2026 Pacific Brewers Cup

Thanks to all who participated in the 2026 Pacific Brewers Cup.

There were 256 entries judged and 107 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Results

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Zwetsch	Dark one	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	John Aitchison	Dopplebock	9A: Doppelbock	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Dirk Manders	Kludde	26C: Belgian Tripel	Bay Area Mashers

Best of Show – Cider

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Jiles	Triple Berry Rambler	C3A: Fruit Cider	Ace Brewing Society

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexandria Perry	Creamsicle	M4C: Experimental Mead	QUAFF

Top Brewer (71 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1000 1st	Ross Stuart	3	1	1	22.00	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

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.

Top Club (17 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1000 1st	Ace Brewing Society	7	7	7	1	85.00

Winning Entries

Table 1 - Cat 1 (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Josh Brewer	4th Quarter Lager	1B: American Lager	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	William Vigil MHP	Beach Break	1A: American Light Lager	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Mike Neice MHP	Custard Pie	1C: Cream Ale	Ace Brewing Society
HM	Jesse Flores	Uncle Sam	1B: American Lager	Ace Brewing Society

Cider (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Jiles MHP	Triple Berry Rambler	C3A: Fruit Cider	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	David Gulotta MHP	Sugar Magnolia	C3A: Fruit Cider	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Matthew Young	Cider House Rules	C1A: Common Cider	Ace Brewing Society

Mead - Traditional and Spiced (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jennifer Kerry Co-Brewer: Blanco Suh	What is Mead? Honey, Don't Hurt Me	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
2nd	Alexandria Perry MHP	Nightmare	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	QUAFF
3rd	Adam Widera	Vanilla Ginger Mead	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Long Beach Homebrewers

Cat 2 - Int'l Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Severn MHP	Cabo San Lucas	2C: International Dark Lager	Orange County Mash Ups
2nd	Taylor Shastid	Ripping Ripple	2B: International Amber Lager	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Ross Stuart	International Pale Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Czech Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	CDL	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Ross Stuart	Czech Pale Lager	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
3rd	Jason Dunn MHP	The Most Gluggable	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Inland Empire Brewers

Cat 04 & 06 Pale and Amber Euro Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Kleman	Burgermeister Meisterburger	6A: Märzen	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
2nd	Paul Domich MHP	Prepotente	6C: Dunkels Bock	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Dirk Manders	Wies'ngeist	4B: Festbier	Bay Area Mashers

Cat 5 & 7 Pale & Amber European Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Fontes	It’s a Rice Lager disguised as an Export Helles	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Pinky T	7A: Vienna Lager	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Paulo Ramos MHP	Gold Export	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers (TRASH)

British Bitter & Pale Commonwealth Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Vigil MHP	Southern Swell	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Christopher Mazurk MHP	Offside	11C: Strong Bitter	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Mike Neice MHP	Misty Mountain Hop	12A: British Golden Ale	Ace Brewing Society

Cat 18 Pale Ales (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Ritter MHP	Fräulein	18A: Blonde Ale	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Jason Dunn MHP	Dolcita Dawn	18A: Blonde Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	David Gulotta MHP	The Faithful	18B: American Pale Ale	Ace Brewing Society

Cat 21 IPA (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Val Guerrero	Sebren Ave	21A: American IPA	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Carl Townsend	Wet Harvest IPA	21A: American IPA	Pacific Gravity Home Brewers Club
3rd	Chris Sotelo	Krushing It	21A: American IPA	Long Beach Homebrewers

Cat 22 - Strong American (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	Double IPA	22A: Double IPA	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Liberty Belligerence	22B: American Strong Ale	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Eli Palma MHP	DREAM CHURCH	22A: Double IPA	QUAFF

Cat 16 & 17 Dark and Strong British (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Zwetsch	Dark one	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Mandy Porter MHP	Stress Test Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
3rd	Joshua Parsons Co-Brewer: Stuart Goran	Munichwine	17D: English Barley Wine	Long Beach Homebrewers

Cat 8,9,10 European and Wheat (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Aitchison	Dopplebock	9A: Doppelbock	Maltose Falcons
2nd	Josh Brewer	Secret Weapon	9C: Baltic Porter	Long Beach Homebrewers
3rd	David Dillon	Schwartz equals malts times acceleration	8B: Schwarzbier	Long Beach Homebrewers

13,14,15 British,Scottish,Irish (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jason Dunn MHP	Donnybrook Stout	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Jeff Case	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	14B: Scottish Heavy	QUAFF
3rd	Alan Turken MHP	The Badger’s Burrow	13B: British Brown Ale	QUAFF

Cat 19 Amber and Brown American (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mandy Porter MHP	Dropping the Accent	19C: American Brown Ale	Inland Empire Brewers
2nd	Benjamin Frymark MHP	What's the deal with Lampshades?	19A: American Amber Ale	QUAFF
3rd	Jeff Case	Full Steam Ahead [M54]	19A: American Amber Ale	QUAFF
HM	Jeff Case	Code Brown [v6]	19C: American Brown Ale	QUAFF

Cat 20 Porter and Stout (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Vigil MHP	Babayaga	20C: Imperial Stout	Ace Brewing Society
2nd	Benjamin Frymark MHP	How can the same street intersect with itself?	20A: American Porter	QUAFF
3rd	Jesse Valle	V.I Lenin - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov	20C: Imperial Stout	Long Beach Homebrewers

Cat 23 and 28 - Sours and Wilds (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Val Guerrero	Wine Hands	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Yeast of the Resistance	23A: Berliner Weisse	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Guillermo Paramount Co-Brewer: Carlos Maldonado	Natural, With Some Stretch Marks	23G: Gose	SoCal Cerveceros (SCC)

Cat 24, 25 Belgian and Strong Belgian (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Dillon	Harder, Better, Faster, Belgian Stronger	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	John Aitchison	BDG	24C: Bière de Garde	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Kyle Hufford	Saison Classic	25B: Saison

Cat 26 - Monastic Ales (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dirk Manders	Kludde	26C: Belgian Tripel	Bay Area Mashers
2nd	John Aitchison	Belgian Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Paul Domich MHP	Robbie's Messy Belgian Wuad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)

Cat 27 - Historical (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Taylor Shastid	Slaying Yuengling's	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
2nd	Gary Smet MHP	Slugger	27A2: Kentucky Common	Ace Brewing Society
3rd	Christopher Mazurk MHP	Fourth Liner	27A2: Kentucky Common	Ace Brewing Society

Cat 29 - Fruit Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joshua Parsons	Stupid Sexy Flanders Carácter Rouge	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers
2nd	Paul Domich MHP	Tony Danza	29A: Fruit Beer	Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
3rd	Jesse Flores	Raspberry Sam	29A: Fruit Beer	Ace Brewing Society

Cat 30 - Spiced Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eli Palma MHP	Hunk	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer	QUAFF
2nd	Matthew Smiley MHP	Alexandria 2026	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	QUAFF
3rd	Jesse Valle	Citrouille	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Long Beach Homebrewers

Cat 31, 34, and LS (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gabriel Adler	Business Time	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	OC Mashups
2nd	Steven Severn MHP	Celebration	34A: Commercial Specialty Beer	Orange County Mash Ups
3rd	Steven Severn MHP	NZ Pils	LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner	Orange County Mash Ups

Cat 32 and 33 Smoked and Wood (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ross Stuart	BBA Barleywine	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Arizona Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Eli Palma MHP	Proof	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF
3rd	Eli Palma MHP	Monchichi	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	QUAFF

Mead 2 - Fruit and Specialty (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alexandria Perry MHP	Creamsicle	M4C: Experimental Mead	QUAFF
2nd	John Aitchison	Cherry Ciser	M2A: Cyser	Maltose Falcons
3rd	Curtis Ritter MHP	Teranga Éclat	M2C: Berry Mead	Ace Brewing Society

Contact

Use the links below to contact individuals involved with coordinating this competition:

Tasha Nasserara – Competition Coordinator