Kansas City Bier Meisters 41st Annual Homebrew Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the Kansas City Bier Meisters 41st Annual Homebrew Competition.

There were 662 entries judged and 245 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler	Come Back With A Warrant	21C: Hazy IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Jeremiah Baer	Baer Trapp	26A: Belgian Single
3rd	Stephen Schmitt	BVB Dortmund	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Evanston Homebrew Club

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rodolfo Valladares	Country Cider	C1B: English Cider	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead	Melilotus Officinalis	M1C: Sweet Mead	PrimeTime Brewers

The Rager Cup (162 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Eric Martin	3	1	0	18.03	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler	3	1	0	18.03	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Rodolfo Valladares	2	1	1	14.02	Kansas City Bier Meisters

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.

Winning Entries

Table 1: Other Light Lagers (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jake McQueen MHP	Steen Mountain	1A: American Light Lager	Lauter Day Brewers
2nd	Metts Potter	Little Buddy	1B: American Lager	Bloatarian Brewing League
3rd	Shawn Montgomery	Metz Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 2: Light Hybrid Beer (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson MHP	Mike's Got His Swimmin Jeans On	18A: Blonde Ale	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Randy Daniels KC McKinney	Kolsch	5B: Kölsch	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams	Martin 1946	18A: Blonde Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 3: German Light Lager (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stephen Schmitt MHP	BVB Dortmund	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Evanston Homebrew Club
2nd	Randy Daniels KC McKinney	I Leicht Bier	5A: German Leichtbier	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Chester Smith	Chester's Best	4A: Munich Helles	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 4: European Amber Lager (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Reif MHP	Altbier	7B: Altbier	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Steve Kohr	Music To My Beers	7A: Vienna Lager	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Mike Bechina MHP	1776 Amber	2B: International Amber Lager	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 5: Dark Lager (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Luhmann	Black Like My Soul	8B: Schwarzbier	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Metts Potter	Strike Three	8A: Munich Dunkel	Bloatarian Brewing League
3rd	Travis Johnston Co-Brewer: Micheal Platt	Czech Dark Lager	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Lawrence Brewers Guild

Table 6: Pilsner (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Taylor Norland	Keller Pils	5D: German Pils	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Daniel Eakins	Glittering Reflection	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	David Howell MHP	German Pils	5D: German Pils	Zymurgists of the Ozarks

Table 7: Bock (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy Jones MHP	Eostra	4C: Helles Bock	Snake River Brewers
2nd	Ryan Wankel MHP	Take Me To Your Dealer	9A: Doppelbock	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Chris Proulx	Rock Me Amadeus	6C: Dunkels Bock	Homebrewers Local 402

Table 8: German Wheat and Rye (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Highfill	Now This Is The Way	10A: Weissbier
2nd	Adam McConnell MHP	My Neighbors Favorite	10A: Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Nick & Heather Hartley MHP	Stephy's Hefe Remixed REB Style	10A: Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers

Table 9: English Pale Ale & IPA (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darren Vaughn MHP	Dodgy Wanker	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM)
2nd	Ron Fitch	Blue Flame	11B: Best Bitter	Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
3rd	Brian Stephens MHP	Brit-Ish Golden Ale	12A: British Golden Ale	Keepers of Craft

Table 10: English Brown Ale (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jamye & Cody Naramore	Cattywampous	13A: Dark Mild	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	David Howell MHP	English Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Zymurgists of the Ozarks
3rd	Kurtis Price MHP	Albemarle Brown	13B: British Brown Ale

Table 11: Scottish & Irish Ale (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Stephens MHP	Why Do All Dwarves Have Scottish Accents?	14B: Scottish Heavy	Keepers of Craft
2nd	Jamye & Cody Naramore	High Cotton	14B: Scottish Heavy	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Aaron Reif MHP	Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 12: Porter (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nicholas Hodge MHP Co-Brewer: Marion Hodge	65 Songs About Joe	9C: Baltic Porter	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Boot Dust	13C: English Porter	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Phillip Abbott MHP	Fourth Quarter	20A: American Porter	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 13: Stouts (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kenneth Morris	Luck Of The Irish	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Kevin Olson MHP	Parrot Making Zipper Noises	15B: Irish Stout	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
3rd	Nicholas Potenski	Oatmeal Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout

Table 14: American Pale Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Hulsebus	CitrAm Fuse Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Alex Boyer	Simcoe Pale	18B: American Pale Ale	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Metts Potter	Adventure Chicken	18B: American Pale Ale	Bloatarian Brewing League

Table 15: Other American Ale (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dwight Wilson MHP	California Love	19B: California Common	O-Town Hop Heads
2nd	Jeremy Jones MHP	Hera	19C: American Brown Ale	Snake River Brewers
3rd	Donald Schneider MHP	Beer, Uh, Finds A Way	19A: American Amber Ale	Weiz Guys

Table 16: American IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Bamboozled	21A: American IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	John Smith	74 Bullets	21B2: Black IPA	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Mike Bechina MHP	KCSmash	21A: American IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 17: Hazy IPAs (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Come Back With A Warrant	21C: Hazy IPA	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Jeremy Rott MHP	Orange Crush	21C: Hazy IPA	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Austin Foster	The Novel	21C: Hazy IPA	Missouri Mashers

Table 18: Strong Stouts (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Montgomery MHP	Tsar's Choice	20C: Imperial Stout	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Matthew Mead MHP	Treefort Stout	16C: Tropical Stout	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Nicholas Hodge MHP	Cool Runnings	16C: Tropical Stout	Red Earth Brewers

Table 19: Strong Ale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Martin	'Cause They're From Cincinnati And They Don't Know Any Better	17B: Old Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Jay Wilkes MHP	The Mighty	22B: American Strong Ale	DC Homebrewers
3rd	Sean McCanne	Tudor Strong Hopped Ale	17D: English Barley Wine	Red Earth Brewers

Table 20: Sour Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Proulx	Just Call Me Ned	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Homebrewers Local 402
2nd	Drew Templeton MHP	Derp Face	23D: Lambic	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Adventure Time	LSX4: Catharina Sour

Table 21: Belgian and French Ale (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Baer Trapp	26A: Belgian Single
2nd	Ryan Wankel MHP	Wit Or Wit Out	24A: Witbier	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Joseph Belevender	Hold A Path To The North	24C: Bière de Garde	Motor City Mashers

Table 22: Saison (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe D'Auria MHP	Little Grey One	25B: Saison	Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES)
2nd	Lawrence Bolton MHP	Pale Saison	25B: Saison	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
3rd	Wesley Kulcak MHP	Shepherd's Saison	25B: Saison	Bay Area Mashtronauts

Table 23: Belgian Strong Ale - Light (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Williams Co-Brewer: Alex Williams	Murder By Yeast	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	John Luhmann	Demon D	26C: Belgian Tripel	Iowa Brewers Union
3rd	Gerad Miller MHP	Do Blondes Have More Fun?	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists

Table 24: Belgian Strong Ale - Dark (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Medford MHP	Ba-Dee-Ya	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Terry Garrett	Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Lawrence Brewers Guild
3rd	Paul Bruski	Finis Temporum	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 25: American Wild Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Olson MHP	Princess Peach's Tartistry	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	ZZHops Homebrewing Club
2nd	Rodolfo Valladares MHP	Audacious And Delicious	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Rodolfo Valladares MHP	Grapes Gone Wild	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 26: Fruit Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Happening Happened	29A: Fruit Beer
2nd	Alex Boyer	Holiday Sour	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
3rd	Jeremy Rott MHP	Apricot Crush	29A: Fruit Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 27: Spice/Herb/Vegetable (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Merfeld MHP	Jose And KC Cream Ale	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Joe Skiles MHP	Coffee Milky McStouterton	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Anthony Sasso MHP	Down The Chimney	30D: Specialty Spice Beer	816Pack

Table 28: Smoke Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Terry Garrett	Smoked Schwarzbier	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Lawrence Brewers Guild
2nd	Chad Medford MHP	Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires	6B: Rauchbier	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Steve Powell	Rauchbier	6B: Rauchbier	Big Sioux Brewing Society

Table 29: Wood Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Martin	Rule #5 Doesn't Apply Because I'm An Amateur Photographer	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Scott Bakken	Night Train	33A: Wood-Aged Beer
3rd	Corey Beckmann	Woodsman's Recompense	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society

Table 30: Specialty Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Martin	I'll Just Close My Eyes	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Alex Williams MHP Co-Brewer: Patrick Williams	An Effort To Empty The Freezer	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Alex Boyer	Riwaka Rice Lager	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Johnson County Brewing Society
HM	Gary Shellman	Aren't Wee So Scottish	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	Red Earth Brewers

Table 31: Traditional Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Mead MHP	Melilotus Officinalis	M1C: Sweet Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
2nd	Rick Chainani MHP	Thunder Honey	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead
3rd	Marek Łęczycki	Dwojniak Coriander	M1C: Sweet Mead	Polski Miód Pitny

Table 32: Fruit Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah And Marc Prichard MHP	Wanna Shake Your Trees	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Matthew Mead MHP	Michigan U-Pick: Montmorency Vs Balaton Vs Danube	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead	PrimeTime Brewers
3rd	Marek Łęczycki	Sofia 3.0	M2E: Melomel	Polski Miód Pitny

Table 33: Spice and Specialty Mead (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shane Kammerer MHP Co-Brewer: Susan Kammerer	Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right, But Three Do	M4B: Historical Mead	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Marek Łęczycki	Dwojniak Gryczany 243	M4B: Historical Mead	Polski Miód Pitny
3rd	Robert Lyst MHP	Rasp Chocolate Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Iowa Brewers Union

Table 34: Standard Cider and Perry (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rodolfo Valladares MHP	Country Cider	C1B: English Cider	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Todd Cogswell MHP	Boyer' Being There - Aldi Special	C1A: New World Cider	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle
3rd	Dan Acheson MHP	Arrogant Apple	C1A: New World Cider	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 35: Specialty Cider and Perry (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson MHP	Cidurana	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Colter's Tears	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Weiz Guys
3rd	Myles Burkemper MHP	Fuck It Dude, Let's Go Bowling.	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 36: Wild West (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Bechina MHP	The Martini Shot	60A: KCBM41 Wild West	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Eric Martin	Rock Ridge Old Ale	60A: KCBM41 Wild West	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Deborah And Marc Prichard MHP	REB Chris Hurt Is My Hero	60A: KCBM41 Wild West	Red Earth Brewers

Table 37: KC Bier Co Scale-Up (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Smoke & Mirrors	50A: KC Bier Co Scale-Up	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 38: Transport Scale-Up (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jay Highfill	Darkness In The Republic	51A: Transport Brewery Scale-Up

Table 39: Vine Street Scale Up (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rodolfo Valladares MHP	Rainbow Tiger Paws	53A: Vine Street Brewing Scale Up	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 11/01/2023 8:00 AM, CDT through 02/04/2024 12:00 AM, CST.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 11/01/2023 8:00 AM, CDT through 02/10/2024 5:00 PM, CST.