Peninsula Fermentation Society All-American Homebrew Competition 2025
Awards
Judges
Rob Baysden, Doug Burghart, Steve Ferguson, Daniel Foreman, Corrie Heath, Scott Howell, Dan Koperski, Enid Lints, Mike McCourt, Dale Nash, Lyra Penoyer, Karinn Reister, Kenneth Reister, Morgan Sayre, John Spiller, Dustin Striplin, Sarah Strohmeyer, Kevin Sullivan
Judges - Best of Show
Enid Lints, Sarah Strohmeyer, Kevin Sullivan
Stewards
Hannah Cummins, Josh Cummins, Dave Frombach, Alex Truesdale Perry
Staff
Rob Baysden, Dave Frombach, Jennifer Saurer, Louis Strowger
Organizer
Phillip Saurer
By the Numbers
97 Entries
37 Entrants
18 Judges
4 Stewards
4 Staff
32 Placing Entries
Table 1: Lite and Creamy
9 entries
Judges: Rob Baysden, Doug Burghart (Head Judge), Dustin Striplin
1st
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Can Of Corn (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
American Lite (1A: American Light Lager)
3rd
Jason Dunn & Mandy Porter
Inland Empire Brewers
Jason Lite (1A: American Light Lager)
Table 2: American Lagers, Past and Present
9 entries
Judges: Corrie Heath (Head Judge), Dale Nash, Sarah Strohmeyer
1st
Luke Osborne
Central Arkansas Fermenters
It's Corn! I Can Tell You All About It! (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
2nd
Rich Vander Ploeg
Johnson County Brewing Society
Fun In The Sun. (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
3rd
Jason Dunn & Mandy Porter
Inland Empire Brewers
Full Jason (1B: American Lager)
HM
Mandy Porter & Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Life And Liberty (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
Table 3: American Wheat
9 entries
Judges: Dan Koperski, Dustin Striplin (Head Judge)
1st
Jim Thompson
Oregon Brew Crew
Summer's Eve (1D: American Wheat Beer)
2nd
Tristan McCoy
Browns Point Homebrew Club
Nice To Wheat You (1D: American Wheat Beer)
3rd
Calvin Fannin
Puyallup Brew Crew
One Grain At A Time (1D: American Wheat Beer)
Table 4: Pale American Beer
12 entries
Judges: Steve Ferguson, Lyra Penoyer (Head Judge), Kenneth Reister, Kevin Sullivan
1st
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Jeff's Hops For The WIN! (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Cory Geerdts
Bellingham Homebrewers Guild
Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Alan Burdick
Peninsula Fermentation Society
The Backpacker (18A: Blonde Ale)
Table 5: Amber and Brown American Beer
7 entries
Judges: Daniel Foreman, Enid Lints (Head Judge), John Spiller
1st
Jim Thompson
Oregon Brew Crew
Generals And Majors (27A2: Kentucky Common)
2nd
Andrew Kleman
250801 California Common (19B: California Common)
3rd
Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
Pops And The Pretender (19C: American Brown Ale)
Table 6: Porters
10 entries
Judges: Dan Koperski, Mike McCourt (Head Judge), Karinn Reister
1st
Mandy Porter & Jason Dunn
Inland Empire Brewers
The Dark Descent (27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
2nd
Enid Lints
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Black Velvet Jesus Painting (20A: American Porter)
3rd
Robert Rothschiller
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Port Side Porter (20A: American Porter)
Table 7: Stouts
8 entries
Judges: Daniel Foreman, Mike McCourt, Sarah Strohmeyer (Head Judge)
1st
Rick Burnside & None
Cascadia Brewers Alliance
Total Eclipse (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Phillip Saurer
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Grazhdanin Forsevtu Imperial Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Paul Davis & Kent Shane
Bourbon Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 8: American IPA
11 entries
Judges: Rob Baysden, Scott Howell, Lyra Penoyer (Head Judge), John Spiller
1st
Luke Osborne
Central Arkansas Fermenters
Dankzilla (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Robert Rothschiller
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Lupulin Legend (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Cold IPA (50A: Cold IPA)
Table 9: Specialty and Hazy IPA
10 entries
Judges: Doug Burghart, Corrie Heath, Enid Lints (Head Judge)
1st
Jim Thompson
Oregon Brew Crew
Omnissiah Black IPA (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Ross Stuart
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
Hazy IPA (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Nic Templeton
Cascade Brewers Guild
Hazy Sunday (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 10: Strong American Beer
12 entries
Judges: Steve Ferguson (Head Judge), Dale Nash, Morgan Sayre, Kevin Sullivan
1st
Robert Rothschiller
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Happy Blind Elder (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Rick Chainani
Lorenzo's DIPA (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Rob Baysden
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Barleywine V1 (22C: American Barleywine)
HM
Dustin Striplin
Browns Point Homebrew Club
Mo Barley Mo Problems (22C: American Barleywine)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Enid Lints, Sarah Strohmeyer, Kevin Sullivan
1st
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Jeff's Hops For The WIN! (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Can Of Corn (1C: Cream Ale)
3rd
Robert Rothschiller
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Happy Blind Elder (22A: Double IPA)
Silver City Brewing Pro-Am
Luke Osborne
Central Arkansas Fermenters
It's Corn! I Can Tell You All About It! (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
Bainbridge Brewing Pro-Am
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Jeff's Hops For The WIN! (18B: American Pale Ale)
Rainy Daze Pro-Am
Robert Rothschiller
Peninsula Fermentation Society
Happy Blind Elder (22A: Double IPA)
Western Red Brewing Pro-Am
Rodney Kibzey
Oregon Brew Crew
Can Of Corn (1C: Cream Ale)
Moment Brewing Pro-Am
Rick Burnside
Cascadia Brewers Alliance
Total Eclipse (20C: Imperial Stout)
Heavy Medal Brewer
37 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rodney Kibzey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11.0400500 | Oregon Brew Crew |
| 2nd | Jim Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.0300250 | Oregon Brew Crew |
| 3rd | Robert Rothschiller | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.0400120 | Peninsula Fermentation... |
Heavy Medal Club
15 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
|---|
| 1st | Oregon Brew Crew | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0700010 |
| 2nd | Peninsula Fermentation Society | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13.0800010 |
| 3rd | Inland Empire Brewers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.0400010 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 3
- 2nd Place: 2
- 3rd Place: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The lowest number of entries.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
