31th Annual Ales Open

Thanks to all who participated in the 31th Annual Ales Open.

There were 235 entries judged and 108 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt McNair	The Decline	10C: Weizenbock	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Adam Bass	Pop, Fizz, Glug	5D: German Pils
3rd	Bill Riley	Sommerfelt	2A: International Pale Lager	VanBrewers
HM	Glen Faubert	Moose Drool Clone	13B: British Brown Ale	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan

Brewer of the Year (51 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score	Club
1st	Matt McNair Best of Show Participant	5	0	0	2	15.00	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Greg Paterson	2	0	2	1	8.00	Headhunters Brewing Club
	Keigan Ewing	1	1	3	1	8.00	True Grist
	Chad Kling	1	2	1	0	8.00	VanBrewers
5th	Wuilmer Venegas	0	3	1	1	7.00	GTA Brews
	Steve Shaw	0	3	1	0	7.00	Winnipeg Brew Bombers
	Eric Gaudreault	1	2	0	0	7.00	MontreAlers

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Homebrew Club of the Year (14 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	GTA Brews	3	6	5	2	26.00
2nd	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers	5	2	3	2	22.00
3rd	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan	4	0	4	2	16.00
4th	VanBrewers	2	3	2	1	14.00
	Headhunters Brewing Club	3	1	3	1	14.00
6th	MontreAlers	2	2	1	0	11.00
7th	True Grist	1	1	3	1	8.00
8th	Winnipeg Brew Bombers	0	3	1	0	7.00

Winning Entries

Table 1: Table A - Light Lager(1A, 1B, 2A, 4A, 4B, 5C) (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bill Riley	Sommerfelt	2A: International Pale Lager	VanBrewers
2nd	Wuilmer Venegas	Lbs	5C: German Helles Exportbier	GTA Brews
3rd	Greg Paterson	Dab 4.0	5C: German Helles Exportbier	Headhunters Brewing Club
HM	Brian Marmoreo	St Michael	5C: German Helles Exportbier

Table 2: Table B - Pilsner (5A, 3A, 5D, 3B, 27A6-Proh Lager, LSX5) (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Bass	Pop, Fizz, Glug	5D: German Pils
2nd	Wuilmer Venegas	Power Up	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	GTA Brews
3rd	Wuilmer Venegas	To Far To Dormunt	5D: German Pils	GTA Brews

Table 3: Table C - Europe Amber Lager (7A, 3C, 6A, 7C, 27A1-Kellerbier) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean O’Donnell	It Was A Setup, A Setup I Tell Ya!	27A1: Kellerbier
2nd	Chad Kling	Blaze On	7A: Vienna Lager	VanBrewers
3rd	Arne Schmidt	Kellerbier	27A1: Kellerbier	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan

Table 4: Table D - Dark Lager (2C,8A,3D,8B) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kyle Kellam	There Could Be Nothing After This	3D: Czech Dark Lager	GTA Brews
2nd	Shane Schlesinger	May The Schwarz Bier With You	8B: Schwarzbier	GTA Brews
3rd	Keigan Ewing	Eat My Schwarz	8B: Schwarzbier	True Grist

Table 5: Table E - Bock (4C, 6C, 9A, 9B) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gerald Gunn Co-Brewer: Mark Murray	Maibock	4C: Helles Bock	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
2nd	Sean O’Donnell	Worlds Are Colliding	6C: Dunkels Bock
3rd	Chad Kling	Maibock, Maibock He's Got A Knife	4C: Helles Bock	VanBrewers

Table 6: Table F - Light Hybrid (1C, 18A, 5B, 1D) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Grainger	Kooler Weather Kölsch	5B: Kölsch	Ottawa's Homebrew Society
2nd	Greig Frostad	896 Blonde Ale	18A: Blonde Ale
3rd	James Osborne	Boxcar Breeze	18A: Blonde Ale

Table 7: Table G - Amber Hybrid (2B, 19B, 7B, 27 Ken Common) (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Krywicki Co-Brewer: Ty Keep	Düsseldorfing	7B: Altbier	Headhunters Brewing Club
2nd	Steve Shaw	The Pegg	19B: California Common	Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd	Greig Frostad	895 California Common	19B: California Common

Table 8: Table H - English Pale (11A, 11B, 11C, 12A, 12B) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chad Kling	Plastic Melodrama	12A: British Golden Ale	VanBrewers
2nd	Wesley d'Haene	The Guvnah Made Me Do It Again	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd	Scott Downey	The Pint	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan

Table 9: Table I (Scottish and Irish - 14A, 14B, 14C, 15A, 17C) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Ford	Aye Or Die!	15A: Irish Red Ale	GTA Brews
2nd	Steve Shaw	Hecubus	14C: Scottish Export	Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd	Shane Schlesinger	I'm Loch'd In	14B: Scottish Heavy	GTA Brews

Table 10: Table J - American Ales (18B, 19A, 19C) (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Larocque	Woahhhhhh - Amber Is The Colour Of Your Energy	19A: American Amber Ale	GTA Brews
2nd	Eric Gaudreault Co-Brewer: Philippe Deschênes	Cascamona	18B: American Pale Ale	MontreAlers
3rd	Wesley d'Haene	Positronic	18B: American Pale Ale	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Table 11: Table K - English Brown (13A, 13B, 27 London Brown) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Glen Faubert	Moose Drool Clone	13B: British Brown Ale	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
2nd	Wuilmer Venegas	Crazy Mild	13A: Dark Mild	GTA Brews
3rd	Kyle Kellam	The Workers Sing A Song Of Mass Production	13A: Dark Mild	GTA Brews

Table 12: Table L - Porter (13C, 20A, 9C, 27Prob Portor) (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	George Koutsoulis	Coffee Porter	13C: English Porter	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
2nd	Aaron Krywicki Co-Brewer: Ty Keep	Small Town Brown	20A: American Porter	Headhunters Brewing Club
3rd	Greg Paterson	Dark & Stormy Porter	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Headhunters Brewing Club
HM	Keigan Ewing	I'm Running Out Of Names	20A: American Porter	True Grist

Table 13: Table M - Stout (15B, 15C, 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 20B, 20C) (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Graham Barber	9 Days Of Darkness	20C: Imperial Stout	MontreAlers
2nd	Jim Cavill	Fall Oat Boy	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Ottawa's Homebrew Society
3rd	Chandler Janzen Co-Brewer: Jerry Cossette	Toasted Oats	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Headhunters Brewing Club

Table 14: Table N - Misc IPA (21A, 12C 22A, 21B, 21C) (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Eric Gaudreault Co-Brewer: Philippe Deschênes	Rye Rye Baby	21B5: Rye IPA	MontreAlers
2nd	Tyler McGill	Tropic Like Its Hop	21C: Hazy IPA
3rd	Andrew Ford	C.M.S. 2.6	21B6: White IPA	GTA Brews
HM	Andrew Ford	C.M.S. 2.6	21B: Specialty IPA	GTA Brews

Table 15: Table O - German (10A, 10B, 10C, 27-Roggen & Sahti) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt McNair	The Decline	10C: Weizenbock	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Chad Kling	Length-Weizenbock	10C: Weizenbock	VanBrewers
3rd	Kyle Kellam	Hours Outside In The Snow	10C: Weizenbock	GTA Brews

Table 16: Table P - Belgian & French (24A, 26B, 24B, 25B, 24C) (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt McNair	A Diabolic Thirst	25B: Saison	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Keigan Ewing	Ye Olde Saison	25B: Saison	True Grist
3rd	Ryan Preston	Midnight Sun	26A: Belgian Single	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
HM	Matt McNair	Wordplay	24A: Witbier	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Table 17: Table Q - Sour (23A, 23B 23C, 23D, 23E, 23F, LSX4 ) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Marmoreo	Swamp Witch	23F: Fruit Lambic
2nd	David Fournier	I Survived Standby	23G: Gose	Ottawa Homebrew Society
3rd	Keigan Ewing	Pucker Factor 12	LSX4: Catharina Sour	True Grist
HM	Greg Paterson	Beret Rouge	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Headhunters Brewing Club

Table 18: Table R - Strong (25A, 26B, 26C, 25C, 26D,17A, 17B, 22B, 17D, 22C, 2D) (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt McNair	Dark Days	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Carsten Weitemeyer	Over The Mullet Mountain	26B: Belgian Dubbel	GTA Brews
3rd	Keigan Ewing	His Majesty's Land Ship	17D: English Barley Wine	True Grist
HM	Matt McNair	Kinds Of Light	17D: English Barley Wine	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Table 19: Table S - Fruit (29A, 29C, 29D, 29B) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Marmoreo	Chupacabra	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
2nd	Steve Shaw	Soniarita	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd	Leif Bogwald	Berserker Brew House Quince Sour	29A: Fruit Beer	Island Brewers Union (IBU)

Table 20: Table T - Veg, Herb, Spice (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Paterson	Enchiridion (Billy Beer)	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Headhunters Brewing Club
2nd	Wesley d'Haene	Convolution Solution	30D: Specialty Spice Beer	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd	Wesley d'Haene	Death Metal Drumset	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
HM	Leif Bogwald	Berserker Brew House Vanilla Porter	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Island Brewers Union (IBU)

Table 21: Table V - Smoke and Wood (32A, 32B, 6B, 33A, 33B) (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Keigan Ewing	Longer, Darker Voyage	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	True Grist
2nd	Eric Gaudreault Co-Brewer: Philippe Deschênes	Ca Goûte Bacchus V2	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	MontreAlers
3rd	Steve Shaw Co-Brewer: Andre Lavoie	Amazon Alchemy	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Winnipeg Brew Bombers
HM	Wuilmer Venegas	Banamoked	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	GTA Brews

Table 22: Table V - Speciality (27A, 28A, 28B, 28C, 31A,31B, 34A, 34B, 34C (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt McNair	New World Brett Table Saison: Saaz & Galaxy	28A: Brett Beer	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd	Andrew Ford	Krapow Kah-Rona	34C: Experimental Beer	GTA Brews
3rd	Graham Barber	Ol Timey Lik-En-Hy-Ner	27A: Historical Beer	MontreAlers

Table 23: Table Mead A (M1A, M1B, M1C,M2A, M2B, M2C, M2D) (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Downey	Mead	M2C: Berry Mead	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
2nd	Matthew Parkinson	Funmeadname M1b	M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead	VanBrewers
3rd	Travis Mushanski	Dude Is Juiced!	M2C: Berry Mead	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
HM	Timothy Loewen	Strawberry Summer	M2C: Berry Mead	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan

Table 24: Table Mead B - Spice and Speciality (M3A, M4C) (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Greg Paterson	Oakey Dokey Mead	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	Headhunters Brewing Club
2nd	Aaron Brown	Autumn Harvest	M4C: Experimental Mead	Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Club
3rd	Travis Mushanski	Tree Sweat Mead	M4C: Experimental Mead	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan
HM	Matthew Parkinson	Funmeadname M3a	M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead	VanBrewers

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