California State Fair Commercial Craft Brew Competition

Awards

Judges

Lisa Agoitia, Tracy Bethune, Kent Brown, Will Carlton, Matthew Cochran, Stacy Collins, Brian Colvin, Robert Colvin, Amber Dalske, Gabrielle Demozzi, Scott Fehrt, Kevin Finnell, Craig Hilliker, Thomas Horst, Sasha Horwitz, Thomas Hughes, Jeannie Johanna, Paul Keefer, Rick Lee, Kelli Lorenz, Kristen Madigan, Richard Martin, Melissa McCann, Rob McGormley, Phil Menzies, Mike Moore, Berenice Oceguera, Brook Ostrom, Scott Owens, Michael Piazzoni, Jim Price, Bob Proffitt, Michael Raines, Jose Savedra, James Strong, Bud Tourville, Richard Wong, Mark Zahn

Stewards

Bob Baker, Bryce Carlson, Drew Carlson, Mark Clark, Courtney Higgins, Susan Kelly, Laura Langman, Marjorie McKisson, Brandon Montgomery, Vickie Olson, Brad Parker, Rose Robertson, Dave Schaechtele

Staff

Vickie Olson, David Teckam

Organizer

Rob Rogers

By the Numbers

803 Entries 113 Entrants

38 Judges 13 Stewards 2 Staff

154 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Lager

36 entries

Table 2: International Lager

39 entries

Table 3: International-Style Pilsner

26 entries

Table 4: Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager)

14 entries

Table 5: German Pale Beers

11 entries

Table 7: German/Vienna-Style Märzen

13 entries

Table 8: European-Style Dark Lager

10 entries

Table 9: Euro Strongs

13 entries

Table 10: American-Style Cream Ale / Wheat Beer

22 entries

Table 11: Kölsch

14 entries

Table 12: Amber Mixed Styles

8 entries

Table 16: German-Style Wheat Ale

17 entries

Table 17: German Sours

6 entries

Table 19: Rye Beer

4 entries

Table 20: American-Style Fruit Beer

39 entries

Table 22: Herb & Spice Beer

9 entries

Table 23: Coffee Beer

10 entries

Table 24: Chocolate Beer

4 entries

Table 25: Smoked Beers

5 entries

Table 26: Historical Beer Styles

7 entries

Table 27: Blonde or Golden Ale

22 entries

Table 28: UK Low Gravity Ales

14 entries

Table 29: Standard British Ales

9 entries

Table 30: British Strong Ales

8 entries

Table 32: Irish Red Ale

18 entries

Table 33: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

7 entries

Table 34: English Stouts

9 entries

Table 36: Imperial Stouts

7 entries

Table 37: American Amber & Brown Ales

24 entries

Table 38: American Porter & Stout

10 entries

Table 39: American Pale Ale

24 entries

Table 40: English-Style India Pale Ale

8 entries

Table 41: American-Style India Pale Ale

73 entries

Table 42: New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)

67 entries

Table 43: American Imperial IPA

29 entries

Table 44: Specialty IPA

15 entries

Table 45: Strong American Ale

7 entries

Table 47: Saisons

10 entries

Table 49: Belgian Ales

8 entries

Table 50: Belgian Strong Ale

9 entries

Table 51: Trappist Style Ale

13 entries

Table 52: Belgian Sour Ale

7 entries

Table 54: Sours/Brett/Wild Ferment

6 entries

Table 55: Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Wine barrels)

4 entries

Table 56: Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Spirit barrels)

17 entries

Table 57: Alternative Fermentable Beer

8 entries

Table 58: Experimental Beer

13 entries

Table 59: Low/No alcohol beers

16 entries

Table 60: Chili Beer

5 entries

Table 61: Cider

10 entries

Table 62: Hard Kombucha/Seltzer

21 entries

Best of Show

Beer

Brewery of the Year

113 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners