VanBrewers Awards 2024: A Canadian National BOTY Qualifier
Awards
Judges
Matt Anderson, Thomas Batty, Scott Butchart, Damon Elgie, Jason Fuller, Micah Funk, Abe Goldman-Armstrong, Joe Lukan, Natalia Nye, Rob Oostlander, Alvaro Reyes, Phil Spurgeon, Leslie-Anne Stavroff, Graham With, Katy Wright
By the Numbers
216 Entries
66 Entrants
15 Judges
61 Placing Entries
Table 1: Standard American Beer
10 entries
Judges: Matt Anderson, Thomas Batty, Scott Butchart, Micah Funk, Abe Goldman-Armstrong, Joe Lukan, Natalia Nye, Rob Oostlander, Alvaro Reyes, Leslie-Anne Stavroff, Graham With, Katy Wright
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Cluster Hops Alas (27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager)
2nd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2 Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (1B: American Lager)
3rd
Shaun Hill
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Hiller Genuine Draft (1B: American Lager)
Table 2: International/Czech Pale Lager
11 entries
1st
Brent Burgoyne
Island Brewers Union
Brown Dog Czech Lager (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
2nd
Jordan Kathnelson
Ottawa Homebrew Society
Wicked Felina (2A: International Pale Lager)
3rd
Graham Ballantyne
VanBrewers
Not Småll (2A: International Pale Lager)
Table 3: Amber European Beer
12 entries
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Blaze On (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Summer Is Coming (6A: Märzen)
3rd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
Bairisch No. 9 (6C: Dunkels Bock)
HM
Miro Sep
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Fabian 14.1 (3C: Czech Amber Lager)
Table 4: Dark Lager
12 entries
1st
Adam Bass
Drunk Uncle Dunkel (8A: Munich Dunkel)
2nd
H Caveny
Red Deer Brewers
Dark Side Of The Tracks (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
3rd
Lennart Becker
VanBrewers
Das Kleine Schwarze (8B: Schwarzbier)
Table 5: Other IPA
12 entries
1st
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Str8jkt Jr (21B: Specialty IPA)
2nd
Michael Szewczuk
Red Deer Brewers
Heavy Hitter (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Jam Those Hops In My Pie Hole (22A: Double IPA)
Table 6: Hazy IPA
10 entries
1st
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Str8jkt (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Adam Bass
Hazy As She Goes (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Matthew Szojka
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Nz Stair Stumbler V2 (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 7: Strong Ale and Lager
12 entries
1st
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Justeis (9B: Eisbock)
2nd
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Belsnickel Bock (9A: Doppelbock)
3rd
Matt Ballyk
GTA Brews
Remington Steele (17A1: Burton Ale)
Table 8: Pale German Lager
11 entries
1st
Ron McReavy
GTA Brews
No-Pressure Pils (5D: German Pils)
2nd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Fest Of Us (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Robert Brown & Jessica Lopez
Red Deer Brewers
Phoenix (5D: German Pils)
Table 9: Kolsch
9 entries
1st
James Kennedy
GTA Brews
Making Things Yourself Is Important (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
If You Ain't First You're Last (5B: Kölsch)
3rd
Joss Happy
GTA Brews
Rhymes With Kolsch (5B: Kölsch)
Table 10: UK and Irish Ale
10 entries
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Beam Me Up Scotty (14C: Scottish Export)
2nd
Kyle Kellam
GTA Brews
This World An Island, Isolated (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
Chad McCarthy
VanBrewers
Not So Ordinary Bitter (11A: Ordinary Bitter)
Table 11: Brown British Beer
9 entries
1st
Kevin O'Reilly
North Bay Homebrewers Club
London Porter (13C: English Porter)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Lana Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)
3rd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Mild Thing (13A: Dark Mild)
Table 12: Dark British and Irish Beer
10 entries
1st
Doug Charlish
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
2nd
Nick Hodowsky
GTA Brews
Spreadsheets And Rye (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Darksaber (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
Table 13: Pale American Ale
10 entries
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Check It, Who Wants To Disrespect? (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Big Day! (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Lap Dog (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 14: Sour and Farmhouse Beer
13 entries
1st
Sean O'Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Unfortunate Search Results (25B: Saison)
2nd
John Ruyter
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Frank Schneidawind
MontreAlers
Summerlong (23C: Oud Bruin)
Table 15: German Wheat
9 entries
1st
Frank Schneidawind & Glen Appleby
MontreAlers
Philippa (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
La Margara (10A: Weissbier)
3rd
Josh Wright
VanBrewers
Hugh Hefeweizen (10A: Weissbier)
Table 16: Belgian Strong
13 entries
1st
Josh Davis
GTA Brews
Deep Navel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
2nd
Josh Davis
GTA Brews
Ungoliant's Laurelin (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
3rd
John Ruyter
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Dubbel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
Table 17: American Amber, Brown and Dark
12 entries
1st
Sean O'Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Sundown (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Black Snake Jake (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Two Poles On The Imaginary Axis (20A: American Porter)
Table 18: Fruit Beer
13 entries
1st
Marc Raymond
VanBrewers
Berry Cherry Berliner (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Pogdor (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Joel Dipert
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Daisy Chain (29A: Fruit Beer)
Table 19: Spiced Beer
6 entries
1st
Mike Pal
Battle River Brewers
Pepper Wheat (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Kyle Kellam
GTA Brews
You Don't Have To Know If You Don't Wanna Know (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Whiteout (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 20: Specialty Beer
12 entries
1st
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Lemony Snicket (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Boss (34C: Experimental Beer)
3rd
Joel Dipert
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Golden Slumbers (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Josh Davis
GTA Brews
Deep Navel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
2nd
Ron McReavy
GTA Brews
No-Pressure Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Justeis (9B: Eisbock)
Best Brewer
66 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
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1st | Paul Heslop | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12.0200000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
2nd | Chad Kling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11.0300000 | VanBrewers |
3rd | Casey Szott | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.0200000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
Club of the Year
17 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score |
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1st | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers | 6 | 6 | 8 | 38.0600000 |
2nd | GTA Brews | 3 | 8 | 4 | 29.0300000 |
3rd | VanBrewers | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18.0400000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 3
- 2nd Place: 2
- 3rd Place: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners