Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen Steinholding Competition Results

Below are the results from the Hofbräu Masskrugstemmen Championship Competition, held each September in New York City as part of the German-American Steuben Parade and Oktoberfest NYC festival in Central Park's SummerStage. Hofbräu's tournament is separate from USSA's State Championship program from a competition standpoint, but USSA personnel attend the Hofbräu championship each year to judge the event and provide media coverage. To learn more about the differences between USSA competitions and Hofbräu's program, check out our article here.

2024 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Women's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 21st, 2024

Position L to R	Name	Qualifying Venue	Time
1	Meredith Davis	Gottscheer Hall	1:58
2	Amy Wattles	Berliner Pub & Berliner Beer Hall	2:53
3	Susan Beal	Hofbräuhaus Buffalo	5:20
4	Jill Roberts	German Clubs of Ohio	6:00
5	Celeste Seiler	Big Bear Lake Events	4:24
6	Vonda Ward	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	4:17
7	Toni Telles	Brauhaus Schmitz	2:39
8	Sydnie Mauch	Krause's Cafe	5:57
9	Sara Guhring	The Village Lanterne	2:25
10	Erica Topel	Dino's Pub	2:26
11	Angela Romo	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	3:04
12	Theresa Peterson	Loopy's Grill & Saloon	4:08

2024 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Men's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 21st, 2024

Position L to R	Name	Qualifying Venue	Time
1	Nick Serr	Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden	3:24
2	Matt Fleischer	The Village Lanterne	No Show
3	Matt Galbraith	Berliner Pub & Berliner Beer Hall	4:04
4	Eric Pahlke	Hofbräu Bierhus NYC	5:01
5	Tomace Marquee	Big Bear Lake Events	7:50
6	Kim Planert	German Clubs of Ohio	10:01
7	Jim Thompson	Brauhaus Schmitz	17:30
8	Jeff Kelley	Loopy's Grill & Saloon - Male	9:09
9	Steve Abandonato	Queen Anne Beerhall	17:27
10	Edwin Brown	Krause's Cafe	12:01
11	Daniel Storey	Old German Beer Hall	8:06
12	Pete Sanovich	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	9:54
13	Matt Sowninski	Der Biergarten Midtown	5:35
14	Dorian Patrick	Hofbräuhaus Buffalo	7:41
15	Isaac Sipriano	McKinney Oktoberfest	6:07
16	Jeff Culley	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	5:47
17	Matt Clegg	Gottscheer Hall	No Show
18	Jhonatta Garduno	Dino's Pub	3:44
19	Andre Garza	East End Hardware	4:17
20	Carl Greisheimer	Manor Oktoberfest	6:11

2023 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Women's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 16th, 2023

Competitor # Left to Right	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Marissa Branislavljevic	Krush Brau Park	1:45
2	Lori Talley	Gottscheer Hall	4:13
3	Taylor Wilson	Hofbrauhaus Cleveland	4:18
4	Katja Derrickson	Lenau Park Oktoberfest	5:20
5	Cassandra Guenteberg	Old German Beer Hall	4:57
6	Susan Beal	Hofbräuhaus Buffalo	4:05
7	Amanda Trahan	Krause's Cafe	3:52
8	Brittany Welsh	Das Bierhalle Bel Air	2:57
9	Theresa Peterson	Loopy's Grill and Saloon	3:57
10	Julie Fordon	Bierhaus NYC	2:30

2023 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Men's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 16th, 2023

Competitor # Left to Right	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Tejas Soman	Gottscheer Hall	4:42
2	Alec Schmitz	Gluek's Restaurant	3:33
3	Jordan Flannery	Bierhaus NYC	4:23
4	Socimo Orozco	Der Biergarten Sacramento	6:14
5	David Vulcano	Bavarian Bierhaus	3:17
6	Matt Kraegenbirk	Loopy's Grill and Saloon	6:02
7	Kim Planert	Lenau Park Oktoberfest	9:17
8	Joe Smith	Brauhaus Schmitz	14:07
9	Kenneth Warmke	Krause's Cafe	14:51
10	Steve Abandonato	Queen Ann Beerhall	9:44
11	Donald Foster	Krush Brau Park	12:37
12	Jason Metke	Old German Bierhall	7:11
13	Chris Emanuele	Hofbrauhaus Cleveland	8:43
14	Thomas Paul Ballard	Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas	5:37
15	Kyle Hanson	Berliner Pub	5:20
16	Allan Cook	McKinney Oktoberfest	5:32
17	Harry Baumeister	Das Bierhalle Bel Air	4:02

2022 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Women's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 17th, 2022

Competitor # Left to Right	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Dana Raponi	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	2:25
2	Mary Fisher	Das Bierhalle	1:55
3	Katja Derrickson	Lenau Park	3:30
4	Susan Beal	Hofbräuhaus Buffalo	4:55
5	Cassandra Guenteberg	Old German Beer Hall	5:55
6	Kristen Kessler	Timothy O'Tooles Pub	4:00
7	Taylor Handy	Krause's Cafe	6:10!
8	Rebecca Wagner	Gottscheer Hall	2:30

2022 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Men's Division Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 17th, 2022

Competitor # Left to Right	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Chris Emanuele	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	6:40
2	Skipp Derby	Lenau Park	5:20
3	Mike Stirm III	Brauhaus Schmitz	4:37
4	Socimo Orozco	Der Biergarten Sacramento	4:47
5	Kim Planert	Bavarian Bierhaus Nashville	8:00
6	Colt Handy	Krause's Cafe	8:45
7	David Sturzen	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	12:37!
8	Steve Abandonato	Queen Ann Beer Hall	7:25
9	Donald W. Foster Jr.	Old German Beer Hall	12:15
10	Mark Guzik	Bierhaus NYC	6:15
11	Carl Greisheimer	Village Lantern	7:04
12	Alex Zdrojewski	Hofbräuhaus Buffalo	4:10
13	Joe Convey	Timothy O'Toole's Pub	3:50

2020 and 2021 - No competition was held; NYC Central Park Oktoberfest and Steuben Day Parade cancelled due to COVID restrictions

2019 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Women's Division National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 21st, 2019

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Diane Swencki	Der Braumeister	2:45
2	Kimmie Hoch	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	3:51
3	Gina Szablewski	Old German Beer Hall	3:29
4	Deneen Molloy	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	2:26
5	Kristen Harris	Cleveland Hofbräuhaus Regionals	3:08
6	Chivonne Weaver	Reading Liederkranz	2:47
7	Sierra Krauskopf	Krause's Cafe	4:13
8	Jennifer Kuklentz	Brauhaus Schmitz	5:34!
9	Jacqueline Carlson	Village Lantern	NO SHOW
10	Briana Seale	Das Bierhalle	2:00
11	Cari Steiner	Village Brauhaus	2:00

2019 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Men's Division National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest, September 21st, 2019

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Maurice Carbreana Jr.	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	5:25
2	Matt Graber	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	6:26
3	Pete Sanovich	Der Braumeister	7:15
4	Brian Hope	Hofbräuhaus Rosemont	7:43
5	Todd McEachern	Friesenhaus	8:08
6	Rudy Stonisch	Old German Beer Hall	7:25
7	Shane Simpson	Bavarian Bierhaus	4:40
8	James Gorman	Reading Liederkranz	5:21
9	Andrew Furman	Brauhaus Schmitz	12:08!
10	Edwin Brown	Krause's Cafe	9:56
11	Carl Greisheimer	Village Lantern	9:16
12	Friedrich Schroeder	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	3:23
13	Troy Vespie	Cleveland Hofbräuhaus Regionals	4:39
14	Matt Gruber	Chicago Hofbräuhaus Regionals	8:38
15	Kevin Collom	Whitefish Oktoberfest via Las Vegas Hofbrauhaus Regionals	9:04
16	Nate Newcomb	Bavarian Grill	9:51
17	Matthew Johnson	Das Bierhalle	3:54
18	Thomas Boland	Jagerhaus	NO SHOW

2018 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Women's Division National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Roseanna Safos	Der Braumeister	3:17
2	Deneen Molloy	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	2:36
3	Cassandra Guenterberg	Old German Beer Hall	3:55
4	Jennifer Kuklentz	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	3:04
5	Bree Coyle	Canstater Club	2:22
6	Christine Welker	Krause's Cafe	3:27
7	Emily Pagel	Bavarian Bierhaus Nashville	5:02!
8	Michele Goetz	Village Lantern	3:31

2018 Lenny Coyne Memorial Hofbräu Men's Division National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Dan Luna	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	8:02
2	Kevin Collom	Whitefish Oktoberfest	12:54
3	Anthony Emanuele	Der Braumeister	7:44
4	Joseph Whalan	Hofbräuhaus Rosemont	4:02
5	Brian Hope	Timothy O'Tooles	6:20
6	Donald Foster	Old German Beer Hall Milwaukee	15:50
7	Craig Smith	American German Club Palm Beach	5:00
8	Ken Wolf	Canstater Club	7:06
9	Joseph Speece	Reading Liederkranz	6:35
10	David Gettleman	The Den	4:11
11	Michael Tyler	Krause's Cafe	21:17!
12	James Goetz	The Village Lantern	9:39
13	Eric Pahlke	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	7:53

2017 Hofbräu Women's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Julie Gilbert	The Old German Beer Hall	4:20
2	Emily Hanes	First German Sport Club	3:20
3	Emily Pagel	Bavarian Bierhaus Nashville	4:17
4	Liz Strube	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	2:59
5	Vanessa Hendrickson	Village Lanterne	2:39
6	Veronica Canto	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	2:24
7	Alejandra Dubove	Bohemian Hall	No Show

2017 Hofbräu Men's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Brandon Guenterberg	The Old German Beer Hall	7:07
2	Michael Ayling	First German Sport Club	21:05
3	Bob Archer	Das Bier Haus	3:49
4	Craig Smith	American German Club Palm Beach	5:21
5	Ed Ciolek	Der Brau Cleveland	No Show
6	Mike Pempek	The Brass Tap	3:58
7	Marty Surges	Hofbräuhaus Chicago	7:28
8	Joseph Whalen	Hoffman Beer Garden	9:36
9	Carl Greisheimer	Village Lanterne	10:18
10	Mauro Giuffrida	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	14:11
11	Michael Tyler	Friesenhaus	8:22
12	Russ Boyd	Bavarian Grill	7:15
13	Todd McEachern	Krause's Cafe	8:47
14	Kevin Collom	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	12:38
15	Andrew Morinelli	Bohemian Hall	No Show

2016 Hofbräu Women's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Karen Richards	The Old German Beer Hall	2:31
2	Lucy DiNardo	Hofbrauhaus Cleveland	3:12
3	Ally Seney	Wolff's Biergarten	No Show
4	Tania Rodriguez	Schutzen Park	No Show
5	Shira Averbuch	Hofbrau Bierhaus NYC	2:20
6	Jamie Wong	Jagerhaus	1:53
7	Carol Slack	Changing Times	2:14
8	Marsha Brown	Radegast Hall and Biergarten	2:27
9	Jesse Duke	Bohemian Hall	No Show

2016 Hofbräu Men's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Deryk Lindsey	Friesenhaus	19:18
2	Zack Drajeske	The Old German Beer Hall	3:45
3	Russell Boyd	Bavarian Grill	4:15
4	Dave Dittrich	Hofbräuhaus Chicago	5:53
5	Joel Havens	American German Club Palm Beach	7:10
6	Edmund Ciolek	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	6:51
7	Kevin Collom	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	11:10
8	Joseph Whalen	Hofbräuhaus Chicago	9:19
9	Cameron Goff	Hofbräuhaus St. Petersburg	7:52
10	Michael Dietrich	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	5:47
11	Ivars Balodis	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	12:03
12	Matt Wennis	Thatcher McGhee's	3:59
13	Michael Miller	Wolff's Biergarten	4:21
14	Steve Vernaza	Schutzen Park	5:01
15	Jerome Sorrentino	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	4:49
16	Javier Cadavid	Jagerhaus	No Show
17	Carl Greisheimer	Brownstone Brewing Company	12:24
18	Luke Eddy	Fassler Hall	9:10
19	Mauro Giuffrida	Radegast Hall and Biergarten	14:52
20	Kevin Gleason	Bavaria Bier Hall	No Show

2015 Hofbräu Men's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	Peter Murphy	Old German Beer Hall	5:19
2	Robert Gruenthal	German American Club Lantana	6:29
3	Ivars Balodis	Hofbräuhaus Cleveland	8:34
4	Jerry Schmidt	Hofbräuhaus Chicago	6:03
5	John Keenan	Brauhaus Schmidt	4:43
6	Pavel Lopez	Scheutzen Park	3:34
7	Maynor Aguilar	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	No Show
8	Chris Marler	Fassler Hall	4:18
9	Russel Boyd	Bavarian Grille	7:41
10	William Arol Evans, III	Prost!	5:06
11	Jim Banko	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	17:11
12	Guido Mendez	Manor Oktoberfest	4:33
13	Carl Greisheimer	Village Lantern	9:09
14	Chris Durante	Jagerhaus	6:21

2014 Hofbräu Men's National Masskrugstemmen Championship Results - NYC Central Park Oktoberfest

Competitor #	Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
1	John Clement	Bavarian Grill, Plano Texas	4:58
2	Jason Hurta	Friesenhaus	14:02
3	Ernie Pendalfi	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	6:02
4	John Hernandez	Old German Beerhall Milwaukee	3:18
5	Drew Goldmitz	Prost! German Pubs, Seattle Washington	4:55
6	Martin Surges	Hofbräuhaus Chicago	7:29
7	Jurg Gunther	Scheutzen Park - North Bergen, NJ	5:49
8	Rob Weiss	German American Club, Montana Florida	6:57
9	Jim Banko	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	13:54
10	Claus Hiemer	Village Lanterne	6:15
11	Guido Mendez	Manor Oktoberfest, Queens	6:59
12	Spencer Luke	Radegast Brooklyn	4:46
13	Don Friday	New Britain Oktoberfest, East Side Restaurant - New Britain, CT	4:45

2013 Hofbräu National NYC Oktoberfest Results

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Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
Erik Totman	Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas	11:13
Brian Figueroa	Mr. Beery's Long Island
James Turvey	Hofbrauhaus Newport	4:07
Martin Surges	Hofbrauhaus Chicago	7:37
Tim Blackwell		6:34
James Jackson		4:37
Jim Banko	Hofbrau Bierhaus NYC	9:11
Bill Lohman		4:30
John C. Schmitz		4:15
John Contrubis		5:34

2012 Hofbräu National NYC Oktoberfest Results

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Cody Bane	Bavarian Grill - Plano, Texas	11:24
David Heath	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	7:10
Drew Colpitts	Prost! German Pubs, Seattle Washington	6:05
Shane Kwaterski	Old German Beerhall Milwaukee	3:47
Lionel Willis	American German Club, The Palm Beaches - Lake Worth Florida	6:29
Rob Garcea	Uberstein - Chicago Illinois	4:02
Donald Haggard	Hofbräuhaus Newport	3:55
Vladimir Kunca Sr.	Schuetzen Park - North Bergen, NJ	6:35
Thomas Englert	Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh	5:32
Brian Wilson	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	4:11
Allan Turner	Hofbräu Beer Garden PCB - Panama City Beach, Florida	6:38
Zak Strauss	Village Lanterne - Lindenhurst, NY	7:14

2011 Hofbräu National NYC Oktoberfest Results

Competitor Name	Qualifying Location	Time
Jerry Karn	Hofbräuhaus Newport	8:46
Vlad Kunca Jr.	Schuetzen Park	8:22
Jim Banko	Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh	7:46
Unknown	Hofbräu Beer Garden PCB - Panama City Beach, Florida	3:47
Unknown	Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas	4:20
Peter Medina	Prost! German Pubs, Seattle Washington	4:40
Unknown	Zeppelin Hall
Rogelio Juarez	Der Schwarze Kolner Biergarten	6:17
Unknown	Mr. Beery's	5:17
Adam Lamb	Hofbräu Bierhaus NYC	5:01
Daniel	Old German Beerhall Milwaukee	6:34
Unknown	Friesenhaus, New Braunfels Texas	5:05
Lionel Willis	American German Club, The Palm Beaches	8:38
Unknown	Plano Texas

2010 Hofbräu National NYC Oktoberfest Results

Winner: Vlad Kunca Jr. - No other information available. If you have competition video, photos, or other info, please contact us!

2009 Hofbräu National NYC Oktoberfest Results

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