Thanks to all who participated in the King of the Mountain 2024.
There were 148 entries judged and 81 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Terry Nagy | Hoppyhefe | 10A: Weissbier | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 1st | Terry Nagy | Hoppyhefe | 10A: Weissbier | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Marius Fekete | West Coast 5 | 21A: American IPA | Brewly Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Marius Fekete | West Coast 5 | 21A: American IPA | Brewly Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jeremiah Baer | Ambaer Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | East Side Brewers [IL] |
| 3rd | Jeremiah Baer | Ambaer Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | East Side Brewers [IL] |
| HM | Roy Navik | Onkel Rojus Black Pearl Porter | 20A: American Porter | |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Cream Ales (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rob Sells | Tom's Afternoon Pastime | 1C: Cream Ale | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 2nd | Rick Felser | Jenna See Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 3rd | Fred Mullner | Rich Romanko Is A Pretty Pretty Man. I Would Probably do Him. | 1C: Cream Ale | Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers (TRASH) |
Table 2: American Lager/Wheat (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Doug Wiedemann | Don't Talk To Strangers | 2B: International Amber Lager | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Mike Cozart | Summertime Baby Pils | 2A: International Pale Lager | Brewly Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Richard Stout | The Beer Of Summer Mexican Cerveza | 2A: International Pale Lager | |
Table 3: Kolsch (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Shane Meyers Meyers | German Pride | 5B: Kolsch | Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
| 2nd | Rob Sells | Smells Like Cologne | 5B: Kolsch | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 3rd | Matt Huber
Co-Brewer: Joe Dierksheide | Koln Klone | 5B: Kolsch | |
Table 4: European Malty (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Royster
Co-Brewer: Jessica Clark | Helles 1.0 | 4A: Munich Helles | |
| 2nd | Chris Anderson | Helles For Children | 4A: Munich Helles | |
| 3rd | Matt Huber
Co-Brewer: Joe Dierksheide | A Cold Day In Helles | 4C: Helles Bock | |
Table 5: German Wheat (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Terry Nagy | Hoppyhefe | 10A: Weissbier | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd | Chris Anderson | Spit Tooth | 10A: Weissbier | |
| 3rd | Rick Felser | Keith Can’t Pronounce Hefeweizen | 10A: Weissbier | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
Table 6: Strong European (4 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rob Sells | Insurrectionist | 9A: Doppelbock | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 2nd | Matt Huber
Co-Brewer: Joe Dierksheide | Any Port In A Storm | 9C: Baltic Porter | |
| 3rd | Mike Cozart | Impulse Baltic Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | Brewly Homebrew Club |
| HM | Shane Meyers Meyers | Bluenose | 9C: Baltic Porter | Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
Table 7: British/Irish (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Fred Mullner | Big Bowl of Brown | 13B: English Brown Ale | Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers (TRASH) |
| 2nd | William Serowski
Co-Brewer: Rick Felser | Bitter Bugger | 11C: Strong Bitter | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 3rd | Jeremiah Baer | Black Baer | 16A: Sweet Stout | East Side Brewers [IL] |
| HM | Marius Fekete | Dark Mild 2 | 13A: Dark Mild | Brewly Homebrew Club |
Table 8: Ciders (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer | Black Is Beautiful - Cider | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Todd Donnelly | Ginger Cider | C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices | Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers |
| 3rd | Doug Wiedemann | Blue Side of the Mountain | C2B: Cider with Other Fruit | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| HM | Bill Boyer | Being There - Kveik Variant | C1A: New World Cider | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
Table 9: Traditional/Fruit Mead (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Todd Donnelly | Orange Blossom Mead | M1C: Sweet Mead | Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers |
| 2nd | Matthew Williamson | Idunn's Ceyser | M2A: Cyser | Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers |
| 3rd | Bill Boyer | Sir Bors Squire | M2B: Pyment | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
Table 10: American Pale Ale (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Richard Romanko | Thunder Blonde | 18A: Blonde Ale | Three Rivers Underground Brewers (TRUB) |
| 2nd | Steve Micco | Hopfest | 18B: American Pale Ale | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Judy Jacovetty | Hüll Pass | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
Table 11: German Lagers (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rob Roy | Wolfgang's Revenge | 7A: Vienna Lager | Maltose Falcons |
| 2nd | Chris Anderson | German Pils | 5D: German Pils | |
| 3rd | Christopher Van Eynde | Low 'n Slow | 6B: Rauchbier | Urban Knaves of Grain |
Table 12: American Hoppy (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Todd Donnelly | Wee Heavy | 17C: Wee Heavy | Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers |
| 2nd | Doug Wiedemann | Red Giant Finality | 21B4: Red IPA | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | John Jacovetty | Astral Impetus | 21B2: Black IPA | |
Table 13: American Amber/Brown Ale (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Jeremiah Baer | Ambaer Ale | 19A: American Amber Ale | East Side Brewers [IL] |
| 2nd | Rob Roy | The Men Who Stare At Oats | 19C: American Brown Ale | Maltose Falcons |
Table 14: American Porter/Stout (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Roy Navik | Onkel Rojus Black Pearl Porter | 20A: American Porter | |
| 2nd | Rob Sells | Total Eclipse Imperial Stout | 20C: Imperial Stout | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 3rd | Richard Stout | The Grind Coffee Vanilla Porter | 20A: American Porter | |
| HM | Mark Sheppa | Nick's Favorite | 20A: American Porter | Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers |
Table 15: American IPA (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Marius Fekete | West Coast 5 | 21A: American IPA | Brewly Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Gary Cox | Pale Sunset | 21A: American IPA | Delaware Ohio Homebrewers (DOH!) |
| 3rd | Zoran Ladan | West Coast IPA | 21A: American IPA | |
Table 16: New England IPA (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Gary Cox | Nixes' Retreat | 21B7: New England IPA | Delaware Ohio Homebrewers (DOH!) |
| 2nd | Pete Lawrence | Zupadaba NEIPA | 21B7: New England IPA | |
| 3rd | Doug Wiedemann | Eternal Drift | 21B7: New England IPA | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
Table 17: Belgian Ales (8 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Rob Sells | être de Saison | 25B: Saison | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 2nd | Richard Romanko | Summer In Chalfant | 24B: Belgian Pale Ale | Three Rivers Underground Brewers (TRUB) |
| 3rd | Mike Cozart | Saison Nana | 25B: Saison | Brewly Homebrew Club |
Table 18: Fruit/Spiced Meads (9 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Matthew Williamson | Skald's Mead | M2D: Stone Fruit Mead | Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers |
| 2nd | Bill Boyer | Black Is Beautiful - Semi-Sweet Sack | M2E: Melomel | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
| 3rd | Matthew Williamson | Gelos Mead | M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead | Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers |
| HM | Bill Boyer | French Taunter | M2C: Berry Mead | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
Table 19: Fruit Beer (6 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bill Boyer | Shot In The Dark - Cherry | 29A: Fruit Beer | Woodstock Malt Monkeys |
| 2nd | Doug Wiedemann | Reia Callisto | 29A: Fruit Beer | Little Mountain Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd | Andrew Weaver | Raspberry Ass Juice | 29A: Fruit Beer | Lift A Leg Homemade Beer |
Table 20: Spiced/Smoked Beer (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Brian Rauvola | Rhubarb Gruit | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd | Jeremiah Baer | Banana Baer | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | East Side Brewers [IL] |
| 3rd | Mark Sheppa | The Good Earth | 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer | Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers |
| HM | Josh Desser | Campfire Stout | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Brewly |
Table 21: Trappist/Common (5 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Richard Romanko | Toothless Mitch | 27A6: Kentucky Common | Three Rivers Underground Brewers (TRUB) |
| 2nd | Rob Sells | Deception In Darkness | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Crooked Lamp Post Brewing Club |
| 3rd | John Jacovetty | Real McCoy | 27A6: Kentucky Common | |
| 4th | Shane Meyers Meyers | Centennial | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ) |
