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.
We are very happy with the improvements we’ve made this year, and I can’t wait to see how we’ll top it next year! Keep an eye out for our annual wrap up post to go live in the next few weeks.
Please join us in thanking our sponsors for their generous donations this year! We are pleased have both our local homebrew shops, Toronto Brewing and The Homebrew Beer Academy, co-sponsoring this year’s seasonal competition!
Medal Prizes
Winners in this year’s Summer Showdown competition will be awarded with custom engraved medals commemorating their achievement!
Toronto Brewing and The Homebrew Beer Academy are sponsoring the medal category prizes in the competition this year! Each medal category winner (Gold – $15, Silver – $10, Bronze – $5) will receive a gift card to one of these two fantastic local homebrew shops!
Best of Show
There is a special prize in store for this year’s Best of Show (BOS) winner! Toronto Brewing has gone above and beyond by putting up a Spike Flex 7 as the prize!
New Brewer Award
Dean from THBA approached us after Brew Slam 2019 to propose the idea of a New Brewer Award to celebrate homebrewers that win during their inaugural foray into homebrew competitions. THBA has generously awarded a $300 gift card to the winner of this prize!
We will use a combination of the self declared FIRSTCOMP discount code above, and our records of past entrants to determined eligibility for this prize.
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Click Here to see which BJCP styles are included in each Award Category
1 – Pale Macro Lager (9 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Chris Evans
Breezy
1B: American Lager
GTA Brews
2nd
Emery Soos
Pourfavor, Mexican Lager
2A: International Pale Lager
GTA Brews
3rd
Darrell Kelly
Da Burr?
2A: International Pale Lager
GTA Brews
2 – Pale Lager / Hybrid Beer (8 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Reginald P. Picklefeather III
Rasenmäher
5A: German Leichtbier
GTA Brews
2nd
Matt King
Storm King Kolsch
5B: Kolsch
GTA Brews
3rd
Carsten Weitemeyer
Mia San Hell
4A: Munich Helles
GTA Brews
HM
David Larocque
Kolsch
5B: Kolsch
GTA Brews
3 – Pilsner (6 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Chris Evans
Elmvale Pilsner
5D: German Pils
GTA Brews
2nd
Chris George
Czech Your Head
3A: Czech Pale Lager
GTA Brews
3rd
Colin Green
The Contenduh
27A7: Pre-Prohibition Lager
GTA Brews
4 – Amber / Dark / Bock Lager (5 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
David Chang-Sang
Greta: Go Bock To Germania!
9A: Doppelbock
GTA Brews
2nd
Ed Hitchcock
Caput Mortuum
3D: Czech Dark Lager
GTA Brews
3rd
Mark Hubbard
A Vienna Lager
7A: Vienna Lager
GTA Brews
5 – Pale / Amber Malty Ale (9 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Andrew McCready
Broke Bitter Bloke
11B: Best Bitter
GTA Brews
2nd
Victor North
Whitehall Gate Summer Ale
12A: English Golden Ale
HOZER (Hamilton Ontario Zymurgy Enthusiast Ring)
3rd
James Kennedy
Left Coast Bear Flag
19B: California Common
GTA Brews
HM
Emery Soos
Beached Blonde
18A: Blonde Ale
GTA Brews
6 – Brown Ale / Porter / Stout (10 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
Shane Schlesinger
Darksaber
16B: Oatmeal Stout
GTA Brews
2nd
Colin Green
X Gon Give It To Ya
19C: American Brown Ale
GTA Brews
3rd
Michelle Bondy
Oaked Porter
13C: English Porter
GTA Brews
7 – Strong Beer (8 entries):
Pl.
Brewer(s)
Entry Name
Style
Club
1st
John Van Oort
Smoked New England-Style Session Black India Pale Lager
BOTY circuit this year has each club nominating 3 brewers to compete in an ultimate championship competition. Each brewer will be allowed to submit up to 6 beers. Judging will take place in Calgary this November.
