Homebrew and Beer of 2026
January Meeting - Barleywine Competition
Grand Hydro
- Anchor Our Special Ale
- 1999
- 2006
- 2009
- 2009 Magnum
- 2020 Magnum
- 2022 - Last Batch (so far!)
Barleywine Competition - 6 entries
- John Aitchison - English Barleywine - 1st Place
- Drew Beechum - English Barleywine
- Scot Beidelman - English Barleywine - 2nd Place
- Jeremy Netka - English Barleywine - 3rd Place
- Roger Taylor - English Barleywine
- Jamie Crawford - American Barleywine
Homebrew
- American Pale Ale - Bill Greiner
- Saison - Bill Greiner
- Stout - Bill Greiner
- Smoked Porter - Scott Donahue
- Lady Falcon Brett Saison - MB Raines
- Not Your Granny's Apple Pie Cyser - Daniel Stahl
- Pear Cider - Geoff Robertson
- Death Valley Braggot - Art Fitzsimmons
- Cider - Scot Beidelman
- Belgian Blonde - Scot Beidelman
- Cyser - John Aitchison
- Berry Burst Cider - John Aitchison
- Dubbel - Roger Taylor
February Meeting - Tropical IPA / Chili Cookoff
Grand Hydro
- Beachwood Almagmator IPA
- Beachwood/Green Cheesk Lucky & Cheeky's Escape
- Creature Comfort - Tropicala IPA
- Alesmith Tropical Party Tricks
- Mason Clint Hopwood
- New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Tropic Force
- Special: Brewery X - To All A Good Night
Homebrew
- 1744 Porter - JPM
- POM Mead - Daniel Stahl
- Saison - Daniel Stahl
- 3 Mead Blend - Daniel Stahl
- Cookin Beer - Scott Donahue
- Smoked Porter - Scott Donahu
- NA Lager - MB Raines
- Mexican Lager - MB Raines
- German Pils - John Aitchison
- NZ Pilsner - John Aitchison
- Cyser - Roger Taylor
- Pale Ale - Scot Beidelman
Chili Cookoff
- First Place - Krysten Beidelman
- Second Place - Multi Place Tie
- Drew Beechum
- Scot Beidelman
- Jenna Bonney
- Fallon Ginsberg
March Meeting - Stout
Grand Hydro - Stout and Others
- Wild Fields Oatmeal Stout
- Naughty Pines Oatmeal Stout
- Harland Tiramisu Stout
- Enegren Baltic Maple porter
Others
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- Casa Agria Wild Ale (RIP)
- Mad Whale New Zealand Helles
Homebrew
- Tepache Metheglin - Daniel Stahl
- Maple Smoked Mead - Saniel Stahl
- Brown Ale - Scot Beidelman -WINNER
- 2017 Quad - Scot Beidelman
- Strawberry Sour - Joesph
- Flanders Red - Mike Summers
- Bigfoot IPA - Mike Summers
- Pom Mead - Roger Taylor
- Barrel Aged Mead - Roger Taylor
- Blackberry Catarina Sour - John Aitchson
- Framboise - John Aitchson
April Meeting - The History of Craft Beer - Tropical Beer Competition The Last Meeting at the Shop
Grand Hydro - Craft Beer History
- "The Old"
- Blue Moon
- Sam Adams Boston Lager
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- Deschutes Black Butte Porter
- Unibroue La Fin Du Monde
- Anchor Our Special Ale 2016
- "The New"
- Monkish 24K
- Enegren Maibock
Tropical Anything Competition
- Daniel Stahl - Tropical Gose - 1st Place
- Phil Giovanelli - Passionfruit Pale Ale
- Tiffany Ashrafi - Passionfruit Kolsch with Galaxy hops
- Roger Taylor - Passionfruit Mead - 2nd Place
- Nicolai Abramson - New Zealand Pils - 3rd Place
- John Aitchison - English Barleywine - 1st Place
Homebrew
- The Amber that goes with the Gumbo — 5.4% — Scot B.
- Adambier Shop Brew 2014 — 7.5% - Scot B.
- Honey Vienna Lager — 6.5% — Daniel
- Honey Vienna Lager — 6.5% — Jeffrey
- Hopped Mead — 5.5% — Daniel
- Red DIPA — 8.5% — Donovan
- RIS — 10.3% — Donovan
- Apple-Pear Cider — 6% — Geoff
- Dougfoot — 9% — MB
- Marzen — Nicolai
- Doppelbock — big — Nicolai
- Tripelbock — bigger — Roger Taylor
- Trad Bock - John
- Marzen - John
- Apple Pie Cyser — 9%? — John
Southern California Homebrewers Festival - Island Themed
This year's SCHF had a special Tropical/Island/Tiki theme and clubs really embraced it! (And they had Drew speak unfortunately)
Main Bar:
- American Lager
- Apricot Lager
- Tepache Mead
- Orange Creamsicle Mead
- Deacon Boddington Mild
- Saison D’Etre
- Belgian Blond
- Cali Spring Saison
- Cali Summer Saison
- Red Mild
- Oz Gold Euro Pale Ale
- Kings Diamond Barleywine
- Flanders Red
- Flanders Red Pucker Punch
- Irish Dry Stout
Randall Bar:
- Tropical Blond with Coconut & Pineapple
- Sweet Stout with Chocolate Coffee Beans
Mead Bar:
Traditional
- Sweet Clover
- Mexican Wildflower
- Macadamia Nut
- Tasmanian Leatherwood
Melomels
- Sweet Pomegranate
- 2023 Pomegranate
- Barrel Aged Pomegranate
- Barrel Aged Blend
- Cherry Melomel
- Blueberry Melomel
- Cyser
- Orange Marmalade
Slushies
- Pomegranate
- Creamsickle