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Homebrewed Beer/Meads and Other of the Year 2024

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 Baranowski
  • Apricot Lager - Kevin Baranowski
  • American Wit - Kevin Baranowski 
  • Pink Boots English Brown
  • Belgian Wit
  • Anchor's Dream California Common
  • Bourbon Vanilla Milk Stout
  • Pink Boots Belgian Brown - Jenna Bonney
  • Sparkingly Perry - Jenna Bonney
  • CHA/Falcons Collab Wee Heavy - Dana Cordes and Company
  • Cream Ale - Drew Beechum 
  • CDJK Mild - Drew Beechum 
  • Clam Chowdah Saison - Drew Beechum
  • Earl Gray Saison - Drew Beechum 
  • Heart of Darkness - Maple Syrup Brown Sugar Imperial Stout - Tiffany Ashrafi
  • Belgian Dubbel 
  • Sweet Stout on Chocolate Coffee Randal - Kevin Baranowski
  • Pink Boots American Brown on French Toast Coffee Randal - Tiffany Ashrafi
  • Blueberry Lemondrop Mead
  • Dragonfruit Mango Mead - Daniel Stahl
  • Golden Gate Strong Bitter
  • Belgian Dark Strong
  • West Coast Pilsner
  • Hop Water - MB Raines


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 Aitchison - Specialty Witbier with mixed culture from Fantome
Tech Demonstration - Air Still Pro
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 / Sunfest

  • 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 Melome 

50th Anniversary Party/Oktoberfest

Collaboration Bar

  • Bravery Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Aged Braggot
  • Brews Brothers Limbo Citra Saison
  • Firestone Walker Browneywine
  • Golden Road Bogart IPA
  • Macleods Dougweiser
  • Malibu Brewing Isla's First (Belgian Single)
  • Project Barley Maltose Kiwi
  • Sierra Nevada FestBier
  • Shadow Grove Kolsch (based on Hollywood Blonde)

Homebrew Keg Bar

  • 3944 Wit - Kevin Baranowski
  • Janet's Brown - Phil Giovanelli
  • Dougweiser (Kölsch Yeast) - Arts Fitzsimmons
  • Hashiell 10 - MB Raines
  • Belgian Dark Strong
  • Persian Ice Cream Golden Ale - Tiffany Ashrafi
  • Lady Brew Day Belgian Brown - Jenna Bonney
  • Perry - Jenna Bonney
  • West Hop American Summer - Drew Beechum
  • IPA (Golden Road Homebrew Wort) - Ilan Grossberg
  • Clam Chowder Saison - Drew Beechum
  • Earl Grey Saison - Drew Beechum
  • Adambier 2018 - Scot Beidelman
  • Adambier 2019 - Scot Beidelman
  • Witbier
  • Adambier
  • Dark Heart of the Forest RIS - Quin Ginsberg
  • 2018 Belgian Quad - Scot Beidelman
  • 2019 Belgian Quad - Scot Beidelman
  • Session Belgian IPA - Scot Beidelman
  • ESB - Jamie Crawford
  • Sweet Stout - Randal - Chocolate Coffee Beans - Kevin Baranowski
  • Dark Heart of the Forest - French Roast Coffee

Mead Bar (Draft) - Roger

  • Pomegranate
  • Key Lime
  • Cherry
  • Apple Cyser
  • Barrel Aged
  • Apple Pie Cyser
  • Bochet 

Bottle Bar

  • Barrel Aged Sucaba Clone - Bob Dexter
  • Tupelo Mead - Bob Dexter

November Meeting -Collab Beers and Tripel Comp

Grand Hydro - "The Lighter Collabs" (aka the lower alcohol 50th Anniversary Collabs)

    • Malibu Brewing Isla's First
    • Sierra Nevada Festbier
    • Brews Brothers "Limbo" Citra Saison
    • Project Barley - Maltose Kiwi
    • Golden Road - Bogart IPA
Tripel Competition - 6 entries
  • Winner - John Aitchison - Tripel - Made with wort from the Malibu Brewing session, boosted with additional grain and sugar
Homebrew
  • Wet Hop American Summer Fresh Hop Pale Ale - Drew Beechum
  • Chocolate Porter - Geoff Robertson
  • Petit Nat Cyser - Daniel Stahl
  • Hopped Cyser - Daniel Stahl
  • Janet's Brown Ale - Phil Giovanelli
  • Belgian IPA - John Aitchison
  • English IPA - Robb Stewart
  • Saison - Rick Morales
  • Hatch Chile Mead - Roger Taylor
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