California State Fair Homebrew Competition

Awards

Judges

Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown, Will Carlton, Stacy Collins, Robert Colvin, Scott Fehrt, Yannick Gingras, Christopher Hess, Robert Horst, Paul Hsi, Thomas Hughes, Jeannie Johanna, Annie Johnson, Paul Keefer, Brandon Kriner, Kelli Lorenz, Melissa McCann, Berenice Oceguera, Scott Owens, Ajay Ryerson, David Sapsis, Jose Savedra, Mark Schindler, Peter Wisham

Judges - Best of Show

Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown, Yannick Gingras, Scott Owens, Jose Savedra

Stewards

Bob Baker, Michelle Bristow, Mark Clark, Laura Langman, Marjorie McKisson, Edward Montgomery, John Orcutt, Michael Piazzoni, Waiman Yip

By the Numbers

341 Entries 86 Entrants

24 Judges 9 Stewards

115 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

16 entries

Judges: Stacy Collins, Robert Colvin, Yannick Gingras, Thomas Hughes

Table 2: International Lager

16 entries

Judges: Kent Brown, Will Carlton, Ajay Ryerson, Mark Schindler

Table 3: Czech Lager

10 entries

Judges: Scott Fehrt, Scott Owens

Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager

12 entries

Judges: David Sapsis, Mark Schindler

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

10 entries

Judges: Christopher Hess, Brandon Kriner

Table 6: Amber Malty European Lager

8 entries

Judges: Will Carlton, Annie Johnson

Table 7: Amber Bitter European Beer

7 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Thomas Hughes

Table 8: Dark European Lager

10 entries

Judges: Kent Brown, Jeannie Johanna

Table 9: Strong European Beer

4 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Melissa McCann

Table 10: German Wheat Beer

6 entries

Judges: Robert Horst, Ajay Ryerson

Table 11: British Bitter/Commonwealth

6 entries

Judges: Christopher Hess, Brandon Kriner

Table 13: British Brown/Scottish

8 entries

Judges: Ajay Ryerson, Peter Wisham

Table 15: Irish Beer

12 entries

Judges: Stacy Collins, Robert Horst, Ajay Ryerson, Mark Schindler

Table 16: Dark British Beer

6 entries

Judges: Kent Brown, Mark Schindler

Table 17: Strong British Ale

7 entries

Judges: Stacy Collins, Robert Colvin

Table 18: Pale American Ale

17 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Robert Colvin, Robert Horst, Ajay Ryerson

Table 19: Amber and Brown American Beer

11 entries

Judges: Kent Brown, Christopher Hess, Robert Horst, Ajay Ryerson, Jose Savedra, Peter Wisham

Table 20: American Porter and Stout

18 entries

Judges: Stacy Collins, Melissa McCann, Jose Savedra, Mark Schindler

Table 21: American IPA

9 entries

Judges: Christopher Hess, Brandon Kriner

Table 22: Strong American Ale

10 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown

Table 23: European/American Sour Ales

8 entries

Judges: Christopher Hess, Brandon Kriner

Table 24: Belgian Ale

6 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Thomas Hughes

Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale

5 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Paul Keefer

Table 26: Monastic Ale

7 entries

Judges: Paul Hsi, Kelli Lorenz

Table 27: Historical Beer

10 entries

Judges: Scott Fehrt, Scott Owens

Table 29: Fruit Beer

10 entries

Judges: Ajay Ryerson, Mark Schindler, Peter Wisham

Table 30: Spiced Beer

9 entries

Judges: Robert Colvin, Berenice Oceguera

Table 31: Alt Sugar/Experimental

8 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Paul Keefer

Table 32: Smoked Beers

5 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Scott Owens

Table 33: Wood Beer

13 entries

Judges: Yannick Gingras, Paul Hsi, Paul Keefer, Kelli Lorenz

Table 34: Hazy IPA

16 entries

Judges: Scott Fehrt, Scott Owens, David Sapsis, Mark Schindler

Table 35: Specialty IPA

9 entries

Judges: Ajay Ryerson, Peter Wisham

Table 40: Traditional Mead

6 entries

Judges: Robert Colvin, Berenice Oceguera

Table 41: Fruit/Spiced Mead

9 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Thomas Hughes, Kelli Lorenz

Table 42: Specialty Mead

4 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown

Table 45: Standard Cider/Perry

6 entries

Judges: Paul Hsi, Kelli Lorenz

Table 46: Specialty Cider/Perry

7 entries

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown, Yannick Gingras, Scott Owens, Jose Savedra

Club of the Year

21 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners