Aurora Brewing Challenge 2024

Awards

Judges

Dustin Banks, Ernie Boffa, Chris Bohaichuk, Mark Caveny, Cory Fath, John Ferguson, Zack Filipe, Jason Foster, Yuyu Kim, Craig Lee, Greg Loudon, Mark Nesdoly, Mike Pal, Sonu Sahi, Chelsea Tessier, Gary Villeneuve, Taylor Wacey, Christopher Watts, Greg Zeschuk

Judges - Best of Show

Ernie Boffa, Cory Fath, Jason Foster, Sonu Sahi

By the Numbers

259 Entries 88 Entrants

19 Judges

81 Placing Entries

Table 1: American Lager & Cream Ale

8 entries

Judges: Ernie Boffa, Gary Villeneuve

1st

James Kennedy

GTA Brews

Zen And The Art Of Lawn Mowing (1C: Cream Ale)

2nd

Riccardo Santopietro

MontreAlers

Rolling Rick (1A: American Light Lager)

3rd

Lennart Becker

VanBrewers

Mexican Lager (1B: American Lager)

Table 2: International Lager & Pale Malty European Lager

9 entries

Judges: Zack Filipe, Mark Nesdoly

1st

Doug Charlish

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Dark Lager (2C: International Dark Lager)

2nd

David Chang-Sang

GTA Brews

Tanja: Die Blume Des Frühlings (4C: Helles Bock)

3rd

Josh Edwards

Brewnosers

Taco's Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)

Table 3: Czech Lager

11 entries

Judges: John Ferguson, Mike Pal

1st

Nolan Skogen

Red Deer Brewers

Back Czech Fore Czech Pay Czech (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

2nd

Cameron Norton

Jurassic Lager (3C: Czech Amber Lager)

3rd

Mark Caveny

Red Deer Brewers

Dark Side Of Lucy (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer

12 entries

Judges: Yuyu Kim, Greg Zeschuk

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

Andrew Ford

Cottage Country Brewers

No Frills (5A: German Leichtbier)

Table 5: German and NZ Pilsner

9 entries

Judges: Craig Lee, Chelsea Tessier

1st

Chad Kling

VanBrewers

Shine A Light (5D: German Pils)

2nd

Patrick Paugh

Island Brewers Union

NZ Pils (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

3rd

Ron McReavy

GTA Brews

No-Pressure Pils (5D: German Pils)

Table 6: Wheat Beer & Sahti

8 entries

Judges: Cory Fath, Jason Foster

1st

Ken Krochmal

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Finnish Juniper Rye (27A9: Sahti)

2nd

Martin Goulet

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Garden Wits (24A: Witbier)

3rd

Martin Goulet

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Garden Wheat (10A: Weissbier)

Table 7: Dark & Strong European Beer

8 entries

Judges: Dustin Banks, Craig Lee

1st

Chad Kling

VanBrewers

Belsnickel Bock (9A: Doppelbock)

2nd

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

JustEis (9B: Eisbock)

3rd

Joel Dipert

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Munich 66 (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 8: Amber European Beer

13 entries

Judges: John Ferguson, Christopher Watts

1st

Mike Pal

Battle River Brewers

Rauchbier (6B: Rauchbier)

2nd

Shane Schlesinger

GTA Brews

Mowmow (6A: Märzen)

3rd

Lennart Becker

VanBrewers

Räucherla (6B: Rauchbier)

Table 9: English Bitters & IPA

9 entries

Judges: Mark Nesdoly, Chelsea Tessier, Gary Villeneuve

1st

Kammryn Dancy

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

LoFi Murmur (12C: English IPA)

2nd

Doug Charlish

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

ESB (11C: Strong Bitter)

3rd

Kammryn Dancy

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Puny Pleasant (11C: Strong Bitter)

Table 10: Brown British Beer

10 entries

Judges: Zack Filipe, Yuyu Kim

1st

Steve Shaw

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Mild Thing (13A: Dark Mild)

2nd

Miro Sep

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Pukka Mild (13A: Dark Mild)

