NCHF 15: Founding Fathers

Four Score and seven years ago... wait, that's was later. This year we return to the beginning of... Our great nation? Our great brewing traditions? See what you can do with home brewing around this idea!

What better way to kick off the festival than "Hoppy Hour"?

Enjoy appetizers and many different homebrews with old friends and new, surrounded by the beautiful redwoods at Lake Francis Resort.

Camping under the trees and stars

Only a short walk from the festival grounds, including a beautiful lake for boating, swimming and fishing.

Fantastic Raffle Prizes!

Last years grand prize: a new 14.4 gal Conical Fermenter from More Beer! Grain, hops, hats, brewing hardware are just a few items we raffle off during the festival. The more tickets you buy, the more you can win!

Hear from the best brewers in the craft brewing industry!

Sampling, critiques, techniques and brewing trends are some of the topics covered by our panel of invited experts.

Friday Night Brewers Dinner

Sean Paxton, the fabulous "Homebrew Chef" is back! He'll once again dazzle us with a gastronomic/zymurgistic experience few others will ever taste. Tickets for this event go fast, so once sales start, don't be late!

The main festivities are on Saturday

The festival takes place on the beautiful Lake Francis fest grounds on a natural grass field, surrounded by pines and redwoods in the lower Sierra foothills.

2010 Results

2010 Results


Best Of Show: Dwight Mulcahy, Weizenbock

CA Homebrewer of the Year: Bud Tourville

CA Homebrew Club of the Year: Maltose Falcons







Category Entry # Style Place Club Brewer 2nd Brewer







Light Ale 1-12 Cream Ale 1 Worts of Wisdon Brian Sassone
Light Ale 1-10 Kolsch 2 Worts of Wisdon dWiGhT Mulcahy
Light Ale 1-3 American Blonde Ale 3 Brewing Network Charlie Forsyth







Pale Ale 2-20 American Amber Ale (10b) 1 Sonoma Beerocrats Martin Scherer
Pale Ale 2-15 British Pale Ale 2 none Anthony Field
Pale Ale 2-25 American Pale Ale 2 Draughtboard Jack Weldon
Pale Ale 2-7 American Pale Ale 3 Worts of Wisdon Dave Messink
Pale Ale 2-31 Ordinary Bitter 3 none Ray Ernenwein
Pale Ale 2-14 Ordinary Bitter 3 none Anthony Field







India Pale Ale 3-27 Double IPA 1 none AJ Gubser
India Pale Ale 3-5 Double IPA 2 Pacific Gravity Josh Jensen
India Pale Ale 3-19 American IPA 2 QUAFF Paul Sangster
India Pale Ale 3-18 Double IPA 3 QUAFF Paul Sangster
India Pale Ale 3-2 American IPA 3 none Cathy Portje
India Pale Ale 3-17 Double IPA 3 Brewing Network Charlie Forsyth







Brown Ale 4-19 Scottish Ale 1 Sonoma Beerocrats Michael D Kelly
Brown Ale 4-26 Irish Ale 2 California Brewer's Guild Bud Tourville
Brown Ale 4-33 American Brown Ale 2 Worts of Wisdon Cheyne Rutledge
Brown Ale 4-15 American Brown Ale 3 Brewing Network Charlie Forsyth
Brown Ale 4-13 English Brown Ale (mild) 3 DOZE Ray Graves
Brown Ale 4-31 English Mild 3 none Ray Ernenwein







Strong Ale 5-6 American Barleywine 1 Grain Trust Andy Carroll
Strong Ale 5-2 American Barleywine (BJCP 19C) 2 BAM Michael Boals
Strong Ale 5-13 American Barleywine 3 California Brewer's Guild Bud Tourville







Porter 6-9 Robust Porter 1 Pacific Gravity Jeff Koehler
Porter 6-13 Brown Porter 2 Worts of Wisdon Brian Sassone
Porter 6-11 Robust Porter 3 HOME Mike Riddle







Stout 7-12 Imperial Stout 1 Pacific Gravity Carl Townsend
Stout 7-6 Dry Stout 2 none Anthony Field
Stout 7-10 Imperial Stout 3 San Andreas Malts Kevin Johnson
Stout 7-13 Imperial Stout 3 HOME Mike Riddle







Wheat 8-18 Weizenbock 1 Worts of Wisdon dWiGhT Mulcahy
Wheat 8-4 Roggenbier 2 Pacific Gravity Kristofor Barnes
Wheat 8-5 Weizenbock 3 none Matthew Spindler Erin Fischer
Wheat 8-20 American Wheat 3 none Ray Ernenwein







Mixed Styles 9-9 Nothern German Altbier 1 Worts of Wisdon dWiGhT Mulcahy
Mixed Styles 9-6 Alt 2 QUAFF Paul Sangster
Mixed Styles 9-2 California Common Beer 3 none Erik Franks







Light Lager 10-11 Mexican Premium Lager 1 California Brewer's Guild Bud Tourville
Light Lager 10-14 German Pilsner 2 Brewing Network Steve Mifsud
Light Lager 10-2 Pilsner 3 Maltose Falcons Craig Deane







Dark Lager 11-7 Traditional Bock 1 Greenbelt Brewers Association Michael Matiasek
Dark Lager 11-31 Vienna Lager 2 Brewing Network Steve Mifsud
Dark Lager 11-24 American Dark Lager 2 California Brewer's Guild Bud Tourville
Dark Lager 11-17 Marzen/Oktoberfest 3 QUAFF Paul Sangster
Dark Lager 11--20 Vienna Lager 3 Doze Dave Howes
Dark Lager 11-29 Octoberfest 3 Worts of Wisdon Brian Sassone







Belgian Ales 12-20 Belgian Pale Ale 1 none Alex Kolar
Belgian Ales 12-8 Flanders Red 2 DOZE Nathan Smith
Belgian Ales 12-12 Saison 3 Sonoma Beerocrats Michael D Kelly
Belgian Ales 12-2 Saison 3 Pacific Gravity Kristofor Barnes







Belgian Strong 13-4 Belgian Dubbel 1 DOZE Nathan Smith
Belgian Strong 13-11 Belgian Tripel 2 Grain Trust Andy Carroll Roger St Denis
Belgian Strong 13-5 Belgian Strong Dark 3 DOZE Nathan Smith







Specialty 14-14 Wood-Aged RIS (Bourbon Barrel) 1 QUAFF Paul Sangster
Specialty 14-23 Spice Ale, Nutmeg, Allspice, Cinnamon 2 Pacific Gravity Carl Townsend
Specialty 14-32 India Dark Ale 2 Brewing Network John Wagner
Specialty 14-4 Imperial American Amber w/o Crystal malt 3 Worts of Wisdon Erich Schmidt
Specialty 14-28 Barrel Aged Belgian Pale Ale with Kriek 3 HOME Mike Riddle Cameron Day / Sean O'Conner
Specialty 14-31 Raspberry Blond Ale 3 California Brewer's Guild Bud Tourville