Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition: Past Winners – 2023
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeremiah Baer | Kentucky Ambaer Ale | 27A2: Kentucky Common | |
| 2nd | Scott Steenburg | El Dorado American Lager | 1B: American Lager | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 3rd | Matthew White | Mind the Gap | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Seven City Brewers |
| HM | Paul Zocco | Dopplebock | 9A: Doppelbock | Hop River Brewers |
Best of Show – Mead/Cider
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Acheson | Cidurana | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Andrew Tipler | Strong Vintage Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 3rd | Sergio Quevedo | Punatopia | 50A: Puna Punch | |
| HM | Dan Acheson | Something From the Fall of '22 | C1A: New World Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 1: Industrial Beer (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Steenburg | El Dorado American Lager | 1B: American Lager | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 2nd | Scott Steenburg | Light Weight #1 | 1A: American Light Lager | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 3rd | Mike Lavorgna | F*ckler Lite | 1A: American Light Lager | Brew Haven |
| HM | Bill Boyer | Dirty Water | 2B: International Amber Lager | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
Table 2: Czech Lager (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Davies | The Czech's In the Mail | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | Brew Haven |
| 2nd | Kevin Olson | Temny | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | ZZHops Homebrewing Club |
| 3rd | Mark Winters | Czech Pilsner | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Middlesex Malters |
Table 3: Malty Euro Lager (23 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Steenburg | Marzen #1 | 6A: Märzen | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 2nd | Scott Steenburg | Helles #4 | 4A: Munich Helles | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 3rd | Ross Druckenmiller | Kunze | 6A: Märzen | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 4: Bitter Euro(ish) Lager (24 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Scott Steenburg | Vienna #1 | 7A: Vienna Lager | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
| 2nd | Dexter Garner | Rhine | 7B: Altbier | |
| 3rd | Rob Smith Co-Brewer: Jon Brooks | Pils Are Goooood | 5D: German Pils | Brew Haven |
Table 5: Dark Lager (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Zocco | Dopplebock | 9A: Doppelbock | Hop River Brewers |
| 2nd | Ross Druckenmiller | Double Decoct Dunk | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Michael Davies | Nazgûl Juice | 9C: Baltic Porter | Brew Haven |
Table 6: Bananas and Clove (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Deborah And Marc Prichard | McLovin #mhp | 27A8: Roggenbier | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd | Thomas McGloine | Göbelweiss | 10A: Weissbier | Saratoga Thoroughbrews |
| 3rd | Tom Slonaker | 77 Roggenbier | 27A8: Roggenbier | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
Table 7: Irish Beer (6 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Giovanni Piva | I See Red People | 15A: Irish Red Ale | STLBrewhogs |
| 2nd | Harry Frank Co-Brewer: Todd Spencer | Irish Stout | 15B: Irish Stout |
Table 8: Paler British(ish) Beer (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carl Teachey | Bart Harley Jarvis | 11C: Strong Bitter | Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Michael Davies | Bitter Days Ahead | 11B: Best Bitter | Brew Haven |
| 3rd | Dave Hope-Ross | Leather Breeches | 11A: Ordinary Bitter | Brew Haven |
| HM | Dwight Wilson | Won't Back Down #mhp | 11B: Best Bitter | O-Town Hop Heads |
Table 9: Brown British(ish) Beer (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer | It's A Kilt, Not A Skirt! | 14C: Scottish Export | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Dexter Garner | Bramble | 13B: British Brown Ale | |
| 3rd | Tom Slonaker | 88 Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| HM | Jeremiah Baer | Porter Baer | 13C: English Porter |
Table 10: Darker British Beer (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Coloe | Bob's Wee Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | Saratoga Thoroughbrews |
| 2nd | Dan Acheson | A Lil' Lactose 'l do Ya' | 16A: Sweet Stout | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 3rd | Mike Shea | Olde Ailment | 17B: Old Ale | North Shore Brewers |
Table 13: IPA (24 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ross Druckenmiller | Saturation | 21B: Specialty IPA | Boston Wort Processors |
| 2nd | Caleb Lee | Tjfup | 21A: American IPA | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Matthew Jordan | Life On Other Planets | 21B: Specialty IPA | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
Table 14: Pale American Ale (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeremy Jones | Dionysus | 18B: American Pale Ale | Snake River Brewers |
| 2nd | Colin Milne Co-Brewer: Michael Milne | Veo Lobos | 18A: Blonde Ale | Brew Haven |
| 3rd | Michael Rensing | Brandt Can't Watch, Or He Has To Pay $100 | 18A: Blonde Ale | Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (C.H.A.M.P.S) |
Table 15: Amber/Brown American Ale (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeremiah Baer | Kentucky Ambaer Ale | 27A2: Kentucky Common | |
| 2nd | Gerad Miller | They Say All Native Californians Come From Iowa | 19B: California Common | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
| 3rd | Joe Dauria | Rip Anchor Steam | 19B: California Common | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
| HM | Andrew Tipler | Hot Steam | 19B: California Common | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
Table 16: Strong American Beer (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fritz Schanz | Stearman's American Strong Ale | 22B: American Strong Ale | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd | Nick & Heather Hartley Co-Brewer: Heather Hartley | Third Place Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout | Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd | Gerad Miller | The Finger of God | 20C: Imperial Stout | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
| HM | Scott Steenburg | Darth Sidious | 20C: Imperial Stout | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
Table 17: Belgian Beer (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Caysey Welton Co-Brewer: Andy Cox | Escroc | 24C: Bière de Garde | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Andrew Palumbo | Saison | 25B: Saison | St Pete Brew Club |
| 3rd | Alex Hannagan | King of the Nubtars | 24A: Witbier | Downright Obsessed Homebrewers (DOH) |
| HM | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Johanna | 25B: Saison | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 18: Monastic Ale (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew Johnsen | Boomstick | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Rock Hoppers Brew Club |
| 2nd | Matthew Johnsen | The Holy Trinity | 26C: Belgian Tripel | Rock Hoppers Brew Club |
| 3rd | Dan Acheson | Give It A Year... #meanbrews | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 19: Euro Sour Beer (12 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Caysey Welton | Silence of the Lambics | 23D: Lambic | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Ross Druckenmiller | Lazy Lich | 27A3: Lichtenhainer | Boston Wort Processors |
| 3rd | Fritz Schanz | Stearman's Gose | 23G: Gose | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
Table 20: American Wild and Sour Beer (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tom Slonaker | 65 Brett Ale | 28A: Brett Beer | Merrimack Valley Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Fritz Schanz | Stearman's Wild Specialty Beer | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd | Matthew Knight | Funky Town | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Brew Haven |
Table 21: Fruit Beer (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Acheson | Duchesse Du Winfield Avec Cerise | 29A: Fruit Beer | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Jeremy Jones | Nyx | 23F: Fruit Lambic | Snake River Brewers |
| 3rd | Fernando Garcia-Polite | Sour Bump | 29A: Fruit Beer | Boston Wort Processors |
| HM | Matthew Jordan | Cosmic Cloud | LSX4: Catharina Sour | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
Table 22: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ricky Alexander | Moonpie Porter | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | East Bay Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Ron Barnes | Cheer Bear Stare | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd | Jeremiah Baer | Coconut Porter Baer | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Table 23: Smoke and Wood-aged Beer (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matthew White | Mind the Gap | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Seven City Brewers |
| 2nd | Matthew White | Ba Wee Heavy | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Seven City Brewers |
| 3rd | Ross Druckenmiller | Covid Grodziskie | 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie | Boston Wort Processors |
Table 24: Out On The Fringe Beer (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andy Cox | Sapwood Coconut Sipper | 30D: Specialty Spice Beer | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Garrett Freeman | Czech Pale Lager With Agave | 34C: Experimental Beer | |
| 3rd | Nathan Steigman | Obscurior Umbra | 31B: Alternative Sugar Beer | Minnesota Home Brewers Association |
Table 25: Standard Cider and Perry (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Acheson | Something From the Fall of '22 | C1A: New World Cider | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | Inspector Clouseau | C1C: French Cider | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Jim Burkitt | Hearts of Summer | C1A: New World Cider |
Table 26: Specialty Cider and Perry (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dan Acheson | Cidurana | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd | Matthew Mead | Thanks Woj! This Is My First Apple Wine! | C2C: Applewine | PrimeTime Brewers |
| 3rd | Matthew White | Raspy | C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry | Seven City Brewers |
| HM | Matthew White | Churros On My Mind | C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices | Seven City Brewers |
Table 27: Traditional and Fruit Mead (17 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Labonte Co-Brewer: Aubrey N Nacho | Tribute To Paul Mills | M2E: Melomel | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Nathan Steigman | Intermissum | M2E: Melomel | Minnesota Home Brewers Association |
| 3rd | Garrett Freeman | I'm Berry Blue | M2C: Berry Mead |
Table 28: Spiced and Specialty Mead (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nathan Steigman | Smacznego | M4B: Historical Mead | Minnesota Home Brewers Association |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | Miód Pitny Wiśniowo-Makadamia 2023 | M4B: Historical Mead | North Georgia Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Scott Mesloh | Brennan's Bourbon Street | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead |
Table 29: Experimental Mead (10 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andrew Tipler | Strong Vintage Mead | M4C: Experimental Mead | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 2nd | Michael Labonte Co-Brewer: Aubrey N Nacho | Nacho Pee | M4C: Experimental Mead | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 3rd | Michael Labonte Co-Brewer: Aubrey N Nacho | Nachos Holiday | M4C: Experimental Mead | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| 4th | Michael Labonte Co-Brewer: Aubrey N Nacho | B.C | M4C: Experimental Mead | Underground Brewers of Connecticut |
| HM | Andrew Lee | They Serve Coffee In Valhalla | M4C: Experimental Mead |
Table 30: Puna Punch (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sergio Quevedo | Punatopia | 50A: Puna Punch | |
| 2nd | Scott Mesloh | Isle Buzz | 50A: Puna Punch | |
| 3rd | Paul McCarthy | Puna Punch | 50A: Puna Punch | Middlesex Malters |
Judging Sessions
Main Judging - Afternoon
10/26/2025 1:00 PM, EDT.
Main Judging - Morning
10/26/2025 9:00 AM, EDT.
Pre-judging Session - East
10/22/2025 7:00 PM, EDT.
Pre-judging Session - West
10/22/2025 7:00 PM, EDT.
Non-Judging Sessions
Sorting
10/18/2025 12:00 PM, EDT
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 07/01/2025 9:00 AM, EDT through 10/11/2025 8:00 PM, EDT.
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Entry registrations accepted 08/01/2025 9:00 AM, EDT through 10/11/2025 8:00 PM, EDT.
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