Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition (BABO) Results

June 11 2011
Sponsored by Draught Board

165 Entries

Best of Show: Nate Smith from San Leandro, for his American Barley Wine

Honorable Mention: Nate Smith from San Leandro, for his Scottish Light 60/-

Table 1 - Light, Amber & Dark Lager final (BJCP 1,2,3 & 4) (9 Entries)
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 2B Bohemian Pilsner 1
Dave R Howes Danville,CA 3A Vienna Lager 2
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 4A Dark American Lager 3
Table 8 - English & Scottish Ales final (BJCP 8 & 9) (10 Entries)
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 9A Scottish 60/- 1
Dave R Howes Danville,CA 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA) 2
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter 3
Table 11 - English Brown Ales final (BJCP 11) (6 Entries)
Dave R Howes Danville,CA 11A Mild 1
David Lindall Stockton,CA 11A Mild 2
Travis Perez Chico,Ca 11A Mild 3
Table 12 - Porter final (BJCP 12) (8 Entries)
Chris Scianni Hercules,CA 12A Brown Porter 1
David Lindall Stockton,CA 12A Brown Porter 2
Norman Waters Jackson,CA 12A Brown Porter 3
Table 15 - German Wheat & Rye and Sour Beer final (BJCP 15 & 17) (6 Entries)
Jonathan Kissenger Montara,CA 15A Weizen 1
Ray Graves Martinez,CA 15A Weizen 2
Dean Katzung Windsor,CA 15B Dunkelweizen 3
Table 16 - Belgian & French Ale final (BJCP 16) (8 Entries)
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 16C Saison 1
John Shea Castro Valley,CA 16A Witbier 2
Shailendra Bist Santa Clara,CA 16C Saison 3
Table 18 - Belgian Strong Ale final (BJCP 18) (8 Entries)
Jonathan Sheehan Alameda,CA 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale 1
Jack Weldon Hayward,CA 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale 2
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 18B Belgian Dubbel 3
Table 19 - Strong Ale final (BJCP 19) (7 Entries)
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 19C American Barleywine 1
Rick Reineman Stockton,Ca 19B English Barleywine 2
Jon Koerber San Ramon,CA 19A Old Ale 3
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 19A Old Ale 4
Table 20 - Fruit Beer final (BJCP 20) (5 Entries)
Myra Oxonian Montara,CA 20A Chocolate Raspberry California Common 1
Ian Willis Castro Valley,Ca 20A Cherries & Chocolate 2
Kelly Drake Fremont,CA 20A Crainberry Maibock 3
Table 21 - Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer final (BJCP 21) (8 Entries)
Ian Willis Castro Valley,Ca 21A Pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg & cloves 1
Joe Prokes San Leandro,CA 21A Brewed with coffee & chocolate 2
Robert Conticello Menlo Park,CA 21A Chili pepper weizen 3
Table 22 - Smoke Flavored, Wood Aged Beer final (BJCP 22) (6 Entries)
David James Magalia,CA 22C Robust porter with Oak chips used to make whiskey 1
Roei Solomon san jose,ca 22C Oaked Brown Ale 2
John Shea Castro Valley,CA 22B Cherrywood smoked malt 3
Table 24 - Mead & Cider final (BJCP 24,25,26,27 & 28) (6 Entries)
Ken Koupal San Ramon,CA 24B Semi-sweet Mead 1
Danyl Workman san leandro,ca 24A Dry Mead 2
Stephen Moyle Tracy,CA 26C Open Category Mead 3
Table 106 - Light & Amber Hybrid prelim (BJCP 6 & 7) (16 Entries)
Norman Waters Jackson,CA 106D American Wheat or Rye prelim 1
Erich Schmidt redwood city,ca 107B California Common Beer prelim 2
Jack Weldon Hayward,CA 106A Cream Ale prelim 3
Table 110 - American Ale prelim (BJCP 10) (15 Entries)
Al Branch Livermore,CA 110A American Pale prelim 1
Beth and Paul Klein dublin,ca 110A American Pale prelim 2
Travis Perez Chico,Ca 110C American Brown prelim 3
Table 113 - Stout prelim (BJCP 13) (11 Entries)
Robert Conticello Menlo Park,CA 113B Sweet Stout prelim 1
Justin Peck Aptos,CA 113A Dry Stout prelim 2
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 113F Russian Imperial Stout prelim 3
Table 114 - IPA prelim (BJCP 14) (23 Entries)
Colin Kelly San Jose,CA 114B American IPA prelim 1
Dave Messink San Jose,CA 114B American IPA prelim 2
Robert Conticello Menlo Park,CA 114C Imperial IPA prelims 3
Table 123 - Specialty Beer prelim (BJCP 23) (13 Entries)
Chris Russo San Ramon,CA 123A IPA Vienna/Chocolate 1
Olivier PENNETIER San Francisco,CA 123A Coriander & ginger in wheat/rye beer 2
Alex Kolar Redwood City,CA 123A Roasted malt IPA, with Belgian yeast & English hop 3
Table 415 - Best Homebrew Bottle Label Final Judging (5 Entries)
Kelly Drake Fremont,CA 415B Crainberry Maibock 1
Bret Heliker Palo Alto,CA 415B Summit IPA 2
Darryl Mueller Livermore,CA 415B Patriot's Ale 3