Operation Fermentation IX - Beer - Brew Competition Online Entry & Management

Thanks to all who participated in the Operation Fermentation IX - Beer.

There were 302 entries judged and 72 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin D. Jones Co-Brewer: Kevin Jones	Rye IPA	23A: Specialty Beer	None
2nd	Hank Keller	Hardly Mild	11A: Mild	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Winning Entries

Table 1: European Amber Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ronnie Lawson	WCB Oktoberfest	3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
2nd	Brett Stewart	Oktoberfest	3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen	None
3rd	Ricardo Fritzsche Co-Brewer: Ricardo	Ric's Amber Fest	3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)

Table 2: Dark Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Train	Opa's Dunkel	4B: Munich Dunkel	Bay Area Mashtronauts (Friendswood, TX)
2nd	Hank Keller	I like Dark Lager	4A: Dark American Lager	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
3rd	Benson Ledbetter	Lead Beater's Schwarzbier	4C: Schwarzbier	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Table 3: Bock (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sam George Daher	Sankt Georg Gute BockBier	5B: Traditional Bock	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
2nd	Thomas Simones	Victor's brew	5D: Eisbock	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)
3rd	Justin Holman		5B: Traditional Bock	None

Table 4: Light Hybrid Beer (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	Cream Ale	6A: Cream Ale	None
2nd	James Carlyle	This Kolsch is Better than Andy's	6C: Kolsch	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
3rd	Kyle Autry Co-Brewer: Eric Heinz	Trail side K�lsch	6C: Kolsch	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Table 5: Light Lager (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Rogers	Cream Ale	1B: Standard American Lager	None
2nd	David Rogers	Cream Ale	1C: Premium American Lager	None
3rd	Hank Keller	Golden Stream	1C: Premium American Lager	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Table 6: Amber Hybrid Beer (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Train	Alt Enough?	7C: Dusseldorf Altbier	Bay Area Mashtronauts (Friendswood, TX)
2nd	Andy Scherzinger Co-Brewer: James Gould	Ctrl-ALT-del	7A: North German Altbier	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
3rd	Ricardo Fritzsche Co-Brewer: Ricardo	Ric Ist Alt	7C: Dusseldorf Altbier	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)

Table 7: English Pale Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Hank Keller	Bitter? Hardly Knew Her	8B: Special/Best/Premium Bitter	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
2nd	Travis Combel Co-Brewer: Sub Brewing	Nitshill Pride	8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)
3rd	James Gould Co-Brewer: Andy Scherzinger	Bout that time.... Right O'	8C: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Table 8: Scottish/Irish Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Moist	Scotched	9E: Strong Scotch Ale	None
2nd	Aaron Edrington	Scottish Light	9A: Scottish Light 60/-	None
3rd	Robert Brown Jr	Dude, I Think I Just Saw Your Balls	9C: Scottish Export 80/-	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Table 9: American Ale (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Pete Train	Zombie Lust	10A: American Pale Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts (Friendswood, TX)
2nd	Pete Train	Connor's Amber	10B: American Amber Ale	Bay Area Mashtronauts (Friendswood, TX)
3rd	Travis Combel Co-Brewer: Sub Brewing	Earth Tones IBA	10C: American Brown Ale	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)

Table 10: English Brown Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Hank Keller	Hardly Mild	11A: Mild	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
2nd	Coy Henderson		11A: Mild	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)
3rd	Andy Scherzinger Co-Brewer: James Gould	Proper Brown	11C: Northern English Brown Ale	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Table 11: Porter (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Travis Combel Co-Brewer: Sub Brewing	Nitshill Porter	12A: Brown Porter	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)
2nd	James Gould Co-Brewer: Andy Scherzinger	LOL.... You drank this	12B: Robust Porter	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
3rd	Derek Hubenak	Coffee Blackberry Porter	12B: Robust Porter	None

Table 12: Stout (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Gould Co-Brewer: Andy Scherzinger	Rush in an Ariel Snout	13F: Imperial Stout	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
2nd	Ronnie Lee	Stouts need lovin too!	13E: American Stout	Barley Coherent (Spring, TX)
3rd	Kevin D. Jones Co-Brewer: Kevin Jones	Sweet Coffee Stout	13B: Sweet Stout	None

Table 13: India Pale Ale (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan DeLaRosa	Drunken Mumbler IPA	14B: American IPA	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
2nd	Brett Stewart	IPA	14B: American IPA	None
3rd	Mike Treadway Co-Brewer: Sean Vreeland	The Duke	14A: English IPA	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club (Haltom City, TX)

Table 14: German Wheat/Rye Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Autry Co-Brewer: Eric Heinz	Double Devil Weizenbock	15C: Weizenbock	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
2nd	Steven Smith	Wolpertinger	15A: Weizen/Weissbier	None
3rd	Gary Tomchik	Scorched Earth Hefeweizen	15A: Weizen/Weissbier	Barley Coherent (Spring, TX)

Table 15: Belgian/French Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ricardo Fritzsche Co-Brewer: Ricardo	Ric�s Hoppy Brett	16E: Belgian Specialty Ale	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
2nd	Ricardo Fritzsche Co-Brewer: Ricardo	Spicy Ric	16C: Saison	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
3rd	Richard Jander	Nick Nolte Saison	16C: Saison	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Table 16: Sour Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Martin Metzner	Rodenbacher	17B: Flanders Red Ale	None
2nd	Chase Thorn Co-Brewer: Brad Leatherwood	Strawberry Sour Diesel	17F: Fruit Lambic	Michaux Mashers (Houston, TX)
3rd	Martin Metzner	Der Weise	17A: Berliner Weisse	None

Table 17: Pilsner (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Dewberry Co-Brewer: Joelle Dewberry	Swifty's Pils	2B: Bohemian Pilsener	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
2nd	Ricardo Fritzsche Co-Brewer: Ricardo	Ric�s Pils	2B: Bohemian Pilsener	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
3rd	Kyle Autry Co-Brewer: Eric Heinz	Czech Engine Pilsner	2B: Bohemian Pilsener	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)

Table 18: Belgian Strong Ale (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin Holman		18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	None
2nd	Benson Ledbetter	Lead Beater's Tripel	18C: Belgian Tripel	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
3rd	James Gould Co-Brewer: Andy Scherzinger	Monks Mullet	18C: Belgian Tripel	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Table 19: Strong Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Autry Co-Brewer: Eric Heinz	Fat boy	19C: American Barleywine	Foam Rangers Homebrew Club (Houston, TX)
2nd	James Gould Co-Brewer: Andy Scherzinger	Oops... I did it a Barleywine	19C: American Barleywine	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
3rd	Travis Combel Co-Brewer: Sub Brewing	Old Crotchety	19C: American Barleywine	Sugar Land Imperialists (Sugar Land, TX)

Table 20: Fruit Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Schoppe	Mark's Strawberry Berliner Weisse	20A: Fruit Beer	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
2nd	Derek Hubenak	Raspberry Beeret	20A: Fruit Beer	None
3rd	Allen Martin	Foo Foo Juice	20A: Fruit Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Table 21: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Schoppe	Mark's Elderflower Berliner Weisse	21A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
2nd	Richard Jander	Rhubarb and Rye	21A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
3rd	Martin Metzner	Mob Gose Wild	21A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer	None

Table 22: Smoke/Wood-Aged Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Scherzinger Co-Brewer: James Gould	O.A.K.	22C: Wood-Aged Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)
2nd	Dan Dewberry Co-Brewer: Joelle Dewberry	Rauchy Mountain High	22A: Classic Rauchbier	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
3rd	Mark Schoppe	Mark's Imperial Rauchbier VII	22B: Other Smoked Beer	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)

Table 24: Specialty Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin D. Jones Co-Brewer: Kevin Jones	Rye IPA	23A: Specialty Beer	None
2nd	Mark Schoppe	Mark's Strawberry Chipotle Berliner Weisse	23A: Specialty Beer	Austin Zealots (Austin, TX)
3rd	James Carlyle	This Gose is better than Andy's	23A: Specialty Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA) (Cypress, TX)

Past Winners

Judging Sessions and Dates

Entry modification deadline
01/04/2023 12:00 AM, CST.

Account Registration Closed

Entry Registration Closed

The competition paid entry limit has been reached.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 12/16/2022 12:00 AM, CST through 01/06/2023 5:00 PM, CST.

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 12/16/2022 12:00 AM, CST through 01/06/2023 5:00 PM, CST.

Operation Fermentation IX - Beer: Past Winners – 2016