2025 CTYW Round-Up
Awards
Judges
Darryl Ma, Rick Alaszkiewicz, Jamie Archibald, Colin Baldner, Kristopher Banner, Robert Brown, Mark Caveny, Jeremy Cowan, Steve Cushman, Kammryn Dancy, Rachel Drinkle, Steve Fawkes, Ed Fech, Zack Filipe, Mike Foniok, Eric Hammel, Kevin Hanson, Brett Imler, Mackenzie Langille, Scott Lechelt, Evan Longdo, Greg Loudon, Jasmine Makkinga, Sarah McCambridge, Matt McNair, Neil O’Rourke, David Perry, Ryan Preston, Jennifer Rogers, David Ronneberg, Gerald Schepens, David Ward
Judges - Best of Show
Darryl Ma, Colin Baldner, Zack Filipe, Brett Imler, Gerald Schepens
By the Numbers
528 Entries
129 Entrants
32 Judges
1 Staff
94 Placing Entries
Table 1: Light Lagers
23 entries
Judges: Rick Alaszkiewicz, Mackenzie Langille, Greg Loudon, Jasmine Makkinga
1st
Nolan Skogen
Red Deer Brewers
Whatcha Talkin' Bout Helles (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Brooks Wegner
Headhunters Brewing Club
888 Lager (1B: American Lager)
3rd
John Post
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Team Canada Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
Table 2: Pilsner
23 entries
Judges: Kammryn Dancy, Rachel Drinkle, Kevin Hanson, Sarah McCambridge, David Ronneberg, David Ward (Head Judge)
1st
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Jandals (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Shine A Light (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Eric Pare & Daniel Sadovsky
MontreAlers
Radical Yeti (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
Table 3: European Amber Lager
16 entries
Judges: Colin Baldner, Zack Filipe (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Gerald Schepens
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Life On Märzen (6A: Märzen)
2nd
Sean O’Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
The Very Pants I Was Returning (7A: Vienna Lager)
3rd
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Blaze On (7A: Vienna Lager)
Table 4: Dark Lager
21 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma (Head Judge), Rachel Drinkle, Steve Fawkes, Zack Filipe, Kevin Hanson, David Ronneberg
1st
Sean O’Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Surfer Dude (2C: International Dark Lager)
2nd
Josh Edwards
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Subtle Inuendo (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Nolan Skogen
Red Deer Brewers
Czech's In The Mail (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
Table 5: Bock
11 entries
Judges: Eric Hammel, Greg Loudon (Head Judge)
1st
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Justeis (9B: Eisbock)
2nd
Leif Bogwald
Island Brewers Union (IBU)
Berserker Brew House Doppelbock (9A: Doppelbock)
3rd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Sweet Maillard (6C: Dunkels Bock)
Table 6: Light Hybrid Beer
20 entries
Judges: Jeremy Cowan (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Evan Longdo, Neil O’Rourke
1st
Terry Fey
MontreAlers
Reminiscing (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Big Day! (18A: Blonde Ale)
3rd
Rick Alaszkiewicz
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Striped Cow (1C: Cream Ale)
Table 7: Amber Hybrid Beer
11 entries
Judges: Kristopher Banner, Steve Fawkes (Head Judge)
1st
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Cali Cali (19B: California Common)
2nd
Michael Szewczuk
Red Deer Brewers
Tipsy Trial Alt V1 (7B: Altbier)
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Man, I Say You He Dead! (27A2: Kentucky Common)
Table 8: English Pale Ale
20 entries
Judges: Rick Alaszkiewicz, Kammryn Dancy, Zack Filipe, Greg Loudon (Head Judge)
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
A Brit' Golden, Innit? (12A: British Golden Ale)
2nd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Something Back In The Fridge Here (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Guvnah Made Me Do It (11A: Ordinary Bitter)
Table 9: Scottish and Irish Ale
13 entries
Judges: Mark Caveny, David Ronneberg (Head Judge)
1st
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Hecubus (14C: Scottish Export)
2nd
Patrick Paugh
Island Brewers Union
Luck Of The Irish (15A: Irish Red Ale)
3rd
Francisco Avila Menegaz
GTA Brews
The Leprechaun Secret (15A: Irish Red Ale)
Table 10: American Ale
25 entries
Judges: Rick Alaszkiewicz, Steve Fawkes, Zack Filipe, Evan Longdo
1st
Jim Cavill
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Orange Bastard (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Rogue (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Seungkoo Lee
Vnigijoko Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 11: English Brown Ale
14 entries
Judges: Kammryn Dancy (Head Judge), Scott Lechelt
1st
Kevin O'Reilly
North Bay Homebrewers Club
Newkie Brown (13B: British Brown Ale)
2nd
Francisco Avila Menegaz
GTA Brews
The Dark Side Of The Grain (13A: Dark Mild)
3rd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Mild Thing (13A: Dark Mild)
Table 12: Porter
19 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma, Jeremy Cowan (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Ryan Preston
1st
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Posh Domino (13C: English Porter)
2nd
Jim Campbell
Saint John Loy-Ale-Ists
Alan! Alan! (20A: American Porter)
3rd
Andrew Ford
GTA Brews
PLAIN LIVE (13C: English Porter)
HM
Miro Sep
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Gleolig Jul (9C: Baltic Porter)
Table 13: Stout
22 entries
Judges: Jeremy Cowan, Kammryn Dancy, Scott Lechelt, Greg Loudon (Head Judge)
1st
Matthew Cilliers
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Dry Irish Stout (15B: Irish Stout)
2nd
Brent Burgoyne
Island Brewers Union
Brown Dog Oatmeal Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
3rd
David Fournier
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Stalking Bear (16A: Sweet Stout)
Table 14: India Pale Ale (IPA)
22 entries
Judges: Kristopher Banner, Steve Fawkes, Mackenzie Langille, Sarah McCambridge, Gerald Schepens, David Ward (Head Judge)
1st
Rick Alaszkiewicz
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Blue Demon (21B: Specialty IPA)
2nd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Tongue Slasher (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
James Osborne
Sunset Express (21A: American IPA)
Table 15: German Wheat and Rye
9 entries
Judges: Scott Lechelt, David Ward (Head Judge)
1st
Matt McNair
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Decline (10C: Weizenbock)
2nd
Kyle Kellam
GTA Brews
Blight Takes All (27A8: Roggenbier)
3rd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
DARK: Keep Raising, I'm Pouring (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)
Table 16: Belgian and French Ale
16 entries
Judges: Rachel Drinkle, Evan Longdo, Neil O’Rourke, Gerald Schepens (Head Judge)
1st
Normand Cyr
MontreAlers
Saison Sans Nom (25B: Saison)
2nd
Mathieu Barabe
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Witty Wit (24A: Witbier)
3rd
John Ruyter
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Saison (25B: Saison)
HM
Sean O’Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
The World Needs More Bière De Garde (24C: Bière de Garde)
Table 17: Sour Beer
20 entries
Judges: Ed Fech (Head Judge), Mike Foniok, Ryan Preston, David Ronneberg
1st
Frank Schneidawind & Picknicker
MontreAlers
Oud Bruin (23C: Oud Bruin)
2nd
David Fournier
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
I Survived Standby (23G: Gose)
3rd
Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
10 Nominees Later (28D: Straight Sour Beer)
Table 18: Belgian Strong Ale
32 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma (Head Judge), Brett Imler, Scott Lechelt, Gerald Schepens
1st
Leon Scott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Belgian Tripel (26C: Belgian Tripel)
2nd
Ben Barney & Mathew Cilliers
BlackBok (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
3rd
Yacine Boujija
MontreAlers
Dub (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
Table 19: Strong Ale
13 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma (Head Judge), Jeremy Cowan, Rachel Drinkle, Steve Fawkes, Zack Filipe, Kevin Hanson, Greg Loudon, David Ronneberg
1st
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Get Off My Lawn (17B: Old Ale)
2nd
Tina Lineman
GTA Brews
Chloroform Perfume (17D: English Barley Wine)
3rd
Nicolas Aubert
Wheat Wine (22D: Wheatwine)
HM
Kammryn Dancy
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Fare Farine Ale (22D: Wheatwine)
Table 20: Fruit Beer
24 entries
Judges: Steve Cushman, Kammryn Dancy (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Scott Lechelt
1st
Phil Gamelin
The Last Of The Mojitos (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
2nd
Keigan Ewing
True Grist
Also Ran (LSX4: Catharina Sour)
3rd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Soniarita (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)
Table 21: Spice/Herb/Veg
29 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma, Rick Alaszkiewicz, Kammryn Dancy, Rachel Drinkle, Kevin Hanson, Brett Imler, Scott Lechelt, Greg Loudon (Head Judge), Jasmine Makkinga
1st
Normand Cyr
MontreAlers
Pruchinette (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
The Nutty Professor (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Red-Eyed Blonde (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 22: Smoke and Wood Beer
14 entries
Judges: Ed Fech (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Brett Imler, Matt McNair
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Host Of Ghosts (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
2nd
Miro Sep
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Gdansk Golden Grodziskie (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
3rd
Andrew Purschke & Chris Bohaichuk
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Old World Barleywine (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 23: Specialty Beer
15 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma (Head Judge), Rachel Drinkle, Ed Fech, Brett Imler
1st
John Post
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Giuseppe's Pils (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Matt McNair
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Belgian Stout (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
3rd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Lemony Snicket (34C: Experimental Beer)
HM
Adam Bass
Bapity Boopity (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
Table 24: Imperial Stouts
7 entries
Judges: Rick Alaszkiewicz, Ed Fech, Zack Filipe (Head Judge), Mike Foniok, Neil O’Rourke, David Ronneberg
1st
Jim Campbell
Saint John Loy-Ale-Ists
AssAssIn, The Return (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Paul Heslop
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Black Snake Jake (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Dom Labre
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
IMPoster Stout (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 25: Hazy IPA
17 entries
Judges: Colin Baldner, Zack Filipe, Mike Foniok (Head Judge), Gerald Schepens
1st
Tyler Balkwill
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Haze (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Woke Up Lookin' For The Broccoli (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
James Osborne
Loco Haze (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 26: Specialty IPA
12 entries
Judges: Rachel Drinkle, Ed Fech, Zack Filipe (Head Judge), Kevin Hanson, Matt McNair, Gerald Schepens (Head Judge)
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
BIPA MANIA (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Darryl Ma
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Et Tu, Brut? (21B7: Brut IPA)
3rd
Ryan Preston
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
This Horrifying Force (The Desire To Brew) (21B6: White IPA)
Table 27: Brett & Specialty Wild Beer
11 entries
Judges: Rachel Drinkle, Mike Foniok (Head Judge)
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Matt McNair
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
You Should Read More Often (28A: Brett Beer)
3rd
Ryan Preston
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Phylactery Of Vecna (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Table 28: Mead
20 entries
Judges: Darryl Ma, Kammryn Dancy, Rachel Drinkle, Greg Loudon (Head Judge)
1st
Kristopher Banner
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Tree Tap Treasure (M4C: Experimental Mead)
2nd
Kristopher Banner
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Mango Inferno (M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead)
3rd
Dom Labre
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Hing Poon Chan (M2C: Berry Mead)
Table 29: Specialty Cider
17 entries
Judges: Kristopher Banner, Kammryn Dancy, Greg Loudon, Neil O’Rourke (Head Judge)
1st
Alex Benjamin
Redic Trials
White Peach (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
2nd
Anita Luszszak
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Summer Is Here (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
3rd
Rick Alaszkiewicz
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Cherry On Top (C2B: Cider with Other Fruit)
Table 30: Cider
12 entries
Judges: Kristopher Banner, Neil O’Rourke (Head Judge)
1st
Alex Benjamin
Redic Trials
Duke Of Duxbury 2024 (C1B: English Cider)
2nd
Alex Benjamin
Redic Trials
McIntosh (C1A: New World Cider)
3rd
Casey Szott
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Dry Cider (C1A: New World Cider)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Darryl Ma, Colin Baldner, Zack Filipe, Brett Imler, Gerald Schepens
1st
David Ward & Scott Lechelt
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Get Off My Lawn (17B: Old Ale)
2nd
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
3rd
John Post
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Giuseppe's Pils (34C: Experimental Beer)
HM
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
A Brit' Golden, Innit? (12A: British Golden Ale)
Roundup Brewer of the Year
129 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score | Club |
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1st | Chad Kling | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0305000 | VanBrewers |
2nd | Steve Shaw | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20.0205000 | Winnipeg Brew Bombers |
3rd | Alex Benjamin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0203000 | Redic Trials |
4th | Casey Szott | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16.0104000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
5th | Matt McNair | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0103000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
6th | Normand Cyr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0202000 | MontreAlers |
7th | Paul Heslop | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0103000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Wesley d'Haene | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0103000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Wuilmer Venegas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0103000 | GTA Brews |
10th | Sean O’Donnell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.0102000 | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
11th | Rick Alaszkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.0103000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
12th | Jim Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0102000 | Saint John Loy-Ale-Ists |
| Kristopher Banner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0102000 | Edmonton Homebrewers... |
14th | Nolan Skogen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.0102000 | Red Deer Brewers |
| John Post | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.0102000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
16th | Shane Schlesinger | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.0003000 | GTA Brews |
17th | Leon Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Brian Marmoreo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Other |
| Kevin O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | North Bay Homebrewers... |
| Phil Gamelin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | |
| Terry Fey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | MontreAlers |
| Frank Schneidawind | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | MontreAlers |
| David Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Tyler Balkwill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Matthew Cilliers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| Jim Cavill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
Top Clubs
21 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
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1st | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 119.1029000 |
2nd | GTA Brews | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 38.0112000 |
3rd | Ottawa's Homebrew Society | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 32.0208000 |
4th | MontreAlers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28.0406000 |
5th | VanBrewers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0305000 |
6th | Winnipeg Brew Bombers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20.0205000 |
7th | Redic Trials | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0203000 |
8th | Edmonton Homebrewers Guild | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14.0104000 |
9th | Red Deer Brewers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0103000 |
10th | Saint John Loy-Ale-Ists | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0102000 |
11th | Island Brewers Union | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0002000 |
12th | Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 |
| North Bay Homebrewers Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0101000 |
14th | Headhunters Brewing Club | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0001000 |
| Island Brewers Union (IBU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0001000 |
| True Grist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0001000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 6
- 2nd Place: 4
- 3rd Place: 2
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The highest average score.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners