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Thank you for your interest in the 2013 National Homebrew Competition - Milwaukee, WI Judging Center organized by The American Homebrewers Association. Be sure to read the competition rules.
Thanks To All Who Participated in the 2013 National Homebrew Competition - Milwaukee, WI Judging Center
There were 702 entries judged and 389 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Winning Entries 
Category 1: Light Lager (15 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
 1st |
Donna Reuter
Co-Brewer: Larry reuter |
1D: Munich Helles |
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
 2nd |
Dave Helt |
1E: Dortmunder Export |
***NONE*** |
 3rd |
Myra Oxonian |
1B: Standard American Lager |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
Category 2: Pilsner (19 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Curtis Harris |
2B: Bohemian Pilsener |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Joe Formanek |
2A: German Pilsner (Pils) |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Myra Oxonian |
2C: Classic American Pilsner |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
Category 3: European Amber Lager (17 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Heath Boebel |
3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen |
Brewing Network, The |
| 2nd |
Matt Klausner |
3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 4: Dark Lager (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Heath Boebel |
4B: Munich Dunkel |
Brewing Network, The |
| 2nd |
Jim Prucha |
4C: Schwarzbier |
Brew Free or Die |
| 3rd |
Matt Klausner
Co-Brewer: Blake Williams & Kyle Teichart |
4A: Dark American Lager |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 5: Bock (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matt Klausner |
5B: Traditional Bock |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Joe Formanek |
5C: Doppelbock |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Michael Fitchett |
5A: Maibock/Helles Bock |
***NONE*** |
Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer (41 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rodney Kibzey |
6C: Kolsch |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Matthew Mayes |
6C: Kolsch |
Homebrewers Pride of the Southside |
| 3rd |
Dan Lechner |
6A: Cream Ale |
***NONE*** |
Category 7: Amber Hybrid Beer (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matt Klausner |
7B: California Common Beer |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Joshua Weikert |
7A: Northern German Altbier |
Stoney Creek Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
7B: California Common Beer |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 8: English Pale Ale (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Andrew Tipler |
8A: Standard/Ordinary Bitter |
Underground Brewers Club of Connecticut |
| 2nd |
Tracy Johancsik |
8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Chuck Fort |
8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale (15 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matt Klausner |
9C: Scottish Export 80/- |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
9A: Scottish Light 60/- |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 3rd |
Theodore Weber
Co-Brewer: n/a |
9D: Irish Red Ale |
Traverse City-Homebrewers Order of Practicing Zymurgists |
Category 10: American Ale (53 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Graydon Newman |
10B: American Amber Ale |
Brewing Network, The |
| 2nd |
Michael Malinowski |
10A: American Pale Ale |
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
| 3rd |
Josef Hudecek
Co-Brewer: Andy Hudecek |
10A: American Pale Ale |
Ann Arbor Brewers Guild |
Category 11: English Brown Ale (19 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Ben Maeso |
11C: Northern English Brown Ale |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
| 2nd |
Scott Lenfestey
Co-Brewer: Heather Marschall |
11C: Northern English Brown Ale |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Ben Maeso |
11A: Mild |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
Category 12: Porter (37 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Scott Osborne |
12B: Robust Porter |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
12C: Baltic Porter |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 3rd |
Dave Helt |
12A: Brown Porter |
***NONE*** |
Category 13: Stout (55 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
13F: Imperial Stout |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd |
Andy Waisanen |
13F: Imperial Stout |
Central Wisconsin Vintners and Brewers |
| 3rd |
Joe Formanek |
13F: Imperial Stout |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 14: India Pale Ale (IPA) (51 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Michael Malinowski |
14B: American IPA |
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
| 2nd |
Josef Hudecek
Co-Brewer: Andy Hudecek |
14B: American IPA |
Ann Arbor Brewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Dan Lechner |
14B: American IPA |
***NONE*** |
Category 15: German Wheat and Rye Beer (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rodney Kibzey |
15C: Weizenbock |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Ben Maeso |
15D: Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
| 3rd |
Chuck Fort |
15B: Dunkelweizen |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 16: Belgian and French Ale (52 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Ben Maeso |
16E: Belgian Specialty Ale |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
| 2nd |
Curtis Bentley
Co-Brewer: Rob Doyle |
16A: Witbier |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Nathan Panek |
16D: Biere de Garde |
Keystone Hops |
Category 17: Sour Ale (27 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Scott Lenfestey
Co-Brewer: Heather Marschall |
17A: Berliner Weisse |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Nathan Panek |
17E: Gueuze |
Keystone Hops |
| 3rd |
Dan Schlosser |
17B: Flanders Red Ale |
Beer Barons of Milwaukee |
Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale (35 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Adam Rahmel |
18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Andrew Day |
18C: Belgian Tripel |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Jairo Nunes |
18B: Belgian Dubbel |
HomeBrewTalk Brewers |
Category 19: Strong Ale (22 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Todd Metcalf |
19C: American Barleywine |
Green Mountain Mashers |
| 2nd |
Michael Cafaro |
19A: Old Ale |
New York City Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
19B: English Barleywine |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 20: Fruit Beer (17 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Frank Mader
Co-Brewer: Steve Mader |
20A: Fruit Beer |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
David Marsh |
20A: Fruit Beer |
Brew Free or Die |
| 3rd |
Rich Malinowski Jr. |
20A: Fruit Beer |
***NONE*** |
Category 21: Spice/Herb/Vegatable Beer (28 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd |
Rodney Kibzey |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
James Todd |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) |
Category 22: Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer (43 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Nathan Harms |
22B: Other Smoked Beer |
Delta Brews [MS] |
| 2nd |
Josh Randall
Co-Brewer: Nick Krause |
22C: Wood-Aged Beer |
Northern Illinois Homebrewer Collective |
| 3rd |
Michael Cafaro
Co-Brewer: Dru Nichols |
22C: Wood-Aged Beer |
New York City Homebrewers Guild |
Category 23: Specialty Beer (37 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Companick |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Barley Legal Hombrew Club [NJ] |
| 2nd |
Tom Morgan |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists (DRAFT) |
| 3rd |
Nick Krause |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Northern Illinois Homebrewer Collective |
Category 24: Traditional Mead (6 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Brian Eichhorn
Co-Brewer: Jennifer Mende-Eichhorn |
24C: Sweet Mead |
Homebrewers Pride of the Southside |
| 2nd |
Michael Spears |
24B: Semi-Sweet Mead |
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers Homebrew Club |
| 3rd |
Pat McNeely |
24B: Semi-Sweet Mead |
Brewing Network, The |
Category 25: Melomel (Fruit Mead) (5 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Pat McNeely |
25C: Other Fruit Melomel |
Brewing Network, The |
| 2nd |
Donna Reuter
Co-Brewer: Keith rush. Larry Reuter |
25B: Pyment |
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
| 3rd |
Joe Formanek |
25A: Cyser |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 26: Other Mead (6 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Michael Spears |
26C: Open Category Mead |
Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers Homebrew Club |
| 2nd |
Tom Sadowski |
26C: Open Category Mead |
Brewers of South Suburbia (BOSS) |
| 3rd |
Jeffrey Oberlin |
26C: Open Category Mead |
Bay Area Mashtronauts |
Category 27: Standard Cider and Perry (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Byron Burrier
Co-Brewer: Steve Olson, Steve Mattheeussen |
27A: Common Cider |
Appleton Libation Enthusiasts |
| 2nd |
Rodney Kibzey |
27A: Common Cider |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd |
Rodney Kibzey |
27D: Common Perry |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Category 28: Specialty Cider and Perry (5 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rodney Kibzey |
28B: Fruit Cider |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Roberto Bob Rodriguez |
28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry |
Long Island Beer & Malt Enthusiasts |
| 3rd |
Byron Burrier
Co-Brewer: Keith Akstulewicz, Steve Olson, Steve Mattheeussen |
28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry |
Appleton Libation Enthusiasts |