IBU Open - 26th Annual

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Marc Bailey, Linda Blom, Loren Blom, Paul Bruski, Randy Daniels, Derek Day, Scott Dennis, Jake Drahos, Nick & Heather Hartley, Dave Heddinger, Michael Helzer, Stuart Hemesath, Brian Karn, Leo Koster, Jeremy Lawson, John Luhmann, Matt Melcher, Tom Mendick, David Merz, Shawn Montgomery, Taylor Norland, Andrew Peeler, Jeff Postal, Ryan Rose, Dave Rost, Tony E Schubert, Colette Simpson, Mark Simpson, Chester Smith, Sebastian Speer, Victor Svecs, Scott Taylor, Drew Templeton, Bill VanZante, Leo Vitt, Greg Wilhelmi, Nicholas Wilkening, Jack Wilson, Tyler Wright, Mike Young

Stewards

Arthur Moraes Almeida, Lee Buell, Chris Davis, Bill Gavin, Chuck Graves, Richard Muller, Roy Ventullo, Steve Ward

Staff

Organizer

Zack Rice

By the Numbers

417 Entries 111 Entrants

40 Judges 8 Stewards

108 Placing Entries

Table 1: Table 1: Pale American Beer

19 entries

Judges: Marc Bailey, Linda Blom, Stuart Hemesath, Matt Melcher, Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Greg Wilhelmi

Table 2: Table 2: Pale European Beer

14 entries

Judges: Jake Drahos, Michael Helzer (Head Judge), Taylor Norland, Chester Smith

Table 3: Table 3: Pale Lager

18 entries

Judges: Linda Blom, Derek Day, Jake Drahos, Nick & Heather Hartley, Jeremy Lawson (Head Judge), Matt Melcher

Table 4: Table 4: Pale Malty European Beer

13 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Tom Mendick (Head Judge), David Merz, Leo Vitt

Table 5: Table 5: Amber European Beer

17 entries

Judges: John Luhmann, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge), Scott Taylor, Drew Templeton, Jack Wilson, Mike Young

Table 6: Table 6: Dark European Lager

20 entries

Judges: Loren Blom, Randy Daniels, Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Scott Taylor, Leo Vitt, Nicholas Wilkening

Table 7: Table 7: Wheat Beer

8 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Nick & Heather Hartley

Table 8: Table 8: British Pale Ale

14 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, Brian Karn, Matt Melcher (Head Judge), Taylor Norland, Andrew Peeler

Table 9: Table 9: Scottish & Irish Ale

10 entries

Judges: Nick & Heather Hartley, Jeremy Lawson (Head Judge), Dave Rost, Jack Wilson

Table 10: Table 10: American Pale Ale

11 entries

Judges: Nick & Heather Hartley, Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Chester Smith, Drew Templeton

Table 11: Table 11: Amber & Brown American Ale

16 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Jeff Postal, Tony E Schubert, Chester Smith, Drew Templeton

Table 12: Table 12: Brown British Beer

8 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Dave Heddinger, Shawn Montgomery, Scott Taylor, Nicholas Wilkening

Table 13: Table 13: Irish & British Stout

15 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, Jake Drahos, John Luhmann, Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Ryan Rose, Sebastian Speer

Table 14: Table 14: American Porter & Stout

9 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, David Merz, Drew Templeton (Head Judge)

Table 15: Table 15: Specialty IPA

10 entries

Judges: Paul Bruski, Jake Drahos, Ryan Rose, Scott Taylor (Head Judge)

Table 16: Table 16: Hazy IPA (21C)

15 entries

Judges: Marc Bailey, Nick & Heather Hartley (Head Judge), David Merz, Drew Templeton, Greg Wilhelmi, Jack Wilson

Table 17: Table 17: Strong British & American Ale

13 entries

Judges: Paul Bruski, Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Taylor Norland, Victor Svecs

Table 18: Table 18: Strong European Lager

13 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, Shawn Montgomery, Taylor Norland, Tyler Wright (Head Judge), Mike Young

Table 19: Table 19: Imperial Porter & Stout

9 entries

Judges: Andrew Peeler, Jeff Postal (Head Judge), Dave Rost, Leo Vitt

Table 20: Table 20: Belgian Ale

11 entries

Judges: David Merz, Dave Rost, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge), Jack Wilson

Table 21: Table 21: Strong Belgian Ale

15 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Jeremy Lawson (Head Judge), Tom Mendick, Shawn Montgomery, Leo Vitt

Table 22: Table 22: European Sour Ale

10 entries

Judges: Stuart Hemesath, Tyler Wright

Table 23: Table 23: Specialty Beer

12 entries

Judges: Randy Daniels, Scott Dennis (Head Judge), Jeremy Lawson, Drew Templeton

Table 24: Table 24: Wood Aged & Smoke-Flavored Beer

14 entries

Judges: Jeff Postal, Tony E Schubert, Chester Smith, Scott Taylor

Table 25: Table 25: American Wild Ale

8 entries

Judges: Derek Day, Tom Mendick, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge), Jack Wilson

Table 26: Table 26: Traditional & Fruit Mead

12 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Dave Rost, Colette Simpson, Mark Simpson, Sebastian Speer, Bill VanZante

Table 27: Table 27: Spice & Specialty Mead

11 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Jeff Postal, Colette Simpson, Mark Simpson, Sebastian Speer, Bill VanZante

Table 28: Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry

13 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Leo Koster, Jeff Postal, Colette Simpson, Mark Simpson (Head Judge), Sebastian Speer, Bill VanZante, Nicholas Wilkening

Table 29: Table 29: Cider with Other Fruit or Spices and Herbs

8 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Colette Simpson, Sebastian Speer, Bill VanZante

Table 30: Table 30: Specialty Cider and Perry & Applewine

7 entries

Judges: Leo Koster, Jeff Postal, Mark Simpson (Head Judge), Nicholas Wilkening

Table 31: Table 31: American Blonde Ale

8 entries

Judges: Scott Dennis, Shawn Montgomery

Table 32: Table 32: New Zealand Pils

9 entries

Judges: Loren Blom, Jeremy Lawson, Chester Smith, Leo Vitt

Table 33: Table 33: Spiced Beer

11 entries

Judges: Tom Mendick, Chester Smith (Head Judge), Drew Templeton, Greg Wilhelmi

Table 34: Table 34: American IPA

8 entries

Judges: David Merz, Tony E Schubert (Head Judge)

Table 35: Table 35: Saison

8 entries

Judges: Nick & Heather Hartley, Tyler Wright

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Best Brewer

111 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Best Club

40 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners