30th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Thanks to all who participated in the 30th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.

There were 422 entries judged and 506 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rose	Oatmeal Isn't Just For Breakfast Anymore	16B: Oatmeal Stout	The Brü Club

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Art Kim	Cecret Sider	C1A: New World Cider	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

Wyoming Brewer of the Year

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	24-04 Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Westby Edge Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Paul Dey	Hazy Dey Z	21C: Hazy IPA	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Accomplice Pro-Am

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Paul Dey	Wyoming Uncommon	19B: California Common	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Altitude Pro-Am

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Donald Schneider	Gestures Broadly At Everything	10A: Weissbier	Weiz Guys

Freedom's Edge - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Donald Schneider	Music To My Beers	7A: Vienna Lager	Weiz Guys

Heavy Medal Brewer (93 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Garrett Freeman	2	2	1	17.02	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Ryan Wankel	3	0	1	16.03	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Bobby Rinehart	2	2	0	16.02	Lakewood Fermentation Club

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Heavy Medal Club (50 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Weiz Guys	4	3	8	37.04
2nd	High Plains Drafters [WY]	5	3	1	35.05
3rd	Lakewood Fermentation Club	5	2	3	34.05
4th	Red Earth Brewers	3	6	1	34.03
5th	Rock Hoppers Brew Club	4	2	2	28.04

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bobby Rinehart MHP	Any Day That Ends In Y	1B: American Lager	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Dwight Wilson	Alternatively Alternative	1C: Cream Ale	O-Town Hop Heads
3rd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Not Spotted Cow	1C: Cream Ale	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 2: Pale Malty European Lager (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Wankel MHP	Shakin and Movin 1.2	4A: Munich Helles	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Brady Smith MHP	Golden Bock	4C: Helles Bock	Circle City Zymurgy
3rd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Medal Stoff	4A: Munich Helles	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 3: Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Wankel MHP	It's Personal	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Flugelhorn Band	5A: German Leichtbier	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Ron Barnes MHP	Cease N' Desist	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Kansas City Bier Meisters

Table 4: Amber Malty Lager (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brady Smith MHP	Herr Dunkelhose	6C: Dunkels Bock	Circle City Zymurgy
2nd	Nick & Heather Hartley MHP	Tim and Nick's Not So Excellent, Eff'ed Up Dopple	6C: Dunkels Bock	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Gregg Johnson	Lindenmeier Marzen	6A: Märzen	Weiz Guys

Table 5: Czech Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Johnsen MHP	The Hero of Prague?	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Nick & Heather Hartley MHP	Don't Write Czechs That Your Ass Can't Cache	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Steve Ristau MHP	D A R K	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Ale Riders Homebrew Club

Table 6: Dark European Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nelson Crowle MHP	Zwart As Knight	8B: Schwarzbier	Indian Peaks Alers
2nd	Jake McQueen MHP	Stone Goat	8A: Munich Dunkel	Lauter Day Brewers
3rd	Dwight Wilson	The Wayne Brady Show	8B: Schwarzbier	O-Town Hop Heads

Table 7: International Pale Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Mathiowetz MHP	Tres O Quatro Locos	2A: International Pale Lager	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Jake McQueen MHP	Diez Garraz	2A: International Pale Lager	Lauter Day Brewers
3rd	Nate Deichert Co-Brewer: Shannon Maxwell	Two Docs Mexican Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Ale Riders Homebrew Club

Table 8: Strong European Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	24-04 Baltic Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	Bobby Rinehart MHP	Rejunivator V4	9A: Doppelbock	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Steven Jones	Bock My World Too	9A: Doppelbock	Liquid Poets

Table 9: British Bitter & IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ernie Smith	Lrhb-British Invasion	11C: Strong Bitter	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Donald Schneider MHP	6 Barrel	11C: Strong Bitter	Weiz Guys
3rd	Matthew Johnsen MHP	Captain Carter	11C: Strong Bitter	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 10: British & Commonwealth Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Lund MHP	Faith Hill Is A Big Fart Role Model.	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	High Street Homebrew Club
2nd	Chris Branecky	Amber's Brown Ale	13B: British Brown Ale
3rd	Terry Fast	Baker's Street	13C: English Porter	Lakewood Fermentation Club

Table 11: Scottish Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Allen MHP	Bonnie Scottish Ale	14C: Scottish Export	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Brotherhood Beer V2	14B: Scottish Heavy	Weiz Guys
3rd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Brotherhood Beer V3	14C: Scottish Export	Weiz Guys

Table 12: Dark British Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Rose	Oatmeal Isn't Just For Breakfast Anymore	16B: Oatmeal Stout	The Brü Club
2nd	Dwain Pannell MHP	Oatmeal Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout	256 Brewers
3rd	Sam Hoopes	Lacks Nothing In the Sweet Department	16A: Sweet Stout	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 13: Irish Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Montgomery	Old Walking Stick	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Bobby Rinehart MHP	For Strength!	15B: Irish Stout	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Maxwell's Stout-Porter	15B: Irish Stout	Evanston Homebrew Club

Table 14: Pale American Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Wankel MHP	Blonde On Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Eclipse Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Jake McQueen MHP	Halfcolt	18B: American Pale Ale	Lauter Day Brewers

Table 15: Amber and Brown American Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Dey	Wyoming Uncommon	19B: California Common	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	Mike & Stephanie Butler MHP	Boot Dust	19C: American Brown Ale	Kansas City Bier Meisters
3rd	Colin Smith Co-Brewer: Lynn Fosbender	Going To the O Steam Beer	19B: California Common	San Francisco Homebrewer's Guild

Table 16: American Porter and Stout (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Miss Kitty Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Karen Sellers Co-Brewer: Eric Sellers	Batch # 102	20C: Imperial Stout	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Michael Beck	Echidna and Typhon	20C: Imperial Stout	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)

Table 17: American & Hazy IPA (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Dey	Hazy Dey Z	21C: Hazy IPA	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	Ben Gaylord MHP	Disorder and Disarray	21A: American IPA	Other
3rd	David Howell	Hazy IPA	21C: Hazy IPA	Zymurgists of the Ozarks

Table 18: German Wheat (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Schneider MHP	Gestures Broadly At Everything	10A: Weissbier	Weiz Guys
2nd	Nick & Heather Hartley MHP	Remixed Stephy's Hefe - Reb Style	10A: Weissbier	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Jeremy Jones	Mimir	10B: Dunkels Weissbier	Snake River Brewers

Table 19: Specialty IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Ristau MHP	Nectaromicon II	21B2: Black IPA	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
2nd	Karen Sellers Co-Brewer: Eric Sellers	Red X #4	21B4: Red IPA	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Stacy Myers	The Big Shawn Mason	21B2: Black IPA	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse

Table 20: Strong British & American Ale (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alex Rezmerski	William Shakesbeer	17B: Old Ale	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Alex Rezmerski	The Duke of Strathmoor Manor	17D: English Barley Wine	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
3rd	Daniel Colbourne MHP	Tickle Tickle 4 Nba	17D: English Barley Wine	The Colbourne Garage Project

Table 21: Sour & Wild Ales (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Pucker Up	28D: Straight Sour Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Damian Dobbs	The Brawf	23B: Flanders Red Ale	San Antonio Cerveceros
3rd	Jeff Case MHP	Weiss O Sour	23A: Berliner Weisse	QUAFF

Table 22: Belgian Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Johnson Co-Brewer: Chris Egolf	L'Etudiant	24C: Bière de Garde	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Thomas Lopez	Golden Abbey	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	James Morgheim	Jet Belgian Pale	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 23: Saison (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Randy Daniels KC McKinney	4	25B: Saison	Iowa Brewers Union
2nd	Dwight Wilson	Too Much Chocolate Malt	25B: Saison	O-Town Hop Heads
3rd	Ryan Wankel MHP	Estacion	25B: Saison	Lakewood Fermentation Club

Table 24: Monastic/Trappist Ale (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Boesen MHP Co-Brewer: Rob Hardisty	Mid-Day Storm	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Liquid Poets
2nd	Karen Sellers Co-Brewer: Eric Sellers	Batch # 103	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Ale Riders Homebrew Club
3rd	Fritz Schanz	Stearman's Belgian Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel	Denton County Homebrewers Guild

Table 25: Historical Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Zach Fritts	Wreathed In Smoke	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Club Wort
2nd	Stephen Schmitt MHP	Kentucky Common	27A2: Kentucky Common	Evanston Homebrew Club
3rd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Old Porter Road	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Weiz Guys

Table 26: Amber Bitter European Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Donald Schneider MHP	Music To My Beers	7A: Vienna Lager	Weiz Guys
2nd	Ben Gaylord MHP	Little Monster	7A: Vienna Lager	Other
3rd	Mark Boelman	Walk In the Rain So You Can't See My Tears	7A: Vienna Lager	Weiz Guys

Table 27: Fruit Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Yuzugose	29A: Fruit Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Logan Wiley MHP Co-Brewer: Devon Wiley	Strawberry Roan	29A: Fruit Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Ramona Flowers	LSX4: Catharina Sour	Weiz Guys

Table 28: American Wheat (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Stegeman Co-Brewer: Allen Stegeman	The Golden Hour	1D: American Wheat Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	James Allen MHP	Daddy of 'em All	1D: American Wheat Beer	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 29: Wood and Smoke Beer (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bobby Rinehart MHP	Great British Baking Show	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Louis Ruscetta MHP	You Don't Make Friends With Salad	6B: Rauchbier	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Terry Fast	Aftershock	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Lakewood Fermentation Club

Table 30: Specialty & Experimental Beer (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jess And Ray Finlay-Schultz	Rucker In the Rye	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	Aurora City Brew Club
2nd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Ramona Flowers Na	34C: Experimental Beer	Weiz Guys
3rd	Paul Dey	That's Italian	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 31: Standard Cider & Perry (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Art Kim MHP	Cecret Sider	C1A: New World Cider	Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU)
2nd	Rusty Brinkman MHP	Epic Harvest 24	C1A: New World Cider	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Jon Schiller	Perry Mk1	C1D: New World Perry	Weiz Guys

Table 32: Specialty Cider (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rusty Brinkman MHP	Epic Sweet Pie	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	Michael Rensing MHP	Cider Pie	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
3rd	Andy Scherzinger MHP	Brrrr	C2D: Ice Cider	Weiz Guys

Table 33: Traditional Mead (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Schiller	Mead Mk 2	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Weiz Guys
2nd	Garrett Freeman MHP	Sweet Clover Traditional	M1C: Sweet Mead	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Philip Lafleur	Blueberry Traditional	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Weiz Guys

Table 34: Fruit Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garrett Freeman MHP	Sir Mixed A Lot of Berries	M2C: Berry Mead	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Ryan Vigne	Veil of Dusk	M2C: Berry Mead	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers
3rd	Zach Fritts	M1: Berry	M2C: Berry Mead	Club Wort

Table 35: Spiced Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremiah Baer MHP	Candy Cap Mushroom Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Cider, Homebrew, And Mead Production Specialists (CHAMPS)
2nd	Logan Wiley MHP Co-Brewer: Devon WIley	Open That Door	30D: Specialty Spice Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Steven Jones	Chocolate Orange Stout	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Liquid Poets

Table 36: Spiced Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Gallagher MHP	Bearded Dog Mead	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	South Shore Brew Club
2nd	Nelson Crowle MHP	Blood Orange Cinnamon Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Indian Peaks Alers
3rd	Garrett Freeman MHP	I Swear It's Not Applesauce	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Red Earth Brewers

Table 37: Specialty Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garrett Freeman MHP	Blueberry Muffin Mead	M4C: Experimental Mead	Red Earth Brewers
2nd	Garrett Freeman MHP	Raspberry Honey IPA	M4A: Braggot	Red Earth Brewers
3rd	Ryan Vigne	Pear Butter	M4C: Experimental Mead	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/01/2024 1:00 PM, MST through 04/15/2024 6:00 PM, MDT.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2024 1:00 PM, MST through 04/27/2024 5:00 PM, MDT.