Winners – Shamrock Open XXX – March 8, 2025

Best of Show

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Golden Pinky	Belgian Single	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Carter Bundy, Claire Bundy	Czech Dark	Czech Dark Lager	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Tony Kulas	Baltic Porter	Baltic Porter	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 1: Table 1 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Leg Drop Lager	American Lager	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Jim Ebert	Wheaties For Breakfest	American Wheat Beer	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Dwain Pannell	Butt Naked Lager	American Lager	256 Brewers

Table 2: Table 2 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Mercer	Gnarly Branch International Pale Lager	International Pale Lager	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Tony Kulas	IDL	International Dark Lager	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Tony Kulas	International Amber Lager	International Amber Lager	Down East Alers (DEA)
HM	Jim Ebert	By The Fire With Care	International Amber Lager	James River Homebrewers

Table 3: Table 3 (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carter Bundy	Czech Dark	Czech Dark Lager	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Carter Bundy	Czech Amber	Czech Amber Lager	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Jay Brantley	Skibidi Rizz	Czech Premium Pale Lager	PC Mashers

Table 4: Table 4 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Larsen	Festus	Festbier	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	David Siler	To Hell With It	Munich Helles	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Tony Kulas	Munich Helles	Munich Helles	Down East Alers (DEA)
HM	Paul Damm	Damm Festbier	Festbier	Upper Palmetto Zymurgy Society

Table 5: Table 5 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Doonklay Spock	Dunkels Bock	James River Homebrewers
2nd	David Siler	Davenator	Doppelbock	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Tony Kulas	Doppelbock	Doppelbock	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 6: Table 6 (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rich Hart	Koly	Kölsch	Seven City Brewers
2nd	Robert Schodorf	German Pils	German Pils	Birmingham Brewmasters
3rd	Robert Schodorf	Heart Of Hallertau	German Leichtbier	Birmingham Brewmasters

Table 7: Table 7 (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Smoked Porter	Classic Style Smoked Beer	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Jay Brantley	Mmm, Bacon	Rauchbier	PC Mashers
3rd	David Galich	Calm Bees	Specialty Smoked Beer	Chicken City Ale Raisers

Table 8: Table 8 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ken Hilton	Baltic Turkey	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Keith Ingersoll	BIL MAGA	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Big Shoe Brewing
3rd	Jason Dallin	Stately Nightcap	Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	White Street Brewer’s Guild

Table 9: Table 9 (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dennis Fields	That’s One Hefe Banana	Weissbier	Upper Palmetto Zymurgy Society
2nd	Clay Vick	Heidi	Dunkels Weissbier	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 10: Table 10 (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carter Bundy	Marzen	Märzen	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Peter Solis	Vienna Veil	Vienna Lager
3rd	Ben Cunningham	Vienna Lager	Vienna Lager	James River Homebrewers

Table 11: Table 11 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Caleb Holmes	Nice And Easy	Schwarzbier	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Jay Brantley	Hold My Beer	Altbier	PC Mashers
3rd	John Martin	This Alt-Rocks!	Altbier

Table 12: Table 12 (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Kulas	Baltic Porter	Baltic Porter	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	William DuVal	Old Man Porter	Baltic Porter	Wort Hogs [VA]
3rd	Brian Ballantine	Thunder Nuts	Baltic Porter	Bottle Swap

Table 13: Table 13 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	William Peterson	T.T. Landlord Clone	Best Bitter	Alcohol Through Fermentation
2nd	Clay Vick	Matilda	Australian Sparkling Ale	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Keith Ingersoll	Big Shoe Best Bitter	Strong Bitter	Big Shoe Brewing

Table 14: Table 14 (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Mercer	Gnarly Branch Dark Mild	Dark Mild	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	David Siler	Mothers Milk	British Brown Ale	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Robert Goodwin	Michaela’s Vanilla Porter	English Porter	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club

Table 16: Table 16 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Tagert	Scottish Export	Scottish Export	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Dwain Pannell	Carter’s Mill	Scottish Light	256 Brewers
3rd	Brandon Christian	Irish Red Ale	Irish Red Ale	Seven City Brewers

Table 17: Table 17 (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Dooley	BB Rested Luke’s Milk Stout	Tropical Stout	Garner Ale Society
2nd	Tony Mercer	Gnarly Branch Irish Stout	Irish Stout	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	Joel Miller	Subliminal Stout	Irish Extra Stout	James River Homebrewers
HM	Jason Dallin	Stately Wayne Milk Stout	Sweet Stout	White Street Brewer’s Guild

Table 18: Table 18 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dwain Pannell	Bishops Of Winchester	British Strong Ale	256 Brewers
2nd	Bill Lynch	Bill’s Big Kilted Cock	Wee Heavy	Carolina Brewmasters
3rd	Tony Hamric	Old Beers Have More Fun	Old Ale	Wort City Brewers

Table 19: Table 19 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Hayes	American Pale Ale V3	American Pale Ale	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Bill Lynch	Bill’s Fresh Hop APA	American Pale Ale	Carolina Brewmasters
3rd	Tony Mercer	Gnarly Branch Blonde Ale	Blonde Ale	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 20: Table 20 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jim Williamson	Boston Rob	American Amber Ale	M.A.S.H. Marietta Association of Schoolhouse Homebrewers
2nd	Tony Mercer	Gnarly Branch American Brown Ale	American Brown Ale	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	John Hayes	1409B American Amber	American Amber Ale	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 21: Table 21 (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Riley	Rooney C-10 Porter	American Porter	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
2nd	Carter Bundy	American Stout	American Stout	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Bill Lynch	Bill’s USA Stout	American Stout	Carolina Brewmasters

Table 23: Table 23 (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tony Kulas	Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Ken Hilton	KISS-Karolina Imperial Super Stout	Imperial Stout	Down East Alers (DEA)
3rd	William Peterson	Rum/Sherry RIS	Imperial Stout	Alcohol Through Fermentation

Table 24: Table 24 (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brad Olson	Union Jack	English IPA	White Street Brewer’s Guild
2nd	Tony Hamric	That’s My Pliny	American IPA	Wort City Brewers

Table 25: Table 25 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dennis Fields	My Secret Krush	Hazy IPA	Upper Palmetto Zymurgy Society
2nd	John Pickens	Tamahawk	Hazy IPA	Cary-Apex-Raleigh-Brewers-Of-Yore (CARBOY)
3rd	Jayson Gowdy	Hawk Tuah	Hazy IPA	Nash St Homebrew Club

Table 26: Table 26 (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mike Kennedy	Symphony Of Destruction	Wheatwine
2nd	Patrick Smith	CA Dreamin’	Double IPA	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Stephen Goadhouse	Humulutory	Double IPA	151 Brew Club
HM	William Peterson	DBL IPA	Double IPA	Alcohol Through Fermentation

Table 27: Table 27 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ken Hilton	Old Particularly Peculiar	Oud Bruin	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Gary Morgan	Phlegm	Brett Beer	Cary-Apex-Raleigh-Brewers-Of-Yore (CARBOY)
3rd	David Mitchell	Pineapple Weisse	Berliner Weisse	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 28: Table 28 (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	Golden Pinky	Belgian Single	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Steve Thomas	God Wants Us To Be Happy!	Belgian Single	Wort City Brewers
3rd	John Hayes	1409B Wit	Witbier	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 29: Table 29 (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Patrick Smith	Saison Imaginaire	Saison	Seven City Brewers
2nd	David Siler	Westmoor Saison	Saison	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Jim Williamson	Pince-Nez	Saison	M.A.S.H. Marietta Association of Schoolhouse Homebrewers

Table 30: Table 30 (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Larsen	BDSA 9000	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	James River Homebrewers
2nd	Paul Tagert	Belgian Dark Strong	Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Winston-Salem Wort Hawgs Homebrew Club
3rd	Allan -Shiny- Sepkowski	Belgian Circus	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	Wort City Brewers

Table 31: Table 31 (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Steven Jones	P&R 252	Pre-Prohibition Lager	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Eric Darnell	Hey Honey Honey Saison	Alternative Sugar Beer	Garner Ale Society
3rd	Steven Jones	Cold Hearted	Mixed-Style Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)

Table 32: Table 32 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tracy Pratt	Mangos Madness	Fruit Beer	Battleground Brewers Guild
2nd	Brandon Christian	Tripple Berry Sour	Fruit Beer	Seven City Brewers
3rd	Rob Norman	Nutjob	Fruit Beer	Wake County Brusaders

Table 33: Table 33 (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Clay Vick	Farmer’s Market	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Patrick Brugh	Blood Of My Enemies	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	Brandon Christian	Mexican Stout	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Seven City Brewers

Table 34: Table 34 (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Clay Vick	Saint Nick	Winter Seasonal Beer	Down East Alers (DEA)
2nd	Jim Ebert	And To All A Good Night	Winter Seasonal Beer	James River Homebrewers
3rd	Brian McCrickard	Winter Solstice	Winter Seasonal Beer	Seven City Brewers