Every brewer wonders just how good their brews are and how much their friends are snowing them when they guzzle down their brews. Blind judged competitions provide the best tool to get fair feedback on your brews. Every year the Falcons run four competitions: The Doug King Memorial Speciality Lager and Experimental Beers Competition; The Maltose Falcons Mayfaire; The Los Angeles County Fair Homebrewing Competition and Oktoberfest. Watch this space for details on getting your beers judged.
Competitions
2013 Doug King Memorial Specialty, Lager and Experimental Beers Competition
2012 LA County Fair Competition
2012 Doug King Memorial Specialty, Lager and Experimental Beers Competition
2011 LA County Fair Competition
2011 Doug King Memorial Specialty, Lager and Experimental Beers Competition
2010 Doug King Memorial Specialty, Lager and Experimental Beers Competition
The Falcons Style Guidelines
Yes, we're persnicktety people and we keep our own guidelines. While substantially the same as the BJCP guidelines (in fact Falcons have been on previous BJCP guideline committees), we do have a few differences and tend to change more often.
You can find the collected works of the Falcons Competition Committee here.
The latest guidelines - 2015 Falcons Guidelines
Comments
2012 Doug King Memorial Homebrew Competition Winners
Best of Show:
Norman Jufer 15.2 Traditional Bock
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
1st Runner Up:
John Aitchison 15.4 Doppelbock
Northridge CA, Maltose Falcons
2nd Runner Up:
Norman Jufer 25.4 Smoke Beers, Other
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
Class 1 American Pale and Dark Lager
1st Norman Jufer 1.2 American Pre-Prohibition Lager
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
2nd Jim Maurer 1.2 American Pre-Prohibition Lager
Aurora CO
3rd David Merz 1.4 American Dark Lager
Marquette MI, Palmetto State Brewers
Class 2 European Pale Lager
1st Norman Jufer 2.4 Dortmunder/Export
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
2nd Virgil Bumann 2.1 Munich Helles
Camarillo CA, Maltose Falcons
3rd Jeff Crowell 2.3 North German Pils
Glendora CA, Crown of the Valley Brewing Club
Class 9 Amber and Dark Lager
1st Norman Jufer 9.1 Vienna Lager
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
2nd Jeff Koehler 9.4 Munich Dunkel
Pasadena CA, Pacific Gravity
3rd Norman Jufer 9.5 Schwarzbier
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
Class 10 American West Coast Beers
1st David Bryan 10.3 American Red/Amber Ale
Ankeny IA, Iowa Brewers Union
2nd Todd Peterson 10.2 California Common Beer
San Dimas CA, Maltose Falcons
3rd David Merz 10.2 California Common Beer
Marquette MI, Palmetto State Brewers
Class 14 Northern European Strong Beers
1st John Aitchison 14.2 Baltic Porter
Northridge CA, Maltose Falcons
2nd David Merz 14.1 Adambier
Marquette MI, Palmetto State Brewers
3rd Robert Sanchez 14.3 Imperial ("Russian") Stout
Walnut Park CA, Yeast Side Brewer's
Class 15 Bock
1st(tie) Norman Jufer 15.2 Traditional Bock
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
1st(tie) Chris Kennedy 15.3 American-Style Bock Beer
Los Angeles CA
2nd John Aitchison 15.4 Doppelbock
Northridge CA, Maltose Falcons
3rd Aaron Callahan 15.2 Traditional Bock
Sacramento CA
Class 24 Specialty Beer - Fruit/Vegetable and Herb/Spiced
1st Chris Rockwell, Jo Lockman 24.2 Herb- and/or Spice-Flavored Beer
Los Angeles CA, Maltose Falcons
2nd Mark Poliner 24.2 Herb- and/or Spice-Flavored Beer
Tarzana CA, Maltose Falcons
3rd Brandon Smith 24.1 Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer
Burbank CA
Class 25 Specialty Beer - Smoked, Experimental, Historical, and Other
1st Norman Jufer 25.4 Smoke Beers, Other
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
2nd Norman Jufer 25.2 Specialy Beer, Other
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
3rd Todd Peterson 25.2 Specialy Beer, Other
San Dimas CA, Maltose Falcons
Class 28 Imperial Anything
1st Ward G Walkup IV 28.1 1,080-1.100
Pasadena CA, Yeast Side Brewer's
2nd Mikey Jones 28.1 1,080-1.100
Santa Monica CA, Pacific Gravity
3rd Kevin Grizard 28.1 1,080-1.100
Moorpark CA, Maltose Falcons
Class 29 Session Beer Challenge
1st Matt Staley, Sam Staley 29.1 Traditional Session (under 1.040)
Ladera ranch CA, Meisters of the Brewniverse
2nd Norman Jufer 29.2 Experimental Session (under 1.040)
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
3rd Norman Jufer 29.1 Traditional Session (under 1.040)
Ontario CA, Inland Empire Brewers
Class 30 Middle of the Road
1st Seth Weiss, Alan Weiss 30.1 Anything Between 1.040-1.060
Encino CA
2nd Darrell Rogers, William Pence 30.1 Anything Between 1.040-1.060
Ben Lomond CA
3rd Marc Ross, Joseph Ginsberg 30.1 Anything Between 1.040-1.060
Redondo Beach CA, Pacific Gravity