Blazing Paddles
Awards
Judges
Justin Angevaare, John Brown, Andrew Byer, Meghan Campanaro, Virginie Corneau, Eric Cousineau, Jamie Fowler, Rob Hern, Matt Lavergne, Michael MacKinnon, Brian Marmoreo, Lucas Modena, Sergio Pazos, Kat Rogers, Chris Saunders, Stephen Snudden, Justin Urquhart, Tyler Ustrzycki, Wuilmer Venegas
Stewards
Pat Finn, Colin Gardner, Dave Jones
By the Numbers
153 Entries 51 Entrants
19 Judges 3 Stewards
74 Placing Entries
Table 1: Standard American beer and Weissbier
5 entries
Judges: John Brown, Matt Lavergne
1st
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
La Margara (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Reaper (1D: American Wheat Beer)
3rd
Mark Burling
Burling Lite (1A: American Light Lager)
HM
Kris Walter & Braden Walter
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Crusher (1C: Cream Ale)
Table 2: Euro and International Amber
8 entries
Judges: John Brown, Meghan Campanaro
1st
Kris Walter & Braden Walter
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Get To The Choppa! (Arnold Schwarzenegger Voice) (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
Brian Marmoreo
Sam Hain (2B: International Amber Lager)
3rd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
Bamberg Rules (2B: International Amber Lager)
HM
Matt King
GTA Brews
Displacer Beast (7B: Altbier)
Table 3: Pale Bitter German and Czech beer
9 entries
Judges: Justin Angevaare, Tyler Ustrzycki
1st
David M Chang-Sang
GTA Brews
Davidův Výčepní Pivo (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
2nd
David M Chang-Sang
GTA Brews
Davidovo Pivo (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
3rd
Kris Walter & Braden Walter
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Stay Gold, Horsey Man (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
Table 4: Pale Malty European Lager
5 entries
Judges: Meghan Campanaro, Brian Marmoreo
1st
Jack Bodkin
Helles Is More (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
Maibock Moped (4C: Helles Bock)
3rd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Oops I Did It Again (4A: Munich Helles)
Table 5: Pilsner
6 entries
Judges: Matt Lavergne, Justin Urquhart
1st
Jordan Kathnelson
Ottawa Homebrew Society
Pilsburger (5D: German Pils)
2nd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Moeraki (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
3rd
Reginald P. Picklefeather III
GTA Brews
Grampa Forgot To Take His Pils (5D: German Pils)
Table 6: Amber Malty Euro Lager and Strong European Beer
6 entries
Judges: John Brown, Brian Marmoreo
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Belsnickel Bock (9A: Doppelbock)
2nd
Chris Saunders
True Grist
You Were Supposed To Be A Dunkel! (6C: Dunkels Bock)
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Mowmow (6A: Märzen)
Table 7: Dark Euro Lager
5 entries
Judges: John Brown, Matt Lavergne
1st
Joel Dipert
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Munich 66 (8A: Munich Dunkel)
2nd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
Münchner Dunkel No. 1 (8A: Munich Dunkel)
3rd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
No Ragrets (8A: Munich Dunkel)
Table 8: UK and Commonwealth Ale
10 entries
Judges: John Brown, Meghan Campanaro, Matt Lavergne, Justin Urquhart
1st
Claudia Cunha & Helio Lambais
VanBrewers
Mon Chien Est Ivre (17A: British Strong Ale)
2nd
Jesse Owens
MontreAlers
Luc Charland Concierge (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Champ (17A: British Strong Ale)
HM
Mike Dabros
King's Road Bitter (11B: Best Bitter)
Table 9: Irish Beer
6 entries
Judges: Virginie Corneau, Chris Saunders
1st
Riccardo Santopietro
MontreAlers
Stout, Stout, Let It All Out (15B: Irish Stout)
2nd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)
3rd
Lucas Modena & Guilherme M Wharaftig
Scarlet Sunset (15A: Irish Red Ale)
Table 10: Stout
5 entries
Judges: Meghan Campanaro, Brian Marmoreo
1st
Jeff Bueckert
True Grist
Danger Zone (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Brady MacDonald
Battle River Brewers
My Pal Mike (16A: Sweet Stout)
3rd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Brown Eyed Girl (27A4: London Brown Ale)
Table 12: Pale American Ale
8 entries
1st
Ryan Preston
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
In Waves (18A: Blonde Ale)
2nd
Adam Malejko
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Heidi 5 (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Riccardo Santopietro
MontreAlers
Yeti Stomp (18A: Blonde Ale)
Table 13: Amber and Brown American Beer
9 entries
Judges: Eric Cousineau, Lucas Modena
1st
Matt King
GTA Brews
Minotaur (19A: American Amber Ale)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
The Cali Cali (19B: California Common)
3rd
Reginald P. Picklefeather III
GTA Brews
Gg Allin's "Brown" Ale (19C: American Brown Ale)
Table 14: IPA
12 entries
Judges: John Brown, Meghan Campanaro, Matt Lavergne, Brian Marmoreo
1st
Ryan Preston
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
This Horrifying Force (The Desire To Brew) (21B6: White IPA)
2nd
Steve Fawkes
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Double Trouble (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Throwdown V5 - Experimental (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 16: Euro Sour Ale
10 entries
1st
Frank Schneidawind
MontreAlers
Camarade Soleil (23F: Fruit Lambic)
2nd
Sacha Ikonicoff & Joel Dipert
Ottawa Homebrew Society
With A Little Help From My Friend (23E: Gueuze)
3rd
Frank Schneidawind
MontreAlers
Rubicon (23B: Flanders Red Ale)
Table 17: Strong Belgian Ale
6 entries
Judges: Matt Lavergne, Justin Urquhart
1st
Matt King
GTA Brews
Sunburst (25B: Saison)
2nd
Cory Fletcher
GTA Brews
Je NE Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Keigan Ewing
True Grist
Centerpiece (25B: Saison)
Table 18: Monastic Ale
6 entries
Judges: Jamie Fowler, Wuilmer Venegas
1st
Mike Pal
Battle River Brewers
Saint Mike's Benedictine Blessed Fantastic Monastic 12 (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
2nd
Mike Pal
Battle River Brewers
Saint Mike's Benedictine Blessed Fantastic Monastic 6 (26A: Belgian Single)
3rd
Adam Malejko
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Tatiana's Revenge (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
Table 19: Wild and Sour Ale
6 entries
Judges: Meghan Campanaro, Michael MacKinnon
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Abbadon (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Frank Schneidawind
MontreAlers
La Culbute - Brett (28A: Brett Beer)
3rd
Frank Schneidawind
MontreAlers
Snowshoe River Dark (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Table 20: Fruit Beer
6 entries
Judges: Rob Hern, Matt Lavergne
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Lunatic (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Patrick Brown
GTA Brews
Zing! (Blueberries) (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Back In The Saddle (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
Table 21: Spiced Beer
6 entries
1st
Helio Lambais & Claudia Cunha
VanBrewers
Morning Coffee (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Steve Fawkes
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Spruce Cowboy (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Chocolate On My Drumset (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 22: Smoked Beer
5 entries
Judges: Eric Cousineau, Chris Saunders
1st
Yacine Boujija
MontreAlers
Wispy Whisper (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
2nd
Edward Lamothe
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
From Bamberg With Love (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
3rd
Victor North
HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy...
Shoop (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)
Table 23: Wood Beer
5 entries
Judges: Andrew Byer, Kat Rogers
1st
Dom Labre & Marc Andre Turcotte J-S...
Ottawas Homebrew Society
Bourbon Barrel Imp. Stout (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Brian Marmoreo
Lockness (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Like A Boss (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 24: Specialty Beer
4 entries
Judges: Matt Lavergne, Justin Urquhart
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Cthulhu (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Kris Walter & Braden Walter
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Dry Hopped Lager (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Steve Fawkes
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Belgian Cherry Stout (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
Table 25: Cider
3 entries
Judges: Virginie Corneau, Chris Saunders, Stephen Snudden
1st
Joel Dipert
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Once More With Passion (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
2nd
Sam Leitkam
MontreAlers
Dad's #5 Cider (C1B: English Cider)
3rd
Steve Fawkes
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Crisp Autumn Sunshine (C1A: New World Cider)
Table 26: Mead
2 entries
Judges: Eric Cousineau, Stephen Snudden
1st
Kris Walter & Braden Walter
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Moscow Mead (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
2nd
Chris Saunders
True Grist
Blackberry Melomel (M2E: Melomel)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Cthulhu (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
La Margara (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Ryan Preston
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
This Horrifying Force (The Desire To Brew) (21B6: White IPA)
HM
Brian Marmoreo
Abbadon (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners