2026 Kansas City Bier Meister's Annual Competition Results

2026 Kansas City Bier Meister's Annual Competition Results
PlaceBrewerCategoryStyle
Table 01: American Light Lagers (12 Entries)
Medal1st
Stephen Polczynski1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1B. American Lager
Medal2nd
Luke Osborne1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1B. American Lager
Medal3rd
Luke Osborne1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1A. American Light Lager
Table 02: Standard Lawnmower Beers (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Alex Boyer1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1D. American Wheat Beer
Medal2nd
Dave Frombach1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1C. Cream Ale
Medal3rd
Joe Mendenhall1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1D. American Wheat Beer
Table 03: Other Lagers (18 Entries)
Medal1st
Metts Potter27. HISTORICAL BEER27A6. Historical Beer: Kentucky Common
Medal2nd
Randy Daniels KC McKinney2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2B. International Amber Lager
Medal3rd
Curtis Ritter2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2A. International Pale Lager
Table 04: Dark Lager (22 Entries)
Medal1st
Travis Johnston8. DARK EUROPEAN LAGER8A. Munich Dunkel
Medal2nd
Daniel Kukuk2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2C. International Dark Lager
Medal3rd
David Towles2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2C. International Dark Lager
Table 05: Czech Lagers (22 Entries)
Medal1st
Matthew Young3. CZECH LAGER3B. Czech Premium Pale Lager
Medal2nd
Aaron Reif3. CZECH LAGER3A. Czech Pale Lager
Medal3rd
Ryan Rose3. CZECH LAGER3A. Czech Pale Lager
Table 06: German Light Lagers (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5C. German Helles Exportbier
Medal2nd
Travis Johnston4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER4A. Munich Helles
Medal3rd
Chad Rozniecki5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5C. German Helles Exportbier
Table 07: German Amber Lager (27 Entries)
Medal1st
Colby Reineke27. HISTORICAL BEER27A1. Kellerbier
Medal2nd
Michael Martin7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER7B. Altbier
Medal3rd
Metts Potter7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER7A. Vienna Lager
Table 08: Bock (23 Entries)
Medal1st
Aaron Reif9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9A. Doppelbock
Medal2nd
Hayden Charter4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER4C. Helles Bock
Medal3rd
Andy Cox6. AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER6C. Dunkles Bock
Table 09: Fancy Lawnmower Beers (15 Entries)
Medal1st
Travis Johnston5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5B. Kolsch
Medal2nd
Brian Paur5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5B. Kolsch
Medal3rd
Chester Smith5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5B. Kolsch
Table 10: Pilsner (16 Entries)
Medal1st
William Vigil41. Local Beers41X5. New Zealand Pilsner
Medal2nd
Joe Sainz5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5D. German Pils
Medal3rd
Evan Brill5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5D. German Pils
Table 11: Wood & Smoke (19 Entries)
Medal1st
Benjamin Frymark27. HISTORICAL BEER27A5. Historical Beer: Sahti
Medal2nd
Brent Anderson33. WOOD BEER33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Medal3rd
Rodolfo Valladares32. SMOKED BEER32A. Classic Style Smoked Beer
Table 12: Not American Porters (21 Entries)
Medal1st
Michael Rensing13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13C. English Porter
Medal2nd
Steven Offutt9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9C. Baltic Porter
Medal3rd
Ryan Jiles9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9C. Baltic Porter
Table 13: German Wheat and Rye (16 Entries)
Medal1st
Steven Pavletich Pavletich10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER10A. Weissbier
Medal2nd
Donald Schneider10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER10B. Dunkles Weissbier
Medal3rd
Rodolfo Valladares10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER10B. Dunkles Weissbier
Table 14: English Pale Ale (21 Entries)
Medal1st
Jennifer Vonderwell11. BRITISH BITTER11C. Strong Bitter
Medal2nd
Eric Lightfoot11. BRITISH BITTER11B. Best Bitter
Medal3rd
Stephen Polczynski11. BRITISH BITTER11C. Strong Bitter
Table 15: IPAs (29 Entries)
Medal1st
Brian Stephens21. IPA21B3. Brown IPA
Medal2nd
William Vigil21. IPA21A. American IPA
Medal3rd
Ross Stuart21. IPA21A. American IPA
Table 16: English Brown Ale (14 Entries)
Medal1st
John Luhmann13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13B. British Brown Ale
Medal2nd
Dane Clark13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13B. British Brown Ale
Medal3rd
Daniel Kukuk13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13A. Dark Mild
Table 17: Scottish & Irish Ale (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Dirk Montgomery14. SCOTTISH ALE14C. Scottish Export
Medal2nd
Deborah And Marc Prichard15. IRISH BEER15A. Irish Red Ale
Medal3rd
Stephen Polczynski15. IRISH BEER15A. Irish Red Ale
Table 18: Stouts (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Rich Vander Ploeg16. DARK BRITISH BEER16B. Oatmeal Stout
Medal2nd
Christopher Mazurk15. IRISH BEER15B. Irish Stout
Medal3rd
Clay Grant16. DARK BRITISH BEER16A. Sweet Stout
Table 19: Strong Stouts (16 Entries)
Medal1st
Dirk Montgomery20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20C. Imperial Stout
Medal2nd
Mike Neice20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20C. Imperial Stout
Medal3rd
Joe Skiles20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20C. Imperial Stout
Table 20: Strong British Ale (18 Entries)
Medal1st
Sean McCanne17. STRONG BRITISH ALE17B. Old Ale
Medal2nd
Phillip Abbott17. STRONG BRITISH ALE17A. British Strong Ale
Medal3rd
Eli Palma17. STRONG BRITISH ALE17C. Wee Heavy
Table 21: American Pale Ale (20 Entries)
Medal1st
Mike & Stephanie Butler18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18B. American Pale Ale
Medal2nd
Colby Reineke18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18B. American Pale Ale
Medal3rd
Jesse Flores18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18B. American Pale Ale
Table 22: Other American Ale (20 Entries)
Medal1st
Shaun Holbrook19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER19B. California Common
Medal2nd
Jeremy Jones19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER19C. American Brown Ale
Medal3rd
Mike & Stephanie Butler19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER19A. American Amber Ale
Table 23: American-ish Porters (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Alan Wells20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20A. American Porter
Medal2nd
Doug Brown20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20A. American Porter
Medal3rd
Andy Scherzinger27. HISTORICAL BEER27A7. Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Table 24: Hazy IPAs (16 Entries)
Medal1st
Steve Powell21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Medal2nd
Austin Foster21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Medal3rd
Ross Stuart21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Table 25: Strong American Ale (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Ross Stuart22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE22A. Double IPA
Medal2nd
Alex & Patrick Williams22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE22A. Double IPA
Medal3rd
Drew Templeton22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE22C. American Barleywine
Table 26: Sour Ale (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Greg Johnson23. EUROPEAN SOUR ALE23A. Berliner Weisse
Medal3rd
Travis Johnson23. EUROPEAN SOUR ALE23F. Fruit Lambic
Table 27: Belgian and French Ale (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Eric Martin24. BELGIAN ALE24C. Biere de Garde
Medal2nd
Donald Schneider24. BELGIAN ALE24A. Witbier
Medal3rd
Michael Martin24. BELGIAN ALE24A. Witbier
Table 28: Belgian Strong Ale - Lighter (23 Entries)
Medal1st
Jake Larkey26. TRAPPIST ALE26C. Belgian Tripel
Medal2nd
Jake Larkey25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25C. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Medal3rd
Donald Schneider25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25A. Belgian Blond Ale
Table 29: Saison (10 Entries)
Medal1st
Eric Martin25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25B. Saison
Medal2nd
Bruce Smith25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25B. Saison
Medal3rd
Alex & Patrick Williams25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25B. Saison
Table 30: Belgian Strong Ale - Darker (15 Entries)
Medal1st
Brian English26. TRAPPIST ALE26B. Belgian Dubbel
Medal2nd
Brian Stephens26. TRAPPIST ALE26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Medal3rd
Logan Beets26. TRAPPIST ALE26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Table 31: Specialty Beer (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Nick Merfeld31. ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER31B. Alternative Sugar Beer
Medal2nd
Tony Schubert34. SPECIALTY BEER34C. Experimental Beer
Medal3rd
Richard Mueggenberg34. SPECIALTY BEER34C. Experimental Beer
Table 32: American Wild Ale (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Brent Roady28. AMERICAN WILD ALE28B. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
Medal2nd
Cody Cannon28. AMERICAN WILD ALE28C. Wild Specialty Beer
Medal3rd
Ron Barnes28. AMERICAN WILD ALE28A. Brett Beer
Table 33: Fruit Beer (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Brian Biggs29. FRUIT BEER29C. Specialty Fruit Beer
Medal2nd
Stephen Polczynski29. FRUIT BEER29A. Fruit Beer
Medal3rd
Metts Potter29. FRUIT BEER29A. Fruit Beer
Table 34: Spice/Herb/Vegetable (28 Entries)
Medal1st
Steve Powell30. SPICED BEER30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Medal2nd
Jake Larkey30. SPICED BEER30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Medal3rd
Patrick Armour30. SPICED BEER30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Table 35: Standard Cider and Perry (22 Entries)
Medal1st
Pete Graham35. Traditional Cider35B. Heirloom Cider
Medal2nd
Dan Acheson35. Traditional Cider35B. Heirloom Cider
Medal3rd
Logan Beets43. Perry43A. Common Perry
Table 36: Specialty Cider and Perry (26 Entries)
Medal1st
Logan Beets43. Perry43D. Experimental Perry
Medal2nd
Christopher Mazurk42. Specialty Cider42B. Spiced Cider
Medal3rd
Shawn Montgomery42. Specialty Cider42A. Fruit Cider
Table 37: Traditional Mead (20 Entries)
Medal1st
Kevin Wagner37. Traditional Mead37C. Sweet Mead
Medal2nd
Garrett Freeman37. Traditional Mead37C. Sweet Mead
Medal3rd
Michael Depozsgay37. Traditional Mead37C. Sweet Mead
Table 38: Fruit Mead (32 Entries)
Medal1st
Kevin Wagner38. Fruit Mead38D. Stone Fruit Mead
Medal2nd
Austin Brown38. Fruit Mead38C. Berry Mead
Medal3rd
Timothy Wicklund38. Fruit Mead38C. Berry Mead
Table 39: Spice and Specialty Mead (24 Entries)
Medal1st
Austin Brown39. Spiced Mead39B. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
Medal2nd
Ryan Rose39. Spiced Mead39A. Fruit and Spice Mead
Medal3rd
Daniel Vanderslice39. Spiced Mead39B. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
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