QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year & Rising Star – Standings

Standings through the “Fruit, Spice & Veg-O-Matic” COC (May 2024)

The title of QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year is awarded annually to the club member who accumulates the most total points in QUAFF Club Only Competitions.  The QUAFF HomeBrewer of the Year is presented with a commemorative mash paddle at the QUAFF Holiday Party.

First awarded for 2020, the QUAFF Rising Star Award recognizes excellence among those new to homebrew competitions. The Rising Star Award will be presented to the club member with the highest cumulative point total across all of the year’s Club Only Competitions for eligible brewers.  Also known as the winner of the “Kräusen League,” this award is open to any club member who, as of the time of the member’s first entry in that year’s Club Only Competition, has brewed 10 or fewer total batches of beer or who has entered 5 or fewer homebrew competitions.

Past QUAFF Homebrewers of the Year

    • 2023: Jeff Case
    • 2022: Jeff Case & Patrick Leon (tie)
    • 2021: Doug Brown
    • 2020: Robert Bridenbecker
    • 2019: Ryan Fowler
    • 2018: Oleg Shpyrko & Matt Barrett (co-brewers)
    • 2017: Patrick Martinez & Paul Bischeri (co-brewers)
    • 2016: Brian Trout
    • 2015: Jeff Wiederkehr
    • 2014: Brian Trout
    • 2013: Travis Hammond
    • 2011-12: Brian Trout
    • 2010-11: Travis Hammond
    • 2009-10: Rick Stangel & Dan O’Brien

Past QUAFF Rising Stars

    • 2023: Josh Akin
    • 2022: Jacob Gottlieb
    • 2021: Jeff Case
    • 2020: Jim Connor