2023 Ohio 4 O.Z. Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the 2023 Ohio 4 O.Z. Competition.

There were 21 entries judged and 27 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tyler Johnson	Ohio Funk	25B: Saison
2nd	Paul T Klammer	Lager Pop Up	1B: American Lager	O.M.G. (Ohio Mead Group)
3rd	Tyler Johnson	Berry Weisse, How Much?	29A: Fruit Beer

Winning Entries

Table 1: light beers (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jon Nienaber	Paw Paw Lager	7C: Kellerbier	Brew-1-6
2nd	Paul T Klammer	Lager Pop Up	1B: American Lager	O.M.G. (Ohio Mead Group)
3rd	Paul T Klammer	Cream Pop's	1C: Cream Ale	O.M.G. (Ohio Mead Group)

Table 2: Pale ales (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Don Osborne	Other Peoples Pearls (Opp) Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Tyler Johnson	O-H-I-(Pa)	18B: American Pale Ale
HM	Nathan Esker Co-Brewer: N/a	The Champagne of Cleveland	18B: American Pale Ale	Brew-1-6

Table 3: Mostly fruit (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Tyler Johnson	Ohio Funk	25B: Saison
2nd	Tyler Johnson	Berry Weisse, How Much?	29A: Fruit Beer
3rd	Tyler Johnson	Grape Success!	29A: Fruit Beer

Table 4: Carousel (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jessica Ihms	Forager's Delight	34C: Experimental Beer	Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers
2nd	Alan Wardeiner	Smoked Ohio	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Brewly Homebrew Club
3rd	Doug Wiedemann	Balwyn Honey Blonde	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	Brewly Homebrew Club

Judging Session Locations and Dates

4 O.Z. Morning Session
06/03/2023 9:00 AM, EDT

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 03/26/2023 12:01 AM, EDT through 05/27/2023 11:59 PM, EDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 04/15/2023 12:01 AM, EDT through 05/27/2023 11:59 PM, EDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 05/01/2023 2:00 PM, EDT through 05/27/2023 10:00 PM, EDT.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.