Homebrewed Beer/Meads and Other of the Year 2024
A futile attempt at tracking all of the beers, meads, ciders and other beverages the members have brought to club meetings and festivals. Unsurprisingly, there's quite a bit! Credit where known and notes when possible, but forgive us our lapses, we've been drinking!
Southern California Homebrew Festival:
- American Lager - Kevin
- Apricot Lager - Kevin
- American Wit - Kevin
- Pink Boots English Brown
- Belgian Wit
- Anchor's Dream California Common
- Bourbon Vanilla Milk Stout
- Pink Boots Belgian Bronw
- Sparkingly Perry
- CHA/Falcons Collab Wee Heavy
- Cream Ale
- CDJK Mild
- Clam Chowdah Saison
- Earl Gray Saison
- Maple Syrup Brown Sugar Imperial Stout
- Belgian Dubble
- Sweet Stout on Chocolate Coffee Randal
- Pink Boots American Brown on French Toast Coffee Randal
- Blueberry Lemondrop Mead
- Dragonfruit Mango Mead
- Golden Gate Strong Bitter
- Belgian Dark Strong
- West Coast Pilsner
- Hop Water
Mead Bar
- Catclaw Honey
- Fireweed Honey
- Washington Buckwheat Honey
- Rabbit Brush Honey
- Lehua Honey
- Wild Flower Honey
- Blackberry Honey
- Muscat Pyment
- Multi Berry
- Perry
- Bochet Cyser
- Cyser
- Pomegranate
Mayfaire
- American Lager - Kevin
- Apricot Lager - Kevin
- American Wit - Kevin
- Brown Ale (Ladies Brewday) - Jeff
- Dark Heart Imperial Stout - Ilan
- Belgian Wit - Bob
- Leffe Clone - Bill
- Adambier - Ilan
- Belgian Pale 1 - Bonney
- Belgian Pale 2 - Bonney
- Flanders Red - Mike
- Belgian IPA - Mike
- Black Rye IPA - Mike
- Brown Lake Ale - Q
- Dark Heart Imperial Stout - Q
- Adambier - John
June Meeting - Mexican Craft Beers
- French Belgian Saison - Jeff
- Weizenbock - Jeff
- Cream Ale - Jamie
- S'more Bochet - Daniel
- All Your Base Are Brew Log To Us - Scot
- Dry Mead - Scot
- CDJK Mild - Drew
- Cream Ale - Drew
- Clam Chowdah Saison - Drew
- New Zealand Pils - John
- New Zealand Pils - Roger
- Pomegranate Mead - Roger - Meeting Winner
- Belgian Grape Tripel - John
- Fantome Automne Clone - John
- Makgeolli - Art
July Meeting - Witbier
Grand Hydro
- Allagash White
- Ogopogo Boeman
Witbier Competition - 4 entries
- Winner - John Aitchsion - Specialty Witbier with mixed culture from Fantome
Homebrew
- Cerveza con Limon - Mexican Lager with Lime - Ryan Griswold - first time pouring
- Bohemian Pilsner - Roger Taylor
- Bohemian Pilsner (no Decoction!) - John Aitchison
- Irish Red - Ryan Griswold - first time pouring
- Passion Fruit Wheat - Geoff Robertson
- Green Zebra Catharina Sout - John Aitchison
- Earl Grey Saison - Drew Beechum
- Rye Saison with Herbs - Scott Donahue
- Fantome Saison Homage - Geoff Roberston - meeting winner
- Hazy IPA with Honey - Daniel Stahl
- Pina Colada Hazy with Abstrax - Scott Donahue
- West Coast IPA - John Aitchison
- West Coast IPA with Sauvignon Blanc - John Aitchison
- Traditional Mead - Matt - first time pouring
- Traditional Mead - Geoff Robertson
- Apple Pie Cyser - Roger Taylor
August Meeting - Tripel
Grand Hydro (John Aitchison)
- Chimay Cinq Cents (canned)
- Gouden Carolus Tripel
- Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (canned)
- Allagash Tripel
- Naughty Pine Verlinden 1932
Homebrew
- Hazy NZ Pilsner -Roger Taylor & Project Barley
- Barrel Aged Mead - Roger
- Dubbel - John Aitchison
- Blueberry Hopped Mead - Daniel Stahl
- Strawberry Black Lime Mead - Daniel Stahl - meeting winner
- Fantome / Falcons Belgian - Ilan Grossberg
Lake Arrowhead Brewfest / Oktoberfest
- Abbey Style American Brown Ale - 6.2%
- Sparkling Perry - 6.6%
- Trident Belgian Brown - 4.9%
- Fantome Style Saison - 5.5%
- Septemberfest - 5.7%
- "Morning' Sunshine" Hazy IPA - 5.7%
- Black IPA - 5.2%
- Imperial Porter - 8.1%
- Saison - 6.4%
- Tepache Mead - 5%
- Orange Creamsicle Mead - 7.8%
- Witbier - 5%
- Apricot Lager - 4.5%
- American Lager - 4.7%
Mead Bar (aka Roger's Bottle Bar)
- Lehua
- Cat Claw
- Meadowfoam
- Perry
- Raspberry
- Cyser
- Apple Bochet
- Rabbitbrush
- Wildflower
- Mustard Flower
- Fireweed
- Mesquite
- Pomegranate Melomel
- Cherry Melomel