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 the lunchtime presentations from our friends Richard Preiss and Nate Ferguson of Escarpment Labs ! Big thanks to Mascot Brewery Etobicoke for hosting our judging and feeding our volunteers with delicious food!
Keep an eye out for our annual wrap up post to go live in the next few weeks.
Cheers,
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Entries
Entries Registered Entries Paid Entries Judged Ontario Entries GTA Brews Entries
482
469
458
301
160
Entries per Entrant
Mean (Avg) Median Mode
3.8
3
1
Participants & Volunteers
Average Flight Size: 6.7 entries / judge pair / session
Participants Participants with Entries Volunteers Judges Stewards Crew
197
1 29
74
50
18
1 4
Most Popular Award Categories
Click Here to see the Brew Slam 2025 Award Categories.
Award Category Name Number of Entries BJCP Styles Included
26 - Spice / Herb / Vegetable Beer
23
30A, 30B, 30C, 30D
32 - Specialty Mead
22
M2A, M2B, M2C, M2D, M2E,
Least Popular Award Categories
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Award Category Name Number of Entries BJCP Styles Included
22 - Brett Beer
5
28A
29 - Traditional Cider
5
C1A, C1B, C1C, C1D, C1E
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 $19,000 in sponsored prizes and volunteer perks . This incredible prize pool led to each medal type having the following average values:
Gold Silver Bronze
$185 ARV $130 ARV $95 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 Platinum Sponsors
Mascot Brewery Etobicoke Common Good Beer Company Kegland Lallemand BrewHa Equipment Co Hoppy.ca Escarpment Laboratories INKBIRD InnoMalt
Gold Sponsors
Bickford Brewing Co
The Electric Brewery
I.T.S. Office Pro
Paniza Brewing
Brewfather
Prud'homme Beer Certification
Yeast Canada Innovations
Mill Ridge Malt
Silver Sponsors
Beer Grains
Backed By Bees
Rorschach Brewing Co
Hopback Homebrew Supplies
Hops Connect
Red Tape Brewery
Third Moon Brewing Co
Burdock
Bronze Sponsors
Omega Yeast
BeerSmith
Tilt Hydrometers
Hop Bomb Apparel Co
Wyeast Topps Hops
LD Carlson
Spike Brewing
Mississippi Mills Malting Co
American Homebrewers Association
Duke25 Hops
Canadian Homebrewers Association
Godspeed Brewery
Little Beasts Brewing Co
Town Brewery
The Granite Brewery
Great Lakes Brewery
Rouge River Brewing Co
Amsterdam Brewery
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 (15 entries):
Sponsored by: Town Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Francisco Avila Menegaz
One More Round
5A: German Leichtbier
GTA Brews
2nd
Colin Green
Dave Forgot Where He Left His Diät Pils
5A: German Leichtbier
GTA Brews
3rd
Pascal Levesque Co-Brewer: Simon Archambault
Empirique Japonese Jasmin Rice Lager
2A: International Pale Lager
MontreAlers
2 - Pale Malty Lager (19 entries):
Sponsored by: Little Beasts Brewing Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
James Kennedy
Helles Belles
4A: Munich Helles
GTA Brews
2nd
Matt McNair
Yung Cellar Dweller
27A1: Kellerbier
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd
Matt King
OktoberQuest
4B: Festbier
GTA Brews
3 - Pale Bitter Lager (20 entries):
Sponsored by: Godspeed Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Ed Hitchcock
Stříbro A Zlato
3A: Czech Pale Lager
GTA Brews
2nd
Casey Szott
PilsNZer
LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd
James Osborne
Clear Signal
LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner
4 - Amber Lager (16 entries):
Sponsored by: Common Good Beer Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Chad Kling
Life On Märzen
6A: Märzen
VanBrewers
2nd
David Larocque
Sam's Altbier
7B: Altbier
GTA Brews
3rd
Chad Kling
Blaze On
7A: Vienna Lager
VanBrewers
5 - Dark Lager (14 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Shane Schlesinger
May The Schwarz Bier With You
8B: Schwarzbier
GTA Brews
2nd
Keigan Ewing
Use The Schwarz
8B: Schwarzbier
True Grist
3rd
Eric Gaudreault Co-Brewer: Philippe Deschênes
En Revenant De Prague
3D: Czech Dark Lager
MontreAlers
6 - Bock (10 entries):
Sponsored by: Paniza Brewing Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Matt King
Ice Cold Bockstabber
9B: Eisbock
GTA Brews
2nd
Chad Kling
Belsnickel Bock
6C: Dunkels Bock
VanBrewers
3rd
Wuilmer Venegas
Sweet Maillard
6C: Dunkels Bock
GTA Brews
7 - Pale Hybrid Ale (19 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
David Larocque
Kolsch
5B: Kölsch
GTA Brews
2nd
David Fournier
Chickens And Bees
18A: Blonde Ale
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
3rd
Steve Shaw
Philsner
1C: Cream Ale
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
8 - Pale English Ale (16 entries):
Sponsored by: The Granite Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Brent Burgoyne
Brown Dog Bitter
11B: Best Bitter
Island Brewers Union
2nd
Joel Tremblay
La Tour De Londres
11C: Strong Bitter
3rd
Michael Urlocker
Fresh Ale
12C: English IPA
9 - Pale American Ale (19 entries):
Sponsored by: Bickford Brewing Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Convolved
18B: American Pale Ale
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Kevin O'Reilly
1019 PA
18B: American Pale Ale
North Bay Homebrewers Club
3rd
Casey Szott
Lazy Lap Dog
18B: American Pale Ale
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
10 - Amber & Brown British Ale (20 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Joel Tremblay
Kiss Me I'm Irish
15A: Irish Red Ale
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
Coco Viejo
14C: Scottish Export
GTA Brews
3rd
Chris George
Fall Line Mild
13A: Dark Mild
GTA Brews
11 - Amber & Brown American Ale (14 entries):
Sponsored by: Amsterdam Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Kyle Kellam
Escape Artists Never Die
19A: American Amber Ale
GTA Brews
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
Let Me Say Something!
19A: American Amber Ale
GTA Brews
3rd
Sean O’Donnell
The Kavorka
19C: American Brown Ale
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
12 - Porter (9 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Two Poles On The Imaginary Axis
20A: American Porter
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Eric Cousineau
Plummers Porter
20A: American Porter
GTA Brews
3rd
Colin Green
Tiny Baltic Fists
9C: Baltic Porter
GTA Brews
13 - Stout (11 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Sean O’Donnell
Shroud Of Carlingford
16A: Sweet Stout
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
2nd
David Fournier
Indulgence
16A: Sweet Stout
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
3rd
David Chang-Sang
Monty's Mettle
15C: Irish Extra Stout
GTA Brews
14 - Strong Stout (6 entries):
Sponsored by: Rouge River Brewing Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Pascal Levesque Co-Brewer: Simon Archambault
Empirique Imperial Stout
20C: Imperial Stout
MontreAlers
2nd
Yacine Boujija Co-Brewer: Dominic G.; Pierre-André M.
Vieille Stout
20C: Imperial Stout
MontreAlers
3rd
Sean O’Donnell
Serenity Noir
16C: Tropical Stout
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
15 - Classic IPA (17 entries):
Sponsored by: Great Lakes Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Casey Szott
North Parking
21A: American IPA
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Chad Kling
Say It To Me C.I.T.R.A.
21A: American IPA
VanBrewers
3rd
James Osborne
Sunset Express
21A: American IPA
16 - Hazy IPA (18 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Cameron Norton
Chasing A Sun Beam
21C: Hazy IPA
VanBrewers
2nd
Casey Szott
Bing Bop Boom Boom Boom Bop Bam
21C: Hazy IPA
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
For Schvitz & Giggles
21C: Hazy IPA
GTA Brews
17 - Specialty IPA (20 entries):
Sponsored by: Third Moon Brewing
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Casey Szott
Kakow!
21B: Specialty IPA
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Rene Maurice
Session IPA
21B: Specialty IPA
Cottage Country Brewers
3rd
John Post
Rye-Not
21B5: Rye IPA
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
18 - Wheat & Rye Beer (18 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Matt McNair
The Decline
10C: Weizenbock
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
La Margara
10A: Weissbier
GTA Brews
3rd
Eric Parker
The Spring Sessional
1D: American Wheat Beer
VanBrewers
19 - Belgian & French Ale (16 entries):
Sponsored by: Red Tape Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Matt McNair
Long Live Saison
25B: Saison
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Daniel Chibani
Britain's Envy
24B: Belgian Pale Ale
GTA Brews
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
Rubber Chicken BOOM!
25B: Saison
GTA Brews
20 - Belgian Strong Ale (17 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Leif Bogwald
Berserker Brew House Quad
26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Island Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd
Patrick Paugh
The Quadfather
26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Island Brewers Union
3rd
Josh Davis
Hail Mary
25A: Belgian Blond Ale
GTA Brews
21 - Strong Ale (8 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Poulin Louis-Philippe
Louis-Philippe Poulin
22B: American Strong Ale
MontreAlers
2nd
Bill Riley
Big Beautiful Bill
17D: English Barley Wine
VanBrewers
3rd
Chad Kling
Things I Could Not See
17C: Wee Heavy
VanBrewers
22 - Brett Beer (5 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Kym Watts
Pb2 Saison
28A: Brett Beer
GTA Brews
2nd
Eric Pare
Zombie Yeti
28A: Brett Beer
MontreAlers
3rd
Tina Lineman
Sentient Beer
28A: Brett Beer
GTA Brews
23 - Sour Beer (16 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Greg Paterson
Beret Rouge
23B: Flanders Red Ale
Headhunters Brewing Club
2nd
Steve Shaw
What Gose Round Is All Around
23G: Gose
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd
Rene Maurice
Aged Peach Sour
28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
Cottage Country Brewers
HM
Albert teBraak
Adagio
28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
MontreAlers
24 - Specialty Wild & Sour Beer (6 entries):
Sponsored by: Burdock Brewery
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu
28C: Wild Specialty Beer
2nd
Normand Cyr Co-Brewer: Eric Paré And Yacine Boujija
Eÿn-1
28C: Wild Specialty Beer
MontreAlers
3rd
Matthew Pendyk
Earl Grey Lemon Sour
28C: Wild Specialty Beer
Cottage Country Brewers
25 - Fruit Beer (17 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Keigan Ewing
Pucker Factor 11
LSX4: Catharina Sour
True Grist
2nd
Steve Shaw
The Guavfather
29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
3rd
Steve Shaw
The Juice Loosener
29A: Fruit Beer
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
26 - Spice / Herb / Vegetable Beer (23 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Steve Shaw
Makadew
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
2nd
Shane Schlesinger
Red-Eyed Blonde
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
GTA Brews
3rd
Reginald P. Picklefeather III
I Saw Santa Kissing David Chang Sang
30C: Winter Seasonal Beer
GTA Brews
27 - Smoke-Flavoured and Wood-Aged Beer (14 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Matt McNair
Smoke The Würm
27A5: Piwo Grodziskie
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Chad Kling
Host Of Ghosts
32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
VanBrewers
3rd
Albert teBraak
Fold
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
MontreAlers
HM
Keigan Ewing
Longer, Darker Voyage
33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
True Grist
28 - Specialty Beer (13 entries):
Sponsored by: Rorschach Brewing Co
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Eric Cousineau
Eric Vs Josh Saison - Eric Edition
34B: Mixed-Style Beer
GTA Brews
2nd
Tina Lineman
Sleep Is For The Weak
34C: Experimental Beer
GTA Brews
3rd
Scott Sterling
Lovar
34A: Commercial Specialty Beer
True Grist
29 - Traditional Cider (5 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Alex Benjamin
Mcintosh
C1A: New World Cider
Redic Trials
2nd
Tracy Watson
Cider #35
C1B: English Cider
GTA Brews
3rd
Alex Benjamin
Duke Of Duxbury 2025
C1B: English Cider
Redic Trials
30 - Specialty Cider (8 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Alex Benjamin
White Peach
C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
Redic Trials
2nd
Alex Benjamin
Rye And Ginger
C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry
Redic Trials
3rd
Alex Benjamin Co-Brewer: Dan Pardo
Dan's Wild Raspberry
C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
Redic Trials
31 - Traditional Mead (7 entries):
Sponsored by: Backed by Bees
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Christian Mlotschek
Meadowfoam Traditional
M1C: Sweet Mead
True Grist
2nd
Nathan Benjamin Co-Brewer: Josh Hebblethwaite
Benji's Sweet Mead
M1C: Sweet Mead
3rd
Julien Guay Co-Brewer: Stefan Nawetter
Mead Number 1
M1A: Dry Mead
32 - Specialty Mead (22 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Nathan Benjamin Co-Brewer: Josh Hebblethwaite
Pebbels Peaches
M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
2nd
Eric Cousineau
Megalomeadiac
M2C: Berry Mead
GTA Brews
3rd
Kristopher Banner
Canadian Java
M4C: Experimental Mead
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
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 ($800 ARV):
iTap2
Prud'homme Level 1 Online Course
Mill Ridge Malt
Yeast, Hops, More!
2nd ($325 ARV):
iTap
Spike $100 Gift Card
Yeast, Hops, More!
3rd ($80 ARV):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu
28C: Wild Specialty Beer
2nd
Ed Hitchcock
Stříbro A Zlato
3A: Czech Pale Lager
GTA Brews
3rd
Wesley d'Haene
Convolved
18B: American Pale Ale
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
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)
Pl. Brewer Score
1st Shane Schlesinger 7.01 pts
2nd Wuilmer Venegas
7.00 pts
3rd
Eric Cousineau
5.01 pts
David Larocque
5.01 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 ($430 ARV):
Prud'homme Level 1 Online Course
Yeast, Hops, More!
Pl. Brewer 1st 2nd 3rd Score Club
1st
Matt McNair
3
1
0
11.03 pts
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
2nd
Casey Szott
2
2
1
11.02 pts
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
3rd
Chad Kling
1
3
2
11.01 pts
VanBrewers
4th
Steve Shaw
1
2
2
9.01 pts
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
5th
Shane Schlesinger
1
1
2
7.01 pts
GTA Brews
6th
Wuilmer Venegas
0
3
1
7.00 pts
GTA Brews
7th
Wesley d'Haene
2
0
0
6.02 pts
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
8th
Eric Cousineau
1
1
0
5.01 pts
GTA Brews
David Larocque
1
1
0
5.01 pts
GTA Brews
Sean O’Donnell
1
0
2
5.01 pts
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Keigan Ewing
1
1
0
5.01 pts
True Grist
Joel Tremblay
1
1
0
5.01 pts
13th
Pascal Levesque
1
0
1
4.01 pts
MontreAlers
Matt King
1
0
1
4.01 pts
GTA Brews
15th
David Fournier
0
2
0
4.00 pts
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Top Clubs (20 Participating Clubs)
Pl. Club 1st 2nd 3rd HM Score
1st GTA Brews 9 11 10 0 59.09 pts
2nd Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
7
3 2
0
29.07 pts
3rd
VanBrewers
2
4
3
0
17.02 pts
4th
MontreAlers
2
3
3
1
15.02 pts
5th
Redic Trials
2
1
2
0
10.02 pts
6th
True Grist
2
1
1
1
9.02 pts
7th
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
1
2
2
0
9.01 pts
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
1
2
2
0
9.01 pts
9th
Island Brewers Union
1
1
0
0
5.01 pts
10th
Cottage Country Brewers
0
1
2
0
4.00 pts