3rd

Daniel Molinski

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Blue Bridge Dark (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 11: Dark & Strong British Beer

11 entries

Judges: Chris Bohaichuk, Mark Caveny, Jason Foster

1st

Dan Copeland

GTA Brews

Old Dubious (17A: British Strong Ale)

2nd

David Ward & Scott Lechelt

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Get Off My Lawn (17B: Old Ale)

3rd

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Nessi (17C: Wee Heavy)

Table 12: Scottish & Irish Beer

12 entries

Judges: Ernie Boffa, Cory Fath, Greg Loudon

1st

Ted Chilton

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Scottish Export (14C: Scottish Export)

2nd

Adam Bass

Beery McFly (14C: Scottish Export)

3rd

Kris Walter

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Irish Red (15A: Irish Red Ale)

Table 13: Pale American Ale

10 entries

Judges: Mark Caveny, Greg Loudon

1st

Daniel Molinski

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Blue Bridge Blonde (18A: Blonde Ale)

2nd

Robert Brown & Jessica Lopez

Red Deer Brewers

The Chad (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Nolan Skogen

Red Deer Brewers

100 Lakes (18B: American Pale Ale)

Table 14: American IPA

8 entries

Judges: Dustin Banks, Mark Nesdoly

1st

Chad Kling

VanBrewers

It's Ice (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Big Hop Hugs (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Jordan Kathnelson

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Sippin' On Sunshine (21A: American IPA)

Table 15: American Wild Ale

9 entries

Judges: Craig Lee, Chelsea Tessier, Gary Villeneuve

1st

Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

F*** U Bobrovsky (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

2nd

Kevin Doddridge & Session Bread

Misty Mountain Mashers

Kronastery Funk (28A: Brett Beer)

3rd

Shaun Hill & Adam Melejko

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Wet & Wild Ale (28A: Brett Beer)

Table 16: Cider & Mead

11 entries

Judges: Cory Fath, Craig Lee

1st

Kristopher Banner

Golden Mane (M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead)

2nd

Daniel Molinski

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Blue Bridge Cider (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)

3rd

Kris Walter

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Cranberry Mead (M2E: Melomel)

Table 17: Specialty & Alternative Beers

14 entries

Judges: Dustin Banks, John Ferguson, Taylor Wacey

1st

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Lemony Snicket (34C: Experimental Beer)

2nd

Danilo Francoso

Blonde Arabica (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

3rd

Joel Dipert

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Too Many People (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

Table 18: Amber & Brown American Beer

7 entries

Judges: Mark Caveny, Greg Loudon

1st

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

Peace Maker (19A: American Amber Ale)

2nd

Dustin Preece

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Make It So Amber One (19A: American Amber Ale)

3rd

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

Bunny Hop Brown (19C: American Brown Ale)

Table 19: Belgian Ale

11 entries

Judges: Jason Foster, Yuyu Kim

1st

Sean O'Donnell

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Carry The One (24C: Bière de Garde)

2nd

Cory Fletcher

GTA Brews

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

3rd

John Ruyter

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Heart Of Gold (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)

Table 20: Monastic Ale

10 entries

Judges: Ernie Boffa, Zack Filipe

1st

David Ward

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

West Is Best (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

2nd

Josh Davis

GTA Brews

Ungoliant's Laurelin (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

3rd

John Ruyter

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Dubbelo Honey (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

Table 21: Hazy IPA

14 entries

Judges: Mark Nesdoly, Chelsea Tessier

1st

Robert Brown & Jessica Lopez

Red Deer Brewers

One Hazy Weekend (21C: Hazy IPA)

2nd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

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

3rd

Andrew Ford

Cottage Country Brewers

CMS (21C: Hazy IPA)

Table 22: Fruit Beer

8 entries

Judges: Mark Caveny, Yuyu Kim, Taylor Wacey

1st

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Carnage (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)

2nd

Joel Dipert

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Daisy Chain (29A: Fruit Beer)

3rd

Mike Pal

Battle River Brewers

Mango Wheat (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 23: Spiced Beer

9 entries

Judges: John Ferguson, Craig Lee

1st

Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Oilers In 7 (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

2nd

Steve Shaw

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Minahikwak (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Reginald P. Picklefeather III

GTA Brews

Vinter Schtout (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 24: American Porter & Stout

7 entries

Judges: Greg Loudon, Mark Nesdoly

1st

Markus Ebner

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Escape Velocity (20C: Imperial Stout)

2nd

Sean O'Donnell

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Sundown (20A: American Porter)

3rd

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Black Snake Jake (20C: Imperial Stout)

Table 25: Smoked & Wood Beer

6 entries

Judges: Ernie Boffa, Zack Filipe

1st

Eric Pare & MontreAlers Barrel Program

MontreAlers

Aged Czar Revenge (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Markus Ebner

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Singularity (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

3rd

Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Aged As Finely As The Panthers Hopes (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

Table 26: European & Brazilian Sour

7 entries

Judges: Cory Fath, Jason Foster

1st

Scott Nanson

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Great Ceaser' Gose (23G: Gose)

2nd

Trevor Stevado

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Asgardian Ambrosia (LSX4: Catharina Sour)

3rd

Ryan Preston

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Tongue Splitter (23F: Fruit Lambic)

Table 27: Specialty IPA & Strong American Ale

8 entries

Judges: Dustin Banks, Chelsea Tessier

1st

Markus Ebner

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

FWS9L (22C: American Barleywine)

2nd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Jam Those Hops In My Pie Hole (22A: Double IPA)

3rd

Jordan Kathnelson

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Off-Scale Alpha (22A: Double IPA)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Ernie Boffa, Cory Fath, Jason Foster, Sonu Sahi

1st

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Lemony Snicket (34C: Experimental Beer)

2nd

Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

F*** U Bobrovsky (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

3rd

Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Oilers In 7 (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Brewer of the year

88 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Paul Heslop	2	1	2	10.0205000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
	Andrew Purschke	2	1	2	10.0205000	Edmonton Homebrewers...
3rd	Chad Kling	3	0	0	9.0303000	VanBrewers
4th	Markus Ebner	2	1	0	8.0203000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
5th	David Ward	1	2	0	7.0103000	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Club of the year

17 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers	9	9	9	54.0927000
2nd	Edmonton Homebrewers Guild	4	2	4	20.0410000
3rd	GTA Brews	3	4	2	19.0309000
4th	Ottawa's Homebrew Society	1	4	3	14.0108000
5th	VanBrewers	3	0	2	11.0305000
6th	Winnipeg Brew Bombers	2	2	1	11.0205000
7th	Red Deer Brewers	2	1	2	10.0205000
8th	Battle River Brewers	2	0	2	8.0204000
9th	MontreAlers	1	1	0	5.0102000
10th	Cottage Country Brewers	0	0	2	2.0002000

Aurora Brewing Challenge 2024

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Judges - Best of Show

By the Numbers

Table 1: American Lager & Cream Ale

Table 2: International Lager & Pale Malty European Lager

Table 3: Czech Lager

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer

Table 5: German and NZ Pilsner

Table 6: Wheat Beer & Sahti

Table 7: Dark & Strong European Beer

Table 8: Amber European Beer

Table 9: English Bitters & IPA

Table 10: Brown British Beer

Table 11: Dark & Strong British Beer

Table 12: Scottish & Irish Beer

Table 13: Pale American Ale

Table 14: American IPA

Table 15: American Wild Ale

Table 16: Cider & Mead

Table 17: Specialty & Alternative Beers

Table 18: Amber & Brown American Beer

Table 19: Belgian Ale

Table 20: Monastic Ale

Table 21: Hazy IPA

Table 22: Fruit Beer

Table 23: Spiced Beer

Table 24: American Porter & Stout

Table 25: Smoked & Wood Beer

Table 26: European & Brazilian Sour

Table 27: Specialty IPA & Strong American Ale

Best of Show

Beer

Brewer of the year

Club of the year

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners