ALES Open 2019
2019 Winners
Best of Show
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Cory Day |
16C: Tropical Stout |
Tropical Stout |
Vanbrewers |
| 2nd |
Matt Robert King |
X4: Catharina Sour |
Rakshasa Guava Pineapple |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Cory Day |
5B: Kolsch |
Catalina Wine Mixer |
Vanbrewers |
Light Lager
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Matt Barber |
27: Historical Beer |
Barn Good Deer |
Fraser Valley Fermentalists |
| 2nd |
Cory Day |
2A: International Pale Lager |
Global International |
Vanbrewers |
| 3rd |
Alex Cochran |
1A: American Light Lager |
Topham Road American Lite |
VanBrewers |
Pilsner
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Alex Cochran |
5A: German Leichtbier |
Topham Road Leichtbier |
VanBrewers |
| 2nd |
Cory Day |
3A: Czech Pale Lager |
Starzy |
Vanbrewers |
| 3rd |
Alex Cochran |
5D: German Pils |
Topham Road German Pils |
VanBrewers |
European Amber Lager
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Philip Clarke |
7A: Vienna Lager |
Malz ist König |
N/A |
| 2nd |
James B Kennedy |
3C: Czech Amber Lager |
Matejka |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Cory Day |
7A: Vienna Lager |
Vienna Lager of Justice |
Vanbrewers |
Dark Lager
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Clayton Hoy |
8A: Munich Dunkel |
Munchen in The Dark |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Colin VanderMeulen |
3D: Czech Dark Lager |
N/A | VanBrewers |
| 3rd |
Kevin O'Reilly |
3D: Czech Dark Lager |
Chocolate Wheat Lager |
North Bay Homebrewers Club |
Bock
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Clayton Hoy |
9B: Eisbock |
Stay Outta Bocks 2! |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Marie-Annick Scott |
9A: Doppelbock |
chmod 777 |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Alvaro Reyes |
9A: Doppelbock |
Procrastinator |
VanBrewers |
Light Hybrid Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Cory Day |
5B: Kolsch |
Catalina Wine Mixer |
Vanbrewers |
| 2nd |
Matt Robert King |
5B: Kolsch |
Storm King Kölsch |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Marcelo Paniza |
18A: Blonde Ale |
Forgotten |
GTA Brews |
Amber Hybrid Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Andrew Turba |
19B: California Common |
YEG Steamer |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
James B Kennedy |
7B: Altbier |
Shane's Sheep Shop |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
James B Kennedy |
2B: International Amber Lager |
Prestige Worldwide |
GTA Brews |
English Pale Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Sean G MacLeod |
11B: Best Bitter |
Bitter Filth |
GTA Brews
|
| 2nd |
Cedric Villeneuve (w/ Amélie Saucier) |
12A: British Golden Ale |
Barbe jaune |
Le Ale'Gators Brewclub |
| 3rd |
Andrew McCready |
11B: Best Bitter |
A (Best) Bitter Pill |
GTA Brews |
Scottish/Irish Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Nick Hodowsky |
14B: Scottish Heavy |
Kilty McKiltface |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Steve Shaw |
17C: Wee Heavy |
Hecubus |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Nick Hodowsky |
14C: Scottish Export |
Scotty McScotface |
GTA Brews |
American Pale Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Dave Heath |
18B: American Pale Ale |
Cat-Man-Du |
Calgary Homebrewers Association |
| 2nd |
Mike Pal |
18B: American Pale Ale |
Almost Famous APA |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Onur Caka |
18B: American Pale Ale |
Topham Road Irish Red |
GTA Brews |
Other American Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Colin VanderMeulen |
19C: American Brown Ale |
N/A |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer (KABOB) |
| 2nd |
Cory Day |
19A: American Amber Ale |
Amber of Justice |
Vanbrewers |
| 3rd |
Sean Kerry |
19C: American Brown Ale |
American Brown |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer (KABOB) |
English Brown Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Marie-Annick Scott |
13B: British Brown Ale |
Hipster Brown's Retro Ale |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
|
| 2nd |
Marcelo Paniza |
13A: Dark Mild |
Dark Mild |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Jeremy Visser |
13A: Dark Mild |
Cobblestone Road |
Durham Homebrewers Club |
Porter
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Marie-Annick Scott |
13C: English Porter |
Pegasus |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Aaron Krywicki |
20A: American Porter |
Small Town Brown |
Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Club |
| 3rd |
James B Kennedy |
13C: English Porter |
Porter Season is Over |
GTA Brews |
Stout
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Scott Downey |
16B: Oatmeal Stout |
Brimley special |
Ale + Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan |
| 2nd |
Gene Iantorno |
15C: Irish Extra Stout |
This Tastes Lucky |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Andrew Turba |
16A: Sweet Stout |
Mothers Milk |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Strong Stout
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Cory Day |
16C: Tropical Stout |
N/A | Vanbrewers |
| 2nd |
Chelsea Tessier |
20C: Imperial Stout |
13th Day Imperial Stout |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 3rd |
Ed Fech |
20C: Imperial Stout |
Czarface |
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
American IPA
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Marc Thomas Loszchuk |
21A: American IPA |
N/A | N/A |
| 2nd |
Dave Heath |
21A: American IPA |
Summertime IPA |
Calgary Homebrewers Association |
| 3rd |
James B Kennedy |
21A: American IPA |
First Class Luke |
GTA Brews |
Indian Pale Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Iain Robertson |
21B: Specialty IPA |
New England IPA |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Chris D Hughes |
21B: Specialty IPA |
Black Hop Down |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Nolan Reimer |
21B: Specialty IPA |
Dawn of the Red |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
German Wheat/Rye Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Marcelo Paniza |
10A: Weissbier |
Titan Sea |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Paul Shore |
10C: Weizenbock |
Weizenheimer |
VanBrewers |
| 3rd |
Chris Potts |
10B: Dunkles Weissbier |
The Return of Dunkel Dave |
Craft Ales Society Of Kanata (and Surroundings) CASK |
Belgian/French Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Justin Luchyk |
24C: Biere de Garde |
N/A |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Frederic Guay |
25B: Saison |
Super Saison |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Andrew Turba |
24A: Witbier |
One Wit Wonder |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Sour Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Matt Robert King |
X4: Catharina Sour |
Rakshasa Guava Pineapple |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Brian S Marmoreo |
X4: Catharina Sour |
congo colada |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Marc Thomas Loszchuk |
23F: Fruit Lambic |
N/A |
Ale + Lager Enthusiasts of |
Belgian Strong
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Clayton Hoy |
26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
Screw Bottle Conditioning! |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Jason Fuller |
26C: Belgian Tripel |
Snowdrop |
VanBrewers |
| 3rd |
Marcelo Paniza |
25A: Belgian Blond Ale |
Alucinatus |
GTA Brews |
Strong Ale
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Scott Hilts (w/ Angus Hilts) |
17D: English Barleywine |
Old Dog Barleywine |
True Grist
|
| 2nd |
Graeme Bredo |
22D: Wheatwine |
Wheat Kings |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Dustin Banks (w/ Chelsea Tessier) |
17B: Old Ale |
Old Ale |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Fruit Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Andrew McCready |
29A: Fruit Beer |
What Gose Round |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Travis Mushanski |
29A: Fruit Beer |
Lime Berliner |
Ale + Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan |
| 3rd |
Chelsea Tessier |
29A: Fruit Beer |
Duck Saison, Wabbit Saison |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Steve Shaw |
30A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer |
The Nutty Professor |
N/A |
| 2nd |
Garret Pedersen (w/ Ted Engel)
|
30A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer |
Lebkuchengewürz |
Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Club
|
| 3rd |
Coty Raketti |
30A: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer |
N/A |
Ale + Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan |
Smoke Flavour/Wood Aged Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Darrell Kelly |
27: Historical Beer |
Wedzony golab |
GTA Brews |
| 2nd |
Chris D Hughes |
33A: Wood-Aged Beer |
Everythingship Vin Blanc IPA |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd |
Kenneth Noesgaard |
33A: Wood-Aged Beer |
Whisky Barrel Porter |
Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Club |
Speciality Beer
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Marie-Annick Scott |
34C: Experimental Beer |
Criolo |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Brian S Marmoreo (w/Sean MacLeod) |
28C: Wild Specialty Beer |
sour serpent |
GTA Brews |
| 3rd | Joe Sym |
28C: Wild Specialty Beer |
Put It In H |
Durham Homebrewers Club |
Traditional Mead
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Graeme Bredo |
M1A: Dry Mead |
Waggledance 1 |
N/A |
| 2nd |
Stephen Snudden |
M1C: Sweet Mead |
OB sweet sack |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer |
| 3rd |
Matt Barber |
M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead |
Apis drunkis |
Fraser Valley Fermentalists |
Fruit Mead
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Stephen Snudden |
M2C: Berry Mead |
Berry Bomb |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer |
| 2nd |
Stephen Snudden |
M2B: Pyment |
Cab Pyment |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer |
| 3rd |
Stephen Snudden |
M2E: Melomel |
Berry Melody |
Kingston Area Brewers of Beer |
Spice/Speciality Mead
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Jay Avrett |
M3B: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Mead |
Forest's Bee Nectar |
N/A |
| 2nd |
Elisabeth Berg |
M3B: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Mead |
Buzzed Bochet |
VanBrewers |
| 3rd |
Elisabeth Berg |
M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead |
Apple Pie Cyser |
VanBrewers |
Standard Cider/Perry
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Keith Chapman |
C1B: English Cider |
English Cider |
N/A |
| 2nd |
Philip Clarke |
C1B: English Cider |
Scrumpy '18 |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Chelsea Tessier |
C1A: New World Cider |
Davidson's Orchard Cider |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Speciality Cider/Perry
| Place | Brewer | Style | Entry Name | Club