31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth

Thanks to all who participated in the 31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.

There were 389 entries judged and 333 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Casey Faulkner Co-Brewer: Derek Zanto	Rauchelle	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer

Best of Show – Mead/Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Williamson	Idunn	M2A: Cyser	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers (BOB)

Top Wyoming Brewer

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Greg Aitkenhead Co-Brewer: Ernie Smith	Fly Like An Eagle Amber Vienna Lager	7A: Vienna Lager	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)

Accomplice Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Michael Hutson	Best Shitty	2A: International Pale Lager	Lakewood Fermentation Club

Altitude Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Michael Boesen	137 Coriander Brown	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys

Freedom's Edge - Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Paul Dey	Biere Dey Garde	24C: Biere de Garde	High Plains Drafters [WY]

DanielMarks Brew on Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Scott Ficarra	Chocolate En Fuego	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys

Coal Creek Brew On Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Geoff Humphrey	The Devil You Know	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Skull Tree Brew On Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Rusty Brinkman	Park Haus Pils	5D: German Pils	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Gruner Brothers Brew On Premise

Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
Greg Aitkenhead	Super Blackbird Porter	20A: American Porter	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Otting	Sedition American Lager	1B: American Lager	Liquid Poets
2nd	Doval Hopper Co-Brewer: Mike McMordie	Rye-Laxing Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer
3rd	Michael Meeks	American Light	1A: American Light Lager	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle
HM	Jack Miller	Sunspot Baby	1A: American Light Lager

Table 2: Pale Malty European Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Hutson	Best Shitty	2A: International Pale Lager	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	Terry McCawley Co-Brewer: John Horton	Mai Best	4C: Helles Bock	Aurora City Brew Club
3rd	Michael Meeks Co-Brewer: Richard Carl	2helles&bock	4C: Helles Bock	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle

Table 3: Pale Bitter European Beer (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Horton	West Coast Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Aurora City Brew Club
2nd	Christopher Carr Co-Brewer: Kelly Carr	Kel's Pils	5D: German Pils
3rd	Rusty Brinkman	Park Haus Pils	5D: German Pils	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 4: Amber European Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Aitkenhead Co-Brewer: Ernie Smith	Fly Like An Eagle Amber Vienna Lager	7A: Vienna Lager	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Michael Meeks	Bockknocker	6C: Dunkels Bock	Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle
3rd	Tiago Dantas	Bock Bock	6C: Dunkels Bock	Brew Crew [CO]

Table 5: Czech Lager (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ed Moore	Asha Czech Dark Lager	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Geoff Humphrey	Tmave Pivo 12	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Lawrence Bolton	Czech Pale Lager	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)

Table 6: Dark European Lager (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doug Ingersoll	Munich Drunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel	Liquid Poets
2nd	Joseph Dauria	Quarts of Schwarz	8B: Schwarzbier	Metro South Homebrew League (MASH HOLES) [South Weymouth, MA]
3rd	Dalton Coleman	Variant #6	2C: International Dark Lager	Central Arkansas Fermenters

Table 7: German Wheat Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Casey Faulkner Co-Brewer: Derek Zanto	Hefeneizday	10A: Weissbier
2nd	Timothy Rimgale	Wheezyweizen	10A: Weissbier
3rd	James Allen	Ein Prosit!	10A: Weissbier	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 8: Strong European Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Morgheim	Twilight Surf	9A: Doppelbock	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Ed Moore	Tiger Dopplebock	9A: Doppelbock	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Terry McCawley	Dojlidy Polish Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Aurora City Brew Club

Table 9: Pale and Amber British Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ernie Smith	Lrh-Bitter Brit	11C: Strong Bitter	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Michael Hutson	Tuff Nuts	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Lakewood Fermentation Club
3rd	Marc Riordan	Half Vaxed, Fully Waxed	11B: Best Bitter

Table 10: Brown British Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Geoffrey Shideler	Elizabeth Street Brown	13B: English Brown Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Jereme Grissom Co-Brewer: Josh Grissom	Liquid Deceit	13C: English Porter	Circle City Zymurgy
3rd	Daniel Croll	Mild Quarantine	13A: Dark Mild	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 11: Scottish & Irish Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rex Kanode	Kanode's Kilt	14C: Scottish Export	Laramie Brew Club
2nd	Matt Lawlor	Easy Ed's Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Rusty Brinkman	Gollo Stout	15B: Irish Stout	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 12: Dark British Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Allen	The Dark Side	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	James Morgheim	Dark Seas	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Douglas Schmidt	A Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 13: Strong British Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Chavez	Big-N-Malty	17A: British Strong Ale	Aurora City Brew Club
2nd	Chad Steinke	The Lion's Gate	17C: Wee Heavy	Grist Busters
3rd	Matt Lawlor	Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
HM	Rusty Brinkman	Little Piggy	17C: Wee Heavy	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 14: Pale American Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Doval Hopper Co-Brewer: Mike McMordie	Sum-Where Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale
2nd	Chuck Macaluso	Bubble Head Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	Oregon Brew Crew
3rd	Paul Dey	Big Pail Ale 13	18B: American Pale Ale	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 15: Amber and Brown American Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Gaylord Co-Brewer: Austin	Austin’s Ale	19A: American Amber Ale
2nd	Ernie Smith	Lrh-Melting Pot	19C: American Brown Ale	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)
3rd	John Horton	Red Rocks Amber	19A: American Amber Ale	Aurora City Brew Club

Table 16: American IPA (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Horton Co-Brewer: Terry McCawley	Citra Covid IPA	21A: American IPA	Aurora City Brew Club
2nd	Mark Wethington	The Rag	21A: American IPA	Aurora City Brew Club
3rd	Lawrence Bolton	West Coast IPA	21A: American IPA	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)

Table 17: American Porter and Stout (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Aitkenhead	Super Blackbird Porter	20A: American Porter	Intellectual Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Philip Lafleur	Nemesis Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Weiz Guys
3rd	Ben Strong	Hope	20C: Imperial Stout	North Urban Brewing Society (NUBS)

Table 18: Strong American Beer (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Horne	Katie’s Purse	22A: Double IPA
2nd	Tim Murphy Co-Brewer: Mary Straley	From Dawn 'til Dusk	22C: American Barleywine	Grist Busters
3rd	Ben Gaylord	Cleansed By Fire	22A: Double IPA

Table 19: Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Dey	Biere Dey Garde	24C: Biere de Garde	High Plains Drafters [WY]
2nd	Geoff Humphrey	Liege 1914	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
3rd	Jay Kinney	Bdg 20	24C: Biere de Garde	Weiz Guys

Table 20: Strong Belgian Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Geoff Humphrey	The Devil You Know	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Rock Hoppers Brew Club
2nd	Edward O`neill	Dagwood's Blondie	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Leo Caselli	Saison Du Bomb	25B: Saison	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 21: Trappist Ale (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Casey Faulkner Co-Brewer: Derek Zanto	Elderly Quad Behind The Counter In A Small Bar	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd	Brent Wickham Co-Brewer: Orris Wickham	21-01 Dark Belgian Strong	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Shannon Albeke	A New Beggining	26A: Trappist Single	Laramie Brew Club

Table 22: Historical Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Raue	Resto Model T Lager	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Lager	Brewers On the Souris
2nd	Jared Aumen	Licht the Coil	27A3: Lichtenhainer	Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
3rd	Paul Dey	Paul's Plenty Potable Pre Prohibition Porter	27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 23: Fruit Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Takacs	Goose & Beebop Key Lime Lager	29A: Fruit Beer	Aurora City Brew Club
2nd	Thomas Leslie Co-Brewer: Emily Carroll	Citra Razz Down	29A: Fruit Beer
3rd	Ed Moore Co-Brewer: George Delana	Tony Mango Hibiscus Trippel	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 24: Spice, Herb & Vegetable Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Boesen	137 Coriander Brown	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys
2nd	Scott Ficarra	Chocolate En Fuego	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Weiz Guys
3rd	John Coleman	Vanilla Porter	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 25: Wood and Smoke Beer (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Casey Faulkner Co-Brewer: Derek Zanto	Rauchelle	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
2nd	Lawrence Bolton	Barrel Aged Imperial Stout	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots (BUZZ)
3rd	Dax Rush	My Name Is Inigo Monoya	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Rock Hoppers Brew Club

Table 26: European Sour Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steve Ristau	Betelgueuze	23E: Gueuze
2nd	Paul Dey	Bear With Me Oud Bruin	23C: Oud Bruin	High Plains Drafters [WY]
3rd	Casey Faulkner Co-Brewer: Derek Zanto	Weissegrips	23A: Berliner Weisse

Table 27: Specialty & Experimental Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Carr Co-Brewer: Kelly Carr	Leatherwood Blond	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer
2nd	Mark Wethington	Rot Gut	34C: Experimental Beer	Aurora City Brew Club
3rd	Chad Legerski	Independence Ale	34A: Clone Beer	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 28: Cider (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	I'm A Lumberjack	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Brian Williams	Chuck Berry Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Aurora City Brew Club
3rd	Douglas Schmidt	Truck Stop Rejects	C1A: New World Cider	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 29: Traditional Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch	M1C: Sweet Mead	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Bill Boyer	Book Of Armaments	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
3rd	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Dry	M1A: Dry Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 30: Fruit Mead (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christy Hemenway	Storm Currant	M2E: Melomel
2nd	Matthew Williamson	Freya's Mead	M2E: Melomel	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers (BOB)
3rd	Matthew Williamson	Idunn	M2A: Cyser	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers (BOB)
HM	Fred Hirsch	Mountain Melo Chokecherry	M2C: Berry Mead	High Plains Drafters [WY]

Table 31: Spice & Specialty Mead (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Boyer	Old Man From Scene 24	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Kevin Bock	Sparkling Spring	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Robert Clingan Co-Brewer: Allen Utsler	Cupajoe	M4C: Experimental Mead

Table 32: Specialty IPA (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sam Nicholson Co-Brewer: Katie Nicholson	Brut Influence	21B: Specialty IPA	Lakewood Fermentation Club
2nd	John Jacovetty Co-Brewer: Judy Jacovetty	Astral Impetus	21B2: Black IPA
3rd	Chris Raue	Campin IPA	21B2: Black IPA	Brewers On the Souris

Table 33: American Wild Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Craig Kneeland	Old Wooden Ship	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Liquid Poets
2nd	Michael Baxter	Peache Fuzz	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Weiz Guys
3rd	Matt Horsey	Not Lally's Kriek	28C: Wild Specialty Beer

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/13/2025 12:00 AM, MDT.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2025 1:00 PM, MST through 04/26/2025 5:00 PM, MDT.

31st Annual Eight Seconds of Froth: Past Winners – HPD2021