Best of the Bay 2023

Awards

Judges

Peter Bergler, Joelle Blais, Doug Burghart, Joshua Cihak, Richard Clough, Eric Douglas, Eric Duby, Jim Dunlap, Kristin Ehlebracht, John Engels, Cory Geerdts, Todd Gill, Casey Gish, Darin Hamm, Allen Huerta, Jeff Jones, Kelvin Keown, Enid Lints, Matt McCoy, Mitch Moquin, Dawn Palmer, Melissa Paulus, Joe Postma, Todd Quessenberry, Doug Ranney, John Seyler, Craig Simons, John Spiller, Neal Tognazzini, Harrison Weber, Julian Zelazny

Judges - Best of Show

Jim Dunlap, Darin Hamm, Craig Simons, Neal Tognazzini

Stewards

Megan Ehlebracht, Phillip Fellin, Heather Gill, Jason Mantello, Rod Matthews, Athena Simons, Erica Simons, Jenny Spurgin, Kelsey Tempel

Staff

Casey Gish, Jeff Jones, Jason Mantello, Rod Matthews, John Seyler, Craig Simons, Erica Simons

Organizer

Bill Arthurs

By the Numbers

205 Entries 74 Entrants

31 Judges 9 Stewards 7 Staff

50 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American (American Light Lager & Cream Ale)

11 entries

Judges: Richard Clough, Matt McCoy, Melissa Paulus, Joe Postma

1st

Adam Engler

Kalamazoo Kream (1C: Cream Ale)

2nd

Kris Haskins

Cascade Brewers Guild

Canada, Eh? (1B: American Lager)

3rd

Brandon Huston

Browns Point Homebrew Club

It's Creamy (1C: Cream Ale)

4th

Dustin Striplin

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Hell Ya Brother! (1B: American Lager)

Table 2: International Lager (Int'l Pale Lager), Czech Lager (Czech Pale Lager, Czech Premium Pale Lager), German Wheat (Weissbier, Weizenbock)

13 entries

Judges: Joshua Cihak, Jim Dunlap, Jeff Jones, Todd Quessenberry, John Seyler

1st

Jay Brantley

PC Mashers

Enigmatic Shadow Of The Infinite Universe (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

2nd

Dustin Striplin & Jamie Striplin

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Mother Hefe'r (10A: Weissbier)

3rd

Jereme Grissom & Josh Grissom

Circle City Zymurgy

Cerveza De Maiz Verde (2A: International Pale Lager)

Table 3: American Wheat Beer, Int’l Amber Lager, Czech Amber Lager, Czech Dark Lager

9 entries

Judges: Darin Hamm, Doug Ranney, Craig Simons, Julian Zelazny

1st

Todd Quessenberry

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

Amber Lager (3C: Czech Amber Lager)

2nd

Adam Arndt

Cascade Brewers Guild

U Fleku (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

3rd

Jeremy Jones

Snake River Brewers

Chernoborg (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

4th

Cody Stiles

Lazy Lake Wheat (1D: American Wheat Beer)

Table 4: Standard Cider and Perry (New World Cider, New England Cider, Cider with Other Fruit, Applewine)

7 entries

1st

Matthew Mead

PrimeTime Brewers

This Is My First Apple Wine! Thanks Woj! (C2C: Applewine)

2nd

Todd Quessenberry

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

Tonasket Cider (C1A: New World Cider)

3rd

Robert Dugan

Messican Cookie (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

4th

Kevin Wojdak

Urban Knaves of Grain

Hank's Place 2022 (C1A: New World Cider)

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer (Kölsch, German Pils), Specialty Beer (Mixed-Style Beer), Local Styles (New Zealand Pilsner)

22 entries

Judges: Doug Burghart, Eric Douglas, John Engels, Matt McCoy, John Seyler, Julian Zelazny

1st

Steve Hutchison

Cascade Brewers Guild

Prost! Pils (5D: German Pils)

2nd

Jim Dunlap

Cascade Brewers Guild

Jd Pils (5D: German Pils)

3rd

Jim Thompson

Oregon Brew Crew

Bagshot Row (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

Table 6: Pale Malty European Lager (Munich Helles, Festbier, German Helles Exportbier), Amber Malty (Märzen, Rauchbier), Amber Bitter (Vienna Lager, Altbier), Dark European Lager (Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier)

18 entries

Judges: Jeff Jones, Kelvin Keown, John Spiller, Neal Tognazzini, Harrison Weber

1st

Scott Howell

Rat City Homebrewers

Burien Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

2nd

Gabriel Fusca & Daniela Yovine

North Seattle Homebrew Club

Challenge Accepted - Vienna Lager (7A: Vienna Lager)

3rd

Jonathan Sherwin

West Sound Brewers

Everyday I'm Dunkelin' (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 7: Pale American (American Pale), IPA (American IPA)

21 entries

Judges: Jim Dunlap, Kristin Ehlebracht, Darin Hamm, Mitch Moquin, Joe Postma

1st

Cory Geerdts

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

The Push Beer (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Jim Thompson

Oregon Brew Crew

Twilight Realm (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Kris Haskins

Cascade Brewers Guild

Astronaut Dana (21A: American IPA)

Peter Hand

Smell Ya Later (21A: American IPA)

Table 8: Saturday am 4 - IPA (Specialty, Black, Hazy), Strong American (Double IPA), Historical (Kentucky Common, Pre-Prohibition Lager)

15 entries

Judges: Joshua Cihak, Cory Geerdts, Melissa Paulus, Todd Quessenberry, Doug Ranney, Craig Simons

1st

Matt Hunsworth

Brewers Anonymous

There's A Huge Chance Some Dog Fur Got In Here (27A2: Kentucky Common)

2nd

Steve Hutchison

Cascade Brewers Guild

Holy Trinity DIPA (22A: Double IPA)

3rd

Ryan Reed

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Old Timey Water. (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)

Table 9: Strong European Beer (Doppelbock), Smoked (Classic, Specialty), Wood (Wood-Aged, Specialty Wood-Aged)

10 entries

Judges: Casey Gish, Enid Lints

1st

Kris Haskins

Cascade Brewers Guild

Mrs. Krebapple (9A: Doppelbock)

2nd

Matthew Hibbs

Browns Homebrew Club

Peated Gravy (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)

3rd

Christopher Gear & Buster Dumbleton

High Desert Brewgade

Any Port In A Storm (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 10: European Sour (Flanders Red, Fruity Lambic), Belgian (Witbier, Belgian Pale Ale), Strong Belgian Ale (Saison, Belgian Golden Strong Ale), Monastic (Belgian Single, Dubbel, Tripel, Belgian Dark Strong), Historical Beer (Sahti), American Wil

22 entries

Judges: Eric Douglas, Cory Geerdts, Casey Gish, Jeff Jones, Mitch Moquin

1st

Drew Scoggins & Wyatt Youngquist

Cascade Brewers Guild

Hoid's Perpendicularity (24A: Witbier)

2nd

Louis Strowger

West Sound Brewers

Dark And Strong (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

3rd

Karsten Lundquist

Cascade Brewers Guild

Rivas-Szablya Framboise (23F: Fruit Lambic)

4th

Aaron Davis

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Davis Dubbel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

Table 11: Historical (Lichtenhainer, Roggenbier), Fruit (Fruit, Fruit & Spice), Local (Catherina Sour)

10 entries

Judges: Joshua Cihak, Kelvin Keown

1st

Dustin Striplin

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Pump Up The Jam (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

2nd

Trever Bohling & Tristan McCoy

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Tacoma Sunburn (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)

3rd

Peter Bergler

Cascade Brewers Guild

Strawberry Rhubarb American Wheat (29A: Fruit Beer)

Todd Quessenberry

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

Kumquat Kolsch (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 12: Spiced Beer (Spice, Herb, or Vegetable, Winter Seasonal, Alternative Grain)

12 entries

Judges: Darin Hamm, Todd Quessenberry, Doug Ranney, John Spiller

1st

Joseph Murphy & Carolyn Macaulay Waldo

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

¡"The Joe"Rchata! (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

2nd

Dale Nash

West Sound Brewers

Roof Of The Mouth Imperial Stout (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Corey Shoemaker

West Sound Brewers

No Sugar, No Cream, Just Coffee And Porter (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Tristan McCoy & Kyle Jung

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Golden Suntan Lotion (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 13: British Bitter (Best Bitter, Strong Bitter), Pale Commonwealth (British Golden, English IPA), British Brown (Dark Mild, British Brown), Irish (Irish Stout, Irish Extra Stout), Dark British (Sweet Stout)

17 entries

Judges: Joelle Blais, Kristin Ehlebracht, John Engels, John Seyler, Julian Zelazny

1st

Russell Pearsall

Cascade Brewers Guild

Mildy Interesting (13A: Dark Mild)

2nd

Scott Howell

Rat City Homebrewers

Burien Mild (13A: Dark Mild)

3rd

Cory Geerdts

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

British Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)

Tony Ochsner

Cascade Brewers Guild

Talli The Timid (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 14: Irish (Irish Red), Dark British (Tropical Stout), Strong British (Old Ale, Wee Heavy), Pale American (Blond Ale), American Porter & Stout (American Porter, American Stout, Imperial Stout), Strong American (American Strong, American Bar

18 entries

Judges: Doug Burghart, Jim Dunlap, Matt McCoy, Melissa Paulus, Craig Simons, Neal Tognazzini

1st

Dave Frombach

West Sound Brewers

Puget Sound Porter (20A: American Porter)

2nd

Dustin Striplin

Browns Point Homebrew Club

Mo Barley Mo Problems (22C: American Barleywine)

3rd

Josh Bye

Shenandoah Imbibers Project

Locality: C O (16C: Tropical Stout)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Jim Dunlap, Darin Hamm, Craig Simons, Neal Tognazzini

1st

Dave Frombach

West Sound Brewers

Puget Sound Porter (20A: American Porter)

2nd

Cory Geerdts

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

The Push Beer (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Joseph Murphy & Carolyn Macaulay Waldo

Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

¡"The Joe"Rchata! (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Kris Haskins

Cascade Brewers Guild

Mrs. Krebapple (9A: Doppelbock)

Best of the Bay 2023

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Judges - Best of Show

Stewards

Staff

Organizer

By the Numbers

Table 1: Standard American (American Light Lager & Cream Ale)

Table 2: International Lager (Int'l Pale Lager), Czech Lager (Czech Pale Lager, Czech Premium Pale Lager), German Wheat (Weissbier, Weizenbock)

Table 3: American Wheat Beer, Int’l Amber Lager, Czech Amber Lager, Czech Dark Lager

Table 4: Standard Cider and Perry (New World Cider, New England Cider, Cider with Other Fruit, Applewine)

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer (Kölsch, German Pils), Specialty Beer (Mixed-Style Beer), Local Styles (New Zealand Pilsner)

Table 6: Pale Malty European Lager (Munich Helles, Festbier, German Helles Exportbier), Amber Malty (Märzen, Rauchbier), Amber Bitter (Vienna Lager, Altbier), Dark European Lager (Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier)

Table 7: Pale American (American Pale), IPA (American IPA)

Table 8: Saturday am 4 - IPA (Specialty, Black, Hazy), Strong American (Double IPA), Historical (Kentucky Common, Pre-Prohibition Lager)

Table 9: Strong European Beer (Doppelbock), Smoked (Classic, Specialty), Wood (Wood-Aged, Specialty Wood-Aged)

Table 10: European Sour (Flanders Red, Fruity Lambic), Belgian (Witbier, Belgian Pale Ale), Strong Belgian Ale (Saison, Belgian Golden Strong Ale), Monastic (Belgian Single, Dubbel, Tripel, Belgian Dark Strong), Historical Beer (Sahti), American Wil

Table 11: Historical (Lichtenhainer, Roggenbier), Fruit (Fruit, Fruit & Spice), Local (Catherina Sour)

Table 12: Spiced Beer (Spice, Herb, or Vegetable, Winter Seasonal, Alternative Grain)

Table 13: British Bitter (Best Bitter, Strong Bitter), Pale Commonwealth (British Golden, English IPA), British Brown (Dark Mild, British Brown), Irish (Irish Stout, Irish Extra Stout), Dark British (Sweet Stout)

Table 14: Irish (Irish Red), Dark British (Tropical Stout), Strong British (Old Ale, Wee Heavy), Pale American (Blond Ale), American Porter & Stout (American Porter, American Stout, Imperial Stout), Strong American (American Strong, American Bar

Best of Show

Beer

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners