Competitions

Find information and results for past and future Port City Plunder and quarterly competitions.


Port City Plunder

2025 port city plunder results
2024 port city plunder results
2023 port city plunder results

Join us for the next Port City Plunder Competition!

The 8th annual Port City Plunder will be February 28, 2026.

  • Excepting entries from November 29, 2025 thru January 9, 2026

  • All entries to be submitted with Reggie Competition Software

  • 208 total entries accepted

  • 6 entry limit per brewer

  • $10 each entry

  • 2 bottles per entry

  • Deliver to Doug Johnson by January 16, 2026


Quarterly Competition

2010 Billy Murrell

2011 Zach Kosslow

2012 Mark Hanke

2013 Jeff May

2014 Zach Kosslow

2015 Zach Kosslow

Quarterly Competition Winners by Year

2016 Craig Hoffman

2017 Kerry Hinshaw

2018 Brad Schuler

2019 Charles Lawhon

2020 Todd Holbrook

2021 Kerry Hinshaw

2022 Charles Lawhon

2023 Justin Sech

2024 Justin Sech

2025 Craig Ihrke


1Q26 17A

British Strong Ale

3/8/2026

2Q26 21C

Hazy IPA

5/31/2026

3Q26 04B

Festbier

8/30/2026

4Q26 26D

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

12/6/2026

Seasonal Beer Throwdown

Wort City Brewers Seasonal Beer Throwdown is an informal competition. Club members vote for their favorite beer at one of our club get-together events. Here is a rough schedule of the throwdowns:

  • 1/7/2026 Winter Beer Throwdown

  • 4/1/2026 Spring Beer Throwdown

  • 7/1/2026 Summer Beer Throwdown

  • 10/7/2026 Fall Beer Throwdown