Romancing The Beer

Awards

Judges

John Aitchison, Eric Bonney, Rives Borland, Matt Castellino, Dana Cordes, Robert Dexter, Jason Dunn, Jim Moorman, Rachel Pifer, Mandy Porter, Kevin Pratt, Chris Reiser, Mike Schilling, Todd Slater, Joe St. John, Jeremy Stacy, Roger Taylor, Adam Trabish, Doug Walker

Judges - Best of Show

Eric Bonney, Rives Borland, Kevin Pratt

Stewards

Kenneth Creber, Karen Dexter, Cori Stacy, Daniel Stahl

Staff

Matt Castellino, Dana Cordes, Todd Slater, Cori Stacy, Jeremy Stacy

Organizer

Courtney Castellino

By the Numbers

108 Entries 28 Entrants

19 Judges 4 Stewards 5 Staff

37 Placing Entries

Table 1: Amber Bitter Lager

7 entries

Judges: Rachel Pifer, Mandy Porter (Head Judge)

1st

Doug Walker

Inland Empire Brewers

Vienna Knights (7A: Vienna Lager)

2nd

Todd Slater & Matt Castellino

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

War Machine (3C: Czech Amber Lager)

3rd

Steven Severn

Orange County Mash Ups

Dark Amber (3C: Czech Amber Lager)

Table 2: Amber/Dark Malty Lager

7 entries

Judges: Chris Reiser, Joe St. John (Head Judge)

1st

Ben Sookying

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Funkle The Dunkel (8A: Munich Dunkel)

2nd

Matt Castellino & Todd Slater Courtney...

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

3rd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

The Most Gluggable (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

Table 3: Light Beer

12 entries

Judges: Matt Castellino (Head Judge), Adam Trabish

1st

Eli Palma

QUAFF

Cuello Azul (2A: International Pale Lager)

2nd

Steven Severn

Orange County Mash Ups

An Opportunity To Not Have A Sexist Beer Name (18A: Blonde Ale)

3rd

Jamie Crawford

Maltose Falcons

It's Funny When They're Later Made To Celebrate The Shit... (1B: American Lager)

Table 4: Pale Euro and Bitter Beer

15 entries

Judges: John Aitchison, Eric Bonney (Head Judge), Robert Dexter, Kevin Pratt

1st

Steven Severn

Orange County Mash Ups

Stange (5B: Kölsch)

2nd

Joe St. John

Yeastside Brewers

K Pils (5D: German Pils)

3rd

David Gulotta

Ace Brewing Society

Das Siegtreffer (The Winning Goal) (5D: German Pils)

Matthew Young

Ace Brewing Society

Isn't That A Daisy (5D: German Pils)

Table 5: IPA

16 entries

Judges: Dana Cordes, Jason Dunn, Todd Slater (Head Judge), Doug Walker

1st

Thomas Taylor Shastid

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Sweating Bullets (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Curtis Ritter

Ace Brewing Society

Un·right·eous (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Chris Sotelo

Long Beach Homebrewers

Dew Drops (21B: Specialty IPA)

Joe St. John

Yeastside Brewers

Pale Rider (21A: American IPA)

Table 6: Belgian and Sour Beer

13 entries

Judges: Matt Castellino (Head Judge), Jason Dunn, Mandy Porter (Head Judge), Mike Schilling, Joe St. John

1st

Kyle Hufford

Santa Barbara Brewing Society

Gin Creek (23F: Fruit Lambic)

2nd

Curtis Ritter

Ace Brewing Society

Dubbel Shipped (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

3rd

Kyle Hufford

Santa Barbara Brewing Society

Magic Barrel (23E: Gueuze)

Jeremy Stacy

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Peche Prime (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

Table 7: American/British Beers

12 entries

Judges: Kevin Pratt (Head Judge), Chris Reiser, Jeremy Stacy, Doug Walker

1st

Tom Fontes

Long Beach Homebrewers

Rose Park HBOY Pale (18B: American Pale Ale)

2nd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Nutty As A Fruitcake (13B: British Brown Ale)

3rd

Jason Dunn

Inland Empire Brewers

Brass Necked (12A: British Golden Ale)

Joe St. John

Yeastside Brewers

Mama's Extra (11C: Strong Bitter)

Table 8: Cold Winter Sippers

10 entries

Judges: Jim Moorman, Jeremy Stacy (Head Judge)

1st

Val Guerrero

Long Beach Homebrewers

Peach Anna (29A: Fruit Beer)

2nd

Jamie Crawford

Maltose Falcons

Taking On Water (20B: American Stout)

3rd

Brian Hankey

Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Hazy Blood (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)

John Aston & Allison Aston

Inland Empire Brewers

CHOCOLATE DREAM (16A: Sweet Stout)

Table 9: Big Beers

6 entries

Judges: Rives Borland (Head Judge), Mike Schilling

1st

Doug Walker

Inland Empire Brewers

Darth Maltious (10C: Weizenbock)

2nd

Ben Sookying

Crown of the Valley Brewing...

Bastard'ish (22B: American Strong Ale)

3rd

Steven Severn

Orange County Mash Ups

Six Wheat Under (22D: Wheatwine)

Eli Palma

QUAFF

DREAM CHURCH (22A: Double IPA)

Table 10: Ciders and Meads

10 entries

Judges: Eric Bonney, Rives Borland (Head Judge), Dana Cordes, Todd Slater

1st

David Gulotta

Ace Brewing Society

Sugar Magnolia (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

2nd

Robert Dexter

Maltose Falcons

Pom And Circumstance (M2E: Melomel)

3rd

John Aston

Inland Empire Brewers

APPLE BOTTOM CIDER (C1A: New World Cider)

Mandy Porter

Inland Empire Brewers

Roxie Poxie And Her Apple Tree (C1B: English Cider)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Eric Bonney, Rives Borland, Kevin Pratt

1st

Thomas Taylor Shastid

Diablo Order of Zymiracle...

Sweating Bullets (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Tom Fontes

Long Beach Homebrewers

Rose Park HBOY Pale (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Eli Palma

QUAFF

Cuello Azul (2A: International Pale Lager)

Most Medals

28 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Steven Severn	1	1	2	11.0390010	Orange County Mash Ups

Winningest Club

17 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	Inland Empire Brewers	2	1	3	2	19.0420020

Romancing The Beer

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Judges - Best of Show

Stewards

Staff

Organizer

By the Numbers

Table 1: Amber Bitter Lager

Table 2: Amber/Dark Malty Lager

Table 3: Light Beer

Table 4: Pale Euro and Bitter Beer

Table 5: IPA

Table 6: Belgian and Sour Beer

Table 7: American/British Beers

Table 8: Cold Winter Sippers

Table 9: Big Beers

Table 10: Ciders and Meads

Best of Show

Beer

Most Medals

Winningest Club

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners