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GTABREWS Brewslam 2024 Homebrew Competition Results!

Thank you to all our sponsors, volunteers, and crew for making this competition possible! The continued success of this competition is owed to their generous donations, and heroic efforts.

Judging weekend was a ton of fun with so many familiar faces coming out to help get all the beers judged on time. Our judges especially enjoyed taking turns judging with Fred Mullner (Grandmaster III) and some lucky entrants will have some bonus scoresheets completed by him as well.

Keep an eye out for our annual wrap up post to go live in the next few weeks.

Cheers,
Eric Cousineau
Organizer, Brew Slam 2024

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Entries

Entries Registered Entries Paid Entries Judged Ontario Entries GTA Brews Entries
558 552 539 299 200

Entries per Entrant

Mean (Avg) Median Mode
4.08 3 1

Participants & Volunteers

Average Flight Size: 5.9 entries / judge pair / session

Participants Participants with Entries Volunteers Judges Stewards Crew
220 140 94 60 24 14

Most Popular Award Categories

Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2024 Award Categories.

Award Category Name Number of Entries BJCP Styles Included
2 - Pale Malty Beer 34 1C, 4A, 4B, 18A
3 - Pale Bitter Beer 34 3A, 3B, 5B, 5C, 5D, 27A6, LSX5

Least Popular Award Categories

Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2024 Award Categories.

Award Category Name Number of Entries BJCP Styles Included
8 - Scottish & Irish Ale 4 14A, 14B, 14C, 15A
31 - Traditional Mead 5 M1A, M1B, M1C

Prize Values

Each medal is allocated an incredible assortment of prizes including homebrew store gift cards, brewing equipment, brewing ingredients and vouchers, brewery swag, and more!

This year we had approximately $21,800 in sponsored prizes and volunteer perks. This incredible prize pool led to each medal type having the following approximate values:

Gold Silver Bronze
$240 ARV $150 ARV $100 ARV

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Please join us in thanking our sponsors for their generous donations this year!

Please visit the Sponsors & Prizes page for a list of what each sponsor donated.

Title Sponsor

  • Toronto Brewing

Platinum Sponsors

  • Lost Craft Beer
  • Common Good Beer Company
  • Escarpment Laboratories
  • BrewHa Equipment Co
  • Hops Connect Canada
  • Lallemand
  • Kegland

Gold Sponsors

  • LD Carlson
  • Brewfather
  • BrewHQ
  • Prud'homme Beer Certification
  • The Electric Brewery
  • Grain to Glass
  • Yeast Canada Innovations
  • White Labs
  • National Chemical
  • Paniza Brewing
  • InnoMalt

Silver Sponsors

  • Hopback Homebrew Supplies
  • Barn Owl Malt
  • Five Star Chemicals
  • Northwest Hop Farms
  • Brewfather
  • American Homebrewers Association

Bronze Sponsors

  • Wyeast
  • Beersmith
  • Tilt Hydrometers
  • The County Cooperage
  • Spike Brewing
  • Imperial Organic Yeast
  • Hop Bomb Apparel Co
  • Omega Yeast
  • Beer Grains Supply
  • GrowlerWerks Canada
  • Mississippi Mills Malting Co
  • BSG Canada

Click Here to see which BJCP styles are included in each Award Category

Note: Some awards have big prizes listed, but every award has been allocated a significant prize set. Please see the Competition Stats section above for the impressive average value.

All winners will receive a custom engraved medal to commemorate their achievement!

1 - Light Lager (22 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st James Kennedy Co-Brewer: Eberhard Anheuser Iowan Old Style 1B: American Lager GTA Brews
2nd James Kennedy Dry House Pale 2A: International Pale Lager GTA Brews
3rd Chris Hughes Donde Este La Playa 2A: International Pale Lager GTA Brews

2 - Pale Malty Beer (30 entries):

Sponsored by: Little Beasts Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Paul Heslop Fest Of Us 4B: Festbier Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd Wuilmer Venegas To Far To Dormunt 4A: Munich Helles GTA Brews
3rd Ross Stuart Festbier 4B: Festbier Arizona Society of Homebrewers

3 - Pale Bitter Beer (34 entries):

Sponsored by: Godspeed Brewery

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Colin Green Hey Dave You Can Definitely Fit A Sidepull On Your Draught Tower 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager GTA Brews
2nd Wuilmer Venegas LBS 5D: German Pils GTA Brews
3rd Rob Duff Nostalgic Nectar 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager Cottage Country Brewers
HM Eric Pare Let's Go Back To Wacken! 5D: German Pils MontreAlers

4 - Amber Lager (34 entries):

Sponsored by: Common Good Beer Company

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st David Ward Co-Brewer: Scott Lechelt Marzen Of Puppets 6A: Märzen Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd Colin Green Dave Even If You Need To Use Duct Tape, That Sidepull Can Fit 3C: Czech Amber Lager GTA Brews
3rd Andrew Purschke Co-Brewer: Chris Bohaichuk Toast The Captain 6A: Märzen Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

5 - Dark Lager (15 entries):

Sponsored by: Silversmith Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Brad Hunt Safari Shade 8A: Munich Dunkel Ottawa's Homebrew Society
2nd Josh Davis Tmavé Moye 3D: Czech Dark Lager GTA Brews
3rd Doug Charlish Schwartzbier 8B: Schwarzbier Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

6 - Bock (9 entries):

Sponsored by: Paniza Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Paul Heslop Justeis 9B: Eisbock Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd Chad Kling Belsnickel Bock 9A: Doppelbock VanBrewers
3rd Tyler Miller Out Of The Woods 6C: Dunkels Bock Arizona Society of Homebrewers

7 - Pale English Ale (15 entries):

Sponsored by: The Granite Brewery & Tied House

Pro-Am

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Brent Burgoyne Brown Dog Golden Ale 12A: British Golden Ale Island Brewers Union
2nd Chad Kling Down Undah! 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale VanBrewers
3rd Kevin O'Reilly WGV ESB 11C: Strong Bitter North Bay Homebrewers Club

8 - Scottish & Irish Ale (4 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Jordan Kathnelson Room 11 Tank Ale 15A: Irish Red Ale Ottawa's Homebrew Society
2nd Wuilmer Venegas Coco Viejo 14C: Scottish Export GTA Brews
3rd Shane Schlesinger Irish Red 15A: Irish Red Ale GTA Brews

9 - Pale American Ale (17 entries):

Sponsored by: Town Brewery

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Casey Szott Lap Dog 18B: American Pale Ale Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd Brady MacDonald Pale Rider 18B: American Pale Ale Battle River Brewers
3rd Shane Schlesinger These Latkes Are Making Me Thirsty! 18B: American Pale Ale GTA Brews

10 - Amber & Brown American Ale (11 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Cory Fletcher Coco C'mon! 19B: California Common GTA Brews
2nd Paul Lopes Mid-Life Amber-Ghini 19A: American Amber Ale GTA Brews
3rd Tyler Miller Co-Brewer: Rick Pechacek This Ain't Hollywood 19B: California Common Arizona Society of Homebrewers

11 - English Brown Ale (8 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Francisco Avila Menegaz The Dark Side Of The Grain 13A: Dark Mild GTA Brews
2nd Wuilmer Venegas Lana Brown 13B: British Brown Ale GTA Brews
3rd Jim Bruce Co-Brewer: Richard Bruce Darkness Falls 13A: Dark Mild GTA Brews

12 - Porter (14 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st John Van Oort It's Like Russian Roulette, When You Placin' In The Tropics, Or Choosin' Style 9C 9C: Baltic Porter GTA Brews
2nd Charles Mackenzie The Night Porter 20A: American Porter Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd Paul Lopes Seasonal Porter Disorder 20A: American Porter GTA Brews

13 - Stout (15 entries):

Sponsored by: Bickford Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Brady MacDonald My PAL Mike 16A: Sweet Stout Battle River Brewers
2nd David Chang-Sang Monty's Moxie 15C: Irish Extra Stout GTA Brews
3rd Colin Green Lack Toast And Tolerant 16A: Sweet Stout GTA Brews

14 - Strong Stout (8 entries):

Sponsored by: Rouge River Brewing Company

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Vandervoort The Coma 20C: Imperial Stout Durham Homebrewers Club
2nd David Chang-Sang Ode To Monty 20C: Imperial Stout GTA Brews
3rd Paul Heslop Black Snake Jake 20C: Imperial Stout Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

15 - Classic IPA (16 entries):

Sponsored by: Great Lakes Brewery

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Josh Davis Odysseus' Return 21A: American IPA GTA Brews
2nd Joel Grandmaison Dark Side Of The Sun Creamsicle IPA 21A: American IPA GTA Brews
3rd David Fournier Mind The Cyclist David 21A: American IPA Ottawa's Homebrew Society

16 - Hazy IPA (23 entries):

Sponsored by: Rainhard Brewing

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Cameron Norton Gone Where The Ducks Wear Mitts Hazy 21C: Hazy IPA VanBrewers
2nd Andrew Ford CMS 21C: Hazy IPA Cottage Country Brewers
3rd Wesley d'Haene The Death Of Slim Hazy 21C: Hazy IPA Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

17 - Specialty IPA (23 entries):

Sponsored by: Third Moon Brewing

Pro-Am

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Andrew Ford CMS 21B6: White IPA Cottage Country Brewers
2nd Jerry Surzycia Co-Brewer: Mark Kramarchuk Summer Solstice Rye IPA 21B5: Rye IPA GTA Brews
3rd Mike Pal Session IPA 21B: Specialty IPA Battle River Brewers

18 - Wheat & Rye Beer (19 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Leif Bogwald Berserker Brew House Witbier 24A: Witbier Island Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd Seungkoo Lee Nangman Hefe Weissbier 10A: Weissbier
3rd Carsten Weitemeyer Wheatbeast 1D: American Wheat Beer GTA Brews

19 - Belgian & French Ale (22 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Vandervoort Sai Sai 25B: Saison Durham Homebrewers Club
2nd Cory Fletcher Fletcher's Saison 25B: Saison GTA Brews
3rd James Hiner Little Spooky 25B: Saison Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

20 - Belgian Strong Ale (20 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Josh Davis Ungoliant's Laurelin 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale GTA Brews
2nd Josh Davis Deep Navel 26B: Belgian Dubbel GTA Brews
3rd Paul Heslop Time And Time Again 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

21 - Strong Ale (11 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st David Ward Co-Brewer: Scott Lechelt The Champ 17A: British Strong Ale Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd David Ward Co-Brewer: Scott Lechelt Get Off My Lawn 17B: Old Ale Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd Cory Fletcher Xmas Barleywine 17D: English Barley Wine GTA Brews

22 - Brett Beer (8 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Victor North Avery's Old Ale 28A: Brett Beer HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring)
2nd Francois Tardif Bercail 28A: Brett Beer
3rd John Sobiera The Verticoli 28A: Brett Beer GTA Brews

23 - Sour Beer (13 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Frank Schneidawind Red Fox Run 23B: Flanders Red Ale
2nd Justin Ross Co-Brewer: Justin Gee OPUS - 5yr Blend 23E: Gueuze HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring)
3rd Sean O'Donnell Fresh Laundry 23G: Gose Ottawa's Homebrew Society

24 - Specialty Wild & Sour Beer (15 entries):

Sponsored by: Burdock Brewery

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Albert teBraak Autumn 23F: Fruit Lambic MontreAlers
2nd Andrew Purschke Co-Brewer: Chris Bohaichuk 2L Of Ziploc Glory 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
3rd Dom Labre T1000 28C: Wild Specialty Beer Ottawa's Homebrew Society

25 - Fruit Beer (24 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Steve Shaw Guava Island 29A: Fruit Beer Winnipeg Brew Bombers
2nd Matt King Rakshasa LSX4: Catharina Sour GTA Brews
3rd Scott Sterling Cherry Bomb 29A: Fruit Beer True Grist
HM Chris Hughes Whatchamacallit 29C: Specialty Fruit Beer GTA Brews

26 - Spice / Herb / Vegetable Beer (27 entries):

Sponsored by: Radical Road Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Wesley d'Haene I Know You Touched My Drumset, And I Wanna Hear That Dirty Little Mouth Admit It! 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd Tyler Ustrzycki Mushroom Kingdom Imperial Stout 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring)
3rd Tina Lineman Smoky Jack 30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer GTA Brews

27 - Smoke-Flavoured and Wood-Aged Beer (17 entries):

Sponsored by: The County Cooperage

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Eric Pare Co-Brewer: MontreAlers Barrel Project QuadAlers 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer MontreAlers
2nd Miguel Luzuriaga Co-Brewer: Zack Weinberg Smoko 6B: Rauchbier
3rd Chad Kling Host Of Ghosts 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer VanBrewers

28 - Specialty Beer (16 entries):

Sponsored by: Rorschach Brewing Co

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Andrew Purschke Co-Brewer: Chris Bohaichuk Could Be Organic 34C: Experimental Beer Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
2nd Steve Shaw Imperial Soniarita 34B: Mixed-Style Beer Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd Paul Heslop Lemony Snicket 34C: Experimental Beer Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

29 - Traditional Cider (6 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Alex Benjamin Co-Brewer: James Mcintosh Mcintosh Single Varietal C1A: New World Cider
2nd Alex Benjamin Co-Brewer: James Mcintosh The Duke Of Duxbury C1B: English Cider
3rd Sean O'Donnell Cool Breeze C1A: New World Cider Ottawa's Homebrew Society

30 - Specialty Cider (17 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Tracy Watson Aronia C2B: Cider with Other Fruit GTA Brews
2nd John Van Oort Alright Pardner, Keep On Boillin' Baby, You Know What Time It Is C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry GTA Brews
3rd Alex Benjamin Co-Brewer: Dan Pardo Dan's Wild Raspberry C2B: Cider with Other Fruit

31 - Traditional Mead (5 entries):

Sponsored by: Backed by Bees

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Christian Mlotschek Wildflower Traditional M1C: Sweet Mead True Grist
2nd Kristopher Banner Golden Mane M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
3rd Trevor Murray Monkey Brain M1A: Dry Mead Ottawa's Homebrew Society

32 - Specialty Mead (21 entries):

Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Trevor Murray Stag And Mo M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead Ottawa's Homebrew Society
2nd Andrew Ford Co-Brewer: Anonymous A Pancake's Dream Date- Blueberry Maple Mead M4C: Experimental Mead Cottage Country Brewers
3rd Eric Cousineau Megalomeadiac M2C: Berry Mead GTA Brews

Best of Show (Beer)

Awarded to the single best beer entry, as determined in a final judging round with the best beers from the whole competition.

  • 1st ($600 ARV):
    • LD Carlson 16 gal Kettle
    • Growlerworks Growler
    • Tilt Pro
    • Yeast, Hops, More!
  • 2nd ($580 ARV):
    • Spike $100 Gift Card
    • LD Carlson 55 lbs Avangard Malt
    • Prud'homme Level 1 Online Course
    • Yeast, Hops, More!
  • 3rd ($260 ARV):
    • Kegland Rapt Pill
    • LD Carlson 55 lbs Avangard Malt
    • Yeast, Hops, More!
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st Mike Vandervoort Sai Sai 25B: Saison Durham Homebrewers Club
2nd Albert teBraak Autumn 23F: Fruit Lambic MontreAlers
3rd Frank Schneidawind Red Fox Run 23B: Flanders Red Ale
HM John Van Oort It's Like Russian Roulette, When You Placin' In The Tropics, Or Choosin' Style 9C 9C: Baltic Porter GTA Brews

Toronto Brewer of the Year

Awarded to the GTA Brews entrant with the highest medal point count from beer categories. (Gold = 3 pts, Silver = 2 pts, Bronze = 1 pt)

  • 1st ($1,280 ARV):
    • Spike CF5 from Toronto Brewing
    • Prud'homme Level 1 Online Course
    • Kegland Rapt Pill
    • Yeast, Hops, More!
Pl. Brewer Score
1st Josh Davis 10.02 pts
2nd Wuilmer Venegas 8 pts
3rd Colin Green 6.01 pts
Cory Fletcher 6.01 pts

Jon Mains Award for Top Brewer

Awarded to the top overall entrant with the highest medal point count from beer categories.  (Gold = 3 pts, Silver = 2 pts, Bronze = 1 pt)

  • 1st ($450 ARV):
    • BrewHQ Fill-O-Meter
    • Kegland Rapt Pill
    • Yeast, Hops, More!
Pl. Brewer 1st 2nd 3rd Score Club
1st Josh Davis 2 2 0 10.02 pts GTA Brews
2nd Paul Heslop 2 0 3 9.02 pts Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd David Ward 2 1 0 8.02 pts Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
4th Wuilmer Venegas 0 4 0 8 pts GTA Brews
5th Andrew Ford 1 2 0 7.01 pts Cottage Country Brewers
6th Mike Vandervoort 2 0 0 6.02 pts Durham Homebrewers Club
7th Colin Green 1 1 1 6.01 pts GTA Brews
Alex Benjamin 1 1 1 6.01 pts
Cory Fletcher 1 1 1 6.01 pts GTA Brews
Andrew Purschke 1 1 1 6.01 pts Edmonton Homebrewers Guild

Top Clubs (20 Participating Clubs) 

Pl. Club 1st 2nd 3rd HM Score
1st GTA Brews 8 16 11 1 67.08 pts
2nd Cowtown Yeast Wranglers 6 1 6 0 26.06 pts
3rd Ottawa's Homebrew Society 3 0 5 0 14.03 pts
4th VanBrewers 1 2 1 0 8.01 pts
Cottage Country Brewers 1 2 1 0 8.01 pts
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild 1 2 1 0 8.01 pts
7th HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring) 1 2 0 0 7.01 pts
Winnipeg Brew Bombers 1 2 0 0 7.01 pts
9th Durham Homebrewers Club 2 0 0 0 6.02 pts
MontreAlers 2 0 0 1 6.02 pts
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