2026 IBU Open Results

2026 IBU Open Results
PlaceBrewerCategoryStyle
Table 01: Table 1: Pale American Beer (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Stephen Polczynski1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1A. American Light Lager
Medal2nd
Ross Stuart27. HISTORICAL BEER27A6. Historical Beer: Kentucky Common
Medal3rd
Dave Frombach1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1C. Cream Ale
Table 02: Table 2: Pale European Beer (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Colby Reineke27. HISTORICAL BEER27A1. Kellerbier
Medal2nd
Joe Skiles5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5B. Kolsch
Medal3rd
Randy Daniels KC McKinney5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER5D. German Pils
Table 03: Table 3: International Pale Lager (8 Entries)
Medal1st
Curtis Ritter2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2A. International Pale Lager
Medal2nd
Chester Smith2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2A. International Pale Lager
Medal3rd
Jeff Moyer2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2A. International Pale Lager
Table 04: Table 4: Czech Pale Lager (7 Entries)
Medal1st
Kevin Olson3. CZECH LAGER3B. Czech Premium Pale Lager
Medal2nd
Brian Stephens3. CZECH LAGER3B. Czech Premium Pale Lager
Medal3rd
Aaron Reif3. CZECH LAGER3A. Czech Pale Lager
Table 05: Table 5: Pale Malty European Beer (7 Entries)
Medal1st
Rich Vander Ploeg4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER4A. Munich Helles
Medal2nd
Christopher Barrier4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER4C. Helles Bock
Medal3rd
Ken Morris4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER4A. Munich Helles
Table 06: Table 6: Amber European Beer (17 Entries)
Medal1st
Metts Potter7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER7A. Vienna Lager
Medal2nd
John Luhmann7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER7B. Altbier
Medal3rd
Christopher Barrier2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2B. International Amber Lager
Table 07: Table 7: Dark European Lager (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Jamye & Cody Naramore2. INTERNATIONAL LAGER2C. International Dark Lager
Medal2nd
Randy Daniels KC McKinney8. DARK EUROPEAN LAGER8B. Schwarzbier
Medal3rd
Dirk Montgomery3. CZECH LAGER3D. Czech Dark Lager
Table 08: Table 8: Wheat Beer (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Alex Boyer1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER1D. American Wheat Beer
Medal2nd
Bruce Smith10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER10A. Weissbier
Medal3rd
Steven Pavletich10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER10A. Weissbier
Table 09: Table 9: British Pale Ale (20 Entries)
Medal1st
Joel Ellingson11. BRITISH BITTER11B. Best Bitter
Medal2nd
Peter Polczynski11. BRITISH BITTER11C. Strong Bitter
Medal3rd
Wayne Feller11. BRITISH BITTER11C. Strong Bitter
Table 10: Table 10: Scottish and Irish Ale (9 Entries)
Medal1st
Jeff Case14. SCOTTISH ALE14B. Scottish Heavy
Medal2nd
Jonathan Marut15. IRISH BEER15A. Irish Red Ale
Medal3rd
Stephen Polczynski15. IRISH BEER15A. Irish Red Ale
Table 11: Table 11: Pale American Ale (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Drew Templeton18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18B. American Pale Ale
Medal2nd
Phillip Saurer18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18A. Blonde Ale
Medal3rd
Jesse Flores18. PALE AMERICAN ALE18B. American Pale Ale
Table 12: Table 12: Amber & Brown American Ale (10 Entries)
Medal1st
Jeff Case27. HISTORICAL BEER27A2. Historical Beer: Piwo Grodziskie
Medal2nd
Alex & Patrick Williams19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER19C. American Brown Ale
Medal3rd
Dave Frombach19. AMBER AND BROWN AMERICAN BEER19A. American Amber Ale
Table 13: Table 13: Brown British Beer (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Michael Rensing13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13C. English Porter
Medal2nd
Christopher Mazurk13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13B. British Brown Ale
Medal3rd
Drew Templeton13. BROWN BRITISH BEER13C. English Porter
Table 14: Table 14: Irish & British Stout (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Mike & Stephanie Butler16. DARK BRITISH BEER16C. Tropical Stout
Medal2nd
Dirk Montgomery15. IRISH BEER15C. Irish Extra Stout
Medal3rd
Joe D'Auria16. DARK BRITISH BEER16B. Oatmeal Stout
Table 15: Table 15: American Porter & Stout (12 Entries)
Medal1st
Deborah And Marc Prichard27. HISTORICAL BEER27A7. Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Medal2nd
Joshua Andrus20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20A. American Porter
Medal3rd
David Scheil27. HISTORICAL BEER27A7. Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager
Table 16: Table 16: American IPA (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Colby Reineke21. IPA21A. American IPA
Medal2nd
Kyle Ernsberger21. IPA21A. American IPA
Medal3rd
Tony E Schubert21. IPA21A. American IPA
Table 17: Table 17: Specialty IPA (10 Entries)
Medal1st
Taylor Norland21. IPA21B4. Red IPA
Medal2nd
Stuart Hemesath21. IPA21B. Specialty IPA
Medal3rd
Emersen Heron21. IPA21B1. Belgian IPA
Table 18: Table 18: Hazy IPA (13 Entries)
Medal1st
Ross Stuart21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Medal2nd
Gerad Miller21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Medal3rd
Julian Lott21. IPA21C. Hazy IPA
Table 19: Table 19: Strong British & American Ale (19 Entries)
Medal1st
Shaun Huggins17. STRONG BRITISH ALE17A. British Strong Ale
Medal2nd
Eric Martin22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE22D. Wheatwine
Medal3rd
Luke Osborne22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE22A. Double IPA
Table 20: Table 20: Strong European Lager (10 Entries)
Medal1st
Aaron Reif9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9A. Doppelbock
Medal2nd
Curtis Ritter9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9A. Doppelbock
Medal3rd
Metts Potter6. AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER6C. Dunkles Bock
Table 21: Table 21: Imperial Porter & Stout (12 Entries)
Medal1st
Joseph McDonald20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT20C. Imperial Stout
Medal2nd
Sean McCanne9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9C. Baltic Porter
Medal3rd
Dirk Montgomery9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER9C. Baltic Porter
Table 22: Table 22: Belgian Ale (18 Entries)
Medal1st
Metts Potter26. TRAPPIST ALE26A. Trappist Single
Medal2nd
Matt Johnsen25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25A. Belgian Blond Ale
Medal3rd
Pete Graham24. BELGIAN ALE24A. Witbier
Table 23: Table 23: Strong Belgian Ale (16 Entries)
Medal1st
Tony E Schubert25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25B. Saison
Medal2nd
Mike & Stephanie Butler26. TRAPPIST ALE26C. Belgian Tripel
Medal3rd
Bill Gavin Roy Ventullo25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE25B. Saison
Table 24: Table 24: Belgian Dark Strong (9 Entries)
Medal1st
Keith Blanchard26. TRAPPIST ALE26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Medal2nd
Jeremy Rott26. TRAPPIST ALE26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Medal3rd
Dan Acheson26. TRAPPIST ALE26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Table 25: Table 25: European Sour Ale & American Wild Ale (7 Entries)
Medal1st
Shaun Huggins28. AMERICAN WILD ALE28C. Wild Specialty Beer
Medal2nd
Kevin Olson41. Local Beers41X4. Catharina Sour
Medal3rd
Jamye & Cody Naramore28. AMERICAN WILD ALE28C. Wild Specialty Beer
Table 26: Table 26: Mixed-Style Beer (9 Entries)
Medal1st
Scott Black34. SPECIALTY BEER34B. Mixed-Style Beer
Medal2nd
Jesse Flores34. SPECIALTY BEER34B. Mixed-Style Beer
Medal3rd
Colby Reineke34. SPECIALTY BEER34B. Mixed-Style Beer
Table 27: Table 27: Specialty, Fruit, & Alternative Fermentables (14 Entries)
Medal1st
Brian Biggs29. FRUIT BEER29B. Fruit and Spice Beer
Medal2nd
Tony E Schubert34. SPECIALTY BEER34C. Experimental Beer
Medal3rd
Nicholas Merfeld31. ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER31B. Alternative Sugar Beer
Table 28: Table 28: Wood Aged & Smoke-Flavored Beer (18 Entries)
Medal1st
Jeremy Rott33. WOOD BEER33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Medal2nd
Stuart Hemesath33. WOOD BEER33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Medal3rd
Mike & Stephanie Butler6. AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER6B. Rauchbier
Table 29: Table 29: Spiced Beer (12 Entries)
Medal1st
Shaun Huggins30. SPICED BEER30B. Autumn Seasonal Beer
Medal2nd
Phillip Abbott30. SPICED BEER30C. Winter Seasonal Beer
Medal3rd
Nicholas Merfeld30. SPICED BEER30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Table 30: Table M1: Traditional & Fruit Mead (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Kevin Olson37. Traditional Mead37B. Semi-Sweet Mead
Medal2nd
Jamye & Cody Naramore38. Fruit Mead38D. Stone Fruit Mead
Medal3rd
Kyle Newman38. Fruit Mead38D. Stone Fruit Mead
Table 31: Table M2: Spice & Specialty Mead (11 Entries)
Medal1st
Luke Osborne39. Spiced Mead39A. Fruit and Spice Mead
Medal2nd
Kyle Newman39. Spiced Mead39B. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
Medal3rd
John Bates40. Specialty Mead40A. Braggot
Table 32: Table C1: Standard Cider & Perry (9 Entries)
Medal1st
Pete Graham35. Traditional Cider35C. English Cider
Medal2nd
Dave Taylor35. Traditional Cider35A. Common Cider
Medal3rd
Dan Acheson43. Perry43A. Common Perry
Table 33: Table C2: Cider with Other Fruit or Spices and Herbs (12 Entries)
Medal1st
Shawn Montgomery42. Specialty Cider42A. Fruit Cider
Medal2nd
Kyle Newman42. Specialty Cider42A. Fruit Cider
Medal3rd
John TeBockhorst42. Specialty Cider42A. Fruit Cider
Table 34: Table C3: Specialty Cider and Perry & Applewine (6 Entries)
Medal1st
Dan Acheson36. Strong Cider36C. Ice Cider
Medal2nd
Andy Scherzinger42. Specialty Cider42C. Experimental Cider
Medal3rd
Mica Zaragoza42. Specialty Cider42C. Experimental Cider
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