2025 Red Earth Brewers Spring Brew Off: Past Winners – SBO2023
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timothy Bickel | Das Dat Dunkel | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Adam McConnell | Weiss Up | 10A: Weissbier | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Devin Carter | Czeck Please! | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager |
Best of Show – Mead/Cider
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew Mead | Golden Russet | C2A: New England Cider | Michigan Mead Coalition |
| 2nd | Kevin Wagner | Meerkat Pyment | M2B: Pyment | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd | Robert Barnhardt | Spiced Pears | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | Michigan Mead Coalition |
Table 1: Light American Beers (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Keith Wright | Peckerwood Lager | 1B: American Lager | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Doc Farmer | Miller The Muggle | 1A: American Light Lager | Ozark Zymurgists |
| 3rd | Brian English | King Of Beers | 1B: American Lager | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
| HM | Simon Clark | God's Gift | 1B: American Lager | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 2: Dark International Lager (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Timothy Bickel | Das Dat Dunkel | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Chad Medford | Onyx Pivo | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Keith Wright | Schwarzenator | 8B: Schwarzbier | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 3: Pale Hoppy German Beers (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Devin Carter | Crushable Kolsch | 5B: Kölsch | |
| 2nd | Carl Teachey | Saphir | 5D: German Pils | Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Brian English | Zwickelbraü | 27A1: Kellerbier | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
Table 4: Amber German Beers (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steven Kohr | Kohrtoberfest | 6A: Märzen | |
| 2nd | George Turner | Alter Egos | 7B: Altbier | Kuhnhenn Guild of Brewers (KGB) |
| 3rd | Edward Lamothe | Flamingos Of Salzburg | 7A: Vienna Lager | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
Table 5: Pale International Lager (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Devin Carter | Czeck Please! | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | |
| 2nd | Guy Grady | Raised In A Bohemian Lifestyle | 3A: Czech Pale Lager | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
| 3rd | Joseph McDonald | El Buen Doctor | 2A: International Pale Lager | Johnson County Brewing Society |
Table 6: Pale Malty German Beers (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad Faulstick | Highway To Helles | 4A: Munich Helles | Wheeling Alers |
| 2nd | Carl Teachey | Mybock (#meanbrews) | 4C: Helles Bock | Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | James Boulden | It's Gonna Be Maibock | 4C: Helles Bock | Three Rivers Underground Brewers (TRUB) |
Table 7: Strong Ales (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad Medford | 93 Till | 22A: Double IPA | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Robert Guthner | Bock"O"Nator | 9A: Doppelbock | Ocean County Home Brewers |
| 3rd | Caleb Lee Co-Brewer: Nick Hartley | From The Shadows | 17D: English Barley Wine | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 8: German Wheat Beers (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Adam McConnell | Weiss Up | 10A: Weissbier | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Trevor Alcorn Co-Brewer: Jeffrey Alcorn | Desert Dweller Dunkelweiss | 10B: Dunkels Weissbier | |
| 3rd | Mac Butcher | Hefeliscious | 10A: Weissbier | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
Table 9: English Ales (16 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Randy Daily | Over And Under | 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
| 2nd | Jeff Case | I'm Not Bitter, You're Bitter | 11C: Strong Bitter | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 3rd | Stephen Polczynski | Faux Blue Bird | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 10: Irish and Scottish (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Keith Wright | Beam Me Up Scotty | 14C: Scottish Export | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Kim Hynek | Spoke Of An Irish Dream | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | James Klee | Sort Of Ish | 14A: Scottish Light | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
| HM | Fredrick Montgomery | Shillelagh Red | 15A: Irish Red Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 11: Porters and Small Stout (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad Medford | Moon Illum | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Devin Carter | Spider Stout | 15B: Irish Stout | |
| 3rd | Mac Butcher | Portlandia | 20A: American Porter | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
Table 12: Strong Stouts (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nick Hartley Co-Brewer: Heather Hartley | I Hope This Beats Bickel's Beer | 20C: Imperial Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Kim Hynek | Hammerhead | 20B: American Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Trevor Alcorn Co-Brewer: Jeffrey Alcorn | Dies Irae Imperial Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout |
Table 13: Pale American Ales (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bo Bennett | Idaho Warrior Pale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
| 2nd | Daniel Jent | Vlad The Im-Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | Zymurgists of the Ozarks |
| 3rd | Guy Grady | O'Grady's Golden Ale | 18A: Blonde Ale | Central Arkansas Fermenters |
Table 14: Amber American Ales (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Keith Wright | Brown Bomb | 19C: American Brown Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Jeff Case | Louisville Chugger | 27A2: Kentucky Common | QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) |
| 3rd | Timothy Bickel | Steampunk Killer Robot | 19B: California Common | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 15: IPAs (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Caleb Lee | Treehouse NEIPA | 21C: Hazy IPA | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | John Erste | Blackeye, Pa | 21B2: Black IPA | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Randall Germann | Lovely Day IPA | 21A: American IPA | FLOPS |
Table 16: Wild and Sour (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cody Cannon | Steph | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
| 2nd | Brian Marmoreo | Abbadon | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | |
| 3rd | Darren Vaughn | Resting Sour Face | 28A: Brett Beer | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
Table 17: Belgian Ales (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Darren Vaughn | Saison | 25B: Saison | Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) |
| 2nd | Nicholas McPherson Co-Brewer: Zach Tomek | Lavender Lady - Lemon Lavender Saison | 25B: Saison | |
| 3rd | Liberty Hamman Co-Brewer: Nick Crain | Witte Hond | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale |
Table 18: Belgian Strong Ales (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chad Medford | Ba-Dee-Ya | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd | Weston Morgan | Ones Enough! | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Ryan Vigne | Strong Dark Tripel | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Table 19: Spiced, Wood Aged, and Smoked (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Edward Lamothe | From Bamberg With Love | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
| 2nd | Stacy Myers | Bacon & Bbq Rauch | 6B: Rauchbier | Horsemen of the Hopocalypse |
| 3rd | Giovanni Piva | Devils Happy Hour | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | STLBrewhogs |
Table 20: Fruit Beers (16 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kyle Kiely | Summer Of George | 29A: Fruit Beer | |
| 2nd | Kyle Kiely | Serenity Now! | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | |
| 3rd | Giovanni Piva | Blueberries In Hell | 29C: Specialty Fruit Beer | STLBrewhogs |
| HM | Giovanni Piva | Strawberry Kolsch | 29A: Fruit Beer | STLBrewhogs |
Table 21: Ciders (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew Mead | Golden Russet | C2A: New England Cider | Michigan Mead Coalition |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | The Eldritchberry Terrors 2023 | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer | Atomic Apple 2023 | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
Table 22: Traditional and Spiced Mead (11 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Barnhardt | Spiced Pears | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | Michigan Mead Coalition |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | Book Of Armaments - Wildflower/lehua | M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Robert Barnhardt | 4 Leafs | M1C: Sweet Mead | Michigan Mead Coalition |
Table 23: Fruit Mead (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Wagner | Meerkat Pyment | M2B: Pyment | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd | Ryan Vigne | Peace Through Meaditation (Jubileum) | M2D: Stone Fruit Mead | |
| 3rd | Ryan Vigne | Unbreaking Darkness | M2C: Berry Mead |
Table 24: Specialty Mead (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Garrett Freeman | Don't Worry Bee Hoppy | M4C: Experimental Mead | |
| 2nd | Michael Rensing | Burnts Bees | M4C: Experimental Mead | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
| 3rd | Traci A Kuhfuss | Acerglyn Again | M4C: Experimental Mead | Cane Island Alers (CIA) |
| HM | Kevin Olson | What's A Hippocras? | M4C: Experimental Mead | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
Table 35: Core4 Scale Up Weissbier (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Deborah Prichard | Yeasty Beasty | 50A: Core4 Scale Up Weissbier | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 39: Broke Scale Up (3 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Deborah Prichard | Where's The Gold | 52A: Broke Scale Up California Common | Red Earth Brewers |
Table 40: BIG Scale Up (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nicholas McPherson Co-Brewer: Zach Tomek | Lavender Lady - Lemon Lavender Saison | 53A: BIG Scale Up Saison |
Judging Sessions
Sunday Early
04/06/2025 1:00 PM, CDT.
Sunday Late
04/06/2025 5:00 PM, CDT.
Tuesday Evening
04/08/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
Wednesday Evening
04/09/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
Friday Evening
04/11/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
Final Saturday Early
04/12/2025 10:00 AM, CDT.
Final Saturday Late
04/12/2025 2:00 PM, CDT.
Saturday Early
04/05/2025 1:00 PM, CDT.
Saturday Late
04/05/2025 5:00 PM, CDT.
Friday Afternoon
04/11/2025 2:00 PM, CDT.
Friday Apr 4 Late
04/04/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
Non-Judging Sessions
Check In and Sorting Day
03/22/2025 12:00 PM, CDT
Award Shipping Day
04/19/2025 12:00 PM, CDT
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 02/01/2025 8:00 AM, CST through 03/10/2025 5:30 PM, CDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 02/01/2025 8:00 AM, CST through 03/22/2025 11:59 PM, CDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry registrations accepted 02/08/2025 12:00 PM, CST through 03/10/2025 11:59 PM, CDT.
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 03/10/2025 11:00 AM, CDT — 03/21/2025 5:30 PM, CDT.
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.
Entry Shipping Closed
Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 03/10/2025 11:00 AM, CDT — 03/21/2025 5:30 PM, CDT.