Bluebonnet Brew-Off ™ for 2024

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Harry F Anderson, Steve Ballantyne, Jonathan Barrows, John Bates, Evan Brady, Rachael Brasovan, Kevin Brooker, Steven Brown, Vicki Brown, Jody Cromeans, Bryce DeShazo, Dianne Duke, James Duke, Michael Dwyer, Marcio Fazzani, Nathan Fenster, Barry Forrest, Christopher Galletto, Amanda Garland, Erich Gens, James Grady, Mike Grover, Nick & Heather Hartley, Joshua Hayes, Jorge Hernandez, Carlos Herrera, Douglas Hicks, Walter Hodges, Brett Johnson, Tina Kanaby, Karl King, Jamison Kirmser, James Klee, Tierney Klee, James Lallande, Mark Lane, William Lawrence, Steve Littel, Dave Littleton, Amanda Long, Jarrett Long, Keith Marius, Brandon Martin, Jonathan Marut, Mark McCurdy, Brandon Melton, Tim Mercer, Kevin Meyer, Max Milan, Brandon Montgomery, Eric Morgan, Matthew Morriss, Reni Morriss, John Mosher, Michael Moss, Scott Mullis, Stacy Myers, Terry Olinger, Jimmy Orkin, Nicole Pena, Travis Pollan, Randy Rancier, Jerry Richard, Jonathan Rollins, Steve Russell, Fritz Schanz, Brian Schoolcraft, Charlie Scudder, John Shank, Tony Silveira, Anupam Singhal, John Skelton, Neil Spake, John Sutton, Alf Syftestad, Angi Thomas, Ronnie Tiner, Mike Treadway, Kimberly Truesdell, Sean Vreeland, Steve Wesstrom, Matt Wilson, Collin Zreet

By the Numbers

1406 Entries 280 Entrants

83 Judges

131 Placing Entries

Table 51: Pale Lager

33 entries

1st
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
Ninja Homebrewers
Cascading (Out Of The Fridge) Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
2nd
Guy Grady
Central Arkansas Fermenters
S-Town Lager (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Steve Littel
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Doemling American Lager (1B: American Lager)

Table 52: Light Ale

34 entries

1st
Kyle Kiely
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Horsefeathers (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Juice From Down Under (12B: Australian Sparkling Ale)
3rd
Carl Teachey
Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew...
Eclipse, Talus, & Medusa (1D: American Wheat Beer)
HM
Travis Cherry
Bay Area Mashtronauts
The Queen's Reserve - Royal Artillery Ale (12A: British Golden Ale)

Table 53: Pale Malty European Lager

36 entries

1st
Hank Keller
Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
Still Called A Maibock (4C: Helles Bock)
2nd
Alex Rezmerski
Louisville Area Grain and...
Cliftyfest (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
Ninja Homebrewers
Stairway To Helles (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 54: Pale Bitter European Beer

36 entries

1st
Ken Damon
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Highway To Helles (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
2nd
Ben Sencindiver
San Antonio Cerveceros
Diet Dr Pils - Leicthbier (5A: German Leichtbier)
3rd
Matthew Herrold
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
His Father Was A Mudder (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

Table 55: Kolsch and Blonde

36 entries

1st
Kevin Worthen
San Antonio Cerveceros
Low Roller Freddy (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Mielikki Light Ale (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
David Rogers
NSA (North Side Alers)
I'm Not Bitter! (5B: Kölsch)

Table 56: Amber Malty European Lager

35 entries

1st
James Lallande
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Buffalo Fest (6A: Märzen)
2nd
Tony Silveira
Denton County Homebrewers...
Amber Lager (2B: International Amber Lager)
3rd
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
Ninja Homebrewers
Bronco Bock (6C: Dunkels Bock)

Table 57: Amber Bitter European Beer

36 entries

1st
Patrick DiLello
Brewers United For Zany Zymurgy...
She's A Good-Hearted Woman In Love With A Good-Timin' Man (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
David James
Cascade Brewers Society
In Amber Clad (3C: Czech Amber Lager)
3rd
MIchael Myers
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Bohemian Amber Lager (3C: Czech Amber Lager)

Table 58: Dark European Lager

36 entries

1st
Pete Train
Ninja Homebrewers
A Finer Shiner (2C: International Dark Lager)
2nd
Pete Train
Ninja Homebrewers
Flek's Double Dark Lager (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Isai Garza & Thomas Musquiez
San Antonio Cerveceros
Dohko Breaking My Schwarz (8B: Schwarzbier)

Table 59: Strong European Beer

36 entries

1st
Ryan Wankel
Lakewood Fermentation Club
Take Me To Your Dealer (9A: Doppelbock)
2nd
Tony Silveira
Denton County Homebrewers...
Das Jaeschkenator (9B: Eisbock)
3rd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Scooter (9C: Baltic Porter)

Table 60: German Wheat Beer

35 entries

1st
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
No Bazooka Joe (10C: Weizenbock)
2nd
Mark McCurdy
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Gages Weisenbock (10C: Weizenbock)
3rd
Fritz Schanz
Denton County Homebrewers...
Stearman's Weizenbock (10C: Weizenbock)

Table 61: British Bitter

26 entries

1st
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Best Bitter (11B: Best Bitter)
2nd
Don Huether
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Snake Bite (11A: Ordinary Bitter)
3rd
Jarrett Long & John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Jesus Was A Man. He Had A Beard For Christ Sakes! (11B: Best Bitter)

Table 62: Strong Pale English Beer

27 entries

1st
William Lawrence
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Willy's Limey Juice (12C: English IPA)
2nd
David Towles
High Plains Drafters [TX]
ESB (11C: Strong Bitter)
3rd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Ankle Biter Bitter (11C: Strong Bitter)

Table 63: Brown British Beer

33 entries

1st
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
London Brown Ale (27A4: London Brown Ale)
2nd
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Dark Mild (13A: Dark Mild)
3rd
Cecil Arnold & Ronnie Rainey
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Swamp Donkey (13B: British Brown Ale)

Table 64: Scottish and Irish Ale

36 entries

1st
Drew Domalakes
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Scottish Light (14A: Scottish Light)
2nd
Mark McCurdy
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Jakers Scottish Export (14C: Scottish Export)
3rd
Cindy Oberlin & Mike Maron
Ninja Homebrewers
Suck On That Bagpipe (14C: Scottish Export)

Table 65: Stout and Porter

36 entries

1st
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
I Dream Of Guiness (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)
2nd
Stacy Myers
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Leprechaun Nightfall (15C: Irish Extra Stout)
3rd
Jarrett Long & John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Tea At The English Port (13C: English Porter)

Table 66: British Stout

31 entries

1st
Sam Hoopes
Ninja Homebrewers
Lacks NOTHING In The Sweet Department (16A: Sweet Stout)
2nd
Nicholas E Hodge & Marion Hodge
Red Earth Brewers
Cool Runnings (16C: Tropical Stout)
3rd
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

Table 67: Strong British Ale

33 entries

1st
Fred David & James Dorman
North Texas Homebrewers Association
The Parson's Best (17D: English Barley Wine)
2nd
David Rogers
NSA (North Side Alers)
See You Next Tuesday (17A: British Strong Ale)
3rd
Chris Bradley
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Cox, Big Harry Cox (17B: Old Ale)

Table 68: Pale American Ale

33 entries

1st
Patrick DiLello
Brewers United For Zany Zymurgy...
Go Birds! (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Nicholas McCoy
Draft Punk
Boner Jams (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Eric Nelson
The Brü Club
Mummy Cries (18B: American Pale Ale)

Table 69: Amber And Brown American Beer

36 entries

1st
Joel Cervantes
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Bailey Reyna (27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
2nd
Paul Pitre
Redstick Brewmasters
Cajun Common (19B: California Common)
3rd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Ella's Amber (19A: American Amber Ale)

Table 70: American Porter And Stout

32 entries

1st
Steve Russell & Mike Moss
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Any Old Port(Er) In A Storm (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Blake Villermin
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Dogs Playing Poker (20B: American Stout)
3rd
James Gould
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
American Porter (20A: American Porter)

Table 71: Imperial Stout

23 entries

1st
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
RIS (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Hank Keller
Foam Rangers Homebrew Club
Damn Dirty Russians! (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Jarrett Long & John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Imperial Empire (20C: Imperial Stout)

Table 72: American IPA

32 entries

1st
Nicholas McCoy
Draft Punk
Dust (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Tiger IPA (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Alf Syftestad
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Birthday IPA (21A: American IPA)

Table 73: Specialty IPA

27 entries

1st
Matthew Herrold
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Meanbrews Black IPA (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Ben Sencindiver
San Antonio Cerveceros
I Am The Fury! Black IPA (21B2: Black IPA)
3rd
John Grady
Ale-ian Society
Cosmic Cowboy (21B1: Belgian IPA)

Table 74: Hazy and Experimental IPA

33 entries

1st
Ryan Wankel
Lakewood Fermentation Club
Gamehendge (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Kevin Knea
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Floofster's Hypnotic Cold IPA (21B: Specialty IPA)
3rd
James Lallande
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Buffalo Hits The Mark (21B: Specialty IPA)

Table 75: Strong American Ale

33 entries

1st
Ross Stuart & Trevor Tyner
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Double IPA (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Matthew Herrold
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Good Boy Jackson #meanbrews (22C: American Barleywine)
3rd
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Rule #5 (22A: Double IPA)

Table 76: European Sour Ale

21 entries

1st
Fritz Schanz
Denton County Homebrewers...
Stearman's Flanders Red Ale (23B: Flanders Red Ale)
2nd
Fritz Schanz
Denton County Homebrewers...
Stearman's Oud Bruin (23C: Oud Bruin)
3rd
Austin Boggs
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Let's Get Funky (23D: Lambic)

Table 77: Belgian Ale

24 entries

1st
Tony Silveira
Denton County Homebrewers...
Wit Martin (24A: Witbier)
2nd
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Keep It Classy (24B: Belgian Pale Ale)
3rd
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Keep On Keepin' On (24C: Bière de Garde)

Table 78: Belgian Blonde and Single

30 entries

1st
Scott Koehler
Ninja Homebrewers
Thanks Bano! (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Jimmy Orkin
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Eric Morgan Made Me Brew It (26A: Belgian Single)
3rd
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Blond Without The E (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)

Table 79: Saison

34 entries

1st
Joshua Hayes
Denton County Homebrewers...
Its Ok For Saison To Be A Little Phenolic (25B: Saison)
2nd
Donald Schneider
Weiz Guys
Voici La Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Wesley Kulcak
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Shepherd's Saison (25B: Saison)

Table 80: Strong Light Belgian Ale

30 entries

1st
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
Ninja Homebrewers
Rylie (26C: Belgian Tripel)
2nd
Scott Koehler
Ninja Homebrewers
Threesome (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)
3rd
Ryan Wankel
Lakewood Fermentation Club
I Like Turtles (26C: Belgian Tripel)

Table 81: Strong Dark Belgian Ale

36 entries

1st
Chad Medford
Red Earth Brewers
Ba-Dee-Ya (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
2nd
Steve Russell & Mike Moss
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Dubbel Nickel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
3rd
Shaun Huggins
San Antonio Cerveceros
"It's A Trapp" Ist! (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

Table 82: Fruit Beer

35 entries

1st
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
I'm... Batgirl! (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Jeremiah Baer
Happening Happend (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Andy Scherzinger
Weiz Guys
Ramona Flowers (29A: Fruit Beer)
HM
Jarrett Long & John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
My, My, My, Key Lime Pie (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 83: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer

