Thanks to all who participated in the Draft Brewfest 2023.
There were 132 entries judged and 67 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Nathaniel Pahl | Pomme d'Amour With Lemon and Elderflower | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
3rd | Jon Hughes Co-Brewer: Tom Herrmann & Josh Nye | Robot Juice | 21B: Specialty IPA | Scioto Olentangy Darby Zymurgists (SODZ) |
Best of Show – Mead
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Christopher Wyatt Co-Brewer: John Hainey | Kiss My Hainey | M1C: Sweet Mead | |
Winning Entries
Table 1: A World of Pale Lagers (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Gary Cox | Grumpy Mage Light Lager | 1A: American Light Lager | Delaware Ohio Homebrewers (DOH!) |
2nd | Matt Barczewski | Frigid Experiment | 34C: Experimental Beer | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
3rd | Matt Barczewski | What Are the Odds | 44A: X5. New Zealand Pilsner | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
Table 2: German Lagers (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Michael Bedrosian | German Domesticbier | 5C: German Exportbier | Springfield Pioneers of Ales w/ Regal Grand Esters |
2nd | Mike Neville | Wiz Biz Pilz | 5D: German Pils | Motor City Mashers |
3rd | Daniel Kukuk | Boat Launcher | 4A: Munich Helles | Motor City Mashers |
HM | Edward Scheid | German Pils | 5D: German Pils | Middletown Area Society of Homebrewer's |
Table 3: Amber and Dark Lagers (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mike Radwanski | Amber the Pole Dancer | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | |
2nd | Mike Radwanski | Maria Theresa | 7A: Vienna Lager | |
3rd | Carl Miley Co-Brewer: Eric Morriss | Operation Regal | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
HM | Gerad Miller | You Sons of A Motherless Goat! | 2C: International Dark Lager | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
Table 4: Cream 'n' Wheat (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Andrew Thompson | Who Needs A Lager | 5B: Kolsch | |
2nd | Carl Miley Co-Brewer: Eric Morriss | Teufelsberg | 10A: Weissbier | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
3rd | Matt Barczewski | All Day Breakfast Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
HM | Gerad Miller | Germany Has Declared War On the Jones Boys | 10A: Weissbier | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
Table 5: Pale, Amber, and Brown ales (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Rick Burkhardt | Ol' Flatfoot Brown Ale | 13B: English Brown Ale | Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) |
2nd | Jake Magary | Spruce Tip Pale Ale | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
3rd | Don Geldien | Denali Honey Brown | 31B: Alternative Sugar Beer | Frogtown Hoppers |
Table 6: Porters and Stouts (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Michael McCaffrey | Schrödinger's Porter | 20A: American Porter | |
2nd | Bill Boyer | Black Is Beautiful | 20C: Imperial Stout | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
3rd | Edward Scheid | American Porter | 20A: American Porter | Middletown Area Society of Homebrewer's |
Table 7: IPAs! (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Jon Hughes Co-Brewer: Tom Herrmann & Josh Nye | Robot Juice | 21B: Specialty IPA | Scioto Olentangy Darby Zymurgists (SODZ) |
2nd | David Corr Co-Brewer: None | Rocky Point NEIPA | 21B: Specialty IPA | Other |
3rd | Gary Cox | Pale Sunset | 21A: American IPA | Delaware Ohio Homebrewers (DOH!) |
HM | Gerad Miller | Let's Turn On the Juice and See What Shakes Loose | 21B: Specialty IPA | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
Table 8: Feats of Strength (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Michael Olivier | Bombadil's Barleywine | 17D: English Barleywine | Dayton Region Amateur Fermentation Technologists (D.R.A.F.T.) |
2nd | Joe Kulesa | English Barleywine | 17D: English Barleywine | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
3rd | Edward Scheid | English Barelywine | 17D: English Barleywine | Middletown Area Society of Homebrewer's |
Table 9: Belgiany (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Gerad Miller | You Fell Victim To One of the Classic Blunders | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
2nd | Nathaniel Pahl | Belgian Blond | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
3rd | Joe Kulesa | Belgian Dubbel | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
Table 10: Fruits of Labor (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Nathaniel Pahl | Pomme d'Amour With Lemon and Elderflower | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists |
2nd | Nick Jones | Shining Staghorn | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | |
3rd | James Bianchi | Mr. Berry | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Other |
Table 11: Spice, Herb and Veggies (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Scott Haraldson | All Hail the Black Market | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Minnesota Home Brewers Association |
2nd | Mike Perman | Hibictual Summer | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Mansfield Homebrew Club |
3rd | Jule Rastikis | Batch #175 | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
HM | Bill Boyer | Black Is Beautiful - Cinnamon Chocolate Caramel | 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
Table 12: Wood and Smoke (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Ryan Naseman | 2020 Bock Brett Saison | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Brewers of Central Kentucky (BOCK) |
2nd | Mike Radwanski | Rauchwasser | 6B: Rauchbier | |
3rd | Dave Smart Co-Brewer: Steve Meyer, Gregg Ryan | Phantom Tsar | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | |
HM | Michael Florez Co-Brewer: Rose Florez | Bbris | 33A: Wood-Aged Beer | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
Table 13: Ciders and Meads (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Christopher Wyatt Co-Brewer: John Hainey | Kiss My Hainey | M1C: Sweet Mead | |
2nd | Bill Boyer | Being There | C1A: New World Cider | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
3rd | Michael Florez Co-Brewer: Rose Florez | Commander McBraggot | M4A: Braggot | Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
HM | Bill Boyer | He Says He's Not Dead | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |