2024 Doug King Memorial
Awards
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