29th Annual Ales Open

Awards

Judges

Rick Auguest, Wil Buell, Mike Chowns, Greig Frostad, Mark Heise, Megan Koot, George Koutsoulis, Aaron Krywicki, Kory Lato, Walter Martin, Henning Mortensen, Travis Mushanski, Derek Sandercock, Downey Scott, Joanne Shurvin-Martin, Chris Tower, Nicholas Trafananko, Linden Tsakires, Shelley Whitehead

Judges - Best of Show

Rick Auguest, Mark Heise, Aaron Krywicki, Walter Martin, Chris Tower

Stewards

Aaron Brown, Dakota Buck, Gerald Gunn, Gerald Gunn, Lexie Hovanes, Alan Ilsley, Mike Koot, Timothy Loewen, Mark Murray, Rhea Stobbs, Sarah Watt

Staff

Dakota Buck, Mike Chowns, Greig Frostad, Gerald Gunn, Lexie Hovanes, Alan Ilsley, Megan Koot, Mike Koot, George Koutsoulis, Aaron Krywicki, Kory Lato, Timothy Loewen, Henning Mortensen, Travis Mushanski, Downey Scott, Rhea Stobbs, Timothy Stobbs, Chris Tower, Linden Tsakires, Sarah Watt

By the Numbers

336 Entries 110 Entrants

19 Judges 11 Stewards 20 Staff

93 Placing Entries

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

15 entries

Judges: George Koutsoulis, Kory Lato, Walter Martin, Chris Tower

1st

Greg Paterson

Headhunters Brewing Club

Gortmünder (5C: German Helles Exportbier)

2nd

Chris Hughes

GTA Brews

Dónde Está La Playa (2A: International Pale Lager)

3rd

Lennart Becker

VanBrewers

Mexican Lager (1B: American Lager)

Table 2: Table 2 - Pilsner (Styles 5A,5D, 3B, 27A6)

13 entries

Judges: Greig Frostad, Megan Koot, Travis Mushanski, Joanne Shurvin-Martin

1st

Scott Sterling

True Grist

Czech'ed In (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

2nd

Steven Machtaler

Headhunters Brewing Club

That's What She Saaz (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

3rd

Adam Bass

Pivo, Pivo, Pivo! Oi, Oi, Oi! (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

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

9 entries

Judges: Rick Auguest, Megan Koot

1st

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

Only In Vienna (7A: Vienna Lager)

2nd

Shane Schlesinger

GTA Brews

Mowmow (6A: Märzen)

3rd

Carsten Weitemeyer

GTA Brews

Kleiner Kommissar Anton (7A: Vienna Lager)

Table 4: Table 4 - Dark Lager (Styles 3D, 8A, 8B)

13 entries

Judges: Walter Martin, Linden Tsakires

1st

Arne Schmidt

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Schwarzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)

2nd

Adam Bass

Do You Smell Toast? (8A: Munich Dunkel)

3rd

Aaron Krywicki & Tyrone Keep

Headhunters Brewing Club

Zero Dark Czechy (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

Table 5: Table 5 - Bock (Styles: 4C, 9A, 9B)

6 entries

Judges: Kory Lato, Travis Mushanski

1st

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Justeis (9B: Eisbock)

2nd

Chad Kling

VanBrewers

Belsnickel Bock (9A: Doppelbock)

3rd

Arne Schmidt

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Hast Du Bock? (4C: Helles Bock)

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

21 entries

Judges: Greig Frostad, Kory Lato, Travis Mushanski, Chris Tower

1st

Leif Bogwald

Island Brewers Union (IBU)

Berserker Kolsch (5B: Kölsch)

2nd

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

M3 Lee (1D: American Wheat Beer)

3rd

David Ward & Scott Lechelt

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

If You're Not First You're Last (5B: Kölsch)

Table 7: Table 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer (7B, 19B)

4 entries

1st

Josh Davis

GTA Brews

Vest For Your Jimmy (19B: California Common)

2nd

David M Chang-Sang

GTA Brews

For Unlawful Common Knowledge (19B: California Common)

3rd

Arne Schmidt

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Altbier (7B: Altbier)

Table 8: Table 8 - English Pale Ale (11A, 11B, 11C, 12A)

7 entries

Judges: Megan Koot, Travis Mushanski

1st

Adam Bass

Doubtful At Best (11C: Strong Bitter)

2nd

Reginald P. Picklefeather III

GTA Brews

Able Archer (12A: British Golden Ale)

3rd

Israel Michaud

Ottawa Homebrew Society

Legacy Code V5 (11B: Best Bitter)

Table 9: Table 9 - Scottish and Irish (14A, 14C, 15A, 17C)

13 entries

Judges: Kory Lato, Travis Mushanski

1st

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Nessie (17C: Wee Heavy)

2nd

Alexander Kaul

The Misty Mountain Mashers

60 Pennies For Your Thoughts (14A: Scottish Light)

3rd

Josh Edwards

Brewnosers

Red Leprechaun (15A: Irish Red Ale)

Table 10: Table 10 - American Pale (18B)

11 entries

Judges: Rick Auguest, Downey Scott

1st

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

Pale Rider (18B: American Pale Ale)

2nd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Check It, Who Wants To Disrespect? (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Adam Malejko

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Alessandra10 (18B: American Pale Ale)

Table 11: Table 11 - Other American (19A, 19B)

6 entries

1st

Daniel Molinski

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Call Me Chesty (19C: American Brown Ale)

2nd

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

Bunny Hop Brown (19C: American Brown Ale)

3rd

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa’s Homebrew Society

Loneliness And Cheeseburgers (19A: American Amber Ale)

Table 12: Table 12 - English Brown (13A, 27A4, 13B)

8 entries

Judges: Kory Lato, Nicholas Trafananko

1st

Reginald P. Picklefeather III

GTA Brews

Down With Thee Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)

2nd

Nick Hodowsky

GTA Brews

Tiny Pail Brown Ale (13B: British Brown Ale)

3rd

Doug Charlish

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Dark Mild 2024 (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 13: Table 13 - Porter (9C, 13C, 20A)

11 entries

Judges: Greig Frostad, George Koutsoulis, Chris Tower

1st

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Two Poles On The Imaginary Axis (20A: American Porter)

2nd

Cory Fletcher & Dave Frederick

GTA Brews

Back Forty Baltic (9C: Baltic Porter)

3rd

Jesse Owens

MontreAlers

Janky Fluff (13C: English Porter)

Table 14: Table 14 - Stout (15B, 15C, 16A, 16B)

16 entries

Judges: Megan Koot, Walter Martin, Nicholas Trafananko

1st

Luke Thiessen

Winterpeg (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

2nd

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

My Pal Mike (16A: Sweet Stout)

3rd

Ted Chilton

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Irish Stout (15B: Irish Stout)

Shane Schlesinger

GTA Brews

Darksaber (16B: Oatmeal Stout)

Table 15: Table 15 - Strong Stout (16C, 16D, 20B, 20C)

9 entries

Judges: Chris Tower

1st

Joel Tremblay

Recipe #5 (20C: Imperial Stout)

2nd

Rick Alaszkiewicz

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Chester In The Sky (20B: American Stout)

3rd

Dom Labre

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

268 Stout (16C: Tropical Stout)

Table 16: Table 16 - American IPA (21A)

13 entries

Judges: Mark Heise, Megan Koot, George Koutsoulis, Aaron Krywicki

1st

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Big Hop Hugs (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Josh Davis

GTA Brews

Dr.Dipert's Revenge (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Greig Frostad

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

21a American IPA (21A: American IPA)

Table 17: Table 17 - IPA (22A. 21B, 21C)

19 entries

Judges: Rick Auguest, Mike Chowns, Aaron Krywicki, Nicholas Trafananko

1st

Shane Schlesinger

GTA Brews

Seeing Red (21B4: Red IPA)

2nd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Tenets Of The Terpene Temple (21C: Hazy IPA)

3rd

Andrew Ford

Cottage Country Brewers/ GTA...

Cms (21B: Specialty IPA)

Table 18: Table 18 - German Wheat/Rye (10A, 10C, 27A3)

3 entries

1st

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

La Margara (10A: Weissbier)

2nd

Chad McCarthy

VanBrewers

Weizenator (10C: Weizenbock)

3rd

George Koutsoulis

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

G's Hefeweizen (10A: Weissbier)

Table 19: Table 19 - Belgian and French (24A, 26A, 24B, 25B, 24C)

18 entries

Judges: Rick Auguest, Mike Chowns, Aaron Krywicki, Kory Lato

1st

Chris Bohaichuk & Andrew Purschke

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Lisan Al Gaib (25B: Saison)

2nd

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa’s Homebrew Society

Carry The One (24C: Bière de Garde)

3rd

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa’s Homebrew Society

Unfortunate Search Results (25B: Saison)

Ryan Preston

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Speltcaster (25B: Saison)

Table 20: Table 20 - Sour (23A, 23G, 23B, 23C, 23D, 23E, 23F)

10 entries

Judges: Mark Heise, Megan Koot

1st

Travis Mushanski

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Mystery Basement Juice (23D: Lambic)

2nd

Patrick Brown

GTA Brews

Long Runs Are The Worst (23A: Berliner Weisse)

3rd

Scott Nanson

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Great Ceaser's Gose (23G: Gose)

Table 21: Table 21 - Belgian Strong

13 entries

Judges: Walter Martin, Shelley Whitehead

1st

Cory Fletcher

GTA Brews

Fletcher's Fine Belgian Blond (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)

2nd

Patrick Paugh

Island Brewers Union

The Double (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

3rd

Martin Goulet

Ottawa Home Brew Society

Garden Quad (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

Table 22: Table 22 - Strong (17B, 17D, 22C)

7 entries

Judges: Mark Heise, Derek Sandercock

1st

Markus Ebner

Fws9l (22C: American Barleywine)

2nd

David Ward & Scott Lechelt

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Get Off My Lawn (17B: Old Ale)

3rd

Sacha Ikonicoff

Ottawa Homebrew Society

Delusions Of Grandeur (17B: Old Ale)

Table 23: Table 23 - Fruit Beer (29A, 29B, 29C)

10 entries

Judges: Aaron Krywicki, Linden Tsakires

1st

Chandler Janzen & Graham Epp

Headhunters Brewing Club

Cherry RIS (29A: Fruit Beer)

2nd

Andrew McCready

GTA Brews

What Gose Round: Raspberry (29A: Fruit Beer)

3rd

Leif Bogwald

Island Brewers Union (IBU)

Berserker Brew House Blackberry Porter (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 24: Table 24 - Spice (30A, 30B, 30C)

14 entries

Judges: Mark Heise, Megan Koot, Travis Mushanski, Shelley Whitehead

1st

Neal Foy

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Lazy Dog Serrano Porter (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

2nd

Kyle Kellam

GTA Brews

63°38′ N, 19°03′ W Nordic Pale Ale (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

More Chocolate On My Drumset (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 25: Table 25 - Smoke and Wood

8 entries

Judges: Walter Martin, Downey Scott

1st

Markus Ebner

Singularity (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Mike Pal

Battle River Brewers

Rauchbier (6B: Rauchbier)

3rd

David Sinasac

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Barley, Spelt, Rye & Oak (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 26: Table 26 - Special (Part 1)

20 entries

Judges: Mike Chowns, Mark Heise, Kory Lato, Travis Mushanski, Joanne Shurvin-Martin, Shelley Whitehead

1st

Steve Shaw

Soniarita (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)

2nd

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Carnage (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)

3rd

Ron McReavy

GTA Brews

Rodolph's Raspberry Stout (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)

Table 27: Table 27 - Special (Part 2)

14 entries

Judges: Megan Koot, Walter Martin, Chris Tower, Nicholas Trafananko

1st

Jim Cavill

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Nectaromicon (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

2nd

Tina Lineman

GTA Brews

Wholesale Failure, Now With Coconut! (34C: Experimental Beer)

3rd

Jesse Owens

MontreAlers

Scampers (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

Table 28: Table 28 - Mead (Traditional and Fruit)

10 entries

Judges: Rick Auguest, Mike Chowns, Walter Martin, Chris Tower

1st

Christian Mlotschek

True Grist

Mixed Up Mel (M2E: Melomel)

2nd

Mike Koot

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Sour Grapes (M2B: Pyment)

3rd

Trevor Murray

Ottawa Homebrew Society

Saint Fiacre (M2C: Berry Mead)

Mike Koot

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Cor's Last Stand (M2C: Berry Mead)

Table 29: Table 29 - Spice and Special Mead

9 entries

Judges: Nicholas Trafananko, Shelley Whitehead

1st

Trevor Murray

Ottawa Homebrew Society

Saint Boniface (M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead)

2nd

Trevor Murray

Ottawa Homebrew Society

Saint Antonio (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)

3rd

Travis Mushanski

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Damn Bees Puked On My Blackberries (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)

Table 30: Table 30 - CIder and Perry

6 entries

Judges: Travis Mushanski, Linden Tsakires

1st

Anita Luszszak

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

It Is Summer To Me (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

2nd

Ken Pearce & Wilard Westin

GTA Brews

Choix Des Presidentes (C1A: New World Cider)

3rd

Cory Fletcher

GTA Brews

Velvet Orchard (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Rick Auguest, Mark Heise, Aaron Krywicki, Walter Martin, Chris Tower

1st

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

La Margara (10A: Weissbier)

2nd

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Big Hop Hugs (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Travis Mushanski

Ale & Lager Enthusiasts...

Mystery Basement Juice (23D: Lambic)

Brewer of the Year

110 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Brady MacDonald	1	3	0	9.0000000	Battle River Brewers
	Wuilmer Venegas Best of Show Participant	3	0	0	9.0000000	GTA Brews
3rd	Wesley d'Haene	1	2	1	8.0000000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
4th	Casey Szott Best of Show Participant	1	2	0	7.0000000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
5th	Adam Bass	1	1	1	6.0000000
	Markus Ebner	2	0	0	6.0000000
	Cory Fletcher	1	1	1	6.0000000	GTA Brews
	Paul Heslop	2	0	0	6.0000000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
	Trevor Murray	1	1	1	6.0000000	Ottawa Homebrew Society

Homebrew Club of the Year

31 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	GTA Brews	7	12	3	1	48.0000000
2nd	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers	5	6	6	1	33.0000000
3rd	Ale & Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan	2	1	6	1	14.0000000
4th	Battle River Brewers	1	4	0	0	11.0000000
5th	Headhunters Brewing Club	2	1	1	0	9.0000000
	Ottawa Homebrew Society	1	1	4	0	9.0000000
7th	Ottawa’s Homebrew Society	1	1	3	0	8.0000000
8th	True Grist	2	0	0	0	6.0000000
	Winnipeg Brew Bombers	2	0	0	0	6.0000000

29th Annual Ales Open

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Judges - Best of Show

Stewards

Staff

By the Numbers

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

Table 2: Table 2 - Pilsner (Styles 5A,5D, 3B, 27A6)

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

Table 4: Table 4 - Dark Lager (Styles 3D, 8A, 8B)

Table 5: Table 5 - Bock (Styles: 4C, 9A, 9B)

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

Table 7: Table 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer (7B, 19B)

Table 8: Table 8 - English Pale Ale (11A, 11B, 11C, 12A)

Table 9: Table 9 - Scottish and Irish (14A, 14C, 15A, 17C)

Table 10: Table 10 - American Pale (18B)

Table 11: Table 11 - Other American (19A, 19B)

Table 12: Table 12 - English Brown (13A, 27A4, 13B)

Table 13: Table 13 - Porter (9C, 13C, 20A)

Table 14: Table 14 - Stout (15B, 15C, 16A, 16B)

Table 15: Table 15 - Strong Stout (16C, 16D, 20B, 20C)

Table 16: Table 16 - American IPA (21A)

Table 17: Table 17 - IPA (22A. 21B, 21C)

Table 18: Table 18 - German Wheat/Rye (10A, 10C, 27A3)

Table 19: Table 19 - Belgian and French (24A, 26A, 24B, 25B, 24C)

Table 20: Table 20 - Sour (23A, 23G, 23B, 23C, 23D, 23E, 23F)

Table 21: Table 21 - Belgian Strong

Table 22: Table 22 - Strong (17B, 17D, 22C)

Table 23: Table 23 - Fruit Beer (29A, 29B, 29C)

Table 24: Table 24 - Spice (30A, 30B, 30C)

Table 25: Table 25 - Smoke and Wood

Table 26: Table 26 - Special (Part 1)

Table 27: Table 27 - Special (Part 2)

Table 28: Table 28 - Mead (Traditional and Fruit)

Table 29: Table 29 - Spice and Special Mead

Table 30: Table 30 - CIder and Perry

Best of Show

Beer

Brewer of the Year

Homebrew Club of the Year

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners