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The Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz was held
on Saturday, April 20, 2024
at the St. George Brewing Company, Hampton Virginia

The Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz was a BJCP/AHA Sanctioned Competition and was conducted using the
2021 BJCP Style Guidelines, including all beer, mead, and cider categories.

This year, there was a total of 354 entries.

Best of Show - Beer (318 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan LaFontaine	Echoes Of The Void	Czech Dark Lager	Holly Springs Brusaders
2nd	Ryan Larsen	Golden Arm	Belgian Blond Ale	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Jordan LaFontaine	Red Rambler	Irish Red Ale	Holly Springs Brusaders

Best of Show - Mead and Cider (36 Entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Luchansky III	Cider Semi Sweet	English Cider	Seven City Brewers

Table 1: Standard American Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Jones	252 P&R Lager (Pils/rice)	Pre-Prohibition Lager	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Joel Miller	Big Hammer 'Merica	American Light Lager	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Allen Smith	Watered Down Swill	American Light Lager	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club

Table 2: Czech Lager (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan LaFontaine	Echoes Of The Void	Czech Dark Lager	Holly Springs Brusaders
2nd	Norm Schaeffler	Charles (2024)	Czech Premium Pale Lager	Colonial Ale Smiths & Keggers (CASK)
3rd	Phillip Vaughn	Primitive Modernist Dark Lager	Czech Dark Lager	James River Homebrewers

Table 3: Pale Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carter Bundy	Towards The Leicht!	German Leichtbier	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Ken Hilton	What The Helles Went Wrong In Montana	Munich Helles	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Allen Smith	Higher Standards	Munich Helles	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club

Table 4: Kölsch (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Smith	Yeast Marketing	Kölsch	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Patrick Smith	Happy Little Accident	Kölsch	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Ryan Vigne	EZ Sippin	Kölsch	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 5: Pilsner (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Is Mosaic A New Zealand Hop?	New Zealand Pilsner	QUAFF
2nd	Carter Bundy	Mabier	German Pils	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Alex Hannagan	Hoppy Hobbits	German Pils

Table 6: Amber & Dark Lager (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Clay Vick	Bob	Altbier	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Dexter Garner	Featherweight Hero	Schwarzbier	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
3rd	Anthony Mercer	Gnarly Branch Marzen	Märzen	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 7: Strong Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Riley	GERTA	Doppelbock	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Tony Kulas	Doppelbock	Doppelbock	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Jim Williamson	Look Who's Bock	Dunkels Bock

Table 8: Wheat Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adrian Sutherland	Ho Hefe Ho	Weissbier	Upper Palmetto Zymurgy Society
2nd	Jack Wallace	Fruehschoppen	Weissbier
3rd	Jim Williamson	Lippiheffe	Weissbier

Table 9: American Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeff Case	Blonde Fu	Blonde Ale	QUAFF
2nd	Jordan LaFontaine	Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	Holly Springs Brusaders
3rd	Marcella LaFontaine	Thrapt Overture	Blonde Ale	Holly Springs Brusaders

Table 10: American Porter & Stout (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anthony Mercer	Mystic Porter	American Porter	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	William Spiesberger	Stout	American Stout	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Brandon Christian	Porter	American Porter	Seven City Brewers

Table 11: American & Double IPA (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Marcella LaFontaine	Blargh!	American IPA	Holly Springs Brusaders
2nd	Josh Akin	Soda Popinski	American IPA	QUAFF
3rd	Brian Ballantine	California Love	American IPA	Nash St Homebrew Club
4th	Matthew Smiley	DIPA 2	Double IPA	QUAFF

Table 12: Specialty & Hazy IPA (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carter Bundy	Glow Of Sunshine	Hazy IPA	James River Homebrewers
2nd	David Mitchell	Rye Love It	Specialty IPA	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Jonathan Marut	Don't Change Anything NEIPA	Hazy IPA	Cap and Hare Homebrew Club

Table 13: Pale Commonwealth Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Jennings	Good On Ya Mate	Australian Sparkling Ale	Battleground Brewers Guild
2nd	John Mitchell	English IPA	English IPA	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Travis Kubal	Best Bitter	Best Bitter

Table 14: Amber & Brown UK Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Terry Withers	Porter	English Porter	151 Brew Club
2nd	Allen Smith	One Yeast To Rule Them All	Dark Mild	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
3rd	Brian McCrickard	80 Shills	Scottish Export	Seven City Brewers
4th	Douglas Floyd	Brogan's Brown	British Brown Ale	151 Brew Club

Table 15: Irish Red Ale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan LaFontaine	Red Rambler	Irish Red Ale	Holly Springs Brusaders
2nd	Adrian Sutherland	Paddy's Revenge	Irish Red Ale	Upper Palmetto Zymurgy Society
3rd	Frank T Mitchell	No Taters	Irish Red Ale	Beat-12 Brewing Co

Table 16: Strong Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dominick Dufner	My Dear Killer	American Barleywine	STLBrewhogs
2nd	Ryan Larsen	Fire Pit Potion	British Strong Ale	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Graham Cecil	Breakfast Of Champions	Wheatwine	James River Homebrewers
HM	Jack Wallace	Sneaky Pete	American Barleywine

Table 17: Belgian Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Golden Arm	Belgian Blond Ale	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Carl Teachey	Biere D'Auria	Saison	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
3rd	Natasha Crawford	Sustenance	Saison	Mentoring Advanced Standards of Homebrewing (MASH)

Table 18: Monastic Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allen Smith	Solix	Belgian Single	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Kristen Boucher	The Abyss	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Savannah Brewers League
3rd	Tracy Pratt	Shimae All Day	Belgian Dubbel	Battleground Brewers Guild

Table 19: Sour & Wild Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joel Miller	Flatlining Flanders	Flanders Red Ale	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Jonathan Rollins	The Oillipheist	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
3rd	Joshua Cass	Fuzzy Little Man Peach	Brett Beer	James River Homebrewers

Table 20: UK & Irish Stout (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Cureton	Red's Tropical Stout	Tropical Stout
2nd	Phillip Vaughn	Paddy's Shillelagh	Irish Stout	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Matthew Bellaver	Oatmeal Stout	Oatmeal Stout	VPH And CASK

Table 21: Fruit & Spiced Beer (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brandon Christian	Mexican Chocolate Stout	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Clay Vick	Marge	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Ryan Vigne	Just The Tips V3	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 22: Smoke & Wood Aged Beer (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Jones	Nothing Specific To Do	Wood-Aged Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Matthew Bellaver	Piwo Grodziskie	Piwo Grodziskie	VPH And CASK
3rd	Brian McCrickard	7CB'S Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Seven City Brewers

Table 23: Specialty & Experimental Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeffrey Kettler	Smoked Ale	Historical Beer
2nd	Kristen Boucher	Pool Day	Experimental Beer	Savannah Brewers League
3rd	Ryan Larsen	Cold As Rice	Mixed-Style Beer	James River Homebrewers
HM	Ryan Vigne	Keep It Humble - WFH	Alternative Sugar Beer	Pittsburgh Mead Makers And Homebrewers

Table 24: Cider (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Luchansky III	Cider Semi Sweet	English Cider	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	The Eldritchberry Terrors 2023	Cider with Other Fruit	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Brian McCrickard	Tree Top	New World Cider	Seven City Brewers

Table 25: Mead (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Fulton	Sour Mead	Experimental Mead
2nd	Ken Rygh	Strawberry Rhubarb Mead	Fruit and Spice Mead	Colonial Ale Smiths & Keggers (CASK)
3rd	Josh Akin	Punky Bruiser	Dry Mead	QUAFF

The Baron of the Blitz Award (102 Participating Brewers)

Jordan LaFontaine of the Holly Springs Brusaders

The Blitzkrieg Award (31 Participating Clubs)

James River Homebrewers

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