LABBC 2017 Results!
Thanks to everyone who participated. A couple of special thank you’s:
Thank you to all of our sponsors! Without you we couldn’t host this event every year.
Thank you to Los Angeles Ale Works for hosting us this year!
Volunteers! You make this competition great every year and this year was no exception. Thanks to the competition committee for helping keep this competition in order!
We are handing out awards in person at the next Pacific Gravity club meeting which is being held at Los Angeles Ale Works on April 20th. If you can’t make it to the meeting I will be shipping out ribbons after that meeting, so you should receive yours within a few weeks after April 20th. Please join us for this club meeting. We will be pouring the left over bottles from the competition for everyone in attendance. This club meeting is also our “Belgian” club meeting where we ask our club members to bring Belgian beers. We would love it if participants brought along their winning beers to share! If you donated a cooler for the event we will have them on site @ LAAW for you to pick up.
I will be in touch with our BOS winner to schedule their ProAM brew at LA Ale Works shortly! Congrats to all of the winners! Great job everyone.
BOS – Los Angeles Belgian Brew Challenge
Beer
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Joe St. John | That’s A Shamey | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | Yeastside Brewers |
| 2nd | Doug Brown | Oui Frere | 24C: Biere de Garde | QUAFF |
| 3rd | Kolaan Busbice | Tricky Bitch | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | |
| 4th | Parker Waechter | L’Estivale | 35A: Belgian Specialty | Pacific Gravity |
HIGH POINT HOME BREW CLUB
| Place | CLUB |
| 1st | Pacific Gravity Homebrewers Club |
| 2nd | Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF) |
| 3rd | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 21B: Specialty IPA (3 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Reuben Shah | Bipartisan S.IPA | Specialty IPA | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Jaime Gonzalez | JG’s BIPA | Specialty IPA |
Category 23C: Oud Bruin (2 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | John Aitchison | None | Oud Bruin | Maltose Falcons |
Category 23D: Lambic (1 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 3rd | Kyle White | 2015 Straight Lambic | Lambic | Long Beach Homebrewers |
Category 23F: Fruit Lambic (2 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Michael Patterson | Peche | Fruit Lambic | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Ryan Penrod | Sour Cherries | Fruit Lambic | Strand Brewers Club |
Category 24A: Witbier (2 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 2nd | Michael & Tania Musgrave | Ubik Wit | Witbier | Pacific Gravity Homebrewers Club |
Category 24B: Belgian Pale Ale (4 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 3rd | Kingsley Toby | First Light | Belgian Pale Ale | Pacific Gravity |
Category 24C: Biere de Garde (4 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Doug Brown, Betty Chow | Oui Frere | Biere de Garde | QUAFF |
| 3rd | Paul Young | Zola | Biere de Garde | Suds of the Pioneers |
Category 25A: Belgian Blond Ale (4 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Jaime Gonzalez | JG’s Blonde | Belgian Blond Ale | |
| 2nd | Kyle White | Belgian Blonde | Belgian Blond Ale | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Craig Corley | Blonde #16 | Belgian Blond Ale | Pacific Gravity |
Category 25B: Saison (9 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Craig Corley | Saison #23 | Saison | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Kyle White | Saison | Saison | Long Beach Homebrewers |
| 3rd | Samuel Staley | Le Voleur | Saison | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale (6 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Kolaan Busbice | Tricky Bitch | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | |
| 2nd | Carl Townsend | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Calvin Ninh | Belgian Golden Strong | Belgian Golden Strong Ale | BrewCommune |
Category 26A: Trappist Single (2 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Kolaan Busbice | Funky Lime Fresh | Trappist Single | |
| 2nd | Mike Neice | B-1 | Trappist Single | BREWLUMINATI |
Category 26B: Belgian Dubbel (4 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Joe St. John | That’s A Shamey | Belgian Dubbel | Yeastside Brewers |
| 2nd | Doug Brown | Red Magic | Belgian Dubbel | QUAFF |
| 3rd | Nick Eberle | Dubbel Whammy | Belgian Dubbel | Pacific Gravity |
Category 26C: Belgian Tripel (5 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Doug Brown | Look Like A Panda | Belgian Tripel | QUAFF |
| 2nd | Michael & Tania Musgrave | Second Variety Tripel | Belgian Tripel | Pacific Gravity Homebrewers Club |
| 3rd | Nathan Derieg | Midway’s Tripel | Belgian Tripel |
Category 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale (12 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Mike Neice | Quadzilla V | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | BREWLUMINATI |
| 2nd | Carl Townsend | 25th Brewing Anniversary Quad | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Sven Hagen | Burnt Belgian Quad | Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Category 28A: Brett Beer (7 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Ryan Penrod | In Gourd We Trust | Brett Beer | Strand Brewers Club |
| 2nd | Samuel Staley | Le Demoniste | Brett Beer | Yeastside Brewers |
Category 35A: Belgian Specialty (9 entries)
| Pl. | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
| 1st | Parker Waechter | L’Estivale | Belgian Specialty | Pacific Gravity |
| 2nd | Kingsley Toby | French Polynesia | Belgian Specialty | Pacific Gravity |
| 3rd | Ryan Penrod, Michael McVicker | Desert Flower Sour | Belgian Specialty | Strand Brewers Club |