BREWERS’ CUP 2016 HOMEBREW RESULTS Category 1 Light Lager (21 entries) First Place: Thomas Wallbank, Foam Blowers of Indiana, American Light Lager, Summer Lager, Zionsville, Indiana Second Place: Brady Smith, Circle City Zymurgy, American Lager, EZ Action Lager, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Paul Till, MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club, Munich Helles, Paul's Helles, Fort Wayne, Indiana Category 2 Pilsner (34 entries) First Place: Andrew Korty, Foam Blowers of Indiana, German Leichtbier, Kleine Pils, Indianapolis, Indiana Second Place: Brady Smith, Circle City Zymurgy, Czech Pale Lager, Czechlite Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Steven Kent, Circle City Zymurgy, German Pilsner (Pils), Ziemlich Gutbier, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 3 European Amber Lager (30 entries) First Place: Christopher Olson, Vienna Lager, Angel's Halo, La Porte, Indiana Second Place: Jereme Grissom, Circle City Zymurgy, Marzen Barvarian's Drunken Stupor, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Bill Trout, Vienna Lager, Amber Dream, Greenfield, Indiana Category 4 Dark Lager (16 entries) First Place: Steve Medd, Underground Brewers of CT, Schwarzbier, eMo Dark Lager, Danbury, Connecticut Second Place: Kyle Morton, Munich Dunkel, Jimmer's Dunkel, Muscatine, Iowa Third Place: Thomas Wallbank, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Czech Dark Lager FleckU! Zionsville, Indiana Category 5 Bock (26 entries) First Place: Andrew Korty, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Helles Bock, Stand Down Your Defenses, Indianapolis, Indiana Second Place: Tim Palmer, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Doppelbock, Chompinator, Fishers, Indiana Third Place: Bryce Hooper, Northwest Indiana Brewers Society (N.I.B.S.), Doppelbock, Twice Bocked, LaPorte, Indiana Category 6 Light Hybrid Beer (63 entries) First Place: Jeff Muse, St. Louis Brews, Kölsch, Nemesis, St. Louis, Missouri Second Place: Sue Barnhart, Howard County Homebrew Club, Kölsch, Coffin Kolsch, Kokomo, Indiana Third Place: Nathan Pollard, Kölsch, K2, Pittsboro, Indiana Category 7 Amber Hybrid Beer (20 entries) First Place: Adam Forkner, Kentucky Common (Historical Beer), Kentucky Common, Indianapolis, Indiana Second Place: Nathan Compton, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Altbier Altimate Desire, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Gary Mann, International Amber Lager, German Alt, Bluffton, Indiana Category 8 English Pale Ale (19 entries) First Place: Jason Mundy,, Bloomington, Hop Jockeys, Best Bitter, Landlord, Ellettsville, Indiana Second Place: Jackson Fliss, BUZZ, Ordinary Bitter, Behind the White Well, Urbana, Illinois Third Place: Jay Ellsmore, Foam Blowers of Indiana, British Golden Ale, Smallburrow's Choice, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 9 Scottish and Irish Ale (21 entries) First Place: Craig Gardone, LAGERS, Wee Heavy, Sofa King Heavy, Louisville, Kentucky Second Place: Christopher Olson, Irish Red Ale, I Do Brew, La Porte, Indiana Third Place: Lloyd Chatham, Tippecanoe Homebrewers' Circle, Scottish Export, Crofter's Hearth Scottish Ale, Lafayette, Indiana Category 10 American Ale (32 entries) First Place: Jacob Conrad, American Pale Ale, Trash Panda, Noblesville, Indiana Second Place: Ben Martin, American Pale Ale, Corporal Khaos Pale Ale, Danville, Indiana Third Place: Adam Young, Oak Park Homebrewers, Oak Park IL, American Pale Ale, Quanah Parker, Oak Park, Illinois Category 11 Other American Ale (15 entries) First Place: David Bordenkecher, Foam Blowers of Indiana, American Brown Ale, Knuckles' Brown, Fishers, Indiana Second Place: Jon Shaw, American Brown Ale, Sceaga American Brown Ale, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Kendall Kildow, MASH Fort Wayne Homebrew Club, American Amber Ale, Amber Ale, New Haven, Indiana Category 12 English Brown Ale (22 entries) First Place: Ryan Turner, Northwest Indiana Brewers Society (N.I.B.S.), Dark Mild, Medium, Valparaiso, Indiana Second Place: Nathan Compton, Foam Blowers of Indiana, British Brown Ale, Eruption Nut Brown, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Greg Kirkland, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Dark Mild, London Porter, Fishers, Indiana Category 13 Porter (24 entries) First Place: Nathan, Pollard, American Porter, Finders Keepers, Pittsboro, Indiana Second Place: Rick Burkhardt, English Porter, Darkness On The Edge Of Brown, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Nathan Cosner, Baltic Porter, Stalin's Water, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 14 Stout (23 entries) First Place: Jason Behenna, Irish Stout, Lunar Eclipse, Lafayette, Indiana Second Place: Lloyd Chatham, Tippecanoe Homebrewers' Circle, Oatmeal Stout, Paddy's Porridge Oatmeal Stout, Lafayette, Indiana Third Place: Mike Harper, Demented Fermenters, Irish Extra Stout, Irish Extra Stout, Glencliff, New Hampshire Category 15 Strong Stout (30 entries) First Place: John Peed, Tennessee Valley Homebrewers, Imperial Stout, Riddler, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Second Place: David Merz, Palmetto State Brewers, Foreign Export Stout, Marquette Stout, Marquette, Michigan Third Place: Greg Kirkland, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Imperial Stout, 48th Parallel Stout, Fishers, Indiana Category 16 American IPA (42 entries) First Place: Clay Davis, American IPA, Dust, Brownsburg, Indiana Second Place: Brian Hobbs, American IPA, HobbZombie, Noblesville, Indiana Third Place: Jon Shaw, American IPA, American IPA, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 17 India Pale Ale (IPA) (41 entries) First Place: Paul Nanian, Demented Fermenters, Specialty IPA (all), Rye for an Eye, Rumney, New Hampshire Second Place: Ryan Mills, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Specialty IPA (all), Wit-y Saloon Politics, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Josh Grissom, Double IPA, hopped and bothered, Zionsville, Indiana Category 18 German Wheat and Rye Beer (26 entries) First Place: Brian Hobbs, Weissbier, HOBBHEFE, Noblesville, Indiana Second Place: Nate Engelberth, Tippecanoe Homebrewers' Circle, Weissbier, Hefeweizen, West Lafayette, Indiana Third Place: Rod Myers, Bloomington Hop Jockeys, Weizenbock, Banana Hammock, Bloomington, Indiana Category 19 Belgian and French Ale (39 entries) First Place: CT Owen, LAGERS, Trappist Single, Druid's Trappist Single, Louisville, Kentucky Second Place: Jeremy Dunn, Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association, Saison, Spelt Saison, Evansville, Indiana Third Place: Chuck Whybrew, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Saison, PA Baracus, ZIONSVILLE, Indiana Category 20 Sour Ale (30 entries) First Place: Thomas Wallbank, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Gueuze, Wallbank Reserve, Zionsville, Indiana Second Place: John Allison, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Berliner Weisse, Mein Leben, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Steven Kent, Circle City Zymurgy, Flanders Red Ale, Christmas Ape, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 21 Belgian Strong Ale (42 entries) First Place: Thomas Wallbank, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Belgian Dark Strong Ale, My Chalice, Zionsville, Indiana Second Place: Derrick Flippin, Noble Order of the Tenuously Affiliated Homebrew Club, Belgian Golden Strong Ale, The Devil Fools With The Best Laid