IBU Open - 25th Annual

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Jeff Anderson, Marc Bailey, Kent Ball, Logan Beets, Samantha Beets, Linda Blom, Loren Blom, Paul Bruski, Kyle Chafa, Derek Day, Scott Dennis, Jake Drahos, Nick & Heather Hartley, Stuart Hemesath, Leo Koster, John Luhmann, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Matt Melcher, Tom Mendick, Taylor Norland, Kevin Olson, Andrew Peeler, Jeff Postal, Dave Rost, Karen Nord Schaar, Scot Schaar, Tony E Schubert, Colette Simpson, Mark Simpson, Chester Smith, Sebastian Speer, Victor Svecs, Scott Taylor, Drew Templeton, Bill VanZante, Jim Vondracek, Greg Wilhelmi, Nicholas Wilkening, J Wilson

Judges - Best of Show

Jeff Anderson, Jeff Postal, Jim Vondracek

Stewards

Lee Buell, Bill Gavin, Robert Lyst, Nicholas Merfeld, Shawn Montgomery

Staff

Organizer

Zack Rice

By the Numbers

415 Entries 103 Entrants

39 Judges 5 Stewards

106 Placing Entries

Table 1: Table 1 - Pale American Beer

9 entries

Judges: Jake Drahos, Matt Melcher (Head Judge), Taylor Norland, Victor Svecs, Drew Templeton

Table 2: Table 2: Pale European Beer

13 entries

Judges: Samantha Beets, John Luhmann, Matt Melcher, Bill VanZante (Head Judge)

Table 3: Table 3: Pilsner

15 entries

Judges: Marc Bailey, Samantha Beets, Linda Blom, John Luhmann, Drew Templeton

Table 4: Table 4: Pale Malty European Beer

16 entries

Judges: Loren Blom, Nick & Heather Hartley, Mark Simpson (Head Judge), Greg Wilhelmi

Table 5: Table 5: Amber European Beer

18 entries

Judges: Marc Bailey, Derek Day, John Luhmann, Matt Melcher, Jeff Postal, Chester Smith

Table 6: Table 6: Dark European Lager

19 entries

Judges: Jeff Anderson, Marc Bailey, Logan Beets, Stuart Hemesath, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Kevin Olson (Head Judge), Jim Vondracek, J Wilson

Table 7: Table 7: American Wheat & Blonde

8 entries

Judges: Jeff Anderson (Head Judge), Jake Drahos, Nick & Heather Hartley, Drew Templeton

Table 8: Table 8: German Wheat & Rye Beer

7 entries

Judges: Jake Drahos, Bill VanZante

Table 9: Table 9: British Pale Ale

20 entries

Judges: Paul Bruski, Derek Day, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Chester Smith, Scott Taylor

Table 10: Table 10: Scottish & Irish Ale

14 entries

Judges: Kent Ball, Samantha Beets, Loren Blom, Nick & Heather Hartley

Table 11: Table 11: American Pale Ale and American IPA

18 entries

Judges: Jake Drahos, John Luhmann, Tom Mendick, Mark Simpson (Head Judge), Bill VanZante, Nicholas Wilkening

Table 12: Table 12: Amber & Brown American Ale

14 entries

Judges: Logan Beets, John Luhmann, Mark Simpson (Head Judge), Drew Templeton

Table 13: Table 13: Brown British Beer

21 entries

Judges: Samantha Beets, Stuart Hemesath, Leo Koster (Head Judge), Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Jeff Postal, Greg Wilhelmi, Nicholas Wilkening, J Wilson

Table 14: Table 14: Irish & British Stout

9 entries

Judges: Taylor Norland, Nicholas Wilkening (Head Judge)

Table 15: Table 15: American Porter & Stout

8 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Scott Taylor

Table 16: Table 16: Specialty IPA

19 entries

Judges: Logan Beets, Nick & Heather Hartley, Scott Taylor, Drew Templeton, Jim Vondracek (Head Judge), Greg Wilhelmi

Table 17: Table 17: Strong American Ale

10 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Taylor Norland, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge), Scott Taylor

Table 18: Table 18: Strong European Lager

12 entries

Judges: Nick & Heather Hartley, Leo Koster, Tom Mendick, Scot Schaar, Mark Simpson (Head Judge)

Table 19: Table 19: Strong British Ale

8 entries

Judges: Jeff Postal, Chester Smith, Drew Templeton

Table 20: Table 20: Imperial Porter & Stout

15 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis (Head Judge), John Luhmann, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Chester Smith

Table 21: Table 21: Belgian Ale

23 entries

Judges: Kyle Chafa, Derek Day, John Luhmann, Matt Melcher, Tom Mendick, Kevin Olson (Head Judge), Mark Simpson, Chester Smith, Scott Taylor, Jim Vondracek

Table 22: Table 22: Strong Belgian Ale

15 entries

Judges: Linda Blom, Derek Day, Scott Dennis, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Taylor Norland, Jim Vondracek (Head Judge)

Table 23: Table 23: European Sour Ale

16 entries

Judges: Logan Beets, Derek Day, Scott Dennis, Tom Mendick, Bill VanZante, Jim Vondracek (Head Judge)

Table 24: Table 24: Fruit Beer

9 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis (Head Judge), John Luhmann, Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Bill VanZante

Table 25: Table 25: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

9 entries

Judges: Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Chester Smith, Drew Templeton, Greg Wilhelmi

Table 26: Table 26: Smoke-Flavored Beer

9 entries

Judges: Paul Bruski, Andrew Peeler, Jeff Postal, Sebastian Speer (Head Judge)

Table 27: Table 27: American Wild Ale

5 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge)

Table 28: Table 28: Specialty Beer

12 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Randy Daniels KC McKinney, Bill VanZante

Table 29: Table 29: Standard Cider & Perry

8 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Bill VanZante

Table 30: Table 30: Specialty Cider & Perry

9 entries

Judges: Logan Beets, Dave Rost, Karen Nord Schaar, Scot Schaar (Head Judge)

Table 31: Table 31: Traditional Mead

5 entries

Judges: John Luhmann, Bill VanZante (Head Judge)

Table 32: Table 32: Fruit Mead

9 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Colette Simpson

Table 33: Table 33: Spiced Mead

8 entries

Judges: Dave Rost, Mark Simpson (Head Judge)

Table 34: Table 34: Specialty Mead

5 entries

Judges: Sebastian Speer (Head Judge)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Jeff Anderson, Jeff Postal, Jim Vondracek

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Judges: Jeff Anderson, Jeff Postal, Jim Vondracek

Best Brewer

103 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Best Club

38 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners