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.
Cheers, Summer Showdown 2022
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Entries Entries Registered Entries Paid Entries Judged 151 1 511 47
Participants Participants Participants with Entries Judges 98 67 21
Please join us in thanking Toronto Brewing for sponsoring this year’s seasonal competition!
Medal Prizes
By popular request, we are excited to share the news that winners in this year’s Summer Showdown competition will be awarded with custom engraved medals commemorating their achievement!
Toronto Brewing is sponsoring the medal category prizes in the competition this year! Each medal category winner (Gold, Silver, Bronze) will receive a gift card to this fantastic local homebrew shop!
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!
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1 – Pale Lager / Hybrid Beer (11 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Emery Soos Grassy Ass 2A: International Pale Lager GTA Brews 2nd David Chang-Sang Tanja Maibock 4C: Helles Bock GTA Brews 3rd Matt Clarke Sunnymeadow Kolsch 5B: Kölsch GTA Brews
2 – Pilsner (11 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Emery Soos Pils Mich! 5D: German Pils GTA Brews 2nd David Chang-Sang Davidovo Pivo 3B: Czech Premimum Pale Lager GTA Brews 3rd David Chang-Sang Cseb Old Timey House Lager 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager GTA Brews HM James Kennedy Co-Brewer: Al Capone’s Ghost Elliott Ness Kicks Rocks 27A6: Pre-Prohibition Lager GTA Brews
3 – Pale Malty Beer (12 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Matt King Best Beholder 11B: Best Bitter GTA Brews 2nd Mark Solomon Co-Brewer: Amy Gaukel Tackle Box 12A: British Golden Ale GTA Brews 3rd Carsten Weitemeyer Can I Be More Blonde? 18A: Blonde Ale GTA Brews
4 – Amber & Dark Lager / Hybrid Beer (6 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Carsten Weitemeyer Ze Schumi Schumi Schumi 7B: Altbier GTA Brews 2nd Greg Corbold Corbold Brew Co Munich Dunkel 8A: Munich Dunkel GTA Brews 3rd Matt Ballyk Jaromir Lagr 3D: Czech Dark Lager GTA Brews
5 – Amber & Dark Ale (9 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Mark Solomon Co-Brewer: Amy Gaukel Logging Roads 27A2: Kentucky Common GTA Brews 2nd Reginald P. Picklefeather III Gg Allin’s “Brown Ale” 19C: American Brown Ale GTA Brews 3rd Emery Soos Remamber Me? 19A: American Amber Ale GTA Brews
6 – Stout & Porter (10 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Carsten Weitemeyer The Ballad Of Peter Porter 20A: American Porter GTA Brews 2nd Matt Nolson Black Rider 20C: Imperial Stout GTA Brews 3rd Adrien Giddings Mr Muffins 20B: American Stout GTA Brews
7 – American Pale Ale (8 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Chris Hughes Side Hustle’s Hazy Sister 18B: American Pale Ale GTA Brews 2nd Jase Gudat T-45 Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale GTA Brews 3rd André Tillie Pastel Pale Ale 18B: American Pale Ale GTA Brews HM Tracy Watson Smashed A P A 18B: American Pale Ale GTA Brews
8 – American & Specialty IPA (13 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Jerry Surzycia Co-Brewer: Mark Kramarchuk Certified Organic Rye IPA #4 21B5: Rye IPA 2nd Mark Elliott Hazy Lager L02 21B: Specialty IPA 3rd Marcelo Paniza Helix Nebula 21B: Specialty IPA GTA Brews
9 – Hazy IPA (13 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Colin Green Just A Totally Average NEIPA 21C: Hazy IPA GTA Brews 2nd Frank Maury Take 3 21C: Hazy IPA
10 – Wheat Beer & Saison (11 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Mathieu Benoit La Quatre Saisons 25B: Saison 2nd Jase Gudat Hoppy Saison 25B: Saison GTA Brews 3rd Brian Marmoreo Kothoga 24A: Witbier GTA Brews
11 – Monastic Ale (7 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Jacob Jezovit Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale 2nd Derek VanderVennen Blond Rebound 25A: Belgian Blond Ale GTA Brews 3rd Cory Fletcher Belgian Buddha 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale GTA Brews
12 – Wild / Sour Beer (11 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Patrick Brown It Takes Two To Mango LSX4: Catharina Sour GTA Brews 2nd Patrick Brown Tweiss As Nice 23A: Berliner Weisse GTA Brews 3rd Joss Happy Midsummer Sour 28D: Straight Sour Beer GTA Brews
13 – Fruit Beer (10 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Chris Hughes Gose Well With Tacos 29C: Specialty Fruit Beer GTA Brews 2nd Brad LeBeau Premo’s Little Berries 29A: Fruit Beer 3rd Kieth Caines Pineapple Mango Refresher 29A: Fruit Beer GTA Brews HM Tracy Watson On The Fence 29D: Grape Ale GTA Brews
14 – Spiced Beer (5 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Brad LeBeau Summer Crusher 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 2nd Kyle Kellam Kirkjufell Nordic Pale Ale 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer GTA Brews 3rd Andrew Ford Live 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer GTA Brews/ Cottage Country Brewers
15 – Smoke / Wood / Experimental Beer (10 entries):
Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Adrien Giddings All Sass, No Quatch 34B: Mixed-Style Beer GTA Brews 2nd Matt Ballyk The Sun Also Rises 34C: Experimental Beer GTA Brews 3rd Darrell Kelly Wedzony Golab 27A5: Piwo Grodziskie GTA Brews
Best of Show (Beer) Pl. Brewer(s) Entry Name Style Club 1st Carsten Weitemeyer The Ballad Of Peter Porter 20A: American Porter GTA Brews 2nd Mark Solomon Co-Brewer: Amy Gaukel Logging Roads 27A2: Kentucky Common GTA Brews 3rd Chris Hughes Gose Well With Tacos 29C: Specialty Fruit Beer GTA Brews
BOTY Qualification Order 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 Toronto this November.
Pl. Brewer(s) PTS. 1st Carsten Weitemeyer 7.02 1st Emery Soos 7.02 3rd Chris Hughes 6.02