Plans, Rural Hall, North Carolina Third Place: John Mullins, Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association, Belgian Blonde Ale, Ellee, Boonville, Indiana Category 22 Strong Ale (19 entries) First Place: Eric Wiens, Foam Blowers of Indiana, American Strong Ale, Strong Arm, Noblesville, Indiana Second Place: CT Owen, LAGERS, English Barleywine, Druid's English Barleywine, Louisville, Kentucky Third Place: Bill Jimerson, English Barleywine, Final Gravity Big Head Barleywine, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 23 Fruit Beer (23 entries) First Place: Nathan Compton, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Fruit Beer, Poppi Rocketts' Raspberry Mild, Indianapolis, Indiana Second Place: John Allison, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Fruit Beer, Summer Dusk, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Aaron Edrington, Fruit Beer, Blackberry Stout, Humble, Texas Category 24 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (41 entries) First Place: Ian Hunsinger, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable beer, Gruit, Grand Rapids, Michigan Second Place: Josh Grissom, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable beer, lords of the under world, Zionsville, Indiana Third Place: Lee Daniels, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable beer, Moon Walk Jalapeno Saison, Indianapolis, Indiana Category 25 Smoke-Flavored & Wood-Aged Beer (20 entries) First Place: CT Owen, LAGERS, Rauchbier, Druid's Rauchbier, Louisville, Kentucky Second Place: Brian Imburgia, Wood-Aged Beer, Nefarious, Indianapolis, Indiana Third Place: Ryan Busby, Central Indiana Aromatics, Wood-Aged Beer, CIA Vanilla Bourbon Barrel Stout, New Palestine, Indiana Category 26 American Wild Ale (18 entries) First Place: Lee Daniels, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Brett Beer, Vraiment Brett IPA, Indianapolis, Indiana Second Place: Cire Lazaroski, Northwest Indiana Brewers Society (N.I.B.S.), Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer, Lazasourus Wheaticus, Hebron, Indiana Third Place: Johnny Streza, Howard County Homebrew Club, Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer, Immortal Darkness, Russiaville, Indiana Category 27 Specialty Beer (56 entries) First Place: Jeremy Railey, Circle City Zymurgy, Experimental Beer, Dreamsicle, FISHERS, Indiana Second Place: Mark Thorpe, Northwest Indiana Brewers Society (N.I.B.S.), Specialty Wood Aged, Eleven Eleven, Valparaiso, Indiana Third Place: Sky Buttrum, Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association, Specialty Wood Aged, I look like a dork, Evansville, Indiana Mead (17 entries) First Place: Mike Pemberton, LAGERS, Fruit & Spice Mead, Mango Chipotle Mead, Louisville, Kentucky Second Place: Carolyn Peepall, Spice, Herb Vegetable Mead, HopSession, Bloomington, Indiana Third Place: James Dempsey, Fruit & Spice Mead, Love Game Match, Indianapolis, Indiana Cider and Perry (23 entries) First Place: Elliott McGregory, New World Cider, King Tut's Bone Dry Cider, Noblesville, Indiana Second Place: Nathan Pollard, New World Cider, Cider for D'vorak, Pittsboro, Indiana Third Place: Tim Dillon, New World Cider, Just right, Brownsburg, Indiana Best In Show Jason Behenna, Irish Stout, Lunar Eclipse, Lafayette, Indiana Best in Show 2nd Place Andrew Korty, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Helles Bock, Stand Down Your Defenses, Indianapolis, Indiana Best in Show 3rd Place Ian Hunsinger, Spice, Herb, or Vegetable beer, Gruit, Grand Rapids, Michigan Homebrew Club of the Year Foam Blowers of Indiana Bill Friday Club of the Year Northwest Indiana Brewers Society (N.I.B.S.) Indiana Homebrewer of the year Thomas Wallbank, Foam Blowers of Indiana, Zionsville, Indiana