Malt Madness XIX

Thanks to all who participated in the Malt Madness XIX.

There were 164 entries judged and 106 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jack Robbins Co-Brewer: George Keegan	No Monkey Buisness	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Keystone Hops
2nd	Bill Gibbons	Old Nick	9A: Doppelbock

Best of Show – Mead

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
3rd	Andrew Brown	Vampress	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Lancaster County Brewers

Winning Entries

Table 1: Five Maidens- Table 1 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Schnupp	Festrbier	4B: Festbier
2nd	Robert Coalson	Sugar Skulls Mexican Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	No Club; Spirited Child Brewing
3rd	Johnathan Jessen	Hellertown Helles	4A: Munich Helles	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers

Table 2: Buttzville - Table 8 (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Eberhardt	I Want To Take Some Pictures	27A2: Kentucky Common	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Bill Gibbons	Giblet Altbier #62	7B: Altbier
3rd	Jim Schmalbach	79/-	14C: Scottish Export	Keystone Hops

Table 3: Gallows Hill - Table 19 (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Caffee	Yesi's Wheatwine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Keystone Hops
2nd	Barney Heller	Alaska Dreaming	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
3rd	Gregory Manderski	Grounds Keeper Willie	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	Garden State Homebrewers

Table 4: Gallows Hill - Table 20 (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ginger Volz Co-Brewer: Stephen Volz	Mello Snap	34C: Experimental Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Rob Myers	Pineapple Upside-Down Cake	34C: Experimental Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Joe Handley	Ernesto	34B: Mixed-Style Beer	Keystone Hops

Table 5: Gallows Hill - Table 22 (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Brown MHP	Vampress	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Lancaster County Brewers
2nd	Melody Stout	The Grapeful Bread	M2B: Pyment	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Paul West	Where Have All The Beez Gone?	M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead	Keystone Hops

Table 6: HiJinx (b)- Table 16 (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Chaney	CMCS	25B: Saison
2nd	Michael Beidler	Saison	25B: Saison	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Brian Filips MHP	Sante, Eh?!	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Keystone Hops

Table 7: Buttzville - Table 17 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Clapp	Op De Troon	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Keystone Hops
1st	Rob Myers	Swedish Delight	29A: Fruit Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Denny Thompson	Russian Figgy Pudding	29A: Fruit Beer	ALEiens Homebrew Club
3rd	Jack Robbins	Apricot Berliner	29A: Fruit Beer	Keystone Hops

Table 8: Five Maidens - Table 18 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Douglas	Cervesa	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Michael Beidler	Not Hot	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Kiel Fisher	ROM BARO Spruced Up	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Brewers United For Zany Zymurgy (BUZZ)

Table 9: Five Maidens - Table 21 (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Eberhardt	Just Perry Delicious	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Denny Thompson	First Times A Charm Amburana	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	ALEiens Homebrew Club
3rd	Jack Robbins	Sole Crusher	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Keystone Hops

Table 10: HiJinx (a) - Table 7 (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Conway	Largs West Coast Ale	21A: American IPA
2nd	Daniel Wake	Black Mamba	21B2: Black IPA	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Joe Handley	Buying Feelings From Vending Machines	21C: Hazy IPA	Keystone Hops
HM	Daniel Wake	Cloud Punch	21C: Hazy IPA	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers

Table 11: HiJinx (a) - Table 11 (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kris Gould MHP	Nyctophilia	20C: Imperial Stout	ALEiens Homebrew Club
2nd	Ron Wolfgang	Imperial Darkness	20C: Imperial Stout	Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club
3rd	Gregory Manderski	Dubliner	15B: Irish Stout	Garden State Homebrewers

Table 12: Buttzville - Table 4 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jack Wheeler	Let The Meltdown Begin	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Keystone Hops
2nd	Dan Miller	Midnight Eclipse	8B: Schwarzbier	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
3rd	Peter Ollar Co-Brewer: Liz And Brad Kerr	Nordic Nacht	8A: Munich Dunkel	Bruclear Homebrew Club

Table 13: Mystic - Table 2 (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jack Wheeler	Dilation	5D: German Pils	Keystone Hops

Table 14: Mystic - Table 3 (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Barber	Skook Lager	2B: International Amber Lager	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Jim Clapp	1897	19B: California Common	Keystone Hops
3rd	Gregory Manderski	Viennie	7A: Vienna Lager	Garden State Homebrewers

Table 15: Buttzville - Table 5 (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Gibbons	Old Nick	9A: Doppelbock
2nd	Kiel Fisher	ROM BARO Maibock	4C: Helles Bock	Brewers United For Zany Zymurgy (BUZZ)
3rd	Eric Thomas	Fasbock	9A: Doppelbock	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers

Table 16: Keystone - Table 12 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jack Robbins Co-Brewer: George Keegan	No Monkey Buisness	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Keystone Hops
2nd	Michael Caffee	Wee Heavy	17C: Wee Heavy	Keystone Hops
3rd	Cindy Serdikoff	Belgian Dark Strong	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Stoney Creek Homebrewers

Table 17: Keystone - Table 13 (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ron Wolfgang	Weisenheimer	10C: Weizenbock	Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club
2nd	Dave Taylor	The Girl At The Bock Show	10C: Weizenbock	Keystone Hops
3rd	Preston Klingseis Co-Brewer: Maggie Klingseis	Dunk, Dunk, Dunk	10B: Dunkels Weissbier	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
HM	Dave Taylor	Pierworodztwo Piwo	27A5: Piwo Grodziskie	Keystone Hops

Table 18: Keystone - Table 14 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul McDonald	Beach Buggy	23A: Berliner Weisse	Sussex County United Brewers & Alchemists (SCUBA)
2nd	Bill Gibbons	Fezziwig's Tart #47	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
3rd	John Litak	Clucker Pucker	23A: Berliner Weisse	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers

Table 19: HiJinx (b) - Table 6 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Miller	Mystified	5B: Kölsch	Lehigh Valley Home Brewers
2nd	Daniel Taylor	Mosaic Man X	18B: American Pale Ale
3rd	Jack Robbins	Addicted To The Shindig	5B: Kölsch	Keystone Hops

Table 20: HiJinx (b) - Table 9 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul West	Mr Brown	13B: British Brown Ale	Keystone Hops
2nd	Kris Gould MHP Co-Brewer: Hailey Gould	Malcontent Nincompoops	13A: Dark Mild	ALEiens Homebrew Club
3rd	Daniel Taylor	Even More Ludicrously Mild	13A: Dark Mild

Table 21: HiJinx (b) - Table 10 (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jose Alex Piccolo Sant’Anna MHP	Simple Man	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Morris Area Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Jim Schmalbach Co-Brewer: Kevin Clare	English Brown	13C: English Porter	Keystone Hops
3rd	Denny Thompson	Nuts And Nibs Porter	13C: English Porter	ALEiens Homebrew Club

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 02/01/2025 9:00 AM, EST through 04/15/2025 7:00 PM, EDT.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 02/01/2025 9:00 AM, EST through 04/30/2025 12:00 AM, EDT.