9th Annual Pennsylvania Homebrew Open Competition
Awards
Sponsors
Judges
Jonathan Baisch, Erik Curtis, Paul Demmert, Clayton Homa, Philip Jensen, Katie Legenski, Fred Mullner, Richard Romanko, Nick Smith
By the Numbers
92 Entries 41 Entrants
9 Judges
31 Placing Entries
Table 1: light lagers
6 entries
1st
Gregory Sanial
PrimeTime Brewers
Macro Beers Are Still Beer (1B: American Lager)
2nd
Chad Faulstick
Wheeling Alers
Schones Bier (4A: Munich Helles)
Table 2: bitter lagers
9 entries
1st
Kyle Yakopovich
Why Pap Came Home From WWII As An Alcoholic (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
2nd
Robert Schodorf
Birmingham Brewmasters
German Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Jeffrey Rocker
Portland Prohibition (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
Table 3: light ales
10 entries
1st
Alex John
First State Brewers
Quisha's Kolsch (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Richard Romanko
Westmoreland Area Zymology...
Hopefully This Is Still Good (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Vincent Devito
Cream Machine (1C: Cream Ale)
Table 4: Dark European beers
8 entries
1st
Clayton Homa
Three Rivers Underground Brewers...
Dark + Ominous (8A: Munich Dunkel)
2nd
Scott Markle
Lancaster County Brewers
Schwartz (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Kevin Lewis
How To Explain Beer To A Dead Hare (7B: Altbier)
Table 5: Brownish ales
8 entries
1st
Nikii Catalucci
Swim Team (19B: California Common)
2nd
Mike Petrick & Katrina Edwards
Three Rivers Alliance of Serious...
Open Season (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Dave Taylor
Keystone Hops
By The Book Brown (19C: American Brown Ale)
Table 6: Strong Non-Belgian beers
5 entries
1st
Dave Taylor
Keystone Hops
The Girl At The Bock Show (10C: Weizenbock)
2nd
Jason Galea
Albany Brew Crafters (ABC)
Maximum Effort (17C: Wee Heavy)
Table 7: British ales
6 entries
1st
Matthew Freed
Loose Cannon (11C: Strong Bitter)
2nd
Adam Bashline & Laurie Bashline
Three Rivers Alliance of Serious...
Sometimes Red Is Better (15A: Irish Red Ale)
3rd
Mike Brady
Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
Celica Beach (12A: British Golden Ale)
Table 8: Dark Ales
8 entries
1st
Buddy Michini
Second Chance Stout (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Joe D'Auria
Metro South Homebrew League...
Paul Revere Was A Midnight Runner, Did He Know Dexy? (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Vincent Devito
Baby's Baltic Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)
Table 9: IPAs
7 entries
1st
Dave And Brenna Yates
Tire Fire (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 10: Belgian Ales
6 entries
1st
Buddy Michini
Biere De Garage (24C: Bière de Garde)
2nd
Dave Taylor
Keystone Hops
Saison Szn (25B: Saison)
Table 11: Trappist ales
8 entries
1st
Jacob Moore
Regional Harrisburg Area Brewers
Heaven's Sword (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
2nd
Phil Gowling
State College Homebrew Club
Golden Oldie (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)
3rd
Jonathan Baisch
Three Rivers Alliance of Serious...
Dubbel Vision (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
Table 12: Fruit, spice, sour
11 entries
1st
Tom Zacher
Three Rivers Underground Brewers...
Cut From Something (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
2nd
Justin Wood
O-Town Hop Heads
Spicy Peach (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
3rd
Patrick Smith
Seven City Brewers
Saison Imaginaire (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Alex John
First State Brewers
Quisha's Kolsch (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Tom Zacher
Three Rivers Underground Brewers...
Cut From Something (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
3rd
Kyle Yakopovich
Why Pap Came Home From WWII As An Alcoholic (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners