Winners - Southern California Regional Homebrew Championship

Table 1: Table 1: Category 1 Standard American Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Vigil	Not Your Momma's Cream	Cream Ale	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Mike Neice	Strange Brew	Cream Ale	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Ryan Jiles	Gf American Lager	American Lager	Ace Brewing Society
HM	Mario Tosta	Gentleman Farmer Light American Lager	American Light Lager	Ace Brewing Society

Table 2: Table 2: Category 2 International Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Jiles	Gf Amber Lager	International Amber Lager	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Cary Chitwood	Sakura	International Pale Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Jeff Case	Coro-Yeah! V2	International Pale Lager	QUAFF

Table 3: Table 3: Category 3A Czech Pale Lager and 3B Czech Premium Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Czech Yes Or No	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Jason Dunn	The Decoction Concoction	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Doug Walker	Knight Takes Queen- Czech Mate	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Scott Rigg	Party Pils	Czech Pale Lager	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 4: Table 4: Category 3C Czech Amber Lager and Category 7 Amber Bitter European Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Walker	Vienna Knights	Vienna Lager	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Althea Told Me	Altbier	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Steven Severn	Dark Amber	Czech Amber Lager	Orange County Mash Ups

Table 5: Table 5: Category 4 Pale Malty European Lager and Category 5 Pale Bitter European Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn	Stange	Kölsch	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Matt Young	Shikaka!	German Pils	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Mike Chalukian	Helles of A Day	Munich Helles	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 6: Table 6: Category 3D Czech Dark Lager and Category 8 Dark European Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Chalukian	Good Knight	Schwarzbier	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Ben Sookying	Kru Thai	Schwarzbier	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rd	Matt Castellino	Schwarzbier	Schwarzbier	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 7: Table 7: Category 6 Amber Malty European Lager and Category 27A1 Kellerbier (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn	Uncle's Drunkel Box	Dunkels Bock	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Marching Marzen	Märzen	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Matt Castellino	Marzen	Märzen	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers

Table 8: Table 8: Category 9 Strong European Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Slater	2023 Nhc Doppelbock.	Doppelbock	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	The Five Year Plan	Baltic Porter	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Doug Walker	Uncle Doppel	Doppelbock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 9: Table 9: Category 10 German Wheat Beer (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Vigil	Johnny Chimpo 3.0	Weissbier	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Jon Perkins	576 Hefeweizen	Weissbier
3rd	Doug Walker	Darth Maltious	Weizenbock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 10: Table 10: Category 11 British Bitter, Category 12C English IPA, and Category LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe St. John	Mama's Special	Strong Bitter	Yeastside Brewers
2nd	Thomas Taylor Shastid	Puia Pils	New Zealand Pilsner	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Mike Neice	Good Ol Pops	Ordinary Bitter	Ace Brewing Society

Table 11: Table 11: Category 13 Brown British Beer and Category 27A4 London Brown Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Walker	Northern Wanker	British Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Andrew Leavitt	The Not Strong	Dark Mild	Yeastside Brewers
3rd	Jason Dunn	Nuttier Than A Fruitcake	British Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 12: Table 12: Category 14 Scottish Ale and Category 15 Irish Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Perkins	578 Irish Red Ale	Irish Red Ale
2nd	Jeff Case	Schubert's 60 Schilling	Scottish Light	QUAFF
3rd	Jason Dunn	Donnybrook Stout	Irish Extra Stout	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 13: Table 13: Category 16 Dark British Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Mandel	Oh - My Oatmeal Stout	Oatmeal Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	William Vigil	Jenn's Big Banana Stout	Oatmeal Stout	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	John Aston	Holy Cow!!	Sweet Stout	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 14: Table 14: Category 17 Strong British Ale and Category 22 Strong American Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Neice	22nd Sea	American Barleywine	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Todd Peterson	'quit Yur Whinin'	Wheatwine	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rd	Jason Dunn	Wee Beastie	Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Beau Floch	Wee Overweight	Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 15: Table 15: Category 18 American Pale Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Young	White Devil	American Pale Ale	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Gary Smet	Ziggy	American Pale Ale	ACE Brewing Society
3rd	Jon Perkins	581 Blonde Ale	Blonde Ale

