A big thanks to to all who helped with this year’s FOAM cup.
Pete Polczynski, Mac Butcher and Gary Elliot knocked out the check-in of the entries in just 2 days!
Chris Mackechney did a fantastic job as Head Steward (as she always does).
We had our core group of judges ready on a minutes notice to step in if needed and the Red Earth Brewers have become a part of the FOAM Cup family, coming up every year in force to help judge. The Stillwater Brewers League is also part of our reliable judging pool. For the first time in awhile we had help from Kansas City, plus we had a judge, Shawn Miller, drive down from Cheyenne Wyoming drive down to help!
The banquet was a lot of fun and is always a great way to end FOAM Cup. I would have liked to see more fellow FOAMers attend the banquet. For those who didn’t make it I highly recommend you go next year. The chance to visit with other homebrew clubs is rare and you’re missing out.
In summary, we had 18 medals from FOAM members beating the Red earth brewers (14 medals) the Kansas City Bier Meisters (11 medals) and Stillwater Brewers league (2 medals)
Congratulations to all the winners!!
To recap, here’s a list of the medal winners.
BOS – FOAM Cup 2018
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeff Landers |
The Anti Neipa- Cause Haze Kills |
German Leichtbier |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
Matthew Berkey |
Forty Eighters’ Weissbier |
Weissbier |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd |
Tom Roan |
Red Ninja |
Experimental Beer |
Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Burt Renard |
Blind Date |
Fruit and Spice Mead |
Red Earth Brewers |
Winners – FOAM Cup 2018
Table 1: Standard American and Czech Lager (19 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
David Thompson |
1 |
Cream Ale |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
David Johnson |
Cream Ale 3-18 |
Cream Ale |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd |
Jeff Muse |
Fizzy Yellow Beer |
Cream Ale |
St. Louis Brews |
Table 2: International Lager (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Luke Hadsall |
Sexy Privet |
International Amber Lager |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Mac Butcher |
Ipl Or Pil(S)? |
International Pale Lager |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager and Beer (22 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Jeff Landers |
The Anti Neipa- Cause Haze Kills |
German Leichtbier |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
| 2nd |
David Byer |
Bohemian Helles |
Munich Helles |
Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters (MALT) [NC] |
| 3rd |
Trey Lovelace |
Festbier |
Festbier |
Carolina Brewmasters |
| HM |
Peter Polczynski |
Kidney Flusher |
German Exportbier |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 6: Amber Malty European Lager (15 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Alex Long |
Dunkes Bock |
Dunkels Bock |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Danzey Nickel |
Nickelfest |
Marzen |
Salt City Homebrewers [KS] |
| 3rd |
Trey Lovelace |
Dunkels Bock |
Dunkels Bock |
Carolina Brewmasters |
| HM |
Chad Medford |
Oktoberfest |
Marzen |
Red Earth Brewers |
Table 7: Amber Bitter European Beer (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Rich Carroll |
A Night In Vienna |
Vienna Lager |
Stoney Creek Homebrewers |
| 2nd |
Ben Sookying |
Altered Happiness |
Altbier |
The Bru Club |
| 3rd |
Kendall Carpenter |
Altbier |
Altbier |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 8: Dark European Lager (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mac Butcher |
Arnie Schwarzenlager |
Schwarzbier |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Darren Vaughn |
Munchen Dunkel V1.1 |
Munich Dunkel |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 3rd |
Jeff Pursley |
Dunkel |
Munich Dunkel |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 9: Strong European Beer (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mike Emrick |
Geri’s Baltic Porter |
Baltic Porter |
|
| 2nd |
Mac Butcher |
Doppel Trouble |
Doppelbock |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 3rd |
Ed Moore |
Miss Kitty Baltic Porter |
Baltic Porter |
Foam On The Range |
Table 10: German Wheat Beer (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matthew Berkey |
Forty Eighters’ Weissbier |
Weissbier |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Tom Roan |
Baked Goods |
Weizenbock |
Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
| 3rd |
Jay Highfill |
Alexanderwhol the Weiz |
Weizenbock |
Kansas City Biermeisters |
Table 11: British Bitter and Pale Commonwealth (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Mintmire |
Esb-3 |
Strong Bitter |
Stillwater Brewers’ League |
| 2nd |
Fritz Schanz |
Stearman’s Australian Sparkling Ale |
Australian Sparkling Ale |
Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Gary Elliott |
Chevallier Esb |
Strong Bitter |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| HM |
Michael Florez |
Just An Every Day Brit |
Ordinary Bitter |
Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
Table 13: Brown British Beer (18 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Peter Polczynski |
Yellow Bread Dog Sammy |
Dark Mild |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Michael Florez |
London Calling |
English Porter |
Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
| 3rd |
David Thompson |
Shoulda Been A Porter |
English Brown Ale |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 14: Scottish and Irish Ale (21 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Francisco Talley |
Scottish Kilt |
Scottish Export |
Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU) |
| 2nd |
Scott Kurtz |
Galloway’s B*st*rd |
Irish Stout |
St. Louis Brews/STL Brewminati |
| 3rd |
Michael Florez |
Scottish Terrier |
Scottish Light |
Cincinnati Malt Infusers |
Table 16: Dark British Beer (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Darren Vaughn |
Oatmeal Stout |
Oatmeal Stout |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Taylor Seales |
Wedding Stout |
Tropical Stout |
Stillwater Brewers’ League |
| 3rd |
Ryan Friedl |
Black Vale |
Foreign Extra Stout |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 17: Strong British Ale (12 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Sean McCanne |
Old Ale |
Old Ale |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Darren Vaughn |
Burton Ale |
Burton Ale |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 3rd |
Mike & Stephanie Butler |
Barley Legal |
English Barleywine |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 18: Pale American Ale (16 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Phil Cammarano |
Peaches & Padre |
American Pale Ale |
|
| 2nd |
Brandon Jones |
Wheat Err… I Mean Blonde Ale |
Blonde Ale |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd |
Rich Carroll |
Ol Wagoneer |
American Pale Ale |
Stoney Creek Homebrewers |
Table 19: Amber and Brown American Beer (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
John Coleman |
Brown Frown |
American Brown Ale |
|
| 2nd |
Jon Shaw |
Sceaga Brown |
American Brown Ale |
|
| 3rd |
Jeff Muse |
Fallback |
American Amber Ale |
St. Louis Brews |
Table 20: American Porter and Stout (20 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Eric Martin |
Eight Sixty Six |
Imperial Stout |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Tom Roan |
Night ‘pout Stout |
American Stout |
Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
| 3rd |
Joe Sparkman |
Imperial Stout |
Imperial Stout |
|
Table 21: IPA (33 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Bjørn Erik Enki Gjesdal |
Stubbjørn |
Specialty IPA |
|
| 2nd |
Andrew Friling |
Cloudy Calico |
New England IPA |
Johnson County Brewing Society |
| 3rd |
Steve Schember |
Careful With That Axe , Eugene |
American IPA |
Boston Wort Processors |
Table 22: Strong American Ale (9 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Matthew Herrold |
Good Boy Jackson |
American Barleywine |
Cane island Alers |
| 2nd |
Sean McCanne |
American Strong Ale |
American Strong Ale |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd |
Dyon Harper |
Dumpster Fire |
American Strong Ale |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| HM |
Brandon Jones |
Old Dog |
American Barleywine |
Red Earth Brewers |
Table 23: European Sour (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Peter Polczynski |
Auld Sourpussy |
Oud Bruin |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Doug Schmidt |
Brett the Beliner Ride #5 |
Berliner Weisse |
Boston Worts |
| 3rd |
Jason Chang |
Barnyard Funk |
Flanders Red Ale |
|
Table 24: Belgian Ale (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Tom Roan |
Pixie Dust |
Witbier |
Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
| 2nd |
Michael Carver |
Cumulus |
Witbier |
Cowford Ale Sharing Klub (CASK) |
| 3rd |
Jeff Muse |
Slow Witted |
Witbier |
St. Louis Brews |
Table 25: Strong Belgian Ale (17 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Fritz Schanz |
Stearman’s Belgian Blond Ale |
Belgian Blond Ale |
Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Fritz Schanz |
Stearman’s Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Nathan Williams |
Spring Saison |
Saison |
Boston Wort Processors |
Table 26: Trappist Ale (23 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Steve Mueller |
Belgian Quad |
Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Fritz Schanz |
Stearman’s Belgian Tripel |
Belgian Tripel |
Denton County Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Francisco Talley |
Belgian Quad |
Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU) |
Table 27: Historical Beer (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mike Emrick |
Geri’s Lager |
Pre-Prohibition Lager |
|
| 2nd |
Gary Black |
Gratzer |
Piwo Grodziskie |
Jefferson County Home Brewers |
| 3rd |
Eric Martin |
Gose |
Gose |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 28: American Wild Ale (7 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Chris Proulx |
Triple Berry Sour |
Wild Specialty Beer |
|
| 2nd |
Jason Chang |
Farm-To-Funk |
Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer |
|
| 3rd |
Jeff Landers |
What Happened To My Lager? |
Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer |
Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 29: Fruit Beer (19 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mike & Stephanie Butler |
Dubbel The Cherry |
Fruit Beer |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 2nd |
Mike Barta |
Watermelon Gose |
Fruit Beer |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd |
John Coleman |
Razzsherri Courter |
Fruit Beer |
|
Table 30: Spiced Beer (26 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Stuart Maples |
Imperial Christmas Stout |
Winter Seasonal Beer |
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club |
| 2nd |
Matthew McIntosh |
Serrano Chili Pale Ale |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
|
| 3rd |
David Hitz |
Ginger Orange Saison Chardonnay/oak Aged |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Homebrewers Local 402 |
Table 31: Alternative Fermentables and Specialty (14 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Tom Roan |
Red Ninja |
Experimental Beer |
Prairie Homebrewing Companions |
| 2nd |
Jereme Grissom |
Sugar Creek Malt Showcase |
Mixed-Style Beer |
Circle City Zymurgy |
| 3rd |
Mike & Stephanie Butler |
Rye-Zen-Bock |
Alternative Grain Beer |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
Table 32: Smoked and Wood Beer (18 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Ken Morris |
Balconies Sweet Bb Stout |
Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Joe Sparkman |
Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Imperial Stout |
Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
|
| 3rd |
Tyson Shroyer |
This Is Rye We Can’t Have Nice Things |
Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
Association of Bloomington-Normal Brewers |
Table 40: Cider (10 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Brandon Jones |
Just Cider |
New World Cider |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
David Johnson |
Apple Pie Cider |
Cider with Herbs/Spices |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 3rd |
Brandon Jones |
Cider With Mixed Berries |
Cider with Other Fruit |
Red Earth Brewers |
Table 41: Traditional and Spiced Mead (11 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Burt Renard |
Blind Date |
Fruit and Spice Mead |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Jeremy Goehring |
Jiggly Puff And Stuff |
Sweet Mead |
Lincoln Lagers |
| 3rd |
Mac Butcher |
Chile Today |
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
Table 42: Fruit Mead (13 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Mac Butcher |
I Like Beer! Oops, This Is A Mead…I Like Mead |
Stone Fruit Mead |
Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) [OK] |
| 2nd |
Kevin Wagner |
Mango Blast |
Stone Fruit Mead |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
| 3rd |
Burt Renard |
New Fig Newton |
Melomel |
Red Earth Brewers |
Table 43: Specialty Mead (8 entries)
| Place |
Brewer |
Entry Name |
Style |
Club |
| 1st |
Burt Renard |
Raisin’ Cane |
Experimental Mead |
Red Earth Brewers |
| 2nd |
Daryl Beck |
Oaked Blood Orange |
Experimental Mead |
|
| 3rd |
Mike & Stephanie Butler |
Something To Braggot About |
Braggot |
Kansas City Bier Meisters |
