Best of Show

Kudos to the following Best of Show winners of AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competitions, as reported by competition organizers. This list is available in the July/August 2010 issue of Zymurgy .

November 2009

• FOSSILS Porter Competition, 22 entries - Richard Bruscie, New Albany, IN.

February 2010

• KLCC Microbrew Festival Homebrew Competition, 241 entries - Justin Mills - Price, Roseburg, OR.
• Beer Quest Session Ale, 22 entries - American Pale Ale, Bryon Belding, Lincoln, NE.
• America's Finest City Homebrew Competition 2010, 402 entries - Matt Staley, Ladera Ranch, CA.
• Garage Brewers Society 3rd Annual Chili Cookoff and Beer Competition, 17 entries - Chris Buchanan, O'Fallon, MO.
• Homebrew at the W.E.B, 458 entries - Phil Sullivan, Royal Oak, MI.
• 2010 Taste Great Southern Beer and Wine Competition, 65 entries - Halfluck Brewing, Rob Hart, Perth, Western Australia.

March 2010

• Amber Waves of Grain, 358 entries - Michael Reda, W. Babylon, NY.
• Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing XIII, 237 entries - David Keller, Bat Cave, NC.
• Bockfest 2010, 64 entries - Tim Hayner, Bellevue, WA.
• 21st Annual Reggale and Dredhop Competition, 344 entries - Patrick Crawford, Denver, CO.
• Cascade Brewers Cup, 377 entries - Russell Everett, Seattle, WA.
• The Highland Cup, 91 entries - Brandon Dana, Asheville, NC.
• Kona Brewers Festival Home Brew Competition, 250 entries - Rocket Rod Romanak, Jake Romanak, Kailua Kona, HI.
• The Drunk Monk Challenge, 617 entries - Chuck Grote, South Elgin, IL.
• Shamrock Open XV, 332 entries - Terry Smith, Highpoint, NC.
• Iowa Brewers Union Open 2010, 182 entries - Tim Leber, Kansas City, MO.
• Lethbridge Werthogs Homebrew Competition, 120 entries - Mark Heise, Regina, SK.
• 2nd Annual Brewfest, 22 entries - Steve Busby.
• BlueBonnet Brew - Off 2010 - World's #1 - 24th Annual Celebration, 1627 entries - Phillip Rose, Lubbock, TX.
• March Mashness, 155 entries - Chris Smith, Minneapolis, MN.
• Bridger Brew Crew Homebrew Competition, 28 entries - Dirk and Andee Howard, Smithfield, UT.
• Celebrewtion 2010, 130 entries - Annie Johnson, Sacramento, CA.
• McChord Brewfest, 69 entries - What the Helles...Bock, Randy Scorby, Baker City, OR.
• Brewfest 2010, 26 entries - Terry Frey, Orland Park, IL.
• 17th Annual Peach State Brew Off, 582 entries - Brian Chambers, Stockbridge, GA.
• Hudson Valley HomeBrewer's 20th Annual Competition, 251 entries - Manny Holl, Poughkeepsie, NY.
• Belgian Beerfest, 25 entries - Michael Bowron, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Lonerider Brewery - Brew it Forward, 76 entries - Donavan Dolph, Chapel Hill, NC.
• Slurp & Burp Open, 353 entries - Ted Hausotter, Baker City, OR.
• BOSS Chicago Cup Challenge, 273 entries - Zbig & Sylvia Banach, New Lenox, IL.
• UNYHA 32nd Annual / 21st New York State Open Homebrew Competition, 282 entries - John Zelazny, Rochester, NY.

April 2010

• Snow Goose Home Brew Break - Up Competition, 26 entries - Redoubt Schwarzbier, Steve Jayich, Anchorage, AK.
• World Cup of Beer, 638 entries - Arlyn Johns, Oakland, CA.
• Las Vegas Winterfest 2010, 115 entries - Matt Breen, Las Vegas, NV.
• AHA Club - Only Competition, American Ales, 73 entries - Mel Thompson, Gaithersburg, MD.
• Champion of the Pint, 138 entries - Peter Polczynski, Tulsa, OK.
• The Oregon Garden's Homebrewers Classic, 195 entries - Richard Olson - Capitol Brewers of Salem, Salem, OR.
• 2010 ALES Home Brew Open/AHA NHC Qualifier Competition, 259 entries - Joshua Hudson, Regina, SK.
• South Shore Brewoff, 136 entries - Brendan Prindiville, Boston, MA.
• WORT HOG BREWERS Summer Beer Festival, 47 entries - Carl & Ruanne Sandrock, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
• 2010 Nebraska Shootout, 36 entries - Dave Oenbring, Lincoln, NE.
• Mead Free or Die, 126 entries - Yancy Bodenstein, Gaithersburg, MD.
• Between the Bluffs Homebrew Competition, 80 entries - David Palm, La Crosse, WI.
• 2010 Puget Sound Pro - Am, 345 entries - Dan Stilwell, Lynnwood, WA.
• Mayfaire 2010, 322 entries - Bavarian Hefeweizen, Steve Cook, Burbank, CA.
• COHO Spring Fling, 135 entries - Brett Thomas, Bend, OR.

May 2010

• Competencia Previa MDQ 2010, 12 entries - Ramiro De Diego, San Martin de los Andes, NQN, Argentina.
• Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition, 277 entries - John Allin, Bethlehem, NH.
• Blue Grass Cup, 257 entries - Keith Primeaux, Baton Rouge, LA.