Table 16: Table 16: Category 19 Amber and Brown American Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Slater	Conejo Commom	California Common	Thousand Oaked Homebrewers
2nd	Victor Ortiz	Kodian IV	American Amber Ale	Ventura Independent Beer Enthusiasts (VIBE)
3rd	Bill Mandel	Uptown RC Brown	American Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 17: Table 17: Category 20 American Porter and Stout (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jamie Crawford	Taking On Water	American Stout	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Jeff Zwetsch	Stout and About	Imperial Stout	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Neil Breckow	Poly Porter	American Porter
HM	Doug Walker	48t- Eternal Foundation	Imperial Stout	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 18: Table 18: Category 21A American IPA and 21B Speciality IPA (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter	Un·right·eous	American IPA	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	John Aston	Texas Rye	American IPA	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Chris Sotelo	General Nectaron	American IPA	Long Beach Homebrewers
HM	Beau Floch	Westennial	American IPA	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 19: Table 19: Category 21C Hazy IPA, Category 21B2 Black IPA, Category 21B4 Red IPA, and Category 21B5 Rye IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Zwetsch	Hazy Goin' Crazy	Hazy IPA	Ace Brewing Society

Table 20: Table 20: Category 23 European Sour Ale, Category 28 American Wild Ale, and Category 29 Fruit beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Hufford	Apriquette	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
2nd	Kyle Hufford	Gin Creek	Fruit Lambic	Santa Barbara Brewing Society
3rd	Mike Chalukian	Rosemary Is Dead	Fruit and Spice Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Kyle Hufford	Green Grass	Brett Beer	Santa Barbara Brewing Society

Table 21: Table 21: Category 24 Belgian ale, Category 25 Strong Belgian ale, and 26A Belgian Single (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Neice	Down By the Seaside	Belgian Blond Ale	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Doug Walker	Frank N' Brü	Bière de Garde	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Peter Johann	Farmhouse Monk	Saison	Long Beach Homebrewers

Table 22: Table 22: Category 26B Belgian Dubbel, Category 26C Belgian Tripel, and Category 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Johann	Santa	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Jason Dunn	Quadraforce	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Curtis Ritter	Double Dubbel	Belgian Dubbel	Ace Brewing Society

Table 23: Table 23: Category 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie, Category 32 Smoked Beer, and Category 33 Wood Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn	Polish Champagne	Piwo Grodziskie	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Daniel Emmerling	Jd Strong Ale	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
3rd	Tom Fontes	Rose Park the Gronk Piwo Grodziskie	Piwo Grodziskie	Long Beach Homebrewers
HM	Mike Chalukian	Night In the Woods	Wood-Aged Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 24: Table 24: Category 30 Spiced Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn	German Chocolate Cake	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Christopher Mazurk	Goose Egg	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Todd Peterson	Zippy Stocking Fill	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
HM	Jason Phelps	Coconut Grenade	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Society of Barley Alchemists

Table 25: Table 25: Category 34 Specialty Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Young	Allrighty, Then!	Mixed-Style Beer	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	John Aston	Did I Do That?	Mixed-Style Beer	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Richard Whitefoot	The Price You Pay	Experimental Beer	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 26: Table 26: Category C1 Standard Cider and Perry (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter	Make Cider Great Again	New World Cider	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Doug Walker	Happy N' Cide- New World	New World Cider	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Matt Young	I Have Exorcised the Demons	Traditional Perry	Ace Brewing Society
HM	John Aston	Peary Riposte	New World Perry	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 27: Table 27: Category C2 Specialty Cider and Perry (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Daniel Emmerling	Wild Cider	Specialty Cider/Perry
2nd	Mandy Porter	Care Bear Stare	Specialty Cider/Perry	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	David Gulotta	Sugar Magnolia	Cider with Other Fruit	Ace Brewing Society
HM	Mandy Porter	Pool Days	Cider with Other Fruit	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 28: Table 28: Mead (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexandria Horn	Grapes of Wrath	Pyment	QUAFF
2nd	Alexandria Horn	Orcs Blood	Melomel	QUAFF
3rd	Jeremy Brown	Home Sweet Home	Sweet Mead	Inland Empire Brewers
HM	Cynthia M Junken	Drink Up	Semi-Sweet Mead	Inland Empire Brewers