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Thanks to all who participated in the 2019 Los Angeles County Fair Homebrew Competition.

There were 202 entries judged and 89 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

PlaceBrewerEntry NameStyleClub
1stJeff KoehlerKey Lime Mead27.3: Other MelomelsYeastside Brewers [CA]
2ndRobert Bradfield
Co-Brewer: Erik Amaya, Nick Ontiveros
Peachmaker24.1: Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer
3rdTony Truong80 Schilling Express6.3: Export (80/-)

Winning Entries

Table 1: American-style Pale and Dark Lager (6 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJoshua ParsonsAdjunct Professor1.1: American-Style Pale Lager Long Beach Homebrewers
2ndJerald PikeWhet My Appetite1.2: American-Style Pre-Prohibition Lager
3rdParker Milhous
Co-Brewer: John Sanatar
Old Man Beer1.2: American-Style Pre-Prohibition LagerMeisters of the Brewniverse

Table 2: European-style Pale Lager (11 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJerald PikeDon’t S-Pils the Pils2.3: North German-Style Pils
2ndJames HilbingMunich Helles #122.1: Munich-Style Helles
3rdJoe St. JohnK Pils IV2.3: North German-Style PilsYeastside Brewers [CA]

Table 3: American-style Wheat Ale and Cream Ale (13 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stTodd Slater
Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino
Thousand Oaks Bombshell3.4: American Blonde AleThousand Oaked Homebrewers
2ndKat GrescoHoney I'm Home3.4: American Blonde AleCrown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rdTodd Slater
Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino Adam Trabish Will Pipkins
Morning Wheat3.1: American-Style Wheat AleThousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 4: English-style Bitter Ale and Pale Ale (3 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJohn Tate
Co-Brewer: Tommy Peterson
T&t's English Pale 4.4: English-Style Pale Ale
2ndJoe St. JohnExtra Sensory Bitter4.3: Strong Bitter and Extra Special Bitter (ESB)Yeastside Brewers [CA]
3rdBen SookyingBig Ben Strong4.3: Strong Bitter and Extra Special Bitter (ESB)Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 5: American-style Pale Ale (6 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
2ndMike NeiceMike's Pale Ale5.1: American-Style Pale AlePhantom Homebrew

Table 6: Scottish-style Ales (8 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stTony Truong80 Schilling Express6.3: Export (80/-)
2ndEd WeberRed6.4: Irish Red AleMaltose Falcons

Table 7: India Pale Ale (15 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stMike ResarJuicebox7.2: American-Style India Pale AleMaltose Falcons
2ndCarl TownsendAttack 'a Azacca7.2: American-Style India Pale AlePacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 8: European-style Ale (5 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stNoe TellezI Caught A Kolsch.8.1: Kolsch-Style AleYeastside Brewers [CA]
2ndMatt Castellino
Co-Brewer: Todd Slater
Shenandoah Kolsch8.1: Kolsch-Style AleThousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 9: Amber and Dark Lager (11 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stPatrick FulcoSchwarzbier9.5: SchwarzbierArizona Society of Homebrewers
2ndMike NeiceDrunkel9.4: Munich-Style DunkelPhantom Homebrew
3rdParker Milhous
Co-Brewer: John Sanatar
Czech Her Out9.7: International Dark LagerMeisters of the Brewniverse

Table 10: American West Coast-style Beers (7 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJoe St. JohnJunior's Revenge10.1: West Coast Extra Pale AleYeastside Brewers [CA]
2ndChul PaikPale Light of the West10.1: West Coast Extra Pale Ale
3rdJohn Sanatar
Co-Brewer: Parker Milhous
Common Sense10.2: California Common BeerMeisters of the Brewniverse

Table 11: Brown Ale (8 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJerald Pike
Co-Brewer: Peter Jensen
Pass Down the Brown11.3: Southern English-Style Brown Ale
2ndJerald Pike
Co-Brewer: Peter Jensen
It’s Brown, Honey11.5: American-Style Brown Ale
3rdMike NeiceBrown Eye11.3: Southern English-Style Brown AlePhantom Homebrew

Table 12: Strong Ale and Old Ale (1 entry)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stBen SookyingSir Bentley Brown12.2: English-Style Strong AleCrown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 13: Double IPA and Barleywine (6 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJason JustesonBigger Fki13.2: Double (Imperial) India Pale AleBrewing Borrachos
2ndErik FarrisBig Fat Double13.2: Double (Imperial) India Pale Ale
3rdAdam SeveriTriple IPA13.2: Double (Imperial) India Pale AleMaltose Falcons

Table 14: Northern European-style Strong Beers (5 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stEd WeberAnomaly14.2: Baltic-Style PorterMaltose Falcons
2ndBill PierceConsum-Ation Stout14.3: Imperial ("Russian") StoutOC Mashups
3rdJulian ReyesIs This A Stout?14.3: Imperial ("Russian") StoutSoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 15: Bock (4 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJeff KoehlerEisbock15.5: EisbockYeastside Brewers [CA]
2ndJohn Sanatar
Co-Brewer: Parker Milhous
May the Bock Be With You15.1: Maibock and Helles (Pale) BockMeisters of the Brewniverse
3rdJames HilbingDoppelbock #815.4: Doppelbock

Table 16: Porter (5 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stTodd Slater
Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino
Really English Porter16.1: English-Style PorterThousand Oaked Homebrewers
2ndHal WardNo Boss16.2: American-Style Porter
3rdTodd Slater
Co-Brewer: Matt Castellino
Really Porter16.2: American-Style PorterThousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 17: Stout (10 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJoe HeidelmanQuality Start Belgian Stout17.5: Foreign-Style StoutA Few Who Brew
2ndJerald PikePull Me One17.1: Irish-Style (Dry) Draught Stout
3rdJose de Jesus NunoMoooove Along Milk Stout17.2: English-Style (Sweet)Cream or Milk Stout

Table 18: German-style Wheat Beer (4 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJohn Sanatar
Co-Brewer: Parker Milhous
Ryezenbock18.7: WeizenbockMeisters of the Brewniverse
2ndNils ArringtonCalifornia Sun18.4: Berliner Weisse

Table 19: Belgian-style Abbey Ale (4 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
2ndCraig Corley267 - Single #219.4: Abbey Ale, Other Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
3rdNoel Michel
Co-Brewer: Amy Michel
Belle Mexique Dubbel19.1: Abbey Dubbel (Double) AleThousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 20: Belgian-style Strong Ale (7 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stTony TruongTrappist Magnitude 20.3: Belgian-Style Strong Dark Ale
2ndJoe HeidelmanBathing Beauty Baby Bruin Belgian20.2: Belgian-Style Strong Golden AleA Few Who Brew

Table 21: Belgian-style Specialty Ale (7 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stCraig Corley262 - B1721.5: Belgian-Style Specialty Ale, OtherPacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
2ndJoshua ParsonsDate Night21.5: Belgian-Style Specialty Ale, OtherLong Beach Homebrewers
3rdCraig Corley269 - Bpa #4221.2: Belgian-Style Pale AlePacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 22: Farmhouse Ales (20 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stBen BirdsallKissing the Beehive22.4: Wild Ales
2ndSamuel StaleyBirthday Saison V322.4: Wild Ales Yeastside Brewers [CA]
3rdJaime GonzalezJg's Bdg22.1: Biere de Garde (French-Style Country Ale)The Order Of The Sacred Hop

Table 24: Specialty Beer- Fruit/Vegetable & Herb/Spiced (11 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stRobert Bradfield
Co-Brewer: Erik Amaya, Nick Ontiveros
Peachmaker24.1: Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer
2ndEd WeberChili Stout24.2: Herb- and/or Spice-flavored Beer Maltose Falcons
3rdAgustin MartinezTucho El Arandano24.1: Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer

Table 25: Specialty Beer - Experimental, Historical & Other (6 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJason JustesonBig Borracho25.2: Experimental and Specialty Beer, Other Brewing Borrachos
2ndParker Milhous
Co-Brewer: John Sanatar
Santa Ana Summer25.2: Experimental and Specialty Beer, Other Meisters of the Brewniverse

Table 26: Specialty Beer - Smoked & Wood Aged (5 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stRobert DexterPretty Peyton Porter26.3: Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey Maltose Falcons
2ndMike NeiceBeetlejuice 26.3: Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey Phantom Homebrew
3rdParker MilhousWee Heavier26.3: Wood-Aged Beer, Whiskey Meisters of the Brewniverse

Table 27: Mead (9 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
1stJeff KoehlerKey Lime Mead27.3: Other Melomels Yeastside Brewers [CA]
2ndKevin BockBlackberry Metheglen28.1: Spiced Mead or Metheglen
3rdJeff KoehlerEastern Buckwheat Mead29.2: Varietal Honey Mead Yeastside Brewers [CA]

Table 30: Cider (3 entries)

PlaceBrewerNameStyleClub
2ndLaurie GutierrezMénage à Trois30.3: Specialty Cider and Perry SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)