Thanks To All Who Participated in the 2015 LA County Fair Homebrew Competition
There were 354 entries judged and 185 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Ribbons and score sheets will be mailed out by the LA County Fair as soon as possible.
Best of Show| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dana Cordes | 134: American-Style Barleywine | Maltose Falcons | |
| 2nd | Dave Lyman | Rhubarb Gose | 252: Experimental and Specialty Beer, Other | Kalamazoo Libation Organization of Brewers (K.L.O.B.) |
| 3rd | Ward G. Walkup IV | Pint Glass Workhorse | 111: Mild Ale | Yeastsidebrewers |
Winners
Category 1: American-style Pale and Dark Lager (4 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Alfredo Rocha | Coronel - Mexican Lager | American-Style Pre-Prohibition Lager | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Andy Ziskin | The Repealer | American-Style Pre-Prohibition Lager | Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society |
| 3rd | Jason Barker | Oregon Dark Lager | American-Style Dark Lager | Oregon Brew Crew |
Category 2: European-style Pale Lager (11 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dan Sundstrom | Segway To Munich | Munich-Style Helles | Long Beach Home Brewers |
| 2nd | Dana Cordes | North German-Style Pils | Maltose Falcons | |
| 3rd | Jorge Pineda | Pinedabrau Helles | Munich-Style Helles | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 3: American-style Wheat Ale and Cream Ale (17 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Hall | Honey Pot | American-Style Honey Wheat Ale | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Jeff Schultz | Cream Ale | American-Style Cream Ale | |
| 3rd | Nick Corona | Joey's Swheat Legacy | American-Style Wheat Ale | QUAFF |
Category 4: English-style Bitter Ale and Pale Ale (6 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Scott McFarlane | Scott's ESB | Strong Bitter and Extra Special Bitter (ESB) | |
| 2nd | Brian Banbury | Drink Up Mates! | Ordinary Bitter | Temecula Valley Homebrewers Club/Society of Barley Engineers |
| 3rd | Nick Corona | Joey's ExtraOrdinary | Ordinary Bitter | QUAFF |
Category 5: American-style Pale Ale (17 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dan Sundstrom | Cirtrillenial | American-Style Pale Ale | Long Beach Home Brewers |
| 2nd | Joshua Parsons | Citra SMaSH | American-Style Pale Ale | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Andy Ziskin | Carlos Danger | American-Style Pale Ale | Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society |
Category 6: Scottish-style Ales (11 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Tony Truong | Alpha Scotsman's Ale | Wee Heavy (Strong Scotch Ale) | |
| 2nd | Carl Townsend | 75 Shilling | Export (80/-) | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Ed Weber | Red Irish Lord | Irish Red Ale | Maltose Falcons |
Category 7: India Pale Ale (29 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Abram Gearig | Wooo! | American-Style India Pale Ale | |
| 2nd | Erik Parker | Hatfield's San Diego IPA | American-Style India Pale Ale | The Brewing Network |
| 3rd | Michael Patterson | Black India Pale Ale | Pacific Gravity |
Category 8: European-style Ale (3 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Hall | Hopfenfeld | Altbier | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Jorge Pineda | Pinedabrau Koelsch | Kolsch-Style Ale | Yeastside Brewers |
| 3rd | Craig Corley | Alt #15 | Altbier | Pacific Gravity |
Category 9: Amber and Dark Lager (12 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Patrick Anderson | Marzen | Marzen/Oktoberfest | |
| 2nd | David Ziolkowski | Sleepwalk | Schwarzbier | |
| 3rd | Nick Corona | Joey's European Conquest | Vienna-Style Lager | QUAFF |
Category 10: American West Coast-style Beers (15 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Erik Farris | Circle Pit Citra | West Coast Extra Pale Ale | |
| 2nd | John Horton | Xtra Pale | West Coast Extra Pale Ale | |
| 3rd | Rocky Mann | Amber Ale | American-Style Red and Amber Ale | Thousand Oaked Homebrewers |
Category 11: Brown Ale (12 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Ward G. Walkup IV | Pint Glass Workhorse | Mild Ale | Yeastsidebrewers |
| 2nd | David Hall | American Brown | American-Style Brown Ale | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 3rd | Patrick Anderson | 'Merica Brown | American-Style Brown Ale |
Category 12: Strong Ale and Old Ale (5 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Jeff Sanders | Stingo | English-Style Strong Ale | Strand |
| 2nd | David Youel | Old Ale | Old Ale | David Youel |
| 3rd | Charles Pulley | 12 | English-Style Strong Ale | Mash Heads San Diego |
Category 13: Double IPA and Barleywine (15 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dana Cordes | American-Style Barleywine | Maltose Falcons | |
| 2nd | Brian Holter | 1866 | English-Style Barleywine | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Mike Neice | BW | American-Style Barleywine | BREWLUMINATI |
Category 14: Northern European-style Strong Beers (7 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Brian Holter | Sled Dog | Imperial ("Russian") Stout | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Michael Patterson | Imperial ("Russian") Stout | Pacific Gravity |
