Thanks to all who participated in the 2024 Ocean State Homebrew Competition.
There were 484 entries judged and 227 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Matt Paiva | Slap Bump | 2B: International Amber Lager | |
| 2nd | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Sour Bump | 29A: Fruit Beer | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Peder Johnsen | Little Piwo | 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie | The Brü Club |
| HM | Nicholas Griner | BDSM | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Best of Show – Cider
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Daniel Kukuk | Le Voyageur | C1C: French Cider | Motor City Mashers |
| 2nd | Kevin Wojdak | Cool Runnings '22 ...Nice Recovery! | C2D: Ice Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer | Fruit Du Dragon Rose | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
Best of Show – Mead
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer | Book Of Armaments 2024 | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | I Heard Nathan Steigman Likes Polish Meads | M4B: Historical Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer | Swamp Castle - Petillant | M2B: Pyment | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| HM | David Page | Ginger Lemon Mead | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | |
Winning Entries
Table 1: 01 Standard American Lagers (22 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Trevor Varner | Home Plate | 1A: American Light Lager | |
| 2nd | Dwight Wilson MHP | Alternatively Alternative | 1C: Cream Ale | O-Town Hop Heads |
| 3rd | Andy Cox MHP | Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| HM | Aaron Gallagher MHP | Bearded Dog Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | South Shore Brew Club |
Table 2: 02 International Lagers (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Matt Paiva | Slap Bump | 2B: International Amber Lager | |
| 2nd | Mike Shea MHP | Broad Appeal | 2B: International Amber Lager | North Shore Brewers |
| 3rd | Tom Slonaker | 92 Barke Lager | 2B: International Amber Lager | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 3: 03 Czech Lagers (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Daniel Jent MHP | No Frills Pils | 3A: Czech Pale Lager | Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
| 2nd | David Howell MHP | Czech Amber Lager | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
| 3rd | Phil Gerard | Rhode Island Dark Lager | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | |
| HM | Timothy Pratt MHP | Czechin' It! | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | Brew Haven |
Table 4: 04 Pale Malty European (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Andy Cox MHP | Oaktoberfest 2024 | 4B: Festbier | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Timothy Wicklund MHP | Muniched My Balls | 4A: Munich Helles | Keepers of Craft |
| 3rd | Paul Zocco | MAIBOCK | 4C: Helles Bock | Hop River Brewers |
| HM | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Helles Belles | 4A: Munich Helles | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 5: 05 Pale Bitter European (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Ross Stuart MHP | German Pils | 5D: German Pils | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 2nd | Paul Tagert MHP | Prost V1 | 5D: German Pils | Battleground Brewers Guild |
| 3rd | Kurt Green | Hana Leichtbier | 5A: German Leichtbier | Brewtubers |
| 4th | Guy Grady | The Leichtsaber | 5A: German Leichtbier | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
| HM | Dwight Wilson MHP | See You In Helles | 27A1: Kellerbier | O-Town Hop Heads |
Table 6: 06 Amber Malty European (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Stephen Schmitt MHP | Deutschland Bock | 6C: Dunkels Bock | Evanston Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Mike Seward | Good Beer | 6A: Märzen | East Bay Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Joe D’Auria MHP | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 6B: Rauchbier | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
Table 7: 07 Amber Bitter European (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Nate Cicoria
Co-Brewer: Alexander Shachook | The Altimate | 7B: Altbier | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Tom Slonaker | 91 Altbier | 7B: Altbier | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Mike Godet | Slack Tide | 7A: Vienna Lager | |
Table 8: 08 Dark European Lager (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Paul Zocco | MUNICH DUNKEL | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Hop River Brewers |
| 2nd | Lawrence Bolton MHP | Schwarzbier | 8B: Schwarzbier | Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ) |
| 3rd | Ross Stuart MHP | Schwarzbier | 8B: Schwarzbier | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
Table 9: 09 Strong European (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Lawrence Bolton MHP | Doppelbock | 9A: Doppelbock | Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ) |
| 2nd | Stephen Ward | Terminus Est | 9C: Baltic Porter | |
| 3rd | Brian Stephens MHP | Baltic Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | Keepers of Craft |
Table 10: 10 Traditional Wheat and Rye (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Peder Johnsen MHP | Little Piwo | 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie | The Brü Club |
| 2nd | Stephen Schmitt MHP | Grow-Jees-K'ya | 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie | Evanston Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Michael Rensing MHP | Just Here For The Zipline | 10C: Weizenbock | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
Table 11: 11 British Bitters (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Beth Schwartz MHP | ESBs Are Overrated- Ordinary Bitter | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | Middlesex Malters |
| 2nd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Angry Wet Hen | 11C: Strong Bitter | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Michael Santos | The Landlady | 11B: Best Bitter | Pinellas Urban Brewers Guild |
Table 12: 12 Pale Commonwealth Beers (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Wesley Kulcak MHP | Shepherd's Traditional IPA | 12C: English IPA | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Dwight Wilson MHP | Kiwi Juice | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | O-Town Hop Heads |
| 3rd | Jeffrey Rocker MHP | Union Gold | 12A: British Golden Ale | |
| HM | Nick & Heather Hartley MHP | You Had Me At Mink Farmer | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 13: 13 Brown British Beer (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Josh Word | British Brown Ale | 13B: British Brown Ale | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Joan Olivero
Co-Brewer: Steve | I'm Your Taddy Porter | 13C: English Porter | |
| 3rd | Brian Schwartz MHP | EDM | 13A: Dark Mild | Middlesex Malters |
Table 14: 14 Scottish Ales (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Eric Isenberg | Scotty Doesn't Know | 14C: Scottish Export | Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians (RIFT) |
| 2nd | Eric Isenberg | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Crusher | 14B: Scottish Heavy | Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians (RIFT) |
| 3rd | Dick Wallace | Mash Your Luck Basic Brewing Radio | 14C: Scottish Export | The Brü Club |
Table 15: 15 Irish Beer (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Timothy Wicklund MHP | Blended Goodness | 15B: Irish Stout | Keepers of Craft |
| 2nd | Craig Matney MHP
Co-Brewer: Steve Matney | Middle Child Syndrome | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Motor City Mashers |
| 3rd | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Old Walking Stick | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| HM | Stephen Schmitt MHP | Tom's Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Evanston Homebrew Club |
Table 16: 16 Dark British (Stouts) (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kyle Ernsberger MHP | From Ireland | 16A: Sweet Stout | |
| 2nd | Aaron Pigors | Castlemoat Black | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU) |
| 3rd | William Green | Oven-Mashed Stout | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Quiet Corner Hombrew Club |
Table 17: 17 Strong British Ales (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Beth Schwartz MHP | Forgotten Lore | 17B: Old Ale | Middlesex Malters |
| 2nd | Fritz Schanz MHP | Stearman's English Barleywine | 17D: English Barley Wine | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd | Timothy Ribant | Celtic Spirit British Strong Ale | 17A: British Strong Ale | River Runners |
Table 18: 18 Pale American Ale (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Josh Word | American Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Michael Lavorgna MHP | Kokua | 18B: American Pale Ale | Brew Haven |
| 3rd | John Coloe | UAP - Unidentified American Pale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Saratoga Thoroughbrews |
Table 19: 19 American Amber and Brown (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Rainey | American Brown Ale | 19C: American Brown Ale | |
| 2nd | Andy Cox MHP | Kentucky Common | 27A2: Kentucky Common | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer MHP | Justified! | 27A2: Kentucky Common | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| HM | David Kimball | Rusty Whiskers Amber Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | Brew Haven |
Table 20: 20 American Porter and Stout (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mark Rose MHP | Tag Along Porter | 20A: American Porter | The Brü Club |
| 2nd | Paul Zocco | IMPERIAL STOUT | 20C: Imperial Stout | Hop River Brewers |
| 3rd | Joel McGormley | Mack's Night Out | 20B: American Stout | |
| HM | Timothy Pratt MHP | Lush | 20B: American Stout | Brew Haven |
Table 21: 21 American IPA - Standard and Hazy (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP | Come Back With A Warrant | 21C: Hazy IPA | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd | Ross Stuart MHP | American IPA | 21A: American IPA | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Eat Your Hops | 21C: Hazy IPA | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 22: 22 American IPA - Specialty (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Byron Bird MHP | Cascadian IPA | 21B2: Black IPA | |
| 2nd | Ross Stuart MHP | Hazy Pale Ale | 21B: Specialty IPA | Arizona Society of Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Jeff Perry | Dry Eye | 21B7: Brut IPA | |
Table 23: 23 Strong American Ale (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Michael Rensing MHP | #meanbrews Thanks Matt | 22B: American Strong Ale | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
| 2nd | Samuel Persichilli | Sixth Anniversary IPA | 22A: Double IPA | Ultra Rare Brewers |
| 3rd | Mike Kennedy | Wheatwine | 22D: Wheatwine | |
Table 24: 24 European Sours (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeremiah Baer MHP | Prismo | 23G: Gose | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
| 2nd | Stephen Schmitt MHP | Young And Old | 23E: Gueuze | Evanston Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jonathan Rollins MHP | Nectarine Daydreams | 23F: Fruit Lambic | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
Table 25: Specialty Ciders - Fruit Ciders (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer MHP | Fruit Du Dragon Rose | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Jeff Perry | UL100-4 | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | |
| 3rd | Mike Kennedy | Peach Passionfruit Cider | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | |
| HM | Sean Dooley | Richard Per-Simmons | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 26: 26 Belgian and Strong Belgian Ale (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Matthew Johnsen MHP
Co-Brewer: James Allen | My Buddy And Me! | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | Rock Hoppers Brew Club |
| 2nd | J W U Students
Co-Brewer: Garrett Stephen And Celia Kinneary | Olde Hearth & Honey | 25B: Saison | JbreW |
| 3rd | David Petersen | Tangent #2 | 25B: Saison | |
Table 27: 27 Monastic Ale (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Nicholas Griner | BDSM | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Thomas McGloine MHP | Goebelbrau Tripel | 26C: Belgian Tripel | Saratoga Thoroughbrews |
| 3rd | Paul Zocco | BELGIAN STRONG DARK | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Hop River Brewers |
Table 28: 28 American Wild and Sour (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jonathan Rollins MHP | Little Ghost | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Jlooch Luciani | Nerdy Goose | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | |
| 3rd | Fritz Schanz MHP | Stearman's Straight Sour Beer | 28D: Straight Sour Beer | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 4th | Tom Slonaker | 65 Brett Ale | 28A: Brett Beer | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 29: 29 Fruit Beer (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Sour Bump | 29A: Fruit Beer | Boston Wort Processors |
| 2nd | Travis Cherry MHP | Bersaglieri | LSX3: Italian Grape Ale | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 3rd | Robert Dugan MHP | Jenkem Juice | 29A: Fruit Beer | The Brü Club |
Table 30: 30 Spiced Beer (20 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Robert Dugan MHP | Truffle Butter Version 2 | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | The Brü Club |
| 2nd | Kyle Ernsberger MHP | PB Stout | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
| 3rd | Nate Cicoria
Co-Brewer: Joe Devanna | Dirty Blonde | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 31: 31 Smoked & Wood Aged Beers (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Eric Isenberg | Smoke In The Foeder | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians (RIFT) |
| 2nd | Ricky Alexander | A Battlecry Gone Sour | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | East Bay Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Joel McGormley | Apple Baller | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | |
| HM | Len Modelewski | Big Papa | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Salt City Brew Club |
Table 32: 32 Specialty Beer (24 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Fritz Schanz MHP | Stearman's Black Barleywine | 34C: Experimental Beer | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd | Beth Schwartz MHP | Father Is Home For Christmas | 34B: Mixed-Style Beer | Middlesex Malters |
| 3rd | J W U Students
Co-Brewer: Garrett Stephen And Celia Kinneary | Power Pose | 34C: Experimental Beer | JbreW |
Table 33: 33 Standard Cider and Perry (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Daniel Kukuk MHP | Le Voyageur | C1C: French Cider | Motor City Mashers |
| 2nd | Emersen Heron MHP | Zombie Cat | C1A: New World Cider | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Sean Dooley | How Do You Like Them Apples!? | C1A: New World Cider | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Robert Dugan MHP | Dickens Cider | C1A: New World Cider | The Brü Club |
Table 34: 34 Specialty Cider and Perry (16 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kevin Wojdak MHP | Cool Runnings '22 ...Nice Recovery! | C2D: Ice Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Emersen Heron MHP | Soulless | C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Francois Espourteille | Ice Cider 2033 Barrel | C2D: Ice Cider | South Shore Brew Club |
| HM | Aaron Pigors | Tinkerman's Spice | C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices | Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU) |
Table 35: 35 Traditional Mead (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer MHP | Book Of Armaments 2024 | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Garrett Freeman MHP | Sweet Clover Traditional Mead | M1C: Sweet Mead | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Garrett Freeman MHP | Lehua Are You Talking To? | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 36: 36 Fruit Meads (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer MHP | Swamp Castle - Petillant | M2B: Pyment | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Nicholas Griner | Rizzberry | M2E: Melomel | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Garrett Freeman MHP | Cab Sav Pyment | M2B: Pyment | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 37: 37 Spiced Mead (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | David Page | Ginger Lemon Mead | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer MHP | Killer Rabbit Of Caerbannog 2022 | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Kevin Vidourek | Cherry Maraschino Dark Chocolate Mead | M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | Butler County Brewing Society |
| 3rd | James Saffer | Spiced Fruit Cake | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | |
Table 38: 38 Specialty Mead (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer MHP | I Heard Nathan Steigman Likes Polish Meads | M4B: Historical Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Michael Rensing MHP | Burnt's Bees | M4C: Experimental Mead | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS) |
| 3rd | Garrett Freeman MHP | Banana Cream Pie Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Red Earth Brewers |
| HM | Bill Boyer MHP | Honey Brown | M4A: Braggot | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
