Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition Results
(the Bay Area Brew-Off)

Judged June 09 2012

250 Entries

Best of Show: Mary Wieler (from Hayward) for her Semi-sweet Orange Blossom Honey Mead

Honorable Mention: Al Branch (from Livermore) for his Robust Porter

Table 1 - Light Lagers (7 Entries)
Rob F. Flott Alamo,CA 1 2A German Pilsner 1
Scott Satterthwaite Sunnyvale,CA 1 1C Premium American 2
Scott Satterthwaite Sunnyvale,CA 1 1D Munich Helles 3
Table 2 - CAP & Cream Ale (9 Entries)
Daniel Posey Pittsburg,CA 1 6A Cream Ale 1
Jim Furman Mountain View,CA 1 2C Classic American Pilsner 2
Ashley Dunbar san jose,Ca 4 6A Cream Ale 3
Table 3 - Amber & Dark Lagers (No Bocks) & Amber Hybrid (8 Entries)
Michael Machado Livermore,CA 2 7B California Common Beer 1
Jim Furman Mountain View,CA 1 3B Oktoberfest 2
Randall Contreras Hayward,Ca 1 7B California Common Beer 3
Table 4 - Bock (6 Entries)
Scott Satterthwaite Sunnyvale,CA 2 5C Doppelbock 1
danyl workman San Leandro,ca 1 5A Maibock 2
Phyllis Goldsmith Berkeley,CA 3 5A Maibock 3
Table 5 - Light Hybrid - no Cream Ales (9 Entries)
Andrew Mclennan Livermore,Ca 1 6C Koelsch 1
Tom Warren San Ramon,CA 1 6D American Wheat or Rye Beer 2
Garrett Peterson Oakland,CA 4 6C Koelsch 3
Table 8 - English Pale Ale (9 Entries)
Gilbert Encisco Manteca,CA 4 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter 1
Riley Marmesh Los Altos,CA 5 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter 2
Dustin P. Benoit Galt,CA 3 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (EPA) 3
Table 9 - Scottish, Irish & English Browns (9 Entries)
Ashley Dunbar san jose,Ca 2 11A Mild 1
Binary Brewing [Team/Company] Menlo Park,CA 1 11A Mild 2
Michael Machado Livermore,CA 2 9C Scottish 80/- 3
Table 10 - American Ales (24 Entries)
Riley Marmesh Los Altos,CA 8 10A American Pale 1
Brian Holter | Kingsley T [Team/Company] Culver City,CA 10 10A American Pale 2
Leo Coronado Oakland,CA 4 10C American Brown 3
Table 12 - Porters (13 Entries)
Al E. Branch Livermore,CA 1 12B Robust Porter 1
Eric McCafferty Cotati,CA 2 12A Brown Porter 2
Brian Schar Menlo Park,CA 1 12C Baltic Porter 3
Table 13 - Stouts (21 Entries)
Andrew Mclennan Livermore,Ca 2 13A Dry Stout 1
Brian Fox South San Francisco,CA 1 13B Sweet Stout 2
Jeff Rose Oakland,CA 5 13C Oatmeal Stout 3
Table 14 - IPA (27 Entries)
Robert Smith Castro Valley,ca 1 14A English IPA 1
Binary Brewing [Team/Company] Menlo Park,CA 2 14B American IPA 2
Robert Blante hAYWARD,ca 1 14B American IPA 3
Table 15 - German Wheat & Rye (9 Entries)
danyl workman San Leandro,ca 4 15A Weizen 1
Gregory Haas Bodega Bay,CA 1 15B Dunkelweizen 2
Bob Jensen Livermore,Ca 2 15A Weizen 3
Table 16 - Belgian, French Ales & Sours (18 Entries)
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 2 17A Berliner Weisse 1
danyl workman San Leandro,ca 2 16A Witbier 2
Rick Reineman Stockton,Ca 3 16E Belgian Specialty 3
Table 18 - Belgian Strong Ales (10 Entries)
Bob Jones Concord,CA 1 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale 1
Phyllis Goldsmith Berkeley,CA 5 18A Belgian Blond Ale 2
Alex Kolar Redwood City,CA 1 18B Belgian Dubbel 3
Table 19 - Strong Ales (11 Entries)
Andrew Carroll Campbell,ca 3 19C American Barleywine 1
Andrew Mclennan Livermore,Ca 2 19A Old Ale 2
Jon Koerber San Ramon,CA 1 19A Old Ale 3
Table 20 - Fruit beers (9 Entries)
Gregory Haas Bodega Bay,CA 5 20A Fruit Beer 1
Andrew Mclennan Livermore,Ca 3 20A Fruit Beer 2
Matt Hohn San Ramon,CA 4 20A Fruit Beer 3
Table 21 - Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beers (15 Entries)
Geoff Batchelder Livermore,CA 3 21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer 1
Brian Holter | Kingsley T [Team/Company] Culver City,CA 11 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer 2
Ian & Janine Willis Castro Valley,ca 10 21A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer 3
Table 22 - Smoked and Wood Aged Beers (8 Entries)
Andrei Zmievski San Francisco,CA 1 22C Wood-Aged Beer 1
Joel Dias Dublin,CA 2 22C Wood-Aged Beer 2
Mick Franssen San Leandro,CA 2 22B Other Smoked Beer 3
Table 23 - Specialty Beers (17 Entries)
James Brooks Oakland,CA 12 23A Specialty Beer 1
george jackson hayward,ca 4 23A Specialty Beer 2
Nathan Smith San Leandro,CA 8 23A Specialty Beer 3
Table 24 - Mead & Braggot (7 Entries)
Mary L Wieler Hayward,CA 3 24B Semi-sweet Mead 1
Steve Speller San Jose,CA 1 24A Dry Mead 2
Ken Koupal San Ramon,CA 1 24B Semi-sweet Mead 3
Table 27 - Ciders (4 Entries)
Jim Furman, Mountain View,CA 1 28B Fruit Cider 1
Tonya Hansen, Walnut Creek,CA 2 27A Common Cider 2
Rod Myers, Rohnert Park,CA 3 27A Common Cider 3

Best Homebrew Bottle Label (6 Entries)

Joel Dias with his "Hop Top IPA" Graphic taking 1st place,

Joel Dias with his "Smoked Cream Ale" label taking 2nd place and

Charles Naughton's "Knock Out Stout" label taking 3rd place.


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