2023 Oregon Brew Crew Fall Classic

Thanks to all who participated in the 2023 Oregon Brew Crew Fall Classic.

There were 438 entries judged and 138 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David James	Meanstreak	1A: American Light Lager	Cascade Brewers Society
2nd	Dustin Striplin	Regulator	9A: Doppelbock	Browns Point Homebrew Club
HM	Scott Steenburg	Snark Lord 2020	20C: Imperial Stout	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
3rd	Bill Boyer	It's My Belief That These Sheep Are Laborin' Under The Misapprehension That They're Birds	M4C: Experimental Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Heavy Medal Brewer (96 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	2	4	4	1	54.00	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Russell Berger	2	2	3	0	39.00	Portland Brewers Collective
3rd	David James	2	3	1	1	39.00	Cascade Brewers Society

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.

Club Point Summary (43 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	Oregon Brew Crew	4	11	3	3	111.00
2nd	North Georgia Malt Monkeys	2	4	4	1	54.00
3rd	Cascade Brewers Society	3	3	2	1	51.00

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David James MHP	Meanstreak	1A: American Light Lager	Cascade Brewers Society
2nd	Tom Litwin	Leander Lager	1A: American Light Lager	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
3rd	Scott Steenburg MHP	El Dorado American Lager	1B: American Lager	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Table 2: International Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dave Johnson Co-Brewer: Luk Lukasewycz	Bald Peak Amber Lager	2B: International Amber Lager	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
2nd	Adam Lund MHP	I Farted And My House Blew Up! Was It Insurance Fraud?	2C: International Dark Lager	High Street Homebrew Club
3rd	Ian Campbell	Neon Golden	2A: International Pale Lager	Portland Brewers Collective

Table 3: Czech Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Czech Dark Lager	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Alec Kirkeminde	Wichnova's Nova	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Damian Dobbs	Clara Rose	3C: Czech Amber Lager	San Antonio Cerveceros

Table 4: Pale Malty Euro Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Nieradka	Snowballs Chance	4A: Munich Helles	Oregon Brew Crew
2nd	Carl Teachey	Dead Rat Memorial Lager	4B: Festbier	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
3rd	John Jones Co-Brewer: Travis Stephens	Helles Yeah!	4A: Munich Helles	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
HM	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Munich Helles	4A: Munich Helles	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 5: Pale Bitter Euro Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Lund MHP	Instead Of Winning Homebrew Medals In Each State I Just Want To Fart In Each State.	5A: German Leichtbier	High Street Homebrew Club
2nd	Scott Slater	German Pils	5D: German Pils
3rd	Adam Lund MHP	Poop Jokes Aren't My Favorite Butt They're A Solid #2	5C: German Helles Exportbier	High Street Homebrew Club
HM	Tom Litwin	Chicken Creek Kolsch	5B: Kölsch	Strange Brew Homebrew Club

Table 6: Amber Malty Euro Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Slater	Rauchbier Maerzen	6B: Rauchbier
2nd	Jim Thompson MHP	Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen	6A: Märzen	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Rodney Kibzey	Bacon Cigar	6B: Rauchbier	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 7: Amber Bitter Euro Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Russell Berger	Kilning In The Name	7A: Vienna Lager	Portland Brewers Collective
2nd	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Lil Nightcap	7B: Altbier	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Adam Lund MHP	Mr. Poop Face McGee Vs. The Depends Adult Diaper	7A: Vienna Lager	High Street Homebrew Club

Table 8: Dark Euro Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	The Platzl	8A: Munich Dunkel	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Jim Thompson MHP	Du Miserabler Hurensohn	8B: Schwarzbier	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Russell Berger	Appetite For Decoction	8A: Munich Dunkel	Portland Brewers Collective

Table 9: Strong Euro (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dustin Striplin MHP	Regulator	9A: Doppelbock	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Bill Boyer	O Fortuna	9A: Doppelbock	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Deborah And Marc Prichard MHP	Hold My Ovaries #mhp	9A: Doppelbock	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 10: German Wheat Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam McConnell MHP	Weisser Now	10A: Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Marc Hayden	Big Wheatie	10C: Weizenbock	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
3rd	Bill Boyer	Swan King	10A: Weissbier	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
HM	Doug Walker MHP	Darth Maltious	10C: Weizenbock	Inland Empire Brewers

Table 11: British Bitter (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Barker	She Spilled My Beer So I Bitter	11B: Best Bitter	Oregon Brew Crew
2nd	Dan Koperski	Steve's Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Kyle Rice	Best Bitter	11B: Best Bitter

Table 12: Brown British (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Nieradka	Fruitcake Season	13A: Dark Mild	Oregon Brew Crew
2nd	Dustin Striplin MHP	B Unit	13B: British Brown Ale	Browns Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Tony Ochsner	Talli The Timid	13A: Dark Mild	Cascade Brewers Guild
HM	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's British Brown Ale	13B: British Brown Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 13: Scottish Ale (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Scottish Light	14A: Scottish Light	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
2nd	Bill Boyer	It's A Kilt, Not A Skirt!	14C: Scottish Export	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Scottish Heavy	14B: Scottish Heavy	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 14: Irish Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Enid Lints	Freckle Face	15A: Irish Red Ale	West Sound Brewers
2nd	John Boitano	Dry Irish Stout	15B: Irish Stout	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Daniel Weber	The Clock Struck Thirteen	15B: Irish Stout	Cascade Brewers Guild

Table 15: Dark Brittish (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson MHP	A Lil' Lactose 'L Do Ya'	16A: Sweet Stout	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Sander Hoekstra	Extra Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Dustin Striplin MHP	Swim Trunks And Flippy Floppies	16C: Tropical Stout	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 16: Strong British (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	Jim Thompson MHP	A Spot Of Bother	17A: British Strong Ale	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Rodney Kibzey	Thames Barleywine	17D: English Barley Wine	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 17: Pale American Ale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kris Haskins	Paleontology 301	18B: American Pale Ale	Cascade Brewers Guild
2nd	Tom Litwin	Austin's Fresh Hop Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
3rd	Jake McQueen MHP	Barking Otter Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Lauter Day Brewers

Table 18: Amber and Brown American (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Russell Berger	We Don't Talk About Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Portland Brewers Collective
2nd	Jim Thompson MHP	Bar None American Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Don't Brownout On Me	19C: American Brown Ale	Maltose Falcons

Table 19: American Porter and Stout (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Steenburg MHP	Snark Lord 2020	20C: Imperial Stout	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's American Porter	20A: American Porter	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Dustin Striplin MHP	Bad Boy	20B: American Stout	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 20: IPA (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Fretz	Home Builder IPA	21C: Hazy IPA
2nd	David James MHP	Delta VI (Citra, Nelson, Motueka)	21C: Hazy IPA	Cascade Brewers Society
3rd	Kris Haskins	What We Brew In The Shadows	21B2: Black IPA	Cascade Brewers Guild

Table 21: Strong American (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeffrey Orr	IIPA	22A: Double IPA	Oregon Brew Crew
2nd	Russell Berger	Whole Lotta Leaf	22A: Double IPA	Portland Brewers Collective
3rd	Ian Campbell	An Anthology Of Dead Ends	22A: Double IPA	Portland Brewers Collective

Table 22: Euro Sour (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Rensing	Burkhalter	23A: Berliner Weisse	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	David James MHP	Princess Peach	23F: Fruit Lambic	Cascade Brewers Society
3rd	Michael Gwynn	E-Z P-Z	23G: Gose	Cascade Brewers Society
HM	Jason Barker	Sullins Collaboration Flanders	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 23: Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Jones Co-Brewer: Travis Stephens	Bob's Beer	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Rodney Kibzey	Wit Of Tabor	24A: Witbier	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 24: Strong Belgian (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Calvin Fannin	The Blond You Never Had	25A: Belgian Blond Ale
2nd	Russell Berger	Blame It On The Blaugies	25B: Saison	Portland Brewers Collective
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Golden Strong	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 25: Monastic Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Marc Hayden	Dubbel Trouble	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
2nd	Jim Thompson MHP	Le Petit Sauvage	26A: Belgian Single	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Russell Berger	Ruby, My Dear	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Portland Brewers Collective
HM	Andy Adamczak	Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 26: Historical Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Enid Lints	Lichtenhainer	27A3: Lichtenhainer	West Sound Brewers
2nd	Matthew White	Uncommon Common #MeanBrews	27A2: Kentucky Common	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Steven Hutchison	Ello Gov'na	27A4: London Brown Ale	Cascade Brewers Guild

Table 27: American Wild (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Cherry Baer	28C: Wild Specialty Beer
2nd	Michael Rensing	Party At The Moon Tower	28A: Brett Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Tony Ochsner	A Peach In The Sun	28A: Brett Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild

Table 28: Fruit Beer (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer	Yuzugose	29A: Fruit Beer
2nd	Daniel Weber	Party At Megaera's Place	29A: Fruit Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Tropical Fruited Gose	29A: Fruit Beer	Denton County Homebrewers Guild
HM	Mark Pennick	Sticky Fingers Saison	29D: Grape Ale	Brew Crew [CO]

Table 29: S/H/V (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kiley Gwynn	Spinning Saucer	30D: Specialty Spice Beer	Cascade Brewers Society
2nd	Ross Stuart	Maui Coconut Porter	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Jake McQueen MHP	Jarrahdale Blue	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	Lauter Day Brewers
HM	Marc Hayden	The Great Pumpkin	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	Strange Brew Homebrew Club

Table 30: Alternative Grain Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Between 18 & 50	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 31: Smoke Beer (4 entries)

There are no winning entries at this table.

Table 32: Wood Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew White	BA UK	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Tony Ochsner Co-Brewer: Nick Ladd Kris Haskins	Ransomware Attack	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild
3rd	Corrie Heath Co-Brewer: Barrel Project	Forbidden Words	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Oregon Brew Crew
HM	David James MHP	Beholder	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cascade Brewers Society

Table 33: Specialty Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Enid Lints	It's Different	34C: Experimental Beer	West Sound Brewers
2nd	Andrew Scholer	C3PA	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
3rd	Russell Berger	1.046 & 2	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Portland Brewers Collective
HM	Jim Thompson MHP	Belgianberg Pilsner	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Oregon Brew Crew

Table 34: Standard Cider and Perry (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Lund MHP	Apple Poopity Pie	C1A: New World Cider	High Street Homebrew Club
2nd	Brady Gilchrist	Collins Farm Cider	C1A: New World Cider
3rd	Bill Boyer	Inspector Clouseau	C1C: French Cider	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 35: Specialty Cider (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Hutchison	Centennial Cider	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	Cascade Brewers Guild
2nd	Bill Boyer	Atomic Apple	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Bill Boyer	Fruit Du Dragon Rose	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
HM	Bill Boyer	A Pearilous Journey	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Table 36: Traditional Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Book Of Armaments - Clover	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Rodney Kibzey	Broom Of The Scotch	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Louis Strowger	The Mighty Mead	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Peninsula Fermentation Society

Table 37: Fruit Mead (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs. Balaton Vs. Danube	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Red Dragon Inn	M2E: Melomel	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Marc Hayden	Very Cherry Spritz	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Strange Brew Homebrew Club
HM	Matthew White	POG	M2E: Melomel	Seven City Brewers

Table 38: Specialty Mead (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	It's My Belief That These Sheep Are Laborin' Under The Misapprehension That They're Birds	M4C: Experimental Mead	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
2nd	Steven Powers	Fresh Braggot	M4A: Braggot	Browns Point Homebrew Club
3rd	David James MHP	You're Killin' Me, Smalls	M4C: Experimental Mead	Cascade Brewers Society

Table 39: Nz Pils (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
2nd	David James MHP	Forward Unto Dawn	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Cascade Brewers Society

Account Registration Closed

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