BOS – Bluebonnet Brew-Off ™ for 2023

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	Master Hefe	Weissbier	North Side Alers
2nd	Jesse Thoresen	Rocktober	Märzen	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Jeremy Hatfield	Saisonie	Saison	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cindy W Oberlin	White Rabbit	New World Cider	Ninja Homebrewers

Home Brew Team of the Year

Place	Team	Brewers	Club
1st	Perpetual Brewing	Damon Lacey and Jason Joy

Home Brewer of the Year

Place	Brewer	Club
1st	Mark Rendon	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Mead/Cider Maker of the Year

Place	Brewer	Club
1st	Cindy Oberlin	Ninja Homebrewers

Club of the Year

Place	Club
1st	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Winners – Bluebonnet Brew-Off ™ for 2023

Table 51: Pale Lager (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Steenburg	El Dorado American Lager	American Lager	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Keith Wright	Peckerwood Lager	American Lager	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Keith Wright	Right Stuff	International Pale Lager	Red Earth Brewers

Table 52: Light Ale (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Damon Lacey	The Sun Is Not Yellow, Its…..	Cream Ale
2nd	Jeremiah Baer	Corny Baer	Cream Ale	East Side Brewers [IL]
3rd	Mark Rendon	Cream Ale	Cream Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 53: Pale Malty European Lager (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark McCurdy	Biggest Old Guys Helles Bock	Helles Bock	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	Eric Heinz	Stairway To Helles	Munich Helles	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Sascha Tibo	Bölkstoff	Helles Bock	North Side Alers

Table 54: Pale Bitter European Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Guy Grady	Leichtsaber	German Leichtbier	Central Arkansas Fermenters
2nd	Gerad Miller	Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinkin’	New Zealand Pilsner	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists
3rd	Scott Koehler	Super Pils	Czech Premium Pale Lager	NINJAs

Table 55: Kolsch and Blonde (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carl Teachey	Hereold’s Blonde	Blonde Ale	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Lars Reinhart	Wrexpert Brewing – Cologne On My Mind	Kölsch	San Antonio Cerveceros
3rd	Mark Rendon	Kolsch	Kölsch	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 56: Amber Malty European Lager (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jesse Thoresen	Rocktober	Märzen	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	David Rogers	Better Than A Shiner	Dunkels Bock	North Side Alers
3rd	Pete Train	A Finer Shiner	International Amber Lager	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 57: Amber Bitter European Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	The Vienna	Vienna Lager	North Side Alers
2nd	Fred David	Alt Who Goes There	Altbier	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Butch Smith	Roland Deschain	Altbier	Mashrunners

Table 58: Dark European Lager (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rendon	Schwarzbier	Schwarzbier	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Timothy Bickel	Das Dat Dunkel	Munich Dunkel	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Edward Lamothe	So It Goes	Munich Dunkel	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 59: Strong European Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stacy Myers	Baltic Porter	Baltic Porter	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Jeff Oberlin	Scooter	Baltic Porter	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Mark McCurdy	Biggest Ol Guys Eisbock	Eisbock	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 60: German Wheat Beer (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	Master Hefe	Weissbier	North Side Alers
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Weizen-Stein	Weizenbock	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Travis Kirby	El Hefe	Weissbier	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)