33 entries

Judges: Marcio Fazzani, Mike Grover, William Lawrence, Steve Littel, Fritz Schanz, Alf Syftestad

1st
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
One Hot Number (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Coco Schwarz (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
John Luhmann
Iowa Brewers Union
Fresh Baked (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 84: Autumn Winter Seasonal

32 entries

1st
Steven Gillmer
Broken Resolution (30C: Winter Seasonal Beer)
2nd
Barry Forrest & Silvia Eyster
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Just For You, Punkin (30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer)
3rd
Austin Boggs
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
You Serious Clark? Vol. 3 (30C: Winter Seasonal Beer)

Table 85: Wee Heavy and Smoke

34 entries

1st
Fritz Schanz
Denton County Homebrewers...
Stearman's Smoked Porter (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
2nd
James Gould
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Wee Heavy (17C: Wee Heavy)
3rd
Barry Forrest & Silvia Eyster
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Smoke On The Water (6B: Rauchbier)

Table 86: Wood Aged Beer

33 entries

1st
Joel Cervantes
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Benny The Phenomenal (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Mike Treadway & Sean Vreeland
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Woody (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Cheyne Harvey
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Silenus, Meet Ogun (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 87: American Wild Ale

35 entries

1st
Greg Christiansen & Eric Davis
Mox Nix Brewery
Prometheus (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Ryan Wankel
Lakewood Fermentation Club
Ain't Hard To Find (23G: Gose)
3rd
Andy Scherzinger
Weiz Guys
Ramona Flowers (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

Table 88: Specialty Beer

35 entries

1st
Chris Daily
San Antonio Cerveceros
Saturday Morning Cartoons (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Stephen Schmitt
Evanston Homebrew Club
Grow-Jees-K'ya (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
3rd
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Historical Beer (27A: Historical Beer)

Table 89: Traditional Mead

34 entries

1st
Matthew Herrold
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Wild, Wild, Oranges (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)
2nd
David Rogers
NSA (North Side Alers)
Cranberry Juice (M1C: Sweet Mead)
3rd
Jarrett Long & John Bates
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Tupelo Hustle Semi Sweet (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)

Table 90: Melomel

36 entries

1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Red Dragon Inn (M2E: Melomel)
2nd
Mike Treadway & Sean Vreeland
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Raspberry Mead (M2C: Berry Mead)
3rd
Andy Scherzinger
Weiz Guys
All The Berries (M2C: Berry Mead)

Table 91: Spiced And Specialty Mead

35 entries

1st
Tim Mercer
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Norse Blood Moon (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
2nd
Garrett Freeman
Red Earth Brewers
Let's Brag About It (M4A: Braggot)
3rd
Mike Treadway & Sean Vreeland
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
Raspberry Cream Mead (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)

Table 92: Cider And Perry

31 entries

1st
Dan Acheson
Urban Knaves of Grain
Something From The Fall Of '23 (C1A: New World Cider)
2nd
Jeffrey Oberlin
Ninja Homebrewers
Cider Monkey (C1A: New World Cider)
3rd
Jake Jones
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Bill Boyer's Worst Kept Secret (C1A: New World Cider)

Table 93: Specialty Cider And Perry

34 entries

1st
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Fruit Du Dragon Rose (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
2nd
Dan Acheson
Urban Knaves of Grain
Cidurana (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
3rd
Andy Scherzinger
Weiz Guys
Brrrr (C2D: Ice Cider)

Best of Show

Beer

1st
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
Ninja Homebrewers
Cascading (Out Of The Fridge) Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
2nd
Mark Rendon
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Best Bitter (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
No Bazooka Joe (10C: Weizenbock)

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

1st
Dan Acheson
Urban Knaves of Grain
Something From The Fall Of '23 (C1A: New World Cider)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Red Dragon Inn (M2E: Melomel)

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners