2024 Boerne Bierfest Homebrew Competition
Awards
Judges
Aaron Burt, Alan Bush, Don Cravey, Chris Daily, Genaro Garza, Shaun Huggins, Tim Long, Lars Reinhart, Daniel Scarnati, Ben Sencindiver, Aaron Shakocius, Bryan Tschirhart, Guy Wilson, Brian Winter
By the Numbers
107 Entries
40 Entrants
14 Judges
43 Placing Entries
Table 1: Light Lagers (1A, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4A, 5C)
10 entries
Judges: Chris Daily (Head Judge), Shaun Huggins
1st
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Mexican Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
2nd
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Quinn, Mi Reina (2A: International Pale Lager)
3rd
Ron Barnes
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Hans Gruber (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
Table 2: Amber and Dark Lagers (3D, 6A, 7A, 8A, 8B)
9 entries
Judges: Aaron Burt, Lars Reinhart (Head Judge)
1st
Travis Combel
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Vart De Schwarz (8B: Schwarzbier)
2nd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
The Most Gluggable (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Eli Palma
QUAFF
Trenza (7A: Vienna Lager)
Table 3: Pilsners (5D, 34B, LSX5)
6 entries
Judges: Lars Reinhart (Head Judge), Guy Wilson
1st
Isai Garza
San Antonio Cerveceros
Catbus (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Jeffry Battles
QUAFF
Longdale Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Brian Winter
Bexar Brewers
Glencrest Pilsener (5D: German Pils)
Table 4: Light Hybrid Beers (1C, 5B, 18A)
6 entries
Judges: Aaron Burt, Chris Daily (Head Judge)
1st
John Skelton John Skelton
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Texas Wildfire Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)
2nd
David Towles
High Plains Drafters [TX]
Founding Father's Liberty Cream (1C: Cream Ale)
3rd
Jeffry Battles
QUAFF
König Kölsch (5B: Kölsch
)
Table 5: American Ales and American IPA (18B, 19A, 21A)
8 entries
Judges: Genaro Garza, Lars Reinhart (Head Judge)
1st
Ben Sencindiver
San Antonio Cerveceros
Beep Boop Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Halfcolt (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Kevin Darling
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Atomic Atom IPA (21A: American IPA)
Table 6: British Beers (11C, 12A, 13A, 34C)
6 entries
Judges: Chris Daily (Head Judge), Daniel Scarnati
1st
Ron Barnes
Kansas City Bier Meisters
Colonel Brandon (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
David Towles
High Plains Drafters [TX]
Strong Bitter (11C: Strong Bitter)
3rd
Isai Garza & Thomas Musquiez
San Antonio Cerveceros
Golden Tabby (12A: British Golden Ale)
Table 7: IPAs (Specialty, Hazy, Double) (21B2, 21B3, 21B4, 21C, 22A)
9 entries
Judges: Don Cravey, Lars Reinhart (Head Judge)
1st
Eli Palma
QUAFF
Dream Church (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Hazy IPA (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
John Skelton John Skelton
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Space Ranger Double IPA (22A: Double IPA)
HM
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Space Horse (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 8: Bocks (4C, 6C, 9A)
7 entries
Judges: Chris Daily (Head Judge), Bryan Tschirhart
1st
Kyle Ernsberger
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
You Have Goat To Be Kidding Me (6C: Dunkels Bock)
2nd
Tony Silveira
Denton County Homebrewers...
Das Jaeschkenator (9A: Doppelbock)
3rd
Travis Combel
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Suburbanator AF (9A: Doppelbock)
Table 9: Porters & Stouts (9C, 16A, 16C, 20A, 20B)
7 entries
Judges: Tim Long, Brian Winter (Head Judge)
1st
Jake Jones
Bay Area Mashtronauts
#44 (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Travis Combel
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Zek's Porter AF (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Damian Dobbs
San Antonio Cerveceros
The Gunny's Porter (20A: American Porter)
Table 10: Scottish and Irish Beers (14A, 14B, 15A, 15B, 17C)
8 entries
Judges: Don Cravey, Chris Daily (Head Judge)
1st
Randy Daily
Bay Area Mashtronauts
Cavan County Red -2 (15A: Irish Red Ale)
2nd
Mark Boland & Michael Sargent
Wander Against The Light (15B: Irish Stout)
3rd
Genaro Garza
San Antonio Cerveceros
Bon Scott-Ish Light (14A: Scottish Light)
Table 11: Belgian Ales and Strong Belgian Ales (24A, 24C, 25B)
7 entries
Judges: Tim Long (Head Judge), Brian Winter
1st
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Saison Grande (25B: Saison)
2nd
Ben Sencindiver
San Antonio Cerveceros
Pow Pow Rakau Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Jeffry Battles
QUAFF
Longdale White (24A: Witbier)
Table 12: Monastic Ales (26A, 26C, 26D)
7 entries
Judges: Alan Bush, Ben Sencindiver (Head Judge)
1st
Shaun Huggins
San Antonio Cerveceros
Luke, I Am Your Patersbier (26A: Belgian Single)
2nd
Brian Winter
Bexar Brewers
Glencrest Blond (26A: Belgian Single)
3rd
Will Lovell
San Antonio Cerveceros
Quandry (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
Table 13: Wheat/Rye/Smoke/Wood Beers (1D, 10C, 27A5, 27A8, 33A, 33B)
7 entries
Judges: Chris Daily (Head Judge), Bryan Tschirhart
1st
Shaun Huggins
San Antonio Cerveceros
Aunt Beru's Smoked Ale (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
2nd
Jeff Case
QUAFF
JD Whiskey Barrel Imperial Stout (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Joseph Dauria
Metro South Homebrew League...
Frau Blücher (10C: Weizenbock)
Table 14: Fruit/Spice/Sour/Wild Beers (23A, 23B, 23G, 28B, 29B, LSX4)
10 entries
Judges: Aaron Shakocius, Brian Winter (Head Judge)
1st
Jeff Case
QUAFF
Leftorium Express (23B: Flanders Red Ale)
2nd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Barrel Full Of Monkies (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
3rd
Joseph Dauria
Metro South Homebrew League...
There She Gose (23G: Gose)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Shaun Huggins
San Antonio Cerveceros
Luke, I Am Your Patersbier (26A: Belgian Single)
2nd
Travis Combel
Cider, Homebrew, And Mead...
Vart De Schwarz (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Douglas Hicks
North Texas Homebrewers Association
Saison Grande (25B: Saison)
Heavy Medal
40 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeffry Battles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0300000 | QUAFF |
| Travis Combel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0300000 | Cider, Homebrew, And... |
| 3rd | Jake McQueen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0200000 | Lauter Day Brewers |
| John Skelton John Skelton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
| Shaun Huggins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | San Antonio Cerveceros |
| Eli Palma | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0200000 | QUAFF |
| Ross Stuart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| Brian Winter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Bexar Brewers |
| Ben Sencindiver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | San Antonio Cerveceros |
| Ron Barnes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| Jason Dunn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Inland Empire Brewers |
| Jeff Case | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | QUAFF |
| Joseph Dauria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0200000 | Metro South Homebrew... |
| Isai Garza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0200000 | San Antonio Cerveceros |
| David Towles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0200000 | High Plains Drafters... |
Best Club
18 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score |
|---|
| 1st | San Antonio Cerveceros | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.0900000 |
| 2nd | QUAFF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.0700000 |
| 3rd | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0400000 |
| 4th | Bay Area Mashtronauts | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0300000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 0
- 2nd Place: 0
- 3rd Place: 0
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The highest average score.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
