California State Fair Homebrew Competition

Awards

Judges

Donna Bettencourt, Jeff Calton, Bryce Carlson, Eric Cyrenne, David Deaton, Robert D. Horst, Brandon Montgomery, Michael Raines, Ellen Sherrill, Greg Strom

Stewards

Deshana Davis, Michael Kelly, Stuart Kelly, Brad Parker, Yuejun Sun

By the Numbers

297 Entries 81 Entrants

10 Judges 5 Stewards

105 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

16 entries

Table 2: International Lager

9 entries

Table 3: Czech Lager

10 entries

Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager

8 entries

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

9 entries

Table 6: European Amber Beers

8 entries

Table 8: Dark European Lager

6 entries

Table 9: Strong European Beer

5 entries

Table 10: German Wheat Beer

3 entries

Table 11: UK Ales

10 entries

Table 15: Irish Beer

10 entries

Table 16: Dark British Beer

9 entries

Table 17: Strong British Ale

4 entries

Table 18: Pale American Ale

13 entries

Table 19: Amber and Brown American Beer

13 entries

Table 20: American Porter and Stout

14 entries

Table 21: American IPA

12 entries

Table 22: Strong American Ale

7 entries

Table 23: European Sour Ale

7 entries

Table 24: Belgian Ale

6 entries

Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale

10 entries

Table 26: Monastic Ale

5 entries

Table 27: Historical Beer

4 entries

Table 28: American Wild Ale

4 entries

Table 29: Fruit Beer

8 entries

Table 30: Spiced Beer

14 entries

Table 31: Alternative Fermentables Beer

4 entries

Table 33: Wood Beer

7 entries

Table 34: Specialty Beer

9 entries

Table 35: Traditional Cider/Perry

8 entries

Table 36: Specialty Cider/Perry

12 entries

Table 37: Traditional Mead

6 entries

Table 38: Fruit/Spice/Experimental Mead

9 entries

Table 39: Specialty IPA

10 entries

Table 40: Hazy IPA

8 entries

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Club of the Year

26 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners