BOS – Bluebonnet Brew-Off for 2025

Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Milky Stout	Sweet Stout	QUAFF
2nd	Joe Skiles	Oak Aged Calculating Infinity	Wood-Aged Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Mark McCurdy	Pipers English Porter	English Porter	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Wisnia Z Miodem Eukaliptusowym	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Cindy Oberlin	White Rabbit	New World Cider	Ninja Homebrewers

Home Brew Team of the Year

Place	Team	Brewers	Club
1st	Jarrett Long and John Bates	Jarrett Long and John Bates	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

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	Bill Boyer	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Club of the Year

Place	Club
1st	Ninja Homebrewers

Winners – Bluebonnet Brew-Off for 2025

Table 51: Pale Lager (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	American Lager	American Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Randy Grogan	Fauxdelo Especial	International Pale Lager	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Steve Littel	11	American Lager	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 52: Light Ale (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Williamson	Peace In Our Time	British Golden Ale	M.A.S.H. Marietta Association of Schoolhouse Homebrewers
2nd	Scott Steenburg	American Wheat #1	American Wheat Beer	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
3rd	Scott Steenburg	Cream Ale #3	Cream Ale	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Table 53: Pale Malty European Lager (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Schmitt	Augsburg Bock	Helles Bock	Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd	Will Lovell	Helles Or High Water	Munich Helles	San Antonio Cerveceros
3rd	Terry Olinger	My May Maibock	Helles Bock	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 54: Pale Bitter European Beer (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Schneider	Schneiderweiser Leicht	German Leichtbier	Weiz Guys
2nd	Eric Heinz	Czech Engine Pilsner	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Eric Heinz	Heinsteiner	German Pils	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 55: Kolsch and Blonde (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cole Christian	Cöle, Shh	Kölsch	DC Homebrewers
2nd	Charlie Scudder	Copper Blonde	Blonde Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Iain Armstrong	Tommy	Kölsch	Bay Area Mashtronauts
HM	Jeffrey Oberlin	Mielikki Light Ale	Blonde Ale	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 56: Amber Malty European Lager (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Butch Smith	Imogen Cardulo	International Amber Lager	Mashrunners
2nd	Eric Heinz	Backcountry Bock	Dunkels Bock	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Jimmy Lampman	Malt Magic	Märzen	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 57: Amber Bitter European Beer (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sencindiver	Freshie F-F-Fresh Diet Dr Pils	Kellerbier	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Czech Yes Or No	Czech Amber Lager	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Jason Batten	Alternate Head Space	Altbier	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 58: Dark European Lager (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	Munich Dunkel	Munich Dunkel	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Jake Jones	Keep On Rollin’	International Dark Lager	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Brian Street	Schadenfreude	Schwarzbier	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 59: Strong European Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Silveira	Das Jaeschkenator	Doppelbock	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Jeremy Hatfield	Porter	Baltic Porter	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	John Driscoll	FatFinger – Frost Bite	Eisbock	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 60: German Wheat Beer (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Bradley	On The Sly Again?!	Weizenbock	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Scott Hutchison	I Know A Little German	Dunkels Weissbier	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	David Whigham	Tim The Enchanter	Dunkels Weissbier	Big Easy Homebrewers
HM	Daniel Hornsby	Nanner Hammock	Weissbier	Nac Brew Club

Table 61: British Bitter (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rendon	Best Bitter	Best Bitter	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Alan Roten	Spaceballs The Beer	Best Bitter	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	David Towles	Best Bitter	Best Bitter	High Plains Drafters [TX]

Table 62: Strong Pale English Beer (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Rensing	Island In The Sun	English IPA	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Adam Reynolds	Back To Trent	English IPA	Miami Area Society of Homebrewers (MASH)
3rd	Matt Wilson	His Majesty’s ESB	Strong Bitter	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 63: Brown British Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rendon	London Brown Ale	London Brown Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Jarrett Long	Milos Mild	Dark Mild	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	John Black	Stamford Bridge Brown Ale	British Brown Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 64: Scottish and Irish Ale (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Smith	Scottish	Scottish Light
2nd	Mark Rendon	Irish Red Ale	Irish Red Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Paul Tagert	Scottish Export	Scottish Export	Battleground Brewers Guild

