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Thank you for your interest in the 2013 National Homebrew Competition - Atlanta, GA 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 - Atlanta, GA Judging Center
There were 702 entries judged and 277 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Winning Entries 
Category 1: Light Lager (17 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
 1st |
Gregory Rinehardt |
1E: Dortmunder Export |
Stooges Brew Club |
 2nd |
Jose Piriz |
1C: Premium American Lager |
Stooges Brew Club |
 3rd |
David Johnson |
1A: Lite American Lager |
***NONE*** |
Category 2: Pilsner (22 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dwight Mulcahy |
2A: German Pilsner (Pils) |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Kerry Martin |
2A: German Pilsner (Pils) |
Austin Zealots |
| 3rd |
Dwight Mulcahy |
2C: Classic American Pilsner |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
Category 3: European Amber Lager (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rob Roberson |
3A: Vienna Lager |
Tampa Bay BEERS |
| 2nd |
Kerry Martin |
3A: Vienna Lager |
Austin Zealots |
| 3rd |
Kerry Martin |
3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen |
Austin Zealots |
Category 4: Dark Lager (24 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Daniel Peterson |
4C: Schwarzbier |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Thomas Ocque |
4B: Munich Dunkel |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
| 3rd |
Monty Hudspeth |
4C: Schwarzbier |
***NONE*** |
Category 5: Bock (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Charlie Milan |
5C: Doppelbock |
Redstick Brewmasters |
| 2nd |
Dan Graston
Co-Brewer: Joe Scheibelhut |
5A: Maibock/Helles Bock |
Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Thomas Ocque |
5C: Doppelbock |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer (28 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Thomas Ocque |
6A: Cream Ale |
Upstate NY Homebrewers Assn |
| 2nd |
Scott Wiley |
6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Zach Scalf |
6C: Kolsch |
Covert Hops Society |
Category 7: Amber Hybrid Beer (13 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Christian Holihan |
7B: California Common Beer |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Robert Miller |
7B: California Common Beer |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Jason Stamp
Co-Brewer: Tom Jermine, Doug Stamp |
7A: Northern German Altbier |
***NONE*** |
Category 8: English Pale Ale (17 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dwight Mulcahy |
8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Patrick Collins |
8A: Standard/Ordinary Bitter |
Battleground Brewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Judy Neff |
8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) |
Chesapeake Real Ale Brewers Society (CRABS) [MD] |
Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale (29 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Russell Brunner |
9C: Scottish Export 80/- |
Fort Lauderdale Area Brewers |
| 2nd |
Roderic Bergquist
Co-Brewer: Brian Bergquist-Scott Bergquist |
9D: Irish Red Ale |
Fredericksburg Brewing Insiders (FBI) |
| 3rd |
Dan Graston
Co-Brewer: Joe Scheibelhut |
9E: Strong Scotch Ale |
Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild |
Category 10: American Ale (58 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Van Itallie |
10A: American Pale Ale |
James River Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Drew Lawrence |
10B: American Amber Ale |
James River Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Kerry Martin |
10A: American Pale Ale |
Austin Zealots |
Category 11: English Brown Ale (18 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Scott Lathrop |
11A: Mild |
Covert Hops Society |
| 2nd |
Bill Staashelm |
11C: Northern English Brown Ale |
***OTHER*** |
| 3rd |
Robert Miller |
11C: Northern English Brown Ale |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
Category 12: Porter (32 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dan Schreffler |
12C: Baltic Porter |
Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club |
| 2nd |
Tim Lewis |
12B: Robust Porter |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Benjamin Farrar |
12B: Robust Porter |
***NONE*** |
Category 13: Stout (51 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Andy Park |
13F: Imperial Stout |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 2nd |
Chris Bible |
13D: Foreign Extra Stout |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Joshua Cole
Co-Brewer: Ben Hess |
13F: Imperial Stout |
Brewing Network, The |
Category 14: India Pale Ale (IPA) (54 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Steve Brinker |
14C: Imperial IPA |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Tim Lewis |
14B: American IPA |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Geoff Coleman |
14B: American IPA |
Brewing Network, The |
Category 15: German Wheat and Rye Beer (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Kerry Martin |
15C: Weizenbock |
Austin Zealots |
| 2nd |
Jason Stamp
Co-Brewer: Tom Jermine, Doug Stamp |
15D: Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) |
***NONE*** |
| 3rd |
Mehmet Kurgun |
15A: Weizen/Weissbier |
Treasure Coast Brewmasters |
Category 16: Belgian and French Ale (55 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeff Bergman |
16C: Saison |
Music City Brewers |
| 2nd |
Ryan Stansbury |
16E: Belgian Specialty Ale |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Michael Marino |
16D: Biere de Garde |
Brewing Network, The |
Category 17: Sour Ale (29 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Allan Myers |
17B: Flanders Red Ale |
Special Hoperations |
| 2nd |
Mike Castagno |
17D: Straight (Unblended) Lambic |
Covert Hops Society |
| 3rd |
Ryan Stansbury |
17B: Flanders Red Ale |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale (39 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Damon Pellegrini
Co-Brewer: Jennifer Pellegrini |
18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Low Country Libations |
| 2nd |
Christopher Johnson |
18C: Belgian Tripel |
Tampa Bay BEERS |
| 3rd |
Steve Brinker |
18D: Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
***NONE*** |
Category 19: Strong Ale (15 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Ryan Stansbury |
19B: English Barleywine |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 2nd |
Eric Thalacker |
19B: English Barleywine |
Covert Hops Society |
| 3rd |
Wayne Odom |
19C: American Barleywine |
Brasseurs a la Maison |
Category 20: Fruit Beer (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Stephenson
Co-Brewer: Chris Black |
20A: Fruit Beer |
Hopheads, The [AL] |
| 2nd |
Dwight Mulcahy |
20A: Fruit Beer |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Corey Smith |
20A: Fruit Beer |
***NONE*** |
Category 21: Spice/Herb/Vegatable Beer (27 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Benjamin Farrar |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Ben Halter |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Steve Bremer
Co-Brewer: Dan Bremer |
21A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
James River Homebrewers |
Category 22: Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer (32 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Chris Rockwell
Co-Brewer: Bret Goldhorn |
22C: Wood-Aged Beer |
Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society |
| 2nd |
Dwight Mulcahy |
22C: Wood-Aged Beer |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Danny Argudin |
22C: Wood-Aged Beer |
Miami Area Society of Homebrewers |
Category 23: Specialty Beer (31 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dwight Mulcahy |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Worts of Wisdom Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
James Lafferty |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Beer Alchemist of Coastal Carolina (BAC?) |
| 3rd |
Greg Reshetiloff |
23A: Specialty Beer |
Midnight Homebrewers' League |
Category 24: Traditional Mead (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Elspeth Payne |
24C: Sweet Mead |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Dan Schreffler |
24B: Semi-Sweet Mead |
Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club |
| 3rd |
Ben Halter |
24B: Semi-Sweet Mead |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
Category 25: Melomel (Fruit Mead) (12 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Doug Cunnington |
25C: Other Fruit Melomel |
Final Gravity Craft Brewers |
| 2nd |
Barry Ledford |
25B: Pyment |
Low Country Libations |
| 3rd |
Barry Ledford |
25C: Other Fruit Melomel |
Low Country Libations |
Category 26: Other Mead (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Elspeth Payne |
26C: Open Category Mead |
***NONE*** |
| 2nd |
Dan Schreffler |
26A: Metheglin |
Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club |
| 3rd |
Barry Ledford |
26A: Metheglin |
Low Country Libations |
Category 27: Standard Cider and Perry (5 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Josanna Dixon |
27B: English Cider |
NKY Hombrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Les Wright
Co-Brewer: Anjie Watts |
27C: French Cider |
Brewmasters of Alpharetta |
| 3rd |
Josanna Dixon |
27A: Common Cider |
NKY Hombrewers Guild |
Category 28: Specialty Cider and Perry (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Dan Schreffler |
28D: Other Specialty Cider or Perry |
Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club |
| 2nd |
Josanna Dixon |
28B: Fruit Cider |
NKY Hombrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Jason Trafton
Co-Brewer: Jennifer Trafton |
28A: New England Cider |
***NONE*** |