Table 61: British Bitter (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Pitre	Bitter Pitre	Best Bitter	Redstick Brewmasters
2nd	Mark Rendon	Ordinary Bitter	Ordinary Bitter	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Jeff Oberlin	Premium Husky	Best Bitter	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 62: Strong Pale English Beer (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Steenburg	Version #5	Strong Bitter	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Jeff Oberlin	Ankle Biter Bitter	Strong Bitter	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Dan Acheson	Not Your Bitter Grandpa	Strong Bitter	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 63: Brown British Beer (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rendon	British Brown Ale	British Brown Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	David Rogers	London Fog	London Brown Ale	North Side Alers
3rd	Mark McCurdy	Pippi Pipers Dark Mild	Dark Mild	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 64: Scottish and Irish Ale (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Randy Daily	Cavan County Red	Irish Red Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Eric Heinz	Poquito Peso	Scottish Export	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Jeff Oberlin	Heavy Husky	Scottish Heavy	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 65: Stout and Porter (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah & Marc Prichard	Gregory Brown	English Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Mark Rendon	Irish Stout	Irish Stout	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Brian Street	Vlad’s Black Porter	English Porter	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 66: British Stout (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Skelton	You Know What, I Think This Might Be A Tropical Stout!	Tropical Stout	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Jeremy Hatfield	Breakfast Beer	Oatmeal Stout	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Christos Renner	Tropic Thunder	Tropical Stout	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 67: Strong British Ale (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Hank Keller	Olde Ale	Old Ale	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd	Tyson Schindler	Do You Even Lift, Bruv?!	British Strong Ale	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd	Caleb Lee	From The Shadows	English Barley Wine	Red Earth Brewers

Table 68: Pale American Ale (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Cortez	Chon Chon	American Pale Ale
2nd	Nicholas McCoy	Boner Jams	American Pale Ale	Draft Punk
3rd	Mark Rendon	Dorada Pampeana	Dorada Pampeana	North Texas Homebrewers Association

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Ballantyne	Arrow Ale	American Brown Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Mark Rendon	Kentucky Common	Kentucky Common	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Amber Alert	American Amber Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 70: American Porter And Stout (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Gould	American Porter	American Porter	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	Blake Villermin	Dogs Playing Poker	American Stout	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Lenzie Cheaney	Ruby’s Porter	American Porter	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 71: Imperial Stout (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joel McGormley	Dark Cellar	Imperial Stout
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman’s Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	David Rogers	Big Headache	Imperial Stout	North Side Alers
HM	Matthew Herrold	Chocolate Thunder #meanbrews	Imperial Stout	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 72: American IPA (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bryan Hunter	Queen Bowie I	American IPA	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Nicholas McCoy	New Dust	American IPA	Draft Punk
3rd	David Rogers	Mosaic IPA	American IPA	North Side Alers

Table 73: Specialty IPA (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Mercer	Wtf Does P Stand For?	Black IPA
2nd	Travis Combel	Garden Art	Belgian IPA	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Tony Silveira	Rye IPA	Rye IPA	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 74: Hazy and Experimental IPA (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Marut	Don’t Change Anything	Hazy IPA	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	Joshua Santelises	Ddt Hazy IPA	Hazy IPA	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Fernando Mireles	Mi Swing Es Tropical	Hazy IPA	Cervezatlan

Table 75: Strong American Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Gould	Kitchen Sink DIPA	Double IPA	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	Gary Casey	Bo Hunk	American Strong Ale	Big Country Homebrewers Association
3rd	Nicholas McCoy	Double Dust	Double IPA	Draft Punk

Table 76: European Sour Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman’s Berliner Weisse	Berliner Weisse	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Larry McCallister	Dandy Flandy	Flanders Red Ale	Ozark Zymurgists
3rd	Jeff Oberlin	Wicked	Berliner Weisse	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 77: Belgian Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred David	Frenchie	Bière de Garde	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Nicholas McCoy	Witstanbul	Witbier	Draft Punk
3rd	Mark Rendon	Belgian Pale Ale	Belgian Pale Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 78: Belgian Blonde and Single (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Polczynski	I Could Waffte But Im Not Going To	Belgian Blond Ale	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
2nd	Jeff Oberlin	Trap! Trap!	Belgian Single	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Hannah Richard-Molina	Single Ready To Mingle	Belgian Single	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 79: Saison (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Hatfield	Saisonie	Saison	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Brandy Patton	Ryepaul	Saison	Cowtown Brew Club
3rd	Michael Farmer	Honing Seizoen	Saison