Table 65: Stout and Porter (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark McCurdy	Pipers English Porter	English Porter	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
2nd	Robert Smith	Foreign Stout	Foreign Extra Stout
3rd	Hayden Charter	Belfast Breakfast	Irish Stout	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 66: British Stout (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Milky Stout	Sweet Stout	QUAFF
2nd	Josh Word	Tropic Like Its Hot	Tropical Stout	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Jose Tapia	Baby Robin	Sweet Stout	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 67: Strong British Ale (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fred David	The Parson’s Best	English Barley Wine	North Texas Homebrewers Association
2nd	Chris Daily	I Haven’t Felt A Presence Like This Since…..	English Barley Wine	San Antonio Cerveceros
3rd	Brian McCrickard	7CB British Strong Ale	British Strong Ale	Seven City Brewers

Table 68: Pale American Ale (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Boelman	Baseline Happiness	American Pale Ale	Weiz Guys
2nd	Iain Armstrong	Duddingston Village	American Pale Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Neon Moon	American Pale Ale	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

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

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Randy Daily	Amber Waves #MeanBrews	American Amber Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Mark Rendon	Pre-Prohibition Porter	Pre-Prohibition Porter	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Brian English	BenderBrau	California Common	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 70: American Porter And Stout (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Gould	American Porter	American Porter	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Edward Montgonery	Potter Special	American Porter	That Dam Brew Club
3rd	Brian Stephens	Winston’s Revenge	American Stout	Keepers of Craft

Table 71: Imperial Stout (27 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jarrett Long	Imperial Empire	Imperial Stout	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Anthony Cortez	Zaragoza	Imperial Stout
3rd	Bradley Sheehan	I Is For Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	Dallas Homebrew Collective

Table 72: American IPA (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	West Coast IPA	American IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	TMichael Miller	Tanda IPA	American IPA	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Reed Smollar	The Hops Must Flow	American IPA	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 73: Specialty IPA (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Heinz	Rye’s Rye	Rye IPA	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Jarrett Long	Good Grief Charlie Brown	Brown IPA	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Patrick Schneider	Dark Horse Black IPA	Black IPA

Table 74: Hazy and Experimental IPA (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Come Back With A Warrant V3	Hazy IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Wayne Doucette	Coldest IPA Ever!	Specialty IPA	River City Brewers [MN]
3rd	Mauricio Montoya	Mimosa	Hazy IPA	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club

Table 75: Strong American Ale (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Heinz	Fat Man	American Barleywine	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Jeffrey Oberlin	Giant IPA	Double IPA	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Ross Stuart	Dual IPA	Double IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 76: European Sour Ale (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Barry Forrest	Oud Bruin	Oud Bruin	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Jonathan Rollins	Esto Quod Es (Blend 2)	Gueuze	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd	Stephen Schmitt	Lambic	Lambic	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 77: Belgian Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Hatfield	Garde	Bière de Garde	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Jimmy Orkin	Dammit, 2nd Place Again	Belgian Pale Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Shaun Huggins	The Malt-Llennium Falcon	Bière de Garde	San Antonio Cerveceros

Table 78: Belgian Blonde and Single (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Koehler	They’re Ugly	Belgian Blond Ale	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Fred David	Charlie Liked It	Belgian Blond Ale	North Texas Homebrewers Association
3rd	Josh Word	Sinfully Single	Belgian Single	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 79: Saison (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Charlie Scudder	Back2Basics Rye Saison	Saison	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Randy Daniels KC McKinney	Tank 1587	Saison	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Jim Williamson	Pince-Nez	Saison	M.A.S.H. Marietta Association of Schoolhouse Homebrewers

Table 80: Strong Light Belgian Ale (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christos Renner	BL Golden Ale	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	David Whigham	Monk-E Business	Belgian Tripel	Big Easy Homebrewers
3rd	Donald Schneider	Split Batch Experiment: Golden Strong	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Weiz Guys

Table 81: Strong Dark Belgian Ale (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Hatfield	Monk Blood	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Jimmy Lampman	Big Trouble In Little Belgium	Belgian Dubbel	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Wesley Kulcak	Quad	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 82: Fruit Beer (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Amanda Long	Whino Wants A Beer	Italian Grape Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Kyle Kiely	Summer Of George	Fruit Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Thomas Musquiez	Le Chat à La Framboise	Fruit Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros

Table 83: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Cortez	Gin Fizz	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Robert Dugan	Trick Or Treat	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	The Brü Club
3rd	Cory Lewandowski	Hershey’s Kisses	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 84: Autumn Winter Seasonal (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bob Miller	Its A Wonderful Gingerbread Cookie Imperial Stout Life!	Winter Seasonal Beer
2nd	Dave Maxon	A Very Merry Chanukah	Winter Seasonal Beer	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
3rd	Harry Anderson	Christmas Ale	Winter Seasonal Beer	North Texas Homebrewers Association

Table 85: Wee Heavy and Smoke (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Boelman	Trump Wants You To Drink Bleach	Specialty Smoked Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Hank Keller	Wee Heavyset	Wee Heavy	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
3rd	Joshua Hayes	Gotlandstrica	Specialty Smoked Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 86: Wood Aged Beer (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Skiles	Oak Aged Calculating Infinity	Wood-Aged Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Jarrett Long	Chip I’ll Come At You Like A Spider Monkey. I’m All Jacked Up On Mountain Dew!	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Tim Mercer	Semper Fi Dawg	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
HM	Mark McCurdy	Sweet Stout Aged In Oak Bourbon Barrel	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 87: American Wild Ale (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Herrold	Andy Likes It	Wild Specialty Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Shaun Huggins	Scruffy Lookin Nerf Herder	Brett Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros
3rd	Edward Koranda	El Dorado	Wild Specialty Beer	Mox Nix Brewery

Table 88: Specialty Beer (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Schneider	Belgian White Graf	Experimental Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Kyle Mackay	Mackay Clan Gratzer	Piwo Grodziskie	Mashrunners
3rd	Curtis Ritter	Chipper Jen	Mixed-Style Beer	Ace Brewing Society

Table 89: Traditional Mead (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Walker’s Yaupon Holly Honey	Sweet Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Young Dwójniak #meanbrew Yeast	Sweet Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	James Lallande	Buckwheat Buffalo	Semi-Sweet Mead	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
HM	Peter Polczynski	By The Wood And The Empty Long Barrow	Semi-Sweet Mead	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)

Table 90: Melomel (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Ducharme	Sir….Ahhhhh	Pyment	Green Mountain Mashers
2nd	Kyle Ducharme	Cassis De Buckwheat	Berry Mead	Green Mountain Mashers
3rd	Bill Boyer	Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ptang. Zoom-Boing, Z’nourrwringmm	Berry Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
HM	Ryan Vigne	Island Glow	Melomel

Table 91: Spiced And Specialty Mead (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Wisnia Z Miodem Eukaliptusowym	Historical Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Brian McCrickard	Black And Blue Maple Cobbler	Experimental Mead	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Garrett Freeman	Black Currant Dwójniak	Historical Mead	Red Earth Brewers

Table 92: Cider And Perry (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cindy Oberlin	White Rabbit	New World Cider	Ninja Homebrewers
2nd	Michael Rensing	Peter Sellers	English Cider	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Jake Jones	Bill Boyer’s Worst Kept Secret	New World Cider	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 93: Specialty Cider And Perry (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Scherzinger	Brrrr	Ice Cider	Weiz Guys
2nd	Amanda Long	Daisy Deb’s	Specialty Cider/Perry	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Cindy Oberlin	Thanks For The Scraps!	Cider with Other Fruit	Ninja Homebrewers