IBU Open - 27th Annual

Thanks to all who participated in the IBU Open - 27th Annual.

There were 401 entries judged and 431 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Results

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	14B: Scottish Heavy	QUAFF
2nd	Ross Stuart	Hazy IPA	21C: Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Shaun Huggins	Boil Em, Mash Em, Stick Em In A Beer	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham	English Cider	C1B: English Cider	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Luke Osborne	You Kids Get Off My Lawn!	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Central Arkansas Fermenters
3rd	Shawn Montgomery Co-Brewer: Nick Merfeld	Do You Have To Let It Linger?	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Iowa Brewers Union

Best Brewer (101 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1000 1st	Shaun Huggins	3	0	0	12.03	San Antonio Cerveceros
2000 2nd	Kevin Olson	2	1	0	11.02	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3000 3rd	Colby Reineke	2	0	1	10.02	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

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.

Best Club (39 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1000 1st	Iowa Brewers Union	5	5	9	53.05
2000 2nd	Kansas City Bier Meisters	3	5	3	33.03
3000 3rd	Johnson County Brewing Society	4	2	0	22.04

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale American Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Polczynski MHP	Polk Lite	1A: American Light Lager	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Ross Stuart MHP	Pre Prohibition Lager	27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Dave Frombach MHP	Golden Cream Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Peninsula Fermentation Society

Table 2: Pale European Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colby Reineke MHP	Cultivate	27A1: Kellerbier	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Joe Skiles MHP	Du Hast Mich	5B: Kölsch	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Randy Daniels KC McKinney MHP	The Pills Will Make You Dance	5D: German Pils	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 3: International Pale Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter MHP	Cinco de Maíz	2A: International Pale Lager	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Chester Smith	Rice Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Jeff Moyer	MacAroni Art Is Making A Comeback	2A: International Pale Lager	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 4: Czech Pale Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson MHP	Root Shoot	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Brian Stephens MHP	Generic Czech Pun	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Keepers of Craft
3rd	Aaron Reif	Czech	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 5: Pale Malty European Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rich Vander Ploeg MHP	Fun In the Sun	4A: Munich Helles	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Cody Barrier	Miabock	4C: Helles Bock	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Ken Morris MHP	Helles of A Beer	4A: Munich Helles	Red Earth Brewers

Table 6: Amber European Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Metts Potter	Gray Skies	7A: Vienna Lager	Bloatarian Brewing League
2nd	John Luhmann MHP	The Exalted One	7B: Altbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Cody Barrier	Lager, Amber Lager	2B: International Amber Lager	ZZHops Homebrewing Club

Table 7: Dark European Lager (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jamye & Cody Naramore	This Ain't the Cedar Rapids Methodist Church Pie Bake and Homebrew Competition, Randy	2C: International Dark Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Randy Daniels KC McKinney MHP	Check Out My Podcast(s)...	8B: Schwarzbier	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Czech Chad Out!	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Red Earth Brewers

Table 8: Wheat Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Boyer MHP	Wave the Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Bruce Smith Co-Brewer: Brenda Smith	Bananafest Destiny	10A: Weissbier	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Steven Pavletich	Split Personality	10A: Weissbier	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 9: British Pale Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joel Ellingson	Rabbit Rabbit	11B: Best Bitter
2nd	Peter Polczynski	Big Tim	11C: Strong Bitter	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
3rd	Wayne Feller	Bob's Your Uncle Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Table 10: Scottish and Irish Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case MHP	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	14B: Scottish Heavy	QUAFF
2nd	Jonathan Marut MHP	Mk Ultra Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Stephen Polczynski MHP	Bloody Eejit	15A: Irish Red Ale	Red Earth Brewers

Table 11: Pale American Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Drew Templeton MHP	Fluffy Paws	18B: American Pale Ale	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Phillip Saurer MHP	305 Blonde Ale	18A: Blonde Ale	Peninsula Fermentation Society
3rd	Jesse Flores	Tropicoast	18B: American Pale Ale	Ace Brewing Society

Table 12: Amber & Brown American Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case MHP	Louisville Chugger	27A2: Kentucky Common	QUAFF
2nd	Alex & Patrick Williams MHP	Mister Brown	19C: American Brown Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Dave Frombach MHP	Red Alert	19A: American Amber Ale	Peninsula Fermentation Society

Table 13: Brown British Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Rensing MHP	Olde Shaftesbury's Olde Porter	13C: English Porter	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Christopher Mazurk MHP	Bender	13B: British Brown Ale	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Drew Templeton MHP	Proper Pupper Porter	13C: English Porter	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 14: Irish & British Stout (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	And the Elephants Were Agitated	16C: Tropical Stout	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Old Walking Stick	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Joe D'Auria MHP	Sow Your Wild Oats	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES)

Table 15: American Porter & Stout (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah And Marc Prichard MHP	Brew Loud, Brew Proud	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Joshua Andrus MHP Co-Brewer: Homebrewer Local 402	Charles In Charge 2.0	20A: American Porter	Homebrewers Local 402
3rd	David Scheil	Ypp Pre-Prohibition Porter	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Cedar River Association Of Zymurgy Enthusiasts (CRAZE)

Table 16: American IPA (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colby Reineke MHP	Cryogenic Dreams	21A: American IPA	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd	Kyle Ernsberger	Mean Brews	21A: American IPA	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Tony E Schubert	Thicc Thi's	21A: American IPA	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 17: Specialty IPA (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Taylor Norland MHP	Dry Season	21B4: Red IPA	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Stuart Hemesath	Arsenic Sauce	21B: Specialty IPA	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Emersen Heron MHP	Orange Cats Are Gods	21B1: Belgian IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 18: Hazy IPA (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart MHP	Hazy IPA	21C: Hazy IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Gerad Miller MHP	Baby, You Make Me Wish I Had Three Hands	21C: Hazy IPA	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists
3rd	Julian Lott Co-Brewer: Chester Smith	Sussudio Sue	21C: Hazy IPA	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 19: Strong British & American Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins MHP	Unlimited Power!	17A: British Strong Ale	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Eric Martin	Caplyta	22D: Wheatwine	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Luke Osborne MHP	I Reckon She's About An Axe Handle Wide	22A: Double IPA	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 20: Strong European Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Reif	Doppelbock	9A: Doppelbock	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Double Down Doppelbock	9A: Doppelbock	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Metts Potter	Bock Away Slowly	6C: Dunkels Bock	Bloatarian Brewing League

Table 21: Imperial Porter & Stout (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph McDonald Co-Brewer: Daniel Gramer	Old As Methuselah	20C: Imperial Stout	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Sean McCanne	Baltic	9C: Baltic Porter	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Ragnar's Valhalla	9C: Baltic Porter	Red Earth Brewers

Table 22: Belgian Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Metts Potter	Monky Business	26A: Belgian Single	Bloatarian Brewing League
2nd	Matt Johnsen MHP	Happy Beeps Here, Buddy	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Pete Graham MHP	Witty	24A: Witbier	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)

Table 23: Strong Belgian Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony E Schubert	Six Saison	25B: Saison	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Invitation To the Lunatic Ball	26C: Belgian Tripel	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo	Saison Du Sous-Sol #2	25B: Saison	CRAZE

Table 24: Belgian Dark Strong (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keith Blanchard MHP	Twelfth Night	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Jeremy Rott MHP	Omni Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Dan Acheson MHP	The Drunk Monk, Challenged	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 25: European Sour Ale & American Wild Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins MHP	Twin Suns	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Kevin Olson MHP	Spring Break! Blood Orange!	LSX4: Catharina Sour	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	We Brew Smarter, Not Harder, Randy	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 26: Mixed-Style Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Black	Hang 10 American Rice Lager	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Jesse Flores	Bastardo	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Colby Reineke MHP	Cryogenesis	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 27: Specialty, Fruit, & Alternative Fermentables (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Biggs MHP	Daaa Bear	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Dead Yeast Society [LA]
2nd	Tony E Schubert	Thicc Thi's	34C: Experimental Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Nicholas Merfeld MHP	Buccaneer Bobs Stout	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 28: Wood Aged & Smoke-Flavored Beer (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Rott MHP	Medusa Ba Barley Wine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
2nd	Stuart Hemesath	Black Wu Jackets	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP Co-Brewer: Ron Barnes	Oklahoma Smoke Show	6B: Rauchbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters
HM	Andy Scherzinger MHP Co-Brewer: Fernando Puga	Piwo Gross-Iskie #amirite	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Weiz Guys

Table 29: Spiced Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shaun Huggins MHP	Boil Em, Mash Em, Stick Em In A Beer	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	San Antonio Cerveceros
2nd	Phillip Abbott MHP	There Will Be Elves To Pay!	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Nicholas Merfeld MHP Co-Brewer: Shawn Montgomery	Jalapeno In Name Only	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union

Table M1: Traditional & Fruit Mead (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson MHP	Dogs With Bees In Their Mouths	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	Got To Be Versatile, Randy	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Kyle Newman	Apricot Mead	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead

Table M2: Spice & Specialty Mead (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Luke Osborne MHP	You Kids Get Off My Lawn!	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Central Arkansas Fermenters
2nd	Kyle Newman	Toasted Coconut Vanilla Bochet	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
3rd	John Bates MHP	Brown Chicken, Brown Bee	M4A: Braggot	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table C1: Standard Cider & Perry (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Graham MHP	English Cider	C1B: English Cider	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
2nd	Dave Taylor	Perfect To the Core	C1A: New World Cider	Keystone Hops
3rd	Dan Acheson MHP	Better Than Katy Perry	C1D: New World Perry	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table C2: Cider with Other Fruit or Spices and Herbs (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shawn Montgomery MHP Co-Brewer: Nick Merfeld	Do You Have To Let It Linger?	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Kyle Newman	Blueberry Vanilla Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
3rd	John TeBockhorst	Very Perry	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	THIRSTY

Table C3: Specialty Cider and Perry & Applewine (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson MHP	Ice Is Nice	C2D: Ice Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Andy Scherzinger MHP Co-Brewer: Fernando Puga	She's My Cherry Pie!	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Weiz Guys
3rd	Mica Zaragoza	Lost Orchard	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Urban Knaves of Grain

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