Category 15: Bock (6 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Luis Michel | Benedict XVI Doppelbock | Doppelbock | Yeastside Brewers |
| 2nd | Josh Jensen | Facebock | Traditional Bock | Yeastside Brewers |
| 3rd | Jon Silvertooth | Boc's Big Bock | Doppelbock | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category 16: Porter (7 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Erik Farris | Victory Lap Porter | American-Style Porter | |
| 2nd | Mike Kitain | American-Style Porter | ||
| 3rd | Randal Weber | Midnight Porter | American-Style Porter | Brewcommune |
Category 17: Stout (12 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Jeff Sanders | Sweet Stout | English-Style (Sweet)Cream or Milk Stout | Strand |
| 2nd | Joe Heidelman | Quality Start Stout | Foreign-Style Stout | A Few Who Brew |
| 3rd | Jason Barker | Oregon Luncheon Stout | English-Style (Sweet)Cream or Milk Stout | Oregon Brew Crew |
Category 18: German-style Wheat Beer (14 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Kent Fletcher | SwheatTart | Berliner Weisse | Maltose Falcons |
| 2nd | Eric Strahm | Humble Farmer Bavarian Wheat | Bavarian-Style Hefeweizen | |
| 3rd | Josh Jensen | Weizen Heimer | Weizenbock | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 19: Belgian-style Abbey Ale (14 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Kevin O’Connell | Tripel K-O | Abbey Tripel (Triple) Ale | Yeastside Brewers |
| 2nd | Brian Holter | Dark Horse | Abbey Quadrupel (Quadruple) Ale | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Eric Moreau | Rainy Day Tripel | Abbey Tripel (Triple) Ale | Pacific Gravity |
Category 20: Belgian-style Strong Ale (12 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Brian Holter | Dogtown Golden Strong | Belgian-Style Strong Golden Ale | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Mike Neice | Quadzilla IV | Belgian-Style Strong Dark Ale | BREWLUMINATI |
| 3rd | John Aitchison | Belgian Blond Ale | MF |
Category 21: Belgian-style Specialty Ale (10 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Joe Heidelman | Web Gem Brut De Claremont | Belgian Brut Beer | A Few Who Brew |
| 2nd | Craig Corley | BPA #39 | Belgian-Style Pale Ale | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Alfredo Rocha | Botas Blancas - Belgian Wit | Witbier | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category 22: Farmhouse Ales (23 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Jerry Marshall | Sour Blonde | Wild Ales | High desert homebrewers anonymous |
| 2nd | Steven Sage | Saison 565 | Saison (Spring/Summer) | |
| 3rd | Jason Kroeker | Batch 4 | Saison (Spring/Summer) |
Category 23: Belgian-style Sour Ale (6 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dustin Jennings | 2014 COVBS Brew At The Fair Demo Beer | Straight (Unblended) Lambic-Style Ale | Crown Of The Valley Brewing Society |
| 2nd | Israel Arrieta | It's Tart | Straight (Unblended) Lambic-Style Ale | Maltose Falcons |
| 3rd | Richard Solis | Blackberry Sour | Fruit-Flavored Lambic-Style Ale and Faro | Temecula Valley Homebrewers Association |
Category 24: Specialty Beer- Fruit/Vegetable & Herb/Spiced (32 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dan Parker | Hey! Hey! Careful, Man! There's A PEACH SAISON Here! | Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer | Strand Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Keith Eckert | Mega Mounds | Herb- and/or Spice-flavored Beer | |
| 3rd | Valentin Guerrero | Hibiscus Saison | Herb- and/or Spice-flavored Beer |
Category 25: Specialty Beer - Experimental, Historical & Other (17 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Dave Lyman | Rhubarb Gose | Experimental and Specialty Beer, Other | Kalamazoo Libation Organization of Brewers (K.L.O.B.) |
| 2nd | Ward G. Walkup IV | BBC | Experimental and Specialty Beer, Other | Yeastsidebrewers |
| 3rd | Israel Arrieta | Old Sal | Historical Beer | Maltose Falcons |
Category 26: Specialty Beer - Smokes & Wood Aged (19 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Andy Ziskin | Kraken In The Rye | Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey | Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society |
| 2nd | Ward G. Walkup IV | Bourbon BA BBC | Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey | Yeastsidebrewers |
| 3rd | Keith Eckert | Quadra Fiend | Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey |
Category 27: Mead (9 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | David Hall | Oak Aged Joe's | Metheglin | Orange County Mash Ups |
| 2nd | Bonfilio Ruiz | Miel Y Jamaica | Metheglin | Yeastside brewers |
| 3rd | Leslie Stotlar-Gray | Omani Owl Mead | Varietal Honey Traditional Mead |
Category 28: Cider (9 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Brian Banbury | Capt. Perry | Specialty Cider And Perry | Temecula Valley Homebrewers Club/Society of Barley Engineers |
| 2nd | Dana Cordes | Specialty Cider And Perry | Maltose Falcons | |
| 3rd | Michael Fry | All Berry Cider | Specialty Cider And Perry | Quaff |
Event Date:
Saturday, August 1, 2015 (All day)