Table 80: Strong Light Belgian Ale (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jarrett Long	Golden Goose Of Belgium	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Jeff Oberlin	Becky Belgian	Belgian Tripel	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Peter Polczynski	The Devil Is In The Details	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)

Table 81: Strong Dark Belgian Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Hatfield	Monk’s Blood	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Joel Cervantes	Remington Hazard	Belgian Dubbel	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Sean Vreeland	Bbq	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 82: Fruit Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darwyn Cooper	Very Berry Berliner Weisse	Fruit Beer	East Texas Brewers Guild
2nd	Rob Hardisty	Framberry	Fruit Beer	Weiz Guys
3rd	Butch Smith	Moses Carver	Fruit and Spice Beer	Mashrunners
HM	Patrick Bohannan	Riverbank Rosé	Fruit Beer	FLOPS

Table 83: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Boelman	Build Something Beautiful, Set It On Fire	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Damon Lacey	Chococabra	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	Joe Wood	Wake Up And Rage	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Central Arkansas Fermenters
HM	Terry Olinger	Wasted Away Again On Margarita Beer	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 84: Autumn Winter Seasonal (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak	Waltzing In A Baltic Wonderland	Winter Seasonal Beer	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman’s Winter Seasonal	Winter Seasonal Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Steve Russell	Beside The Fireplace	Winter Seasonal Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 85: Wee Heavy and Smoke (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Hank Keller	Wee Heavyset	Wee Heavy	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman’s Smoked Doppelbock	Classic Style Smoked Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Edward Lamothe	From Bamberg With Love	Classic Style Smoked Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
HM	Sean Vreeland	MacGregor’s Goat	Wee Heavy	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 86: Wood Aged Beer (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carl Teachey	Barrel-Aged Maris	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Michael Rensing	Dan Flashes	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cincinnati Malt Infusers
3rd	Matthew Herrold	The Blue Pill #meanbrews	Wood-Aged Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 87: American Wild Ale (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Davis	Kashmir	Wild Specialty Beer	Mox Nix Brewery
2nd	Travis Bullock	Guavana	Wild Specialty Beer	Bexar Brewers
3rd	Timothy Lambert	Raspberry Shorty – #204	Wild Specialty Beer	Dukes Of Ale

Table 88: Specialty Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins	Aunt Beru’s Smoked Ale	Piwo Grodziskie	Austin Zealots
2nd	Travis Combel	Phantastic Winter Storm Nelson Eclipse Af	Mixed-Style Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	David Rogers	Oh Honey…	Alternative Sugar Beer	North Side Alers

Table 89: Traditional Mead (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jarrett Long	Tupelo Hustle Simi Sweet	Semi-Sweet Mead	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	David Rogers	Cranberry Suprise	Sweet Mead	North Side Alers
3rd	Jarrett Long	Tupelo Hustle Dry	Dry Mead	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 90: Melomel (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Herrold	Strawberry Lemonade Mead #meanbrews	Melomel	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	Kyle Mackay	MacKay Clan Cyser	Cyser	Mashrunners
3rd	Nathan Newcomb	Elderberry Mead	Berry Mead	Knights of the Brown Bottle

Table 91: Spiced And Specialty Mead (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Miód Pitny Wiśniowo-Makadamia	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Matthew Herrold	Fire Mead	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Deborah & Marc Prichard	Sweet Gregory Brown	Braggot	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 92: Cider And Perry (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cindy W Oberlin	White Rabbit	New World Cider	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Terry Olinger	How You Like Them Apples!	New World Cider	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Bill Boyer	Being There – Espe Variant	New World Cider	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 93: Specialty Cider And Perry (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred David	I”M Your Dilly Dilly	Cider with Herbs/Spices	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Cindy W Oberlin	The Bunny Trail	Cider with Herbs/Spices	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Jarrett Long	Zombie Killing	Specialty Cider/Perry	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse