Winners - 2025 Maltose Falcons Mayfaire

Table 1: Light American Beers (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter	Call Box	American Wheat Beer	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Todd Slater	Todd Lite (Leoplold)	American Light Lager	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
3rd	Ross Stuart	American Wheat	American Wheat Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 2: Czech and International Lagers (37 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Towles	Malty Dark Lager	Czech Dark Lager	High Plains Drafters [TX]
2nd	Mike Rascon	Hop'Em All	New Zealand Pilsner	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Josh Brewer	Quick Work	New Zealand Pilsner	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 3: Pale Malty German Lagers (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Thomas Adrian	Helles Right	Munich Helles	Home Brew Club
2nd	Adam Severi	Oh Hell!	Munich Helles	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Nic Templeton	No Future, Just Lager	Munich Helles	Cascade Brewers Guild

Table 4: Pale Hoppy German Lagers (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	No Tariffs On This Export	German Helles Exportbier	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Matthew Young	So Fresh So Clean	German Pils	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Pillow Pils	German Pils	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 5: Amber German Beers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	Sigmond's Suds	Vienna Lager	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Jeff Mathiowetz	Ole Smokey	Rauchbier	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Matt Castellino	Marzen	Märzen	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 6: Dark German Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Violet Kaplan	Into The Darkness	Schwarzbier	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)
2nd	Eli Palma	Night Harvest	Munich Dunkel	QUAFF
3rd	Ryan Rivas	Ghostchant	Schwarzbier	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 7: Bock (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Slater	2023 Doppelbock	Doppelbock	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Joe St. John	Bock Bock	Doppelbock	Yeastside Brewers
3rd	Doug Walker	Uncle Dunkel	Dunkels Bock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 8: Strong Ales (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	Dual IPA	Double IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Mike Neice	22nd Sea	American Barleywine	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Up On A Quasar	Double IPA	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 9: European Wheat Beers (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jamie Crawford	Maybe Instead Of Flowers, We Give Each Other Seeds	Witbier	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Doug Walker	Darth Maltious	Weizenbock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 10: English Bitter Ales (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Terry Fast	Pride And Pintjudice	Ordinary Bitter	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Michael Piazzoni	Folsom Best Bitter	Best Bitter	That Dam Brew Club
3rd	David Towles	English IPA	English IPA	High Plains Drafters [TX]

Table 11: UK Brown Ales (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	Nutty As A Fruitcake	British Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	David Towles	Dark Mild	Dark Mild	High Plains Drafters [TX]
3rd	Tom Siebold	Patio Porter	English Porter	Society of Barley Alchemists

Table 12: Irish Beers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	Donnybrook Stout	Irish Extra Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Rene' Miller	Dry As Dirt	Irish Stout
3rd	David Gulotta	Knackered Dribbler	Irish Red Ale	Ace Brewing Society

Table 13: English Stout (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Wesley Kulcak	Uncle FESter	Foreign Extra Stout	Bay Area Mashtronauts
2nd	Beth Carroll	Tongue Hug	Tropical Stout	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Robb Stewart	MishMash Dark Brown Stout	Oatmeal Stout	Maltose Falcons

Table 14: American Light Colored Ales (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	Pale Rider	American Pale Ale	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Michael Riddle	California Blonde	Blonde Ale	HOME
3rd	Kyle Ernsberger	Hop Science	American Pale Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 15: American Amber and Brown Beers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Amber Waves Of Grain	American Amber Ale	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Michael Riddle	Downtown Brown	American Brown Ale	HOME

Table 16: American Dark Ales (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Daniel Emmerling	Imperial Stout Mk II	Imperial Stout
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Bailey's Beads	American Porter	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Jeff Zwetsch	No Doubt Stout	American Stout	Ace Brewing Society

Table 17: IPA (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	American IPA	American IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Eli Palma	Vulcana	Brown IPA	QUAFF
3rd	Samuel Brogadir	Absurdly Acerbic	American IPA	Yeastside Brewers

Table 18: Sour Ales (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Rollins	Fossil Kriek	Fruit Lambic	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	John Aitchison	None	Catharina Sour	Maltose Falcons

Table 19: Belgian Pale Ales (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Craig Corley	292 - MB24 - BPA	Belgian Pale Ale	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
2nd	Adam Severi	Blond	Belgian Blond Ale	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Craig Corley	294 - Blonde #21	Belgian Blond Ale	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club

Table 20: Farmhouse Ales (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Severi	Saison	Saison	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Jonathan Rollins	Stolen Haze (Batch Two)	Wild Specialty Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Robbie Proctor	Granny's Got The Funk	Brett Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Table 21: Trappist Ales (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Johann	Baby Monk	Belgian Single	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Scot Beidelman	Return Of The Son Of What About Benjamin	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Todd Rieck	Quadsimodo	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts and Related Specialties

Table 22: Traditional & Historic Beers (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Sookying	Wartime Joe	Pre-Prohibition Lager	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
2nd	Kyle Ernsberger	Polish Champagne	Piwo Grodziskie	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)

Table 23: Fruit Beers (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Woulf	Passion Of The Haze	Specialty Fruit Beer	Mash Masters Homebrew Club Menifee
2nd	Terry Fast	Mango Me Some Wheat	Fruit Beer	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Marvin Gomez	Force Of Guava	Fruit Beer	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Table 24: Spiced Beers (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	David Dillon	Bate, Bate, Choco-Latte	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	Dave Maxon	Drink Your Veggies	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 25: Smoke and Wood Aged Beers (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Walker	Spezial AF	Classic Style Smoked Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Eli Palma	The Monchichi	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF
3rd	Michael Riddle	Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	HOME

Table 26: Experimental Beers (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Aitchison	None	Commercial Specialty Beer	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	West Coast Best Coast Pils	Mixed-Style Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Jesse Flores	Bohemish	Mixed-Style Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 27: Ciders (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter	Right To The Core	New World Cider	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Doug Walker	Happy 'n Cide -Traditional	New World Cider	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	David Gulotta	Sugar Magnolia	Cider with Other Fruit	Ace Brewing Society

Table 28: Mead (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bob Horst	Door County Honeyjuice	Stone Fruit Mead	Garsha Bend Cooperative
2nd	Benjamin Frymark	RHM 1.0	Fruit and Spice Mead	QUAFF
3rd	Mark Fitzsimmons	Last Tango With Bruce	Fruit and Spice Mead	Maltose Falcons