Thanks To All Who Participated in the DC Homebrewers Club Cherry Blossom Competition
There were 234 entries judged and 193 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
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Thank you for your interest in the DC Homebrewers Club Cherry Blossom Competition organized by DC Homebrewers, Washington, DC. Be sure to read the competition rules.
Thanks To All Who Participated in the DC Homebrewers Club Cherry Blossom Competition
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
 1st |
Michael Stuppy |
American Pale Ale |
18B: American Pale Ale |
CRABS |
 2nd |
Michael Stuppy |
Belgian Dark Strong |
26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
CRABS |
 3rd |
Roy Roberts |
Leethouse IPA |
21A: American IPA |
Yeast Side |
Winning Entries
Table 5: IPA (26 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Roy Roberts |
Leethouse IPA |
21A: American IPA |
Yeast Side |
| 2nd |
Edward Sheriff |
Tropical Daydream #1 |
21A: American IPA |
|
| 3rd |
Christopher Chervin |
Hopp Surplus IPA |
21A: American IPA |
DC Homebrew Club |
Table 11: Light Lagers (6 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matt Cronin |
Speedo Wearing Lager |
2A: International Pale Lager |
|
| 2nd |
Joe Bump |
Yes Dear |
1D: American Wheat Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Jorge Arzabala |
915 Lager |
2B: International Amber Lager |
DC homebrewers |
Table 12: German Lagers (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Joe Clarke |
Black Night |
8B: Schwarzbier |
GRiST |
| 2nd |
Jon Christensen |
Pacific Pilsner |
5D: German Pils |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Matt Smith |
Bunnynator |
9A: Doppelbock |
|
Table 13: German Wheats (4 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rodney Kibzey |
Bitezenbock |
10C: Weizenbock |
Oregon Brew Crew |
| 2nd |
Justin Licameli |
Banana Juice |
10C: Weizenbock |
|
| 3rd |
Jeanne Burns |
Weiss Weiss Baby |
10C: Weizenbock |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 14: Irish Beer (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Alex Spencer |
Erin Go Bragh |
15B: Irish Stout |
GRiST |
| 2nd |
Tom Davis |
Irish “Ginger” Ale |
15A: Irish Red Ale |
|
| 3rd |
Joe Hursey |
Bad Leprechaun Stout |
15C: Irish Extra Stout |
GRIST |
Table 15: English Ale (15 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Omar Al-Nidawi |
Dancing Mice |
13A: Dark Mild |
DC Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Dennis Petersen |
Lil’ Annie’s Porter |
13C: English Porter |
BURP |
| 3rd |
Stephen DiStaso |
Bat Mitzvah Brown |
13B: English Brown Ale |
|
Table 16: Cherry Blossom (6 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
James Robertson
Co-Brewer: Chris Fitzgerald |
Blood Orange Saison |
46A: Cherry Blossom |
|
| 2nd |
Andrew Voigt |
Hibiscus Saison |
46A: Cherry Blossom |
DC Homebrew |
| 3rd |
James Bixby
Co-Brewer: Kris Lofgren; Adam Jaime |
Peach Blossom Pale Wheat Ale |
46A: Cherry Blossom |
|
Table 17: Specialty (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Joseph Schneider |
Bunnyman And The Messy Gnome |
31B: Alternative Sugar Beer |
|
| 2nd |
Mark Niciu |
Steve Flanders Still Loves Kelly Taylor |
34C: Experimental Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Christine Perez
Co-Brewer: Ted Perez |
Nugget Bomb |
34A: Clone Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 18: wood (8 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Alexander Adagio |
This Beats Dad’s Brew |
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
|
| 2nd |
Louis McCoy |
’Murika |
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
DC Homebrewers Club |
| 3rd |
Dan Bremer |
Borderlands Barleywine |
33A: Wood-Aged Beer |
Laramie Brew Club |
Table 19: Smoked beer (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Omar Al-Nidawi |
Smoking Amber |
32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Gregory Mentel
Co-Brewer: Session Aleworks |
Mesquite Pale Ale |
32B: Specialty Smoked Beer |
Session Aleworks |
| 3rd |
Paul Schamel |
Smokin The Porter |
32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer |
|
 HM |
Joe Federico |
Serendipity |
32B: Specialty Smoked Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 20: Fruit (8 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Billy Harper |
2016 Christmas Beer |
29B: Fruit and Spice Beer |
|
| 2nd |
Eric Lausten
Co-Brewer: Rose Riggs |
Tart-Alicious |
29A: Fruit Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Joseph Kahn
Co-Brewer: Ian Fox |
Cranberry Gose |
29C: Speciality Fruit Beer |
|
| HM |
Neal Bruegger |
Fuzzy Wit |
29A: Fruit Beer |
|
Table 22: Sour (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Roy Roberts |
The Cat’s Meow |
28C: Wild Specialty Beer |
Yeast Side |
| 2nd |
Jamey Barlow |
Waterloo |
23A: Berliner Weisse |
CAMRA (Chalottesville Area Masters of Real Ale) |
| 3rd |
James Bixby
Co-Brewer: Kris Lofgren |
UNITY Brett IPA |
28A: Brett Beer |
|
| HM |
Scott Movens |
Berliner Weisse Trois |
23A: Berliner Weisse |
N/A |
Table 24: Amber and Brown American (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Bob Rouse |
Steam McQueen |
19B: California Common |
DC Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Alex O’Dell
Co-Brewer: Barb Marmet |
Barb’s Brown |
19C: American Brown Ale |
Warrenton Brewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Chris Bavis |
Brooks’ Brown |
19C: American Brown Ale |
|
Table 25: Belgian Wit (5 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Alex Spencer |
Keep Your Wits About You |
24A: Witbier |
GRiST |
| 2nd |
Adam Mouw
Co-Brewer: Alexandra Mouw |
Wit Beer |
24A: Witbier |
|
| 3rd |
David Ortiz
Co-Brewer: Stephanie Ortiz |
The Coriander Is Silent |
24A: Witbier |
Annapolis Homebrew Club |
| HM |
Derek Doucette |
RIMS 2.0 Witbier |
24A: Witbier |
|
Table 32: British Stouts (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Joe Bump |
Sweet Hey Zeus |
16A: Sweet Stout |
DC Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Matt Cronin |
Queen Mum II – Dark Malts Strike Black |
16D: Foreign Extra Stout |
|
| 3rd |
Michael Duarte |
Stoutful |
16A: Sweet Stout |
|
Table 33: American Dark (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Louis McCoy |
Roy’s Brown Porter |
20A: American Porter |
DC Homebrewers Club |
| 2nd |
Ben Gibbon |
The Crood |
20A: American Porter |
|
| 3rd |
Will Lanning |
Overwinter |
20C: Imperial Stout |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 34: American Strong (14 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Michael Dean |
Old School |
22A: Double IPA |
|
| 2nd |
Matthew Blethen |
Periwinkle Unicorn |
22A: Double IPA |
|
| 3rd |
Matt Cronin |
Holy Citra! |
22A: Double IPA |
|
Table 35: British strong (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John McAdams |
Christmas Barleywine |
17D: English Barleywine |
BURP |
| 2nd |
Steve Claeys |
Powhatan English Barleywine |
17D: English Barleywine |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Bryan Lienesch
Co-Brewer: Meg Cooksey |
365 Private Reserve Ale |
17D: English Barleywine |
The Lienesch Brewing Company |
Table 36: Spiced (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Christopher Chervin |
Vanilla-Oatmeal Stout |
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
DC Homebrew Club |
| 2nd |
KARAN KAKKAR
Co-Brewer: Shannon Shoemaker |
Coconut Porter |
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
|
| 3rd |
Steve Claeys |
Stuff Happens Coffee Brown Porter |
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 37: Trappist (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Michael Stuppy |
Belgian Dark Strong |
26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
CRABS |
| 2nd |
Joe Clarke |
Triple Threat |
26C: Belgian Tripel |
GRiST |
| 3rd |
Michael Branson |
Belgian Dubbel |
26B: Belgian Dubbel |
DC Homebrewers |
| HM |
Joe Bump |
Cheeky Monkey |
26C: Belgian Tripel |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 38: Pale American (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Michael Stuppy |
American Pale Ale |
18B: American Pale Ale |
CRABS |
| 2nd |
Marcus Payne
Co-Brewer: Kate Payne |
Long Island Blonde |
18A: Blonde Ale |
|
| 3rd |
Jon Christensen |
Midway Pale Ale |
18B: American Pale Ale |
DC Homebrewers |
Table 39: Belgian Strong (12 entries)
| Place |
Brewer(s) |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Raoul Masangcay |
Elias Blonde |
25A: Belgian Blond Ale |
50 West Homebrew Club |
| 2nd |
Michael Branson |
Rye Saison |
25B: Saison |
DC Homebrewers |
| 3rd |
Clement Ryan |
Sizen |
25B: Saison |
Downright Obsessed Homebrewers |
