31st Annual Spirit Of Free Beer (SOFB) 2025 Homebrew Competition

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Wendy Aaronson, Andy Anderson, Daniel Armstrong, Mark Beck, Colleen Cannon, Thomas Cannon, Cole Christian, Kenneth Christian, Alexander Cook, Anil Dosaj, Michael Earle, Ben Hirsch, Ken Jucks, Kathleen Koch, Steve Kranz, Dona Lee, Woody Lee, Greg Leifer, Michael Losi, Steve Marler, Udit Minocha, Matt Peppe, Matthew Pyle, Jake Riley, Gary Sharp, Steve Slaybaugh, Thomas Sords, Alex Spencer, Vitol Wiacek

By the Numbers

193 Entries 75 Entrants

29 Judges

60 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

7 entries

Judges: Kenneth Christian (Head Judge), Thomas Sords

Table 2: Pale Malty European Lager

9 entries

Judges: Kathleen Koch (Head Judge), Michael Losi

Table 3: Czech Lager

15 entries

Judges: Cole Christian, Alexander Cook, Ken Jucks (Head Judge), Steve Kranz

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer

14 entries

Judges: Wendy Aaronson, Steve Marler (Head Judge), Matt Peppe, Steve Slaybaugh

Table 5: Amber European Beer

13 entries

Judges: Mark Beck, Thomas Cannon (Head Judge), Cole Christian, Steve Kranz

Table 6: Dark & Strong European Beer

10 entries

Judges: Woody Lee, Vitol Wiacek (Head Judge)

Table 7: Pale British Beer

9 entries

Judges: Daniel Armstrong, Colleen Cannon (Head Judge)

Table 8: Scottish Ale & Irish Beer

7 entries

Judges: Steve Marler (Head Judge), Udit Minocha, Gary Sharp

Table 9: Brown Ales

8 entries

Judges: Ken Jucks (Head Judge), Matt Peppe

Table 10: Stout

13 entries

Judges: Anil Dosaj, Ben Hirsch, Woody Lee, Greg Leifer (Head Judge)

Table 11: Porter

6 entries

Judges: Andy Anderson (Head Judge), Anil Dosaj

Table 12: American Pale & Amber Ale

14 entries

Judges: Thomas Cannon (Head Judge), Michael Earle, Udit Minocha, Thomas Sords

Table 13: IPA

12 entries

Judges: Daniel Armstrong, Kathleen Koch, Michael Losi, Alex Spencer (Head Judge)

Table 14: Strong, Smoked, & Wood-Aged Beer

6 entries

Judges: Greg Leifer (Head Judge), Jake Riley

Table 15: German Wheat & Belgian Ale

11 entries

Judges: Andy Anderson (Head Judge), Matthew Pyle, Gary Sharp

Table 16: Monastic Ale

15 entries

Judges: Colleen Cannon, Kenneth Christian, Dona Lee, Vitol Wiacek (Head Judge)

Table 17: Fruit Beer & Sour/Wild Ale

6 entries

Judges: Michael Earle (Head Judge), Ben Hirsch

Table 18: Spiced Beer

12 entries

Judges: Dona Lee, Matthew Pyle, Steve Slaybaugh, Alex Spencer (Head Judge)

Table 19: Specialty Beer

6 entries

Judges: Wendy Aaronson (Head Judge), Alexander Cook

Best of Show

Beer

Bill Moe Award

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners