Thanks to all who participated in the Champion of the Pint.
There were 301 entries judged and 116 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | David McWilliams | Punkass Porter | 13C: English Porter | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Patrick Strohmayer | British Golden Ale | 12A: English Golden Ale | St. Louis Brews |
3rd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Six Eggs And A Dozen Excuses | 19A: American Amber Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Pale American Beer (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kevin Haeffner | Kevin's Light #2 | 1A: American Light Lager | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Kevin Haeffner | Kevin's Buddy | 1B: American Lager | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | When You've Got The Time... | 1B: American Lager | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
HM | Brian Fresenburg | Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | St. Louis Brews |
Table 2: Pale European Beer (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kevin Haeffner | Kevin's Euro Light | 5A: German Leichtbier | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Kevin Haeffner | Ole Munich Helles | 4A: Munich Helles | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Patrick Strohmayer | Kolsch | 5B: Kolsch | St. Louis Brews |
Table 3: Pilsner (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jerry Mitchell | Mitte Flusse Pils | 5D: German Pils | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Steve Taubenheim | Prepro Lager | 27A7: Pre-Prohibition Lager | STL Hops Homebrew Club |
3rd | Matt Fitzgerald | German Pils | 5D: German Pils | STL Hops Homebrew Club |
Table 4: Amber European Beer (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mike Walters | Reality Czech | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | St. Louis Brews |
2nd | Mike Bennett | Aleman Northern Altbier | 7B: Altbier | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Andrew Laidlaw Co-Brewer: Kyle Rood / Danny Towers | Batch 93 - A | 6A: Marzen | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
Table 5: Dark European Lager (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Samuel Brewster | I See Your Schwarz Is As Big As Mine | 8B: Schwarzbier | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
2nd | Mark Drilling | Dark Pivo | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | St Charles County Society Of Brewers |
3rd | Kevin Olson | Temny | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
Table 6: Strong European Lager (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Alex Foster Co-Brewer: Larry Foster | Terminal Velocity | 9A: Doppelbock | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
2nd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | World Need Wannabees | 9C: Baltic Porter | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Cody Cannon | Chewbocka | 9A: Doppelbock | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 7: German Wheat Beer (5 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Dyon Harper | Weizenbock | 10C: Weizenbock | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | James Scrogin | Roggen That | 27A4: Roggenbier | |
3rd | Dyon Harper | Dunkels Weissbier | 10B: Dunkels Weissbier | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 8: British, Scottish & Irish Ale (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Patrick Strohmayer | British Golden Ale | 12A: English Golden Ale | St. Louis Brews |
2nd | Mark Drilling | Highland Clan | 14B: Scottish Heavy | St Charles County Society Of Brewers |
3rd | Dyon Harper | Irish Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 9: American Pale Ale (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch 88 - 5g | 18B: American Pale Ale | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch 88 - 3g | 18B: American Pale Ale | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | John Buckley | Beethovens Brew | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
Table 10: Amber & Brown American Ale (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Six Eggs And A Dozen Excuses | 19A: American Amber Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Steve Seithel | Grandpa Brewer Brown | 19C: American Brown Ale | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
3rd | Nicholas Normandin Co-Brewer: Tanya Bradley | Woodland Amber Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | |
HM | Anthony Tapia Co-Brewer: Amado Arteaga | Glendale Special | 19B: California Common | |
Table 11: Brown British Beer (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | David McWilliams | Punkass Porter | 13C: English Porter | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Shot In The Dark | 13A: Dark Mild | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Gary Elliott | Wicked British Porter | 13C: English Porter | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 12: British & Irish Stout (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Justin Guldalian | Oatmeal Stout | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | |
2nd | Kevin Wagner | Nebraska Hops Made This Stout Suhweet! | 16A: Sweet Stout | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Johnny Rasmussen | Sirius Black Stout | 15B: Irish Stout | Ferm [IL] |
HM | Robert Olsen | Foreign Extra Stout | 16D: Foreign Extra Stout | St. Louis Brews |
Table 13: American Porter & Stout (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Gary Elliott | Bully American Porter | 20A: American Porter | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
2nd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Aint How Grandpappy Did It! | 27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Steve Seithel | Hello Darkness | 20B: American Stout | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
Table 14: Strong Ale (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Arlo Green | 22D: Wheatwine | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Gary Black | Olde End of Watch | 17B: Old Ale | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
3rd | Matt Robb Co-Brewer: Brian Monaghan | Ass Smackin' | 22A: Double IPA | |
Table 15: American IPA (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jeremiah Baer | I Baer U | 21A: American IPA | East Side Brewers [IL] |
2nd | Brian Fresenburg | American IPA I | 21A: American IPA | St. Louis Brews |
3rd | Brian Fresenburg | American IPA II | 21A: American IPA | St. Louis Brews |
Table 16: Specialty IPA (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Eric Martin | Brut | 21B: Specialty IPA | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch 94 - B | 21B: Specialty IPA | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch 84 | 21B: Specialty IPA | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
Table 17: Saison (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Samuel Brewster | Saison Sam | 25B: Saison | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
2nd | Keith Reding | Saison | 25B: Saison | St. Louis Brews |
3rd | Dyon Harper | Little Gray | 25B: Saison | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 18: Belgian Ale (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mike & Stephanie Butler | Goldilocks | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Jeff Miller Co-Brewer: Matt Clements | Moonshot Wit | 24A: Witbier | |
3rd | Gary Black | Monk's Vespers | 26A: Trappist Single | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
Table 19: Strong Belgian Ale (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Hello Darkness My Old Friend | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
2nd | Mike & Stephanie Butler | The Strong Dark Belgian 2017 | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Anthony Tapia Co-Brewer: Amado Arteaga | Downpour Dubbel | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | |
Table 20: Sour & Wild Ale (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kyle Kiely | The Yips | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | |
2nd | Gary Elliott | Anything Gose | 27A1: Gose | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
3rd | Drew Bretz | Stone In Love | 23F: Fruit Lambic | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
Table 21: Fruit Beer (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kevin Olson | Spring Break! Strawberry Daiquiri! | 29A: Fruit Beer | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
2nd | Keith Reding | India's Berliner | 29A: Fruit Beer | St. Louis Brews |
3rd | Gary Elliott | Crazy Fairy | 29A: Fruit Beer | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
HM | Alex Workman | Rule #1 | PRX4: Catharina Sour | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
Table 22: Spice & Specialty Beer (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Kyle Kiely | Golden Sombrero | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
2nd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Hell Or Rye Water | 31A: Alternative Grain Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Johnny Rasmussen Co-Brewer: Kris Iglehart | Nutella Brown | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Ferm [IL] |
Table 23: Smokey the Beer (5 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Joshua Boldt | Resurrection Men | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
2nd | Jerry Mitchell | Bamberger Rauchbier | 6B: Rauchbier | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Justin Guldalian | Smoked Dunkelweizen | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | |
Table 24: Wood-Aged Beer (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | David Dewolf | Palo Santo Saison | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Jefferson County Home Brewers (JCHB) |
2nd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | Step Above Lifeless | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
3rd | Mike & Stephanie Butler | 161st Street Barrel Project 2.0 | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
HM | David McWilliams | Oaky Punkass Porter | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
Table 25: Traditional, Spiced & Specialty Mead (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Greg Hertling | Ob Won | M1C: Sweet Mead | St Charles Brew Club |
2nd | Adam Hautly | You Have A Sucker? | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | |
3rd | Andrew Kjos | Maple Bacon Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Iowa Brewers Union [Des Moines, IA] |
Table 26: Fruit Mead (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Adam Hautly | Little Warrior | M2C: Berry Mead | |
2nd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch M31 - Sp | M2A: Cyser | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch M26 - Sp | M2A: Cyser | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
Table 27: Cider & Perry (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch C29 - 24 | C1A: New World Cider | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
2nd | Andrew Laidlaw | Batch C25 | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Garage Brewers Society [MO] |
3rd | Jamye and Cody Naramore | First Attempt | C1A: New World Cider | Kansas City Bier Meisters |