bitter Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Fred David Burtons Strong Burton Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Joshua Cassidy Fuller’s House Strong Bitter Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 63: Pale Commonwealth Beer (12 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Layne McBeath Huell English IPA North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Andy Scherzinger This Is Kangaroo Court, Sir! Australian Sparkling Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Fritz Schanz Stearman’s Australian Sparkling Ale Australian Sparkling Ale Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 64: Brown British Beer (41 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Randy Daily Nottingham Road – 031 English Porter NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Nicholas McCoy Cankles Dark Mild Draft Punk
3rd Jason Godfredsen English Brown I English Brown Ale Mashrunners

Table 65: Scottish Ale (29 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Weston Morgan The Lab Scottish Export Red Earth Brewers
2nd Nicholas McCoy Family Plaid Scottish Heavy Draft Punk
3rd Nicholas McCoy If Its Not Scotch Its Crap Scottish Export Draft Punk

Table 66: Irish Beer (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Paul Croas Red Headed Step-Child Irish Red Ale Mashstonaughts
2nd Brett Cable Temple Bar Dry Stout Irish Stout BEER MAFIA!
3rd Daniel Carey Skinny Bastard Irish Red Ale

Table 67: Dark British Beer (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Adam Bayyouk Epb Whiskey Barrel Stout Sweet Stout
2nd Robert Brown Voodoo Lady Tropical Stout Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd Mike Treadway Fred Durst’s Love Child Tropical Stout Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 68: Strong British Ale (32 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st David Rogers Old Ale Old Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Jeff Oberlin Sir Connor English Barleywine NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Lance Ford Bigger Chungus English Barleywine Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 69: Wee Heavy (35 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Hank Keller Wee Really Heavy Wee Heavy Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Donnie Franklin Sleekit Skelp Wee Heavy Mashrunners
3rd Fred David Wee Wee All the Way Home Wee Heavy North Texas Homebrewers Association
HM Steve Russell Sgian-Dubh Wee Heavy Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 70: Pale American Ale (51 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Todd Lichtfus Honey Blonde Blonde Ale
2nd Chad Medford Precarious Pale Ale American Pale Ale Red Earth Brewers
3rd Eric Heinz Trail Ale American Pale Ale NINJA Homebrewers

Table 71: Amber And Brown American Beer (46 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Nicholas McCoy Amber American Amber Ale Draft Punk
2nd Pete Train Steam Train California Common NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Brian English Founding Fathers Porter Pre-Prohibition Porter Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 72: American Porter And Stout (45 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jason Campos Roasted Rocket American Stout
2nd Mike Treadway Jim American Porter Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Robert Brown Porter?!?….. American Porter Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 73: Imperial Stout (43 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st John Sutton S&s Ris Imperial Stout North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd James Brown Hell Face Imperial Stout
3rd Luigi Depari Dmitri’s Daily Imperial Stout Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 74: American IPA (47 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Andrew Howell Big Boi’s Booty Sweat American IPA Clarksville Carboys
2nd Reed Smollar Hitchiker’s IPA American IPA Dallas Homebrew Collective
3rd Nicholas McCoy Wookie Dust American IPA Draft Punk
HM Robert Brown I Love A Rainy Night American IPA Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 75: Specialty IPA (62 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Joe Thibodeaux Jack Cracker Black IPA Black IPA Redstick Brewmasters
2nd Matt Parulis Rye IPA Rye IPA North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Weston Morgan Citrus Explosion Specialty IPA Red Earth Brewers

Table 76: Strong American Ale (30 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Danny Kocurek Wheatwine Wheatwine Knights of the Brown Bottle
2nd Nicholas McCoy Wookie Dust Double IPA Draft Punk
3rd Brian Clark Moral Clarity American Strong Ale Texas Aggie Brewing Club
HM Brian Winfree Taters Double IPA Double IPA

Table 77: European Sour Ale (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Janine Weber Evil Elf – Red Solera 2018 Flanders Red Ale Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Tyson Schindler Triple Berry Lambic Fruit Lambic Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd Henrik Engert Raspberry Delight Fruit Lambic Texas Carboys

Table 78: Belgian Ale (24 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Matthew Herrold Pierre’s Passion Witbier Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Danny Kocurek Belgian Pale Ale Belgian Pale Ale Knights of the Brown Bottle
3rd Danny Kocurek Biere de Garde Biere de Garde Knights of the Brown Bottle

Table 79: Strong Belgian Ale (28 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Heinz Olivia Belgian Golden Strong Ale NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Matthew Herrold Essex Girl Ferry Belgian Blond Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Danny Kocurek Trappist Single Trappist Single Knights of the Brown Bottle

Table 80: Saison (21 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Fritz Schanz Stearman’s Saison Saison Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd Chad Medford Orange Blossom Saison Saison Red Earth Brewers
3rd Layne McBeath Saison Saison North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 81: Trappist Ale (60 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Scott Koehler Threesome Belgian Tripel NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Fritz Schanz Stearman’s Belgian Tripel Belgian Tripel Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd Matthew Herrold Voldewort Belgian Dark Strong Ale Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 82: Fruit Beer (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Philip Verdieck Gose Encounters Fruit Beer Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Dean Weaver Deanitude Chocolate Cherry Bomb! Fruit Beer North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Scott Thurman Very Berry Blonde Fruit Beer Mashrunners

Table 83: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (43 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Edward Lamothe Coco’s Coconut Hefe Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Knights of the Brown Bottle
2nd Kuumba Smith Triple Stage Darkness Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Smittox Brewing
3rd Damon Lacey Pink Breeze Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
HM Jason Joy Chococabra Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 84: Seasonal Spiced Beer (22 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Justin Holman Spiced Stout Winter Seasonal Beer Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd Fred David Fireside Winter Warmer Winter Seasonal Beer North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd Dan Pucul Holly Jolly Juice Winter Seasonal Beer Mashrunners

Table 85: Smoked Beer (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Brad Janowski Boris The Lager Classic Style Smoked Beer Austin Zealots
2nd Jon Jarvis Smoktoberfest Classic Style Smoked Beer Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd Shawn Scott Smoldering Gimp Rauchbier BEER MAFIA!

Table 86: Wood Aged Beer (40 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Ryan Pickering Whiskey Barrel Prairie Dog Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd Matthew Herrold Bba Baltic Specialty Wood-Aged Beer Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd Joseph Fronczek Oliver’s Breakfast Beer Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Table 87: American Wild Ale (25 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Samuel Pugh Chimney Rock Farmhouse Ale Brett Beer Big Country Homebrewers Association
2nd Greg Etzel Key Lime Pie Time Wild Specialty Beer Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Andy Scherzinger Here I Gose-Gain On My Own! Gose Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 88: Specialty Beer (30 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Karl King Three Kings Aventinus Eisbock Clone Beer Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd Vernon Irwin Pivo! Piwo Grodziskie Mashrunners
3rd Danny Kocurek Ryewine Alternative Grain Beer Knights of the Brown Bottle
HM Luigi Depari Dim-Witted Ginger (Clarified Witbier W/ginger And Apricot) Experimental Beer Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 89: Traditional Mead (34 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Jeff Oberlin Dastardly Curious Semi-Sweet Mead NINJA Homebrewers
2nd James Lallande Buckwheat Buffalo Semi-Sweet Mead Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd Nathan Newcomb Top Ramen Semi-Sweet Mead Knights of the Brown Bottle

Table 90: Melomel (39 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Fred David I’m Getting Bogged Down In Cranberries Berry Mead North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd Chris Horsley Very Cherry Mead Stone Fruit Mead East Texas Brewers Guild
3rd Matthew Herrold Grape Rolly Jancher Pyment Cane Island Alers (CIA)
HM Larry Snow Rusy Irenes Blackberry Mead Melomel

Table 91: Spiced And Specialty Mead (42 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Sorrels It’s So Bochet Experimental Mead Mashrunners
2nd Cindy Oberlin Ruby Fire Fruit and Spice Mead NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Jeff Oberlin Sir Gabriel Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead NINJA Homebrewers
HM Nathan Newcomb Wasp Sting Experimental Mead Knights of the Brown Bottle

Table 92: Cider And Perry (16 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Cindy Oberlin White Rabbit New World Cider NINJA Homebrewers
2nd Cindy Oberlin Thirsty Huskies New World Perry NINJA Homebrewers
3rd Jeff Oberlin Cider Monkey New World Cider NINJA Homebrewers

Table 93: Specialty Cider And Perry (26 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Drew Domalakes Apple-Pear Cider 1.0 Cider with Other Fruit Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd Jeffrey Carlson Westside Sweet Heat Cider with Herbs/Spices PrimeTime Brewers
3rd James Harvey Go Fish Cider with Herbs/Spices

Table 94: Bluebonnet New Entrant (38 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Logan Koester Koester Kolsch Bluebonnet New Entrant
2nd Shane Ballard Geographical Oddity Bluebonnet New Entrant Mashrunners
3rd Thomas Dinh Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Stout Bluebonnet New Entrant Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 95: Bluebonnet Hop Showcase (9 entries)

Place Brewer Entry Name Style Club
1st Danny Kocurek Wheatwine Bluebonnet Hop Showcase Any Style, Single Hop Knights of the Brown Bottle
2nd Dean Weaver Deanitude Cab of the Truck Bluebonnet Hop Showcase American Pale Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd John Driscoll Fat Finger – Up Your Nose Bluebonnet Hop Showcase American Pale Ale North Texas Homebrewers Association