Judges
Stephen Ballantyne, John Bates, Austin Boggs, Rachael Brasovan, Travis Coon, Chris Daily, James Duke, Scott Eppelman, Patrick Estes, Barry Forrest, James Klee, Tierney Klee, Amanda Long, Jarrett Long, Mark McCurdy, Tim Mercer, Stacy Myers, Jonathan Rollins, John Skelton, Alf Syftestad, James Wolfe
By the Numbers
237 Entries
78 Entrants
21 Judges
44 Placing Entries
Table 1: American light lagers and Pre pro lagers
13 entries
Judges: John Bates, Amanda Long, Jonathan Rollins, James Wolfe
1st
Bradley Sheehan
Dallas Homebrew Collective
Front Porch Light Lager (1A: American Light Lager)
2nd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
American Light (1A: American Light Lager)
3rd
Barry Forrest & Silvia Eyster
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Mikey Light (1A: American Light Lager)
Table 2: American Lagers
15 entries
Judges: John Bates, Travis Coon, Tierney Klee, Amanda Long
1st
John Skelton
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
American Lager (1B: American Lager)
2nd
Sam Hoopes
NINJA Homebrewers
Easy Does It (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Friend Of Bud's (1B: American Lager)
Table 3: Cream Ales
14 entries
Judges: Chris Daily, James Klee, Jarrett Long, Tim Mercer
1st
Travis Cherry
Bay Area Mashtronauts
The Captain Never Made It To Bluebonnet (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
John Skelton
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Johnny Wildhorse Cream Ale (1C: Cream Ale)
3rd
Marcus Hanselman
Mistakes Were Made (1C: Cream Ale)
Table 4: American Wheat ales
9 entries
Judges: James Duke, Amanda Long, Jarrett Long
1st
Jonathan Reasoner
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Frosted Wheat (1D: American Wheat Beer)
2nd
Mike & Stephanie Butler
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Boulevard Of Dreams (1D: American Wheat Beer)
3rd
Tony Silveira
Denton County Homebrewers...
Little Miss Sunshine (1D: American Wheat Beer)
Table 5: American blonde ales
18 entries
Judges: John Bates, Rachael Brasovan, Barry Forrest, Amanda Long, Tim Mercer
1st
Jeff Oberlin
NINJA Homebrewers
Mielikki Light Ale (18A: Blonde Ale)
2nd
John Skelton
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Texas Wildfire Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Jonathan Reasoner
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Ahtanum Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)
Table 6: American Pale Ales
25 entries
Judges: Stephen Ballantyne, James Duke, Patrick Estes, Mark McCurdy (Head Judge), Tim Mercer, Alf Syftestad
1st
Damian Dobbs
San Antonio Cerveceros
The Vow (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Greg Smith
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
High Level Professional Mayhem (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Pete Train
NINJA Homebrewers
Zombie Lust (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 7: American Amber and Common Ales
21 entries
Judges: James Klee, Amanda Long, Jarrett Long, Tim Mercer
1st
Sam Hoopes
NINJA Homebrewers
This Category Is Named WRONG! Let's Just Go With Texas Common! (19B: California Common)
2nd
Pete Train
NINJA Homebrewers
Steam Train (19B: California Common)
3rd
Jimmy McCaskill & Erin McCaskill
Ale-ian Society
Texas Red Dirt (19A: American Amber Ale)
HM
Kevin Darling
Bay Area Mashtronauts
California Steamin' (19B: California Common)
Table 8: American Brown ale,
14 entries
Judges: John Bates, Austin Boggs, Amanda Long, Jarrett Long
1st
Sam Hoopes
NINJA Homebrewers
Hi Jimmy, Brown Beast! (19C: American Brown Ale)
2nd
Barry Forrest & Silvia Eyster
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Thanks Janet (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Jimmy McCaskill & Erin McCaskill
Ale-ian Society
Trailblazer (19C: American Brown Ale)
Table 9: American Porter and Pre Pro Porter
12 entries
Judges: John Bates, Travis Coon, Chris Daily, Tim Mercer
1st
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Prairie Creek Porter (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Jarrett Long & Amanda Long
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Washington's Water (27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
3rd
Kevin Knea
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Shout Out To Jo L (27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
Table 10: American Stout and Imperial stouts
18 entries
Judges: James Duke, Scott Eppelman, Mark McCurdy (Head Judge), Tim Mercer
1st
Scott Hutchison
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Putin On The RIS (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Jarrett Long & Amanda Long
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Imperial Empire (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Paul Pitre
Redstick Brewmasters
Rohan 2024 (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 11: American IPA's
18 entries
Judges: Stephen Ballantyne, James Duke, Patrick Estes, Mark McCurdy (Head Judge), Tim Mercer
1st
Jeff Oberlin
NINJA Homebrewers
Tiger IPA (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Guy Wilson
San Antonio Cerveceros
Gus Coast IPA (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Hop 2 It (21A: American IPA)
Table 12: Specialty IPA
25 entries
Judges: John Bates, Barry Forrest, Amanda Long, Tim Mercer, Stacy Myers, Alf Syftestad
1st
Jeff Oberlin
NINJA Homebrewers
Muddy Tiger (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Keith Bradley & Bradley Brewing Pam Bradley
NINJA Homebrewers
Hye To The Rye (21B5: Rye IPA)
3rd
Keith Blanchard
Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
Dragonfly (21B2: Black IPA)
HM
Reed Smollar
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Make IPAs Belgian Again (21B1: Belgian IPA)
Table 13: Hazy IPA
14 entries
Judges: John Bates, Amanda Long, John Skelton, James Wolfe
1st
Stacy Myers
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
NEIPA (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Guy Wilson
San Antonio Cerveceros
Root Of All Hoppiness (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Eric Heinz & Kyle Autry
NINJA Homebrewers
Grapefruit Juice (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 14: Double IPA, American Strong ales, and wheatwine
21 entries
Judges: John Bates, Austin Boggs, James Duke, James Klee, Tierney Klee, Jarrett Long, John Skelton
1st
Michael Rensing
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Samsquanch (22C: American Barleywine)
2nd
Sam Hoopes
NINJA Homebrewers
War Puppy (22B: American Strong Ale)
3rd
Thomas Musquiez
San Antonio Cerveceros
Tapcooler Tryouts (22A: Double IPA)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Jonathan Reasoner
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Frosted Wheat (1D: American Wheat Beer)
HM
Jeff Oberlin
NINJA Homebrewers
Tiger IPA (21A: American IPA)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
