Here's the winners of this year's contest, congratulations to all the winners!
Best of Show - Beer | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Brett Glenna; Pete Wasko | Old, old ale | 19A - Old Ale |
| 2nd Place | John Barlow | Uncle Herb Likes Beer Too | 15C - Weizenbock |
| 3rd Place | William Schmiedlin | Smokin' Ruins Porter | 22B - Other Smoked Beer |
Best of Show - Mead and Cider | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Tim Roets | Tart Cherry Melomel XLV | 25C - Other Fruit Melomel |
| 2nd Place | Daryl Lerwick & Royce Lerwick | Black Rose | 28D - Other Specialty Cider/Perry |
Historic | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Nick Annen | Nippon Heather | 00A - Historic (Non-Hopped) |
| 2nd Place | Stephanie Djock (pronounced de-jock) | Ninkasi's Nectar | 00B - Historic (Hopped) |
| 3rd Place | Matt Weide | A Bakers's wife Kvass | 00A - Historic (Non-Hopped) |
Bock | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Norm Myhre $ Mike Bury | Mike's Hard Dopplebock | 05C - Doppelbock |
| 2nd Place | Tony & Amanda Kutzke | Billy's Bock | 05C - Doppelbock |
| 3rd Place | Jesse Robertson | Crystal Copper | 05B - Traditional Bock |
Kolsch | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Tony & Amanda Kutzke | Kutzke Kolsch | 06C - Kölsch |
| 2nd Place | Dale Winham | Cattail Kolsch | 06C - Kölsch |
| 3rd Place | Brett Glenna; Terry Fuoss | Bumble Bee Kolsch | 06C - Kölsch |
English Bitters | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Ted Haland | Afton Special Bitter | 08B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter |
| 2nd Place | Daniel Goldberg | Basement Bitter | 08A - Standard/Ordinary Bitter |
| 3rd Place | Richard B. Brower | Cornish Special | 08B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter |
Scottish and Irish | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Tom Urbanski | Gaelic Storm Ale | 09D - Irish Red Ale |
| 2nd Place | Richard B. Brower | Kilt on Tilt | 09E - Strong Scotch Ale |
| 3rd Place | Brett Glenna; Terry Fuoss | Beam Me Up Scotty | 09C - Scottish Export 80/- |
English Browns | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Ron Fitch | A Apolitical Dark Mild | 11A - Mild |
| 2nd Place | Ron Fitch | Hoy Hoy Northern Brown Ale | 11C - Northern English Brown Ale |
| 3rd Place | Jeffrey Einhorn | Brown Ale | 11C - Northern English Brown Ale |
Porters | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Derek Allmendinger | Protestant Porter | 12B - Robust Porter |
| 2nd Place | Michael Walsh | 9 3/4 Porter | 12B - Robust Porter |
| 3rd Place | Keith Brady & Matthew ( Magnet) Thoendel | Big Boy Porter | 12C - Baltic Porter |
Stouts | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Topher Marohl | O'Brien's Big Breakfast Stout | 13A - Dry Stout |
| 2nd Place | Jeff Moriarty, Jake Johnson, George Kellerman | stout | 13B - Sweet Stout |
| 3rd Place | Ben Adair | Treacle Stout | 13B - Sweet Stout |
German Wheat and Rye | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | John Barlow | Uncle Herb Likes Beer Too | 15C - Weizenbock |
| 2nd Place | Tim Roets, PJ Roets | Roggenbier XLV | 15D - Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) |
| 3rd Place | Norm Myhre | Weizen (dopple) bock | 15C - Weizenbock |
Belgian and French | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Eric Wentling | Sour Loser | 17B - Flanders Red Ale |
| 2nd Place | Keith Brady | Brady's Belgian IPA | 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale |
| 3rd Place | Keith Brady | Beans Belgian Summer | 16E - Belgian Specialty Ale |
Belgian Strong | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Eric Wentling | Honey Badger Tripel | 18C - Belgian Tripel |
| 2nd Place | Eric Wentling | Shadowjack | 18E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
| 3rd Place | Brett Glenna; Pete Wasko | Dubbel Trouble | 18B - Belgian Dubbel |
English Strong | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Brett Glenna; Pete Wasko | Old, old ale | 19A - Old Ale |
| 2nd Place | Ron Fitch | Willin' (to be an Old Ale) | 19A - Old Ale |
| 3rd Place | Topher Marohl | Badger Blood Barleywine | 19B - English Barleywine |
Fruit | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Tim Roets, Steff Sanders | Tart Cherry Saison XLV | 20A - Fruit Beer |
| 2nd Place | Tony & Amanda Kutzke | Mad's Raspberry Ale | 20A - Fruit Beer |
| 3rd Place | Paul Illa, Chad Karnick, Collin Peterson | Bitter Mandarin Ale | 20A - Fruit Beer |
Spice/Herb/Vegetable | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Jim Hartmann, Michelle Miles | Gingersnap Stout | 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
| 2nd Place | Eric Wentling | Cammo | 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
| 3rd Place | Lane Oase | GBT4 | 21A - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
Wood Aged and Smoked | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | William Schmiedlin | Smokin' Ruins Porter | 22B - Other Smoked Beer |
| 2nd Place | Garrett Caldwell | Smoked Oak | 22C - Wood-Aged Beer |
| 3rd Place | Garrett Caldwell | Up In Smoke | 22B - Other Smoked Beer |
Specialty | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | John Barlow | Llamar's Chocolate Coffee Porter | 23A - Specialty Beer |
| 2nd Place | Brady and Courtney Stewart | Mounds Boulevard Stout | 23A - Specialty Beer |
| 3rd Place | Rick Walter | Brown Beaver Ale | 23A - Specialty Beer |
Traditional Meads | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Ted Haland | First Mead | 24A - Dry Mead |
| 2nd Place | Richard Lauhead | Orange Blossom Sweet Mead Oaked | 24C - Sweet Mead |
| 3rd Place | Keith Brady | Brady's OB mead | 24B - Semi-sweet Mead |
Fruit meads | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Tim Roets | Tart Cherry Melomel XLV | 25C - Other Fruit Melomel |
| 2nd Place | Juno Choi & Mino Choi | Mixed Berry Melomel | 25C - Other Fruit Melomel |
| 3rd Place | Jim Hartmann, Michelle Miles | MMX Blueberry Mead | 25C - Other Fruit Melomel |
Specialty Meads | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Mino Choi | OZVB | 26A - Metheglin |
| 2nd Place | Mino Choi | Raspberry Chipotle mead | 26C - Open Category Mead |
| 3rd Place | Robert Sells & Danielle Sells | Sparkling Stout Braggot | 26B - Braggot |
Ciders | | Brewer | Entry | Brew Style |
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| 1st Place | Daryl Lerwick & Royce Lerwick | Black Rose | 28D - Other Specialty Cider/Perry |
| 2nd Place | Daryl Lerwick & Royce Lerwick | Westwood Irish | 27A - Common Cider |
| 3rd Place | Daryl Lerwick & Royce Lerwick | Westwood English | 27B - English Cider |
