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2025 MINN-KASI Award Winner 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 number of first places.
The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
The lowest number of entries.
The highest average score.
The highest minimum score.
The highest maximum score.
Winning Entries
Traditional Cider (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Josh Karaus
Cider 1
51A: Heirloom Cider
2nd
Josh Karaus
Cider 3
52A: English Cider
3rd
Heith Heitkamp
Minnesota Nice
50A: Common Cider
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Special Cider (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Heith Heitkamp
Smooth Hoperator
60A: Spiced Cider
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Paul Johnson
Cider with a slice of spice
60A: Spiced Cider
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Heith Heitkamp
Raspberry Beret
59A: Fruit Cider
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Traditional Mead (6 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Jeremy Olsen
Mamane
M1A: Dry Mead
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd
Chris Radel Co-Brewer: Jacob Lefever Matt Dulas
Blended
M1A: Dry Mead
3rd
Ryan Pedersen
Plain Jane
M1A: Dry Mead
Specialty Mead (8 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Gary DuRoche
Sap of the Ancients by Dragon's Oath Mead
M4C: Experimental Mead
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Josh Mahoney
Freya Healing Herbs
M4C: Experimental Mead
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Nathan Steigman
Chciałbym być na ciebie gotowy
M4B: Historical Mead
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Sweet & Semi-Sweet Mead (9 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Nathan Steigman
Mordere
M1C: Sweet Mead
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Chris Radel Co-Brewer: Jacob Lefever Matt Dulas
Tradish
M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd
Chris Radel Co-Brewer: Jacob Lefever Matt Dulas
Heavy
M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead
Spiced Mead (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Paul Johnson
Ginger-vitus
M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Sanguis Vesperarum Mearum
M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Joel Hanson Co-Brewer: Tim Bruels
Komrade Kringle
M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
Fruit Mead: Melomel and Berry (13 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Nathan Steigman
Caelum Daemoniorum
M2E: Melomel
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Paul Johnson
Boysen da hood
M2C: Berry Mead
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Paul Johnson
I had the pear dream again
M2E: Melomel
River City Brewers [MN]
Fruit Mead: Stone, Cyser, and Pyment (9 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Paul Johnson
Cyser-tron
M2A: Cyser
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Nathan Steigman
Perpetua
M2B: Pyment
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Paul Johnson
Mi Scuzi
M2B: Pyment
River City Brewers [MN]
American Brown Ale (10 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Jacob Sales Co-Brewer: Shelly Sales
Frankenbrown
19C: American Brown Ale
Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (RAZE)
2nd
Colby Reineke MHP
Searing Blood
19A: American Amber Ale
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Joel Hanson Co-Brewer: Tim Bruels
Rob's Refreshment
19B: California Common
HM
Jim Bannon
Barbaric Demise
19C: American Brown Ale
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Pale Ale (10 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Wayne Doucette
Nicholas' Extract Pale Ale
18B: American Pale Ale
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Cory Monson
I'm KRUSHING your head!
18B: American Pale Ale
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
3rd
Jeremy Trafton
Pale Ale
18B: American Pale Ale
Rum River Wort Hogs
IPA (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Wayne Doucette
Wayner's West Coast State Fair IPA
21A: American IPA
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Colby Reineke MHP
Cryogenic Dreams
21A: American IPA
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Matt Giljahn
Cali Casper
21A: American IPA
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
Strong American Ale (12 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Brandon Krosch Co-Brewer: Greg Crest
Mother Prussia
20C: Imperial Stout
2nd
Adam Skjefstad
Dank Coast IPA
22A: Double IPA
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Nick Stanley Co-Brewer: Mike Potts
NoPotts Stout v3
20C: Imperial Stout
Hazy IPA (12 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Rodrigo Marmol
Meridian Drift
21C: Hazy IPA
3M Homebrew Club
2nd
Brandon Krosch Co-Brewer: Greg Crest
Fire On The Mountain
21C: Hazy IPA
3rd
Chad Zeman MHP
Trubulence
21C: Hazy IPA
Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (RAZE)
American Ale (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Joshua Leshovsky
White Mage
1C: Cream Ale
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Dave Bance
Beer Belly Polka
18A: Blonde Ale
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd
Aaron DeBoer MHP
Cream Ale?
1C: Cream Ale
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
American Lager (11 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
James Henjum
Colby's Gold
1B: American Lager
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd
Greg Sayler Co-Brewer: Dustin Lee
Love Shack
1B: American Lager
3rd
Robert Cox
Cougar Spit
1A: American Light Lager
Cloudy Town Brewers
Belgian Ale (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Soren Jensen
Salamander
25B: Saison
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Colby Reineke MHP
Saison Is Dead!
25B: Saison
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Steve Kloiber
Saison Blanc
25B: Saison
Other
Monastic Ale (14 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Richard Brower
Belgian Dubbel
26B: Belgian Dubbel
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
2nd
Soren Jensen
Junebug
26A: Belgian Single
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Mike Henry Co-Brewer: Zach Baack Brian Ebert Jeff Stiel
4 guys, 1 tripel
26C: Belgian Tripel
Fruit Beer & Wild Beer (17 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Nathan Orf
Don't Rush the Process
29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
2nd
Soren Jensen
Luna
28A: Brett Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Dave Bance
Chardonnale
29D: Grape Ale
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
Spiced Beer (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Daniel Holbrook
Lace
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd
Chad Armstrong
P-Nut's Omaha Stout
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Sean Kampshoff
Sean's Ginger Belgian Golden Strong
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Smoked Beer & Wood-Aged Beer (7 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Jim Belden
Bourbon barrel aged American Barleywine
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
2nd
Willy Miley
Put your heart on the fire
32B: Specialty Smoked Beer
Motley Brue - Twin Cities Home Brew Club
3rd
Rodrigo Marmol
Barrel of Monkeys & Fire
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
3M Homebrew Club
Historical Beer (11 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Brian Rauvola
Rhubarb Gruit
27A: Historical Beer
Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
2nd
Jacob Sales Co-Brewer: Shelly Sales
Król Grodziskie
27A5: Piwo Grodziskie
Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (RAZE)
3rd
Brandon Pflipsen
Early Bird Tour
27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Specialty Beers (11 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Colby Reineke MHP
Alien Information Theory
34B: Mixed-Style Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Jacob Sales Co-Brewer: Shelly Sales
And Everybody's Celebratin'
34B: Mixed-Style Beer
Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (RAZE)
3rd
Soren Jensen
Boxelder
34C: Experimental Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Dark Ales (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Chris DeDene
Adult Chocolate Milk
16A: Sweet Stout
2nd
Dean Almquist
Barley Fife Barley Wine
17D: English Barley Wine
3rd
Jeremy Trafton
Wee Heavy
17C: Wee Heavy
Rum River Wort Hogs
Wheat Beer (13 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Michael Root
Wheat-nik
1D: American Wheat Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
2nd
Brandon Pflipsen
Wheat Me Halfway
1D: American Wheat Beer
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Soren Jensen
Banana Bug
10C: Weizenbock
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
International Lager (17 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
James Henjum
Dark Nite
2C: International Dark Lager
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd
Wayne Doucette
Czechoslovakian Brain Lubricant
3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Jim Belden
Czech Amber Lager
3C: Czech Amber Lager
Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
Dark European Lagers (16 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Brian Johnson
Schwarzbier
8B: Schwarzbier
2nd
Brian Johnson
Czech Dark
3D: Czech Dark Lager
3rd
Matt Semaan
Doofenschmirtzinator
9A: Doppelbock
Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild
Malty European Lager (13 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Bob Teich
The Black Hounds Helles
4A: Munich Helles
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Bob Teich
Just Helles
4C: Helles Bock
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Bennett McBroom
The Marzen-lorien
6A: Märzen
European Bitter Lager (15 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Wayne Doucette
Jawohl!
5D: German Pils
River City Brewers [MN]
2nd
Adam Skjefstad
Rest In Pils
5D: German Pils
River City Brewers [MN]
3rd
Jacob Sales Co-Brewer: Shelly Sales
Das Ist Mir Wurst
5D: German Pils
Rochester Area Zymurgy Enthusiasts (RAZE)
European Hybrid Beer (10 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
James Henjum
Nasty hose water Alt
7B: Altbier
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd
Richard Brower
Altastic
7B: Altbier
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
3rd
Troy Gamble
Rainy Day Kolsch
5B: Kölsch
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
British Ales (10 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Nick Stevens
Cheeky Pint
13B: British Brown Ale
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
2nd
Brandon Pflipsen
Lil Jon and the ESB (Remix)
11C: Strong Bitter
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd
Antonio Vega
Antonio Vega
11C: Strong Bitter
Scottish Ale & Irish Ale (13 entries)
Place
Brewer
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Parker Angelos Co-Brewer: Ian Brauer
Muckle Lite Ale
14B: Scottish Heavy
Nordeast Brewers Alliance
2nd
Blake Springman
An Mór-Ríoghain (The Morrigan)
15A: Irish Red Ale
3rd
Heith Heitkamp
If You Aint't First, You're Last
15A: Irish Red Ale
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
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