Boston Homebrew Competition - 2013 Winners
18th Boston Homebrew Competition | 2013 Results
Best of Show
Beer
Place
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Eric Adriaansen
Cream Ale 2
6A: Cream Ale
Brew Free or Die
2nd
Edward Ivanov
Seeing Double Brown Ale
19A: Old Ale
Maniacal Association of Shoreline Homebrewers
3rd
Peter Beauregard
Seven C's
14B: American IPA
Individual Category Results
Category 1/2: Light Lager and Pilsner (9 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Bryan Bigda
German Pilsner (Pils)
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Bev Armstrong
Premium American
Premium American Lager
Boston Wort Processors
3rd
Michael Switzer
Defenestration
Bohemian Pilsener
NONE
Category 3/4: European Amber Lager and Dark Lager (14 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Dan Preston
Oktoberfest/Marzen
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
John Krochune
Vienna Lager
3rd
Allan MacDonald
Pat_Noir
Schwarzbier
Category 5: Bock (9 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Jeff Turgeon
Dopplebock #2
Doppelbock
2nd
Nathaniel Demmons
Doppelbock Bonus
Doppelbock
SouthCoast Homebrewer's Association
3rd
Mike Formisano
Doppelbock
Doppelbock
Category 6: Light Hybrid Beer (16 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Eric Adriaansen
Cream Ale 2
Cream Ale
Brew Free or Die
2nd
Mike Baumann
Kolsch
n/a
3rd
Eric Adriaansen
Cream Ale 1
Cream Ale
Brew Free or Die
Category 7: Amber Hybrid Beer (8 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Steven Hoeschele
Schnuddelbuddel's Hausbier
Dusseldorf Altbier
none
2nd
John McCafferty
California Common
California Common Beer
3rd
John Krochune
Dusseldorf Alt
Dusseldorf Altbier
Boston Wort Processors
Category 8: English Pale Ale (11 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Dan Preston
Legacy
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Edward Ivanov
Ed's special beer
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Maniacal Association of Shoreline Homebrewers
3rd
Eric Adriaansen
Eric's ESB
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Brew Free or Die
Category 9: Scottish and Irish Ale (18 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Anthony Kopa
Lauren's Wee Heavy
Strong Scotch Ale
2nd
Mark Keck
Jeff & Jamey's 80/-
Scottish Export 80/-
Boston Wort Processors
3rd
Mike Formisano
Strong Scotch Ale
Strong Scotch Ale
HM
John McCafferty
Scottish Export 80/-
Category 10: American Ale (55 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Ben Newfang
The Handlebar
American Brown Ale
Stache Brew Club of CT
2nd
Patrick Donnelly
Murphy's Law
American Pale Ale
The Brewing Network
3rd
Scott Dugas
American Red
American Amber Ale
Category 11: English Brown Ale (12 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Joshua Ford
Mild
2nd
Thia St.Martin
Southern English Smash
Southern English Brown Ale
3rd
Brent Winnie
Northern English Brown
Northern English Brown Ale
Category 12: Porter (19 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
kevin neary
Brown Porter
2nd
Eric Adriaansen
Eric's Brown Porter
Brown Porter
Brew Free or Die
3rd
Chris Reddy
Baltic Porter
Category 13: Stout (50 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Christopher Filleti
Sweet Stout
Brew Free or Die
2nd
Lance Minor
Lights Out Stout
Imperial Stout
3rd
Scott Drake
Imperial Stout
Boston Wort Processors
Category 14: India Pale Ale (IPA) (51 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Peter Beauregard
Seven C's
American IPA
2nd
Steve Schember
American IPA
3rd
Jarrod Brennet
Tri-Nations IPA
American IPA
Category 15: German Wheat and Rye Beer (9 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Steven Hoeschele
Fuchsfreund
Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
none
2nd
Michael Rich
Evil Doppelg‰nger Hefeweizen
Weizen/Weissbier
North Shore Brewers
3rd
Andrew Carroll
Maximilian Dunkelweizen
Dunkelweizen
Boston Wort Processors
Category 16: Belgian and French Ale (45 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Eric Ehrbar
The Farmer's Daughter
Saison
SouthCoast Homebrewers Association
2nd
Eric Urban
Witfaced
Witbier
Stache Brew Club of CT
3rd
Max Gitlen
Seaverns Session
Belgian Specialty Ale
Category 17: Sour Ale (9 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Joshua Clark
Berliner Weisse
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Mark Keck
Roe
Flanders Red Ale
Boston Wort Processors
3rd
Chris Rhinehart
Floral Lambic
Straight (Unblended) Lambic
none
Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale (28 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Max Heinegg
BSD
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Chris Burke
The Holy Hand Grenade
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
3rd
Bryan Bigda
Belgian Tripel
Boston Wort Processors
Category 19: Strong Ale (12 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Edward Ivanov
Seeing Double Brown Ale
Old Ale
Maniacal Association of Shoreline Homebrewers
2nd
Geoff Keating
American Barleywine
3rd
Steven Hoeschele
Old Man Treehouse
American Barleywine
none
HM
Max Gitlen
Root Cellar Ale
Old Ale
Category 20: Fruit Beer (9 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Don Berthel Jr
Blueberry Blonde
Fruit Beer
2nd
Christopher Filleti
Fruit Beer
Brew Free or Die
3rd
Cameron Walker
Thorny Blackberry Wheat
Fruit Beer
Category 21: Spice/Herb/Vegatable Beer (38 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Vincent Tursi
Pumpkin Pie Ale
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Dan Preston
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boston Wort Processors
3rd
Mark Keck
Hibiscus Wit
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boston Wort Processors
Category 22: Smoke-Flavored and Wood-Aged Beer (21 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Matt Sikorski
Smokey the Sailor
Other Smoked Beer
2nd
Joshua Ford
Strumblebiere
Wood-Aged Beer
3rd
Chris Burke
The Red Baron
Other Smoked Beer
Category 23: Specialty Beer (34 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Vincent Tursi
Sour Raspberry Quad
Specialty Beer
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
John Abercrombie
Crombie's Honey Lager
Specialty Beer
3rd
Jon Goldstein
Bourbon Breakfast Stout
Specialty Beer
HM
Jarrod Brennet
What of it? RyePA
Specialty Beer
Categories 24-26: Mead (6 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
John Krochune
Raspberry Melomel
Other Fruit Melomel
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Geoff Keating
WildFlower Mead
Braggot
3rd
Nickie Smith
UTIP Mead
Semi-Sweet Mead
Categories 27-28 Cider and Perry (10 entries)
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Josh Ritchey
New England Cider
Boston Wort Processors
2nd
Aaron Charlwood
2011 Hard Cider
Common Cider
Krausen Commandos of Northwest CT
3rd
Jason Chalifour
Center Field Cider
New England Cider
4th
Alex Corona
Common Cider
Boston Wort Processors
HM
Lance Reed
Happy Cider
Common Cider
Boston Wort Processors