2024 Doug King Memorial

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Israel Arrieta, Drew Beechum, Eric Bonney, Jeff Bonney, Jenna Bonney, Cameron Brown, Dana Cordes, Jamie Crawford, Taylor Doty, Scott Fielder, Ilan Grossberg, Laurie Ann Gutierrez, Masahiro Kitano, Jim Moorman, Rick Morales, Jason W Naylor, Kevin Pratt, Gregor Reti, Geoff Robertson, Daniel Rojas, Joe St. John, Michael Summers, Hanii Takahashi, Roger Taylor, Timothy Thomas

Stewards

Peter Bowers, Mick Deering, Adrian Febre, Frank Lopez, Jeremy Netka, Daniel Stahl, Robb Stewart

Staff

Test Man One, Test Man Two

By the Numbers

90 Entries 41 Entrants

25 Judges 7 Stewards 2 Staff

24 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beers

5 entries

Judges: Taylor Doty, Ilan Grossberg

1st
Charles Kirk
Brewluminati [CA]
Wall Ride Wheat (1D: American Wheat Beer)
2nd
Charles Kirk
Brewluminati [CA]
Japan Air Rice Lager (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Joe St. John
Yeastside Brewers
Mow Fun (1B: American Lager)

Table 2: European Pale Beers

18 entries

Judges: Israel Arrieta, Jenna Bonney, Cameron Brown, Scott Fielder, Laurie Ann Gutierrez, Rick Morales

1st
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Hoppy Pils (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Curtis Ritter & Joshua Wheeler
Orange County Mash Ups
Gypsy Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Marvin Gomez & Enrique Leveron
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Na? (5D: German Pils)

Table 3: Amber and Dark European Beers

11 entries

Judges: Jim Moorman, Gregor Reti, Daniel Rojas, Hanii Takahashi

1st
Jamie Crawford
Maltose Falcons
Dark Czech (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
2nd
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Black Lager (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Ben Sookying
Brew Knights
Happy Marzen (6A: Märzen)

Table 4: Smoked and Wood Aged Beer

8 entries

Judges: Dana Cordes, Masahiro Kitano

1st
Mike Neice
Barley Bandits
Beetlejuice II (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Robert Dexter
Maltose Falcons
Pretty Peyton Porter (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Ben Sookying
Brew Knights
Big Ben Strong Wood (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 5: Historic and Speciality

17 entries

Judges: Drew Beechum, Eric Bonney, Jason W Naylor, Michael Summers, Roger Taylor

1st
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Mo586 Lager (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
2nd
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Trip C Stout (30D: Specialty Spice Beer)
3rd
Israel Arrieta
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Alan (34A: Commercial Specialty Beer)

Table 6: Fruit Beer

12 entries

1st
Peter Bowers
Maltose Falcons
Fuzzy Orchard (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)
2nd
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Lil Quatty (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Hanii Takahashi & Jonathan Murphy
SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
Guaweizen (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 7: Session Anything

5 entries

Judges: Jamie Crawford, Joe St. John

1st
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Wonderful Grodziskie (50A: Session Anything)
2nd
Jonathan Perkins
536 Session Blonde (50A: Session Anything)
3rd
Cheyne Harvey
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Kōkua (50A: Session Anything)

Table 8: Imperial Anything

14 entries

Judges: Jeff Bonney, Kevin Pratt, Geoff Robertson, Timothy Thomas

1st
John Aitchison & Roger Taylor
Maltose Falcons
English Barley Wine (51A: Imperial Anything)
2nd
Enid Lints
Evergreen Brewing Initiative
Fly By Night (51A: Imperial Anything)
3rd
Robert Dexter
Maltose Falcons
My Sweet Summer Saison (51A: Imperial Anything)

Best of Show

Beer

1st
Tom Fontes
Long Beach Homebrewers
Hoppy Pils (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Peter Bowers
Maltose Falcons
Fuzzy Orchard (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)
3rd
Mike Rascon
Long Beach Homebrewers
Mo586 Lager (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners