2023 Doug King Memorial
Awards
Judges
John Aitchison, Israel Arrieta, Drew Beechum, Bart Bellmore, Eric Bonney, Geoff Bragg, Donovan Contreras, Dana Cordes, Robert Dexter, Jay Di Silvestri, Scott Fielder, Ilan Grossberg, Masahiro Kitano, Jeff Koehler, Jim Moorman, Rick Morales, Jason Naylor, Bob Peters, Geoff Robertson, Daniel Rojas, Brett Shaw, Joe St. John, Jared Stone, Hanii Takahashi, Roger Taylor, Timothy Thomas
Stewards
Jamie Crawford, Karen Dexter, Mitch Tomzynski
By the Numbers
87 Entries
34 Entrants
26 Judges
3 Stewards
22 Placing Entries
Table 1: Standard American Beers
4 entries
Judges: Brett Shaw, Timothy Thomas
1st
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Of Coors It Is (1B: American Lager)
2nd
Eric Dennis
Long Beach Homebrewers
American Beauty Wheat Ale (1D: American Wheat Beer)
3rd
Marvin Gomez
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Loki's Thirsty (1B: American Lager)
Table 2: European Pale Beers
14 entries
Judges: John Aitchison, Masahiro Kitano, Geoff Robertson, Daniel Rojas
1st
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Mike Bock (4C: Helles Bock)
2nd
Charles Kirk
Brewluminati [CA]
Kirk Helles Bock (4C: Helles Bock)
3rd
Jeff Mathiowetz
Maltose Falcons
To Helles and Bock (4C: Helles Bock)
Table 3: Amber and Dark European Beers
12 entries
Judges: Bart Bellmore, Eric Bonney, Geoff Bragg, Jason Naylor
1st
Michael Myers
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Billy Jack (6C: Dunkels Bock)
Table 5: Smoked and Wood Aged Beer
7 entries
Judges: Donovan Contreras, Roger Taylor
1st
Eric Dennis
Long Beach Homebrewers
Rhum Line Barrel Aged Stout (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Jeff Koehler
Yeastside Brewers
Ba Barleywine (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Mike Neice
Barley Bandits
Beetlejuice (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 6: Historical and Specialty Beer
17 entries
Judges: Drew Beechum, Robert Dexter, Jim Moorman, Bob Peters, Jared Stone, Hanii Takahashi
1st
Robb Stewart
Maltose Falcons
Freiburger Amber (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
2nd
Adam King
Wild Oats Saison (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Daniel Sepulveda & Tom Martois
Long Beach Homebrewers
Just Bought The Farm (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
Table 7: Session Anything
5 entries
Judges: Joe St. John
1st
Jerald Pike
Maltose Falcons
Be Best Bitter (158A: Session Challenge)
2nd
Ward Walkup
Yeastside Brewers
Treacle Nation (158A: Session Challenge)
3rd
Tiffany Ashrafi
Maltose Falcons
More Bees With Honey Blonde (158A: Session Challenge)
Table 8: Imperial Anything
12 entries
Judges: Dana Cordes, Jay Di Silvestri, Scott Fielder, Jeff Koehler
1st
Jason Justeson & Ralph Gabe Dennis Erick
Brewing Borrachos
Blaxxx (159A: Imperial Anything)
2nd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Biggly (159A: Imperial Anything)
3rd
Aram Raissi & Sarah Raissi
Mylittlehercules! (159A: Imperial Anything)
Table 9: Fruit Beer
16 entries
Judges: Israel Arrieta, Ilan Grossberg, Rick Morales
1st
Masahiro Kitano
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Guavahh! (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Fruit And Funk (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)
3rd
Ryan Rivas
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Chasing Suns Act:ii (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Masahiro Kitano
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Guavahh! (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Robb Stewart
Maltose Falcons
Freiburger Amber (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Mike Bock (4C: Helles Bock)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
