Welcome to Queen of Beer Homebrew Competition

Queen of Beer 2024 

 is a wrap.

Thank you to all who entered the competition!  

Best of Show Winner and 2024 Queen is Traci Kufuss for McNutt Rum Ambruana Experimental Mead! Congratulations, Traci for a second win!

Here’s the full results. Please read to the end. (Press the Show More button)

Flight 1 - Lagers

Gold: 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager -

Queen of Beer 2024 

 is a wrap.

Thank you to all who entered the competition!  

Best of Show Winner and 2024 Queen is Traci Kufuss for McNutt Rum Ambruana Experimental Mead! Congratulations, Traci for a second win!

Here’s the full results. Please read to the end. (Press the Show More button)

Flight 1 - Lagers

Gold: 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager - Enid Lints, Bremerton, OR

Silver:  5D German Pils - Enid Lints, Bremerton OR

Bronze: 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager - Rachel Pifer, Sacramento, CA

Flight 2 - Pale Belgians

Gold:   25B Saison: “Picking Stones”  - Amanda Porter, Corona CA 

Silver:  25B Saison: “Firecracker”  - Olivia Pool, Oakland, CA

Bronze: 25B Saison: “My Favorite Saison” - Dr. Kristen Boucher, Midway, GA

Flight 3 - American Ales

Gold: 21A American IPA - Enid Lints, Bremerton, OR

Silver:  21B  Specialty IPA: Rye IPA - Cynthia Ricciuti-Brown, Roseville, CA

Bronze: 22D - Wheatwine: “We’ll never be Royals” - Cynthia Linder, Patchogue, NY

Flight 4 - In The Dark: Dark Ales

Gold: 16B Oatmeal Stout - Vanessa Hinger, Corona, CA

Silver: 15C Irish Extra Stout: “Clover” - Olivia Pool, Oakland, CA

Bronze: 13A Dark Mild: “Not that ‘Karen’s’ Dark Mild,” - Karen Perrin, Gainesville, FL

Flight 5 - Cider/Perry

Gold: C2B Cider/Other Fruit: Strawberry banana: “Cider, I hardly knew her!” - 

Denise Brake, Gainsville, FL

Silver: C1D New World Perry: “It’s Show Time” - Kris Minkoff, Gainesville, FL

Bronze: C2B Cider/Other Fruit: Blackberry & Elderberry: “Berry Juice! Berry Juice! The Juice is Loose!” - Kris Minkoff, Gainesville, FL

Flight 6 - Meads 1- Traditional and Fruited

Gold: M2C Berry Mead: “Blueberry Dreams” - Cassandra Conway, Suffolk, VA

Silver: M1C Traditional Sweet Mead: Mamane Blossom (Hawaiian Honey) - Traci Kufuss, Brazoria, TX

Bronze: M2B Pyment - Traci Kufuss, Brazoria, TX

Flight 7 - Meads 2 - Spice, Flowers, and Experimental

Gold: M4C Experimental Mead:  Macadamia Blossom Honey, aged on rum soaked Amburana wood: “McNutt Rum Amburana” - Traci Kufuss, Brazoria, TX

Silver:  M2D Stonefruit Mead: Cherry with rose: “Stargazing” - Cassandra Conway, Suffolk, VA

Bronze: M3B Spice, Herb, Vegetable: “Rose” - Traci Kufuss, Brazoria, TX

Flight 8 - Fruit, Herb/Spice/Vegetable and Experimental Beer

Gold: 23F Fruit Lambic: Raspberry Lambic - Enid Lints, Bremerton, OR

Silver:  34F Experimental Beer: Catharina Sour base, w/Jasmine Rice and grapefruit/guava juice and selected yeasts:  “Pool Day” - Dr. Kristen Boucher, Midway, GA

Bronze: 30A Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer: Imperial Stout with Chocolate: “Nuttin’ But Chocolate” - 

Christy Stencil, Citrus Heights, CA

Flight 9 - Sour, Wild, and Wood Aged

Gold: 28C Wild Specialty: Tart Cherry Sour - Cynthia Ricciuti-Brown, Roseville, CA

Silver: 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer: Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrel: “All In” -

Amanda Porter, Corona, CA

Bronze: 27C Historical Beer: Lichtenhainer - Enid Lints, Bremerton, OR

Note to entrants: Scoresheets will arrive via email as they are scanned. This will take a few days. 

Awards will be shipped soon!

There were a total of 51 entries,arranged into 9 flights. We had some lovely samples to judge. Our final decision for Best of Show was a challenge.