25th Cascade Brewers Cup

Thanks to all who participated in the 25th Cascade Brewers Cup.

There were 453 entries judged and 197 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Davis	Breakfast Beer	13A: Dark Mild	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Winning Entries

Table 1: Dark Euro (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Acheson	Keines Deutches Porter	8B: Schwarzbier	Urban Knaves of Grain
2nd	Joe Dauria	On the Dark Side	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) [South Weymouth, MA]
3rd	Jonathan Sherwin	Everyday I'm Dunkelin'	8A: Munich Dunkel	West Sound Brewers

Table 2: Strong Euro (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Oberlin	Scooter	9C: Baltic Porter	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Phil Knudson Co-Brewer: Blake Skouras	Tilted Dopplebock	9A: Doppelbock
3rd	John Erste	Puppy Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Little Mountain Homebrewers Association

Table 3: Strong British (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Frommer	The Tories Are Killing Britain	17D: English Barleywine	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	David Carruthers Co-Brewer: Tristan Carruthers	Freedom!!	17C: Wee Heavy	Puyallup Brew Crew
3rd	Alan Burdick	Wee Oops	17C: Wee Heavy	West Sound Brewers

Table 4: American IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jesse Young	Miocene Epoch	21A: American IPA	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Russell Pearsall	Hop Hash	21A: American IPA	North Seattle Homebrew Club
3rd	Kris Haskins	Astronaut Dana	21A: American IPA	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 5: NE IPA (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Davis	Synesthesia	21B7: New England IPA	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Colby Reineke	Hazy IPA	21B7: New England IPA	Minnesota Home Brewers Association
3rd	Adam Arndt	So Fluffy	21B7: New England IPA	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 6: Strong American (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dustin Striplin	Mo Barley, Mo Problems	22C: American Barleywine	Brown’s Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Jonathan Sherwin	IPA	22A: Double IPA	West Sound Brewers
3rd	Dan Acheson	American Strong	22B: American Strong Ale	Urban Knaves of Grain

Table 7: Pale Strong Belgian (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Ochsner	A Tale Of Two Yeasts	25B: Saison	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	David Fetty	Saison 12	25B: Saison	Brixie's Brewers
3rd	Robert Guthner	Foreign Mist	25B: Saison	Ocean County Home Brewers[NJ]

Table 8: Dark Strong Belgian (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Fetty	Belgian Dark Strong	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Brixie's Brewers
2nd	Greg Ogle	Vier Koningen	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Kelvin Keown	Frankenclauws	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 9: Smokey (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Deborah and Marc Prichard	Fickle Pickle	27A3: Lichtenhainer	Kansas City Bier Meisters
2nd	Travis Morita	Marlowe's Lil Smoky	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Matthew Hibbs	Peated Wee Heavy	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 10: Weird Science (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Dunlap	Santa Knows Brown Ale	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Enid Lints	Black Rice Lager	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	West Sound Brewers
3rd	Enid Lints	Lager Crush	34C: Experimental Beer	West Sound Brewers

Table 21: Standard American Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kris Haskins	You Don’t Like Beer, You Like Being Drunk	1A: American Light Lager	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	John Smith Co-Brewer: Greg MacAulay	Overnight Sensation	1C: Cream Ale	Rat City Homebrewers
3rd	Ben Sookying	This Aint Kurrz Lite!	1A: American Light Lager	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 22: Pale Bitter Euro (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Mathiowetz	Jj's German Light	5A: German Leichtbier	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Tristan McCoy Co-Brewer: Kyle Jung	Middle-Aged Mosh Pit	2A: International Pale Lager	Browns Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Cory Geerdts	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Bellingham Homebrewers Guild

Table 23: Pilsner (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Ochsner	Picnic Point Pils	5D: German Pils	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Jesse Young	Liquid History	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Kyle Durham	Starstruck	5D: German Pils	Snake River Brewers

Table 24: Pale Malty Euro (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Medford	The Bridesmaid	4A: Munich Helles	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Adam Arndt	Hoi, Hoi, Hoi: der Gemutlichkeit	4B: Festbier	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Daniel Weber	Objective: Survive	4B: Festbier	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 25: Amber Malty Euro (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joe Conley	Oktoberfest	6A: Marzen	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Louis Strowger	Ltb Brewhaus Marzen	6A: Marzen	West Sound Brewers
3rd	Pat McLaughlin	Irish Red Head	2B: International Amber Lager	South Sound Suds Society

Table 26: Amber Bitter Euro (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gerad Miller	Let's Put Another Shrimp On The Barbie	7A: Vienna Lager	Dayton Regional Amateur Fermentation Technologists
2nd	Kyle Durham	Invincible Incident	7A: Vienna Lager	Snake River Brewers
3rd	Charles Whitt	"Out of the Trenches" Altbier	7B: Altbier	Puyallup Brew Crew

Table 27: German Wheat (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dustin Striplin Co-Brewer: Jamie Striplin	Mother Heff'r	10A: Weissbier	Brown’s Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Matthew Hibbs	Dark Hazy Gravy	10C: Weizenbock	Browns Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Charles Stevens	Das Boot	10B: Dunkels Weissbier

Table 28: British Pale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Zens	Granite Falls	12C: English IPA
2nd	Will Fredin	Best Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	Greater Everett Brewers League

Table 29: Specialty IPA (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Will Fredin	Belgian IPA	21B1: Belgian IPA	Greater Everett Brewers League
2nd	Matthew Baldwin	Good Night, Sleep Tight	21B6: White IPA	North Seattle Homebrew Club
3rd	Robert Rothschiller	Hop Into Darkness	21B2: Black IPA

Table 30: Fruit Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Oberlin	I'm... Batgirl	29A: Fruit Beer	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Dan Acheson	Cherry Chocolate Flanders	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Urban Knaves of Grain
3rd	Sean Gertz	Mango Raz Berliner Weisse	29A: Fruit Beer	North Seattle Homebrew Club

Table 31: SHV (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Frommer	Not Too Early To Be Buzzed	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Matthew Hibbs	Winter Warmer	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Browns Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Robert Guthner	Coco Loco	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Ocean County Home Brewers[NJ]

Table 40: Brown British (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Davis	Breakfast Beer	13A: Dark Mild	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Steven Hutchison	Hutch's British Brown V2	13B: English Brown Ale	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Jesse Young	The Sauntering Stag	13A: Dark Mild	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 41: Scottish & Irish (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Ouzts	Kilt Sniffer	14C: Scottish Export	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Ashley Derum Co-Brewer: Denny Derum	Ygritte	15A: Irish Red Ale
3rd	Tristan McCoy Co-Brewer: Kyle Jung	Beam Me Up	14B: Scottish Heavy	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 42: Irish & British Stout (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Carruthers Co-Brewer: Tristan Carruthers	Thackery B!nx	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Puyallup Brew Crew
2nd	Sam Hoopes	Golden Sweetness	16A: Sweet Stout	Ninja Homebrewers
3rd	Daniel Weber	A Broken Clock Is Irish On St Paddy's Day	15B: Irish Stout	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 43: Pale American Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dennis Nagy	Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Greater Everett Brewers League
2nd	Dustin Striplin	Turn Down For What!	18B: American Pale Ale	Brown’s Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Robert Rothschiller	The Hoppy Captain	18B: American Pale Ale

Table 44: Amber & Brown American (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Oberlin	Ares Amber	19A: American Amber Ale	NINJA Homebrewers
2nd	Charles Whitt	"Anchor™ Away Steam Beer"	19B: California Common	Puyallup Brew Crew
3rd	Kris Haskins	I Want My Hat Back!	27A6: Kentucky Common	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 45: American Porter & Stout (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Hibbs	Burning Furniture	20C: Imperial Stout	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Travis Morita	Goodnight Marlowe	20B: American Stout	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Joseph Yonke	Darth Malt	20C: Imperial Stout

Table 46: Euro Sour (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Casey Faulkner	Peach Spon	23F: Fruit Lambic
2nd	Russell Pearsall Co-Brewer: Kevin Lindeman	Oude Bruin	23C: Oud Bruin	North Seattle Homebrew Club
3rd	Travis Morita	Marlowe Visits Belgium	23F: Fruit Lambic	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]

Table 47: Belgian (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tristan McCoy Co-Brewer: Kyle Jung	Thirst Trappist	26A: Trappist Single	Browns Point Homebrew Club
2nd	Dustin Striplin Co-Brewer: Jamie Striplin	If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put A Ring On It	26A: Trappist Single	Brown’s Point Homebrew Club
3rd	Steven Ouzts	Litanie Contre la Peur	26A: Trappist Single	Browns Point Homebrew Club

Table 48: American Gone Wild (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Weiss	The Lord of the Pit	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
2nd	Enid Lints	Not My Jam	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	West Sound Brewers
3rd	Alex Kuyper	Greg	28C: Wild Specialty Beer

Table 49: Woody (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Ochsner	Ransomware Attack	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
2nd	Joe Conley	Oak-Aged Wake N Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Cascade Brewers Guild [Woodinville, WA]
3rd	Scott Howell	Burien's Stout	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Rat City Homebrewers

Judging Session Locations and Dates

Friday - Bosk Brew Works
03/24/2023 6:00 PM, PDT

Sat AM - Bosk Brew Works
03/25/2023 9:00 AM, PDT

Sat PM - Bosk Brew Works
03/25/2023 1:00 PM, PDT

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/01/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 03/17/2023 5:00 PM, PDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 01/01/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 02/28/2023 5:00 PM, PST.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 03/01/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 03/17/2023 5:00 PM, PDT.

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 03/01/2023 10:00 AM, PST through 03/17/2023 5:00 PM, PDT.