The Next Club Meeting is June 2nd in Woodland Hills. Come have a beer or join us for the Mayfaire Festival on May 18th in Acton!
2012 MAYFAIRE COMPETITION RESULTS
2012 Mayfaire organized by the Maltose Falcons
Holy cow! 550 entries registered and a bunch of judges to run through them all. In the end, the judges at the Best of Show Panel commented on the stellar nature of the winners and just how tough the final judging was. In the end, the bird goes to a brewer known well to the Falcons, particularly for his Belgians. Congrats Mike!
Best of Show Winner
Mike Mraz for his Flanders Red
First Runner-up
Michael Izbicki for his Belgian Dubbel
Second Runner-up
Mike Mraz for his Belgian Blonde
| Class 1 American Pale and Dark Lager | ||
| 1st Place | Rick Burnside | American Pale Lager |
| 2nd Place | Dan Eastwood | American Pale Lager |
| 3rd Place | Steve Hinkle | American Pre-Prohibition Lager |
| Class 2 European Pale Lager | ||
| 1st Place | Chris Simental | Bohemian Pilsner |
| 2nd Place | Richard Solis | Dortmunder/Export |
| 3rd Place | Virgil Bumann | Munich Helles |
| Class 3 American Wheat Ale and American Cream Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Bud Tourville | American Cream Ale |
| 2nd Place | Kyle White | American Blonde Ale |
| 3rd Place | Mike Riddle | American Cream Ale |
| Class 4 English Bitter Ale and Pale Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Riddle | Special or Best Bitter |
| 2nd Place | James Hilbing | Strong Bitter and ESB |
| 3rd Place | Michael Izbicki | English Pale Ale |
| Class 5 American Pale Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Kevin Kowalczyk | American-Style Pale Ale |
| 2nd Place | Ryan Truax, Constance Marshall | American-Style Pale Ale |
| 3rd Place | Chris Simental | American-Style Pale Ale |
| Class 6 Scottish Ales | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Riddle | Irish Red Ale |
| 2nd Place | Paul Sangster | Wee Heavy |
| 3rd Place | James Hilbing, Kurt Rump, Mike Truman | Wee Heavy |
| Class 7 India Pale Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Kevin Kowalczyk | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| 2nd Place | Kevin Drake | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| 3rd Place | Sean Navin | American-Style India Pale Ale |
| Class 8 European Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Riddle | Kolsch-Style Ale |
| 2nd Place | Craig Corley | Altbier |
| 3rd Place | Rick Krone | Kolsch-Style Ale |
| Class 9 Amber and Dark Lager | ||
| 1st Place | Scott Satterthwaite | Schwarzbier |
| 2nd Place | Mike Mraz | Vienna Lager |
| 3rd Place | Russell Livingston | Schwarzbier |
| Class 10 American West Coast Beers | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Mraz | West Coast Extra Pale Ale |
| 2nd Place | David Ochoa, Cody Darwin | California Common Beer |
| 3rd Place | Steve Mifsud | California Common Beer |
| Class 11 Brown Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Eric Holden | Mild Ale |
| 2nd Place | Jon Silvertooth | Southern English Brown Ale |
| 3rd Place | Mike Riddle | Mild Ale |
| Class 12 Strong Ale and Old Ale | ||
| 1st Place | James Hilbing | Old Ale |
| 2nd Place | David Martin, Ramiro, Jason, Antonio, Sergio, Gary | American Style Strong Ale |
| Class 13 Double IPA and Barleywine | ||
| 1st Place | Brandon Fender | Double (Imperial) India Pale Ale |
| 2nd Place | Kevin Kowalczyk | English-Style Barleywine |
| 3rd Place | Andrew Bell | Double (Imperial) India Pale Ale |
| Class 14 Northern European Strong Beers | ||
| 1st Place | Paul Sangster | Baltic Porter |
| 2nd Place | Mike Riddle | Imperial (Russian) Stout |
| 3rd Place | Kris Schmidt | Adambier |
| Class 15 Bock | ||
| 1st Place | Paul Sangster | Traditional Bock |
| Class 16 Porter | ||
| 1st Place | Zack Pincherli, Lars Vedvick, Barry Schwartz | American-Style Porter |
| 2nd Place | Mike Riddle | American-Style Porter |
| 3rd Place | Kyle White | American-Style Porter |
| Class 17 Stout | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Riddle | Export and Oatmeal (Sweet English) Stout |
| 2nd Place | Kevin Grizard | American-Style Stout |
| 3rd Place | Rick Burnside | Export and Oatmeal (Sweet English) Stout |
| Class 18 German Wheat Beer | ||
| 1st Place | Brian Kellough | Bavarian Krystal Weizen |
| 2nd Place | Jon Silvertooth | Berliner Weisse |
| 3rd Place | Brett Wilson, Tomas Sidenfaden | Berliner Weisse |
| Class 19 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Michael Izbicki | Abbey Dubbel (Double) Ale |
| 2nd Place | James Hilbing | Abbey Tripel (Triple) Ale |
| 3rd Place | John Aitchison | Abbey Ale, Other |
| Class 20 Belgian-Style Strong Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Mraz | Belgian Blonde |
| 2nd Place | Kyle White | Belgian-Style Strong Dark Ale |
| 3rd Place | Tom Kelly, Peggy Kelly | Belgian-Style Strong Golden Ale |
| Class 21 Belgian-Style Specialty Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Timothy Golden | Witbier |
| 2nd Place | James Stott | Belgian-Style Specialty Ale, Other |
| 3rd Place | Christopher Rockwell, Bret Goldhorn | Belgian IPA |
| Class 22 Farmhouse Ales | ||
| 1st Place | Kristofor Barnes, John Rockwell | Saison (Spring/Summer) |
| 2nd Place | Jay Hinton | Saison (Spring/Summer) |
| 3rd Place | Mike Riddle, Cameron Day, Sean Oconnor | Wild Ales |
| Class 23 Belgian-Style Sour Ale | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Mraz | Flanders-Style Red |
| 2nd Place | Chris Walowski | Oud Bruin |
| 3rd Place | Andrew Bell | Fruit-Flavored Lambic-Style Ale and Faro |
| Class 24 Specialty Beer - Fruit/Vegetable and Herb/Spiced | ||
| 1st Place | Mike Riddle | Fruit- and/or Vegetable-Flavored Beer |
| 2nd Place | Hank Hofmann, Rick Kinkel | Herb- and/or Spice-Flavored Beer |
| 3rd Place | Mike Riddle | Herb- and/or Spice-Flavored Beer |
| Class 25 Specialty Beer - Smoked, Experimental, Historical, and Other | ||
| 1st Place | Chris Walowski | Wood Aged Beer |
| 2nd Place | Dan Eastwood | Bavarian Rauch (smoke-flavored) |
| 3rd Place | Sean Johnson, Don Liebig | Historical Beer |
| Class 26 Mead | ||
| 1st Place | Eric Holden | Mead, Other |
| 2nd Place | Elspeth Payne | Traditional Mead |
| 3rd Place | Sean Morris | Metheglin |
| Class 27 Cider | ||
| 1st Place | Bud Tourville | Standard Cider and Perry |
| 2nd Place | Dan Eastwood | Standard Cider and Perry |
| 3rd Place | Mike Riddle | Standard Cider and Perry |