There is no ABL meeting for June. Instead, we are having an ABL social event at Firetrucker in Ankeny on
Wednesday, June 11 at 7pm!
Competition Results
Following the monthly meetings, competition results will be posted here.
May 2025 - Open (focus on clone beers)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Greg |
Best Bitter |
3.0 |
Greg |
Rye IPA |
2.0 |
Nick |
Sweet Stout |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen |
0.5 |
April 2025 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
New England Cider with caramel and vanilla |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
2.0 |
Nick |
Pilsner |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Honey wine (New England Cider) with peach and strawberry |
0.5 |
Greg |
Brown IPA |
0.5 |
Greg |
Doppelbock |
0.5 |
Stacy |
Schwartzbier |
0.5 |
March 2025 - European beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
International Pale Lager (bottled) |
3.0 |
Nick |
Vienna Lager |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Weizenbock |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
International Pale Lager (kegged) |
0.5 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Best Bitter |
0.5 |
Greg |
Vienna Lager |
0.5 |
February 2025 - Lagers and funky beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Berlinerweisse |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
International Pale Lager |
2.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Straight Sour |
1.0 |
January 2025 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Vienna Lager |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Fruit Beer (raspberry addition, wheat base) |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Cider (wild ferment, still and dry) |
1.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Dark Mild |
0.5 |
December 2024 - Big beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dark Strong |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Belgian Tripel |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Wee Heavy |
1.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Baltic Porter |
0.5 |
Justin |
British Strong |
0.5 |
Mark Simpson |
American Barleywine |
0.5 |
Nick |
Belgian Tripel |
0.5 |
November 2024 - Holiday/seasonal (clove, cinnamon, etc), spiced/herb/vegetable
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Cherry Cyser |
3.0 |
Nick |
Oatmeal Stout |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Chocolate Mint Mead |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Autumn Seasonal Ale |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Winter Seasonal Ale |
0.5 |
October 2024 - Festbiers, marzens, German beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Nick |
Marzen |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen |
2.0 |
September 2024 - Ciders, cysers, meads
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Chocolate mint mead |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Cyser |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Cider |
1.0 |
August 2024 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Cream Ale |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Scottish Export |
2.0 |
July 2024 - No competition
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
June 2024 - Big Brew Day and Hoppy beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Specialty IPA: Red IPA |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Munich Dunkel |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Dark Pale Ale |
1.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Munich Dunkel |
0.5 |
May 2024 - Open (focus on clone beers)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Pale lager |
3.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American wheat |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Double IPA |
2.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American porter |
0.5 |
April 2024 - Lagers, sours, funky beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Specialty Wild Beer with Straight Sour base, and orange, vanilla, lactose additions (orange creamsicle sour) |
3.0 |
March 2024 - European
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
2.0 |
February 2024 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Jake |
Cyser (standard, still, semi-sweet) |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Tropical stout |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Rye IPA |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Hazy IPA |
0.5 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American Porter |
0.5 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Saison (Farmhouse clone) |
0.5 |
Mark Simpson |
Scottish heavy |
0.5 |
January 2024 - Cancelled
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
December 2023 - Porters, stouts, big beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
American Stout |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Baltic Porter |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Blackberry Cyser |
2.0 |
November 2023 - Shivs and non-porter/stout dark beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Black IPA |
3.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Gueze with hibiscus |
2.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Gose with coriander and sea salt |
1.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American amber ale with habenaro, cinnamon, and maple |
0.5 |
October 2023 - Lagers / open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
American Amber Ale |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen |
2.0 |
Sean |
Vienna Lager |
1.0 |
Jake |
International Amber Lager |
0.5 |
September 2023 - Meads, ciders, cizers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Sourwood Mead |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Blackberry Cyser |
2.0 |
Sean |
Standard Cider |
1.0 |
Pete |
Cranberry Cider |
0.5 |
Jay Anderson |
English Bitter |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Apple Cyser |
0.5 |
August 2023 - Club brew with dry English ale yeast
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Strong Bitter |
3.0 |
Sean |
Dark Mild |
2.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Dark Mild |
1.0 |
Mark Simpson |
American Pale Ale |
0.5 |
July 2023 - No Competition
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
June 2023 - Open (big beer recipes)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Double IPA |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Czech premium lager |
2.0 |
Andy |
Czech premium lager |
1.0 |
May 2023 - American and Hoppy Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
American Brown Ale |
3.0 |
Sean |
American Pale Ale |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Hazy IPA |
1.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
0.5 |
April 2023 - Open (focus on a "clone" beer)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American IPA / Deschutes Fresh Squeezed |
3.0 |
Sean |
American IPA / Bell's Two Hearted |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA / Alpine Nelson |
1.0 |
March 2023 - Lagers, sours, funky beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Munich Helles |
3.0 |
Sean |
Vienna Lager |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner |
1.0 |
February 2023 - European
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Brad and Beth Coates |
English Porter |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Sweet Stout |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen (bottle conditioned) |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen (keg) |
0.5 |
January 2023 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Saison (Super, Pale) |
3.0 |
Sean |
English Porter |
2.0 |
December 2022 - Porters, Stouts, Big Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Doppelbock |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Baltic Porter |
2.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American Stout |
2.0 |
November 2022 - SHIVs, Darks (NOT Porters or Stouts)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
SHV mead with mesquite and chipotle |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Black IPA |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Munich Dunkel |
1.0 |
October 2022 - Open
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Cyser |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American Pale Ale |
2.0 |
Jake |
Czech Pale Lager |
1.0 |
September 2022 - Meads, Cysers, Ciders
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Peach with honey cider |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Peach (dry) cider |
2.0 |
August 2022 - Club Yeast Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen |
2.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American Lager |
1.0 |
Chase Colton |
Czech Pale Lager |
0.5 |
Jake |
Czech Pale Lager |
0.5 |
Jay Anderson |
Cream Ale |
0.5 |
July 2022 - Session Beers (under 5% ABV)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
June 2022 - Club Brew/Big Brew Day
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Zach Landhuis |
Cream Ale |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Marzen |
2.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American IPA |
1.0 |
Chase Colton |
American Pale Ale |
1.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American Pale Ale |
0.5 |
May 2022 - Open (focus on a "clone" beer)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
3.0 |
April 2022 - American and Hoppy Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American IPA |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
2.0 |
March 2022 - Lagers and Sour/Funky Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner |
3.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Gose |
3.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Wild Specialty Beer |
2.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Wild Specialty Beer |
1.0 |
February 2022 - All Non-American Styles (European, Mexican, etc.)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Jay Anderson |
American IPA |
3.0 |
Mike |
Best Bitter |
2.0 |
Neal Kaloupek |
Scottish Export |
1.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Scottish Export |
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
English IPA |
0.5 |
January 2022 - Open/Club Brews
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Jake |
Saison |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
American Pale Ale |
2.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Scottish Export |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Scottish Export |
0.5 |
Jake |
Scottish Export |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Scottish Export |
0.5 |
December 2021 - Big Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
November 2021 - Porters and Stouts
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Baltic Porter |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Baltic Porter |
2.0 |
Nadav Mer |
Smoked Porter |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
English Porter |
0.5 |
Neal Kaloupek |
American Porter |
0.5 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Smoked English Porter |
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
American Stout |
0.5 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American Stout w/ Coffee |
0.5 |
October 2021 - Session Beer (less than 1.045 OG)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
September 2021 - Mead and Fruit Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
August 2021 - American Beer
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American Wheat |
3.0 |
Jay Anderson |
American Amber |
2.0 |
July 2021 - Open to all Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American IPA |
2.0 |
John |
American Pale Ale |
1.0 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American Amber |
0.5 |
December 2020 - Big Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
November 2020 - Porters and Stouts
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
October 2020 - Session Beer (less than 1.045 OG)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
September 2020 - Mead and Cider
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
August 2020 - Club Brew
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
July 2020 - American Beer
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
June 2020 - Open to all Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
May 2020 - Lagers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
April 2020 - Sour and funky beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
March 2020 - English and Scottish
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
February 2020 - Belgian beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Sebastian Speer |
Belgian Tripel |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel |
2.0 |
Nadav Mer |
Saison |
1.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Saison |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel |
0.5 |
Sebastian Speer |
Belgian Dubbel |
0.5 |
Paul |
Belgian Quad |
0.5 |
January 2020 - Open - Any style
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Rauchbier |
3.0 |
Justin |
Specialty fruit beer with rhubarb, graham cracker and lactose |
2.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Saison |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
American Amber |
0.5 |
Ben |
Melomel with wild black cherries |
0.5 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
Winter Seasonal Beer |
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
American IPA |
0.5 |
December 2019 - Big Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Double IPA |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Wee Heavy |
2.0 |
Paul |
Belgian Dark Strong |
1.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Belgian Quad (barrel aged with cherries and bacteria) |
0.5 |
Scott Nelson |
Belgian Quad (barrel aged with cherries and bacteria) |
0.5 |
Luke Hoekstra |
Belgian Quad (barrel aged with cherries and bacteria) |
0.5 |
Justin |
Imperial Stout with coffee |
0.5 |
Nadav Mer |
American Barleywine |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dark Strong 1 |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dark Strong 2 |
0.5 |
Paul |
Barleywine |
0.5 |
November 2019 - Porters and Stouts
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
American Stout |
3.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
London Porter |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Tropical Stout |
2.0 |
Nadav Mer |
Sweet Stout w/ Cinnamon & Rye |
0.5 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Oatmeal Stout |
0.5 |
October 2019 - Lagers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Czech Premium |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner |
2.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Marzen |
1.0 |
September 2019 - Mead, Cider, Cyser
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Christine |
Cyser |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Mulberry Black Currant Mead |
2.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Traditional Mead |
1.0 |
Christine |
Mulberry Mead |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Cider w/ Cherry |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Cyser |
0.5 |
August 2019 - Club Brew
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Justin |
Fruit Beer w/ Raspberry, Cocoa and Lactose |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Scottish Ale |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
American Pale Ale |
1.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Dunkel Weissbier |
0.5 |
Scott Nelson |
English Dark Mild |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
English Porter |
0.5 |
Christine |
Bohemian Pilsner |
0.5 |
July 2019 - American Beer
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
American Stout |
3.0 |
Justin |
New England IPA |
2.0 |
Nadav Mer |
American Brown with Rye |
1.0 |
Neal Kaloupek |
American Amber |
0.5 |
June 2019 - Open to all Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Frontenac Pyment |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
IPA |
2.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Scottish Light |
1.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Marzen |
0.5 |
Scott Nelson |
APA |
0.5 |
Nadav Mer |
Belgian IPA |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
Dunkel Weizen |
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
Brut IPA |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
NEIPA Specialty IPA |
0.5 |
Levi and Kari Storjohann |
American IPA |
0.5 |
May 2019 - Session Beer (less than 1.045 OG)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
April 2019 - Sours and Funky
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
March 2019 - English and Scottish
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Wee Heavy |
3.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Scottish Heavy |
2.0 |
Pete Crow |
Irish Red |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Scottish Export |
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
English IPA |
0.5 |
February 2019 - Belgians
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Saison |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel |
2.0 |
January 2019 - Open to All Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
Schwartzbier |
3.0 |
Luke Hoekstra |
Sour Saison |
2.0 |
Brad and Beth Coates |
Winter Seasonal |
1.0 |
Nadav Mer |
Dark Mild with Coffee |
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
American Amber |
0.5 |
Scott Nelson |
Standard Dark Saison |
0.5 |
December 2018 - Big Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
November 2018 - Porters and Stouts
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
No entries recorded |
October 2018 - European Lagers (German, Czech, etc)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
German Pilsner, 5D |
3.0 |
Mark Simpson |
Marzen, 6A |
2.0 |
Luke Hoekstra |
Festbier, 4B |
1.0 |
Pete Crow |
Munich Dunkel, 8A |
0.5 |
September 2018 - Mead, Cider, Cyser
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Mark Simpson |
Cyser |
3.0 |
August 2018 - Club Brew
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Brad and Beth Coates |
American Pale Ale, 18B |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Specialty IPA - Belgian IPA, 21C |
2.0 |
Jay Anderson |
Best Bitter, 11B |
1.0 |
Ron Nelson |
|
0.5 |
Sebastian Speer |
|
0.5 |
Luke Hoekstra |
|
0.5 |
Neal Kaloupek |
|
0.5 |
Jake |
|
0.5 |
Chase Colton |
|
0.5 |
July 2018 - American Beers
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Specialty IPA - Red IPA, 21F |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (30A, Base 1C) |
2.0 |
Jay Anderson |
American Amber Ale, 19A |
1.0 |
June 2018 - Session Beers (less than 1.045 OG)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Luke Hoekstra |
Gose with Honeydew Melon (Fruit Beer 29B, Gose 27A) |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Irish Red, 15A |
2.0 |
Zach Landhuis |
Saison |
1.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
|
0.5 |
Jay Anderson |
|
0.5 |
May 2018 - Open to All Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Sebastian Speer |
Belgian Dubbel, 26B |
3.0 |
Neal Kaloupek |
German Pils, 5D |
2.0 |
Luke Hoekstra |
Fruit and Spice Beer with Orange and Vanilla, 29B |
1.0 |
Chase Colton |
|
0.5 |
Ron Nelson |
|
0.5 |
Pete Crow |
|
0.5 |
Andy Curtis |
|
0.5 |
Jack |
|
0.5 |
Zach Landhuis |
|
0.5 |
April 2018 - Sours and Funky
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Luke Hoekstra |
Lambic with Peaches, 23D |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
Wild Specialty Beer - Pumpkin Spice with Lacto, 28C |
2.0 |
March 2018 - European Ales (English, Scottish, Irish, Aussie)
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Scottish Export, 14C |
3.0 |
Sebastian Speer |
Old Ale, 17B |
3.0 |
Neal Kaloupek |
Irish Red Ale, 15A |
1.0 |
Ron Nelson |
|
0.5 |
February 2018 - Belgians
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Pete Crow |
Belgian Dubbel, 26B |
3.0 |
Ron Nelson |
Belgian Dubbel |
2.0 |
Nadav Mer |
IPA Specialty IPA - Belgian IPA, 21B |
1.0 |
January 2018 - Open to All Styles
Brewer |
Beer |
Points |
Ron Nelson |
English Porter, 13C |
3.0 |
Pete Crow |
American Amber Ale, 19A |
2.0 |
Mike |
Trappist Single, 26A |
1.0 |
Chase Colton |
|
0.5 |
Andy Curtis |
|
0.5 |