Kansas City Bier Meisters 41st Annual Homebrew Competition
Thanks to all who participated in the Kansas City Bier Meisters 41st Annual Homebrew Competition.
There were 662 entries judged and 245 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mike & Stephanie Butler | Come Back With A Warrant | 21C: Hazy IPA | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Jeremiah Baer | Baer Trapp | 26A: Belgian Single | |
3rd | Stephen Schmitt | BVB Dortmund | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Evanston Homebrew Club |
Best of Show – Cider
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Rodolfo Valladares | Country Cider | C1B: English Cider | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Best of Show – Mead
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Matthew Mead | Melilotus Officinalis | M1C: Sweet Mead | PrimeTime Brewers |
The Rager Cup (162 Participating Brewers)
Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Eric Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18.03 | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Mike & Stephanie Butler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18.03 | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Rodolfo Valladares | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14.02 | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.
Winning Entries
Table 1: Other Light Lagers (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jake McQueen MHP | Steen Mountain | 1A: American Light Lager | Lauter Day Brewers |
2nd | Metts Potter | Little Buddy | 1B: American Lager | Bloatarian Brewing League |
3rd | Shawn Montgomery | Metz Lager | 2A: International Pale Lager | Iowa Brewers Union |
Table 2: Light Hybrid Beer (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Kevin Olson MHP | Mike's Got His Swimmin Jeans On | 18A: Blonde Ale | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
2nd | Randy Daniels KC McKinney | Kolsch | 5B: Kölsch | Iowa Brewers Union |
3rd | Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams | Martin 1946 | 18A: Blonde Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 3: German Light Lager (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Stephen Schmitt MHP | BVB Dortmund | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Evanston Homebrew Club |
2nd | Randy Daniels KC McKinney | I Leicht Bier | 5A: German Leichtbier | Iowa Brewers Union |
3rd | Chester Smith | Chester's Best | 4A: Munich Helles | Iowa Brewers Union |
Table 4: European Amber Lager (31 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Aaron Reif MHP | Altbier | 7B: Altbier | Iowa Brewers Union |
2nd | Steve Kohr | Music To My Beers | 7A: Vienna Lager | Red Earth Brewers |
3rd | Mike Bechina MHP | 1776 Amber | 2B: International Amber Lager | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 5: Dark Lager (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | John Luhmann | Black Like My Soul | 8B: Schwarzbier | Iowa Brewers Union |
2nd | Metts Potter | Strike Three | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Bloatarian Brewing League |
3rd | Travis Johnston Co-Brewer: Micheal Platt | Czech Dark Lager | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Lawrence Brewers Guild |
Table 6: Pilsner (22 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Taylor Norland | Keller Pils | 5D: German Pils | Iowa Brewers Union |
2nd | Daniel Eakins | Glittering Reflection | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | David Howell MHP | German Pils | 5D: German Pils | Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
Table 7: Bock (23 entries)
Table 8: German Wheat and Rye (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jay Highfill | Now This Is The Way | 10A: Weissbier | |
2nd | Adam McConnell MHP | My Neighbors Favorite | 10A: Weissbier | Red Earth Brewers |
3rd | Nick & Heather Hartley MHP | Stephy's Hefe Remixed REB Style | 10A: Weissbier | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 9: English Pale Ale & IPA (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Darren Vaughn MHP | Dodgy Wanker | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
2nd | Ron Fitch | Blue Flame | 11B: Best Bitter | Saint Paul Homebrewers Club |
3rd | Brian Stephens MHP | Brit-Ish Golden Ale | 12A: British Golden Ale | Keepers of Craft |
Table 10: English Brown Ale (21 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jamye & Cody Naramore | Cattywampous | 13A: Dark Mild | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | David Howell MHP | English Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
3rd | Kurtis Price MHP | Albemarle Brown | 13B: British Brown Ale |
Table 11: Scottish & Irish Ale (22 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Brian Stephens MHP | Why Do All Dwarves Have Scottish Accents? | 14B: Scottish Heavy | Keepers of Craft |
2nd | Jamye & Cody Naramore | High Cotton | 14B: Scottish Heavy | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Aaron Reif MHP | Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Iowa Brewers Union |
Table 12: Porter (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Nicholas Hodge MHP Co-Brewer: Marion Hodge | 65 Songs About Joe | 9C: Baltic Porter | Red Earth Brewers |
2nd | Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP | Boot Dust | 13C: English Porter | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Phillip Abbott MHP | Fourth Quarter | 20A: American Porter | Johnson County Brewing Society |
Table 13: Stouts (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Kenneth Morris | Luck Of The Irish | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
2nd | Kevin Olson MHP | Parrot Making Zipper Noises | 15B: Irish Stout | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
3rd | Nicholas Potenski | Oatmeal Stout | 16B: Oatmeal Stout |
Table 14: American Pale Ale (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Tyler Hulsebus | CitrAm Fuse Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
2nd | Alex Boyer | Simcoe Pale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Johnson County Brewing Society |
3rd | Metts Potter | Adventure Chicken | 18B: American Pale Ale | Bloatarian Brewing League |
Table 15: Other American Ale (28 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Dwight Wilson MHP | California Love | 19B: California Common | O-Town Hop Heads |
2nd | Jeremy Jones MHP | Hera | 19C: American Brown Ale | Snake River Brewers |
3rd | Donald Schneider MHP | Beer, Uh, Finds A Way | 19A: American Amber Ale | Weiz Guys |
Table 16: American IPA (19 entries)
Table 17: Hazy IPAs (16 entries)
Table 18: Strong Stouts (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Dirk Montgomery MHP | Tsar's Choice | 20C: Imperial Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
2nd | Matthew Mead MHP | Treefort Stout | 16C: Tropical Stout | PrimeTime Brewers |
3rd | Nicholas Hodge MHP | Cool Runnings | 16C: Tropical Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 19: Strong Ale (17 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Eric Martin | 'Cause They're From Cincinnati And They Don't Know Any Better | 17B: Old Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Jay Wilkes MHP | The Mighty | 22B: American Strong Ale | DC Homebrewers |
3rd | Sean McCanne | Tudor Strong Hopped Ale | 17D: English Barley Wine | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 20: Sour Ale (18 entries)
Table 21: Belgian and French Ale (22 entries)
Table 22: Saison (15 entries)
Table 23: Belgian Strong Ale - Light (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams | Murder By Yeast | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | John Luhmann | Demon D | 26C: Belgian Tripel | Iowa Brewers Union |
3rd | Gerad Miller MHP | Do Blondes Have More Fun? | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
Table 24: Belgian Strong Ale - Dark (23 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Chad Medford MHP | Ba-Dee-Ya | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
2nd | Terry Garrett | Quad | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Lawrence Brewers Guild |
3rd | Paul Bruski | Finis Temporum | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Iowa Brewers Union |
Table 25: American Wild Ale (13 entries)
Table 26: Fruit Beer (15 entries)
Table 27: Spice/Herb/Vegetable (26 entries)
Table 28: Smoke Beer (15 entries)
Table 29: Wood Beer (9 entries)
Table 30: Specialty Beer (8 entries)
Table 31: Traditional Mead (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Matthew Mead MHP | Melilotus Officinalis | M1C: Sweet Mead | PrimeTime Brewers |
2nd | Rick Chainani MHP | Thunder Honey | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | |
3rd | Marek Łęczycki | Dwojniak Coriander | M1C: Sweet Mead | Polski Miód Pitny |
Table 32: Fruit Mead (14 entries)
Table 33: Spice and Specialty Mead (13 entries)
Table 34: Standard Cider and Perry (23 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Rodolfo Valladares MHP | Country Cider | C1B: English Cider | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Todd Cogswell MHP | Boyer' Being There - Aldi Special | C1A: New World Cider | Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle |
3rd | Dan Acheson MHP | Arrogant Apple | C1A: New World Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 35: Specialty Cider and Perry (12 entries)
Table 36: Wild West (9 entries)
Table 37: KC Bier Co Scale-Up (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP | Smoke & Mirrors | 50A: KC Bier Co Scale-Up | Kansas City Bier Meisters |