Thanks to all who participated in the 31st Annual Spirit Of Free Beer (SOFB) 2025 Homebrew Competition.
There were 193 entries judged and 229 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | David White | I'm Going Back To Cally | 19B: California Common | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Bob Rouse | Old Feedbag | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Gregory Sanial | Bock Means Goat So This Is Double Goat | 9A: Doppelbock | PrimeTime Brewers |
Bill Moe Award
The Bill Moe Award is given for the best extract-based beer entered in the competition. Entries do not have to be completely extract based. However, at least 50% of the fermentables must be based on malt extract
Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
Janine Dade Co-Brewer: Burp Meeting | BURPing Best | 11B: Best Bitter | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Standard American Beer (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios | Pre-Purrritanical F***ery Lager | 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager | DC Homebrewers |
2nd | Gregory Sanial MHP | Rolling Rock Without DMS Tastes Awesome | 1B: American Lager | PrimeTime Brewers |
3rd | Chad Faulstick MHP | Chettyweiser | 1A: American Light Lager | Wheeling Alers |
Table 2: Pale Malty European Lager (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David Towles MHP | Amber Lager | 2B: International Amber Lager | High Plains Drafters [TX] |
2nd | Jim Busch Co-Brewer: Keith Harper | Kellerbier | 27A1: Kellerbier | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Peter Saunders | Spring Maibock | 4C: Helles Bock | |
Table 3: Czech Lager (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Andy Anderson Co-Brewer: Kathy Koch | Polo T'mave | 3C: Czech Amber Lager | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Wendy Aaronson Co-Brewer: Bill Ridgely | Suave T'Mave | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Kyle Yakopovich | AdidaSaaz Tracksuit | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | |
Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Jeanie Osburn | Pils To Warrenton | 5D: German Pils | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Jeanie Osburn | Half-N-Half | 5C: German Helles Exportbier | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | John Baute | Magnus | 5D: German Pils | New River Valley Brewers Guild |
Table 5: Amber European Beer (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Bruce Enzmann MHP | Unknowable Truths | 7A: Vienna Lager | Seven City Brewers |
2nd | Jim Busch Co-Brewer: Keith Harper | Altroute 66 | 7B: Altbier | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Jeff Adamson | Descent Into Darkness | 6C: Dunkels Bock | |
HM | Christopher Chervin | Hop Harvest Altbier | 7B: Altbier | DC Homebrewers |
Table 6: Dark & Strong European Beer (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Gregory Sanial MHP | Bock Means Goat So This Is Double Goat | 9A: Doppelbock | PrimeTime Brewers |
2nd | Wesley Kulcak MHP | Shepherd's South Texas Bock | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Bay Area Mashtronauts |
3rd | Joe D'Auria MHP | Double The Trouble | 9A: Doppelbock | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
Table 7: Pale British Beer (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Gregory Sanial MHP | Blimey | 12A: British Golden Ale | PrimeTime Brewers |
2nd | Zachary Seely | Strong Bitter | 11C: Strong Bitter | |
3rd | Greg Leifer | Golden Parachute | 12A: British Golden Ale | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Table 8: Scottish Ale & Irish Beer (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Mark Hogenmiller | Highland Heritage | 14C: Scottish Export | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Cole Christian MHP Co-Brewer: Paulette Palacios | Lucky Lepresheagle | 15A: Irish Red Ale | DC Homebrewers |
3rd | Alex Hannagan MHP | Rocket Jump | 15A: Irish Red Ale | |
Table 9: Brown Ales (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Alex Hannagan MHP | Sir Not Appearing In This Beer | 13A: Dark Mild | |
2nd | David Towles MHP | Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | High Plains Drafters [TX] |
3rd | Harley Hopkins MHP | Gris-Gris | 13A: Dark Mild | The Brü Club |
Table 10: Stout (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Bob Rouse MHP | Old Feedbag | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Zachary Seely | Stout | 16D: Foreign Extra Stout | |
3rd | Matt Hartog | Imperial Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout | |
Table 11: Porter (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Jeanie Osburn | Lone Wolf Ed | 20A: American Porter | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Mark Linderman | American Porter #23 | 20A: American Porter | |
3rd | Edward Bielaus Co-Brewer: Boris Barrere | New Dark Ages And Sorrows Of Empire Porter | 13C: English Porter | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Table 12: American Pale & Amber Ale (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David White | I'm Going Back To Cally | 19B: California Common | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Matthew Pyle | Crystal-Less | 18B: American Pale Ale | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Joe D'Auria MHP | Blonde Over Blue | 18A: Blonde Ale | Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) |
Table 13: IPA (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Alex John | Of Broken Lil Pieces | 21C: Hazy IPA | First State Brewers |
2nd | Thomas Musquiez MHP | DIPA For Dohko | 22A: Double IPA | San Antonio Cerveceros |
3rd | Kevin Wilson Co-Brewer: Jason Biddle | Red Toad | 21B4: Red IPA | Granite Run Brewers |
Table 14: Strong, Smoked, & Wood-Aged Beer (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Wendy Aaronson Co-Brewer: Bill Ridgely | Auld Billy Ray | 17C: Wee Heavy | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Steve Marler | Old Andy, Wanker! | 17D: English Barley Wine | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Richard Sparano | Third Rounder | 22C: American Barleywine | Band of Media Brewers (BOMB) |
Table 15: German Wheat & Belgian Ale (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Greg Leifer | Say What | 25B: Saison | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Joseph Schneider | Bman Belgian Pale Ale | 24B: Belgian Pale Ale | |
3rd | Jeanie Osburn | Saison Of Heat | 25B: Saison | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Table 16: Monastic Ale (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Alex Zwerdling MHP | Holy Hell | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | The Brü Club |
2nd | Wendy Aaronson Co-Brewer: Bill Ridgely | Paters Pride | 26A: Belgian Single | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
3rd | Charles Brown | Dark Strong Ale | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |
HM | Edward Bielaus Co-Brewer: Boris Barrere | Harvey Sachs And Blau Schmilcus Memorial Dark Strong | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Table 17: Fruit Beer & Sour/Wild Ale (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Tracy Pratt MHP | Mango Madness | 29A: Fruit Beer | Battleground Brewers Guild |
2nd | James Bixby Co-Brewer: Lily Bixby | PAWS | 23F: Fruit Lambic | Progress Ale Works |
3rd | Mark Hogenmiller Co-Brewer: Bud Hensgen | Happy Pig Wild Raspberry Wheat | 29A: Fruit Beer | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
Table 18: Spiced Beer (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Tom Davis | Fimbulwinter's Fury | 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer | |
2nd | Dave Maxon MHP Co-Brewer: Chris Henderson And Kevin Brown | Drink Your Veggies | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
3rd | Nick Hebda | Tippy Toon Porter | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Bull Falls Homebrew Club |
HM | Peter Saunders Co-Brewer: Kevin Camp And Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky | Nice Day For A Mint Red Thing | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
Table 19: Specialty Beer (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David White | Nugs Doppelganger | 34A: Commercial Specialty Beer | Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP) |
2nd | Bill Davenport Co-Brewer: Mark Schaad | Tempest | 34B: Mixed-Style Beer | 50 West |
3rd | Mark Schaad | Imperial Crown | 34B: Mixed-Style Beer | 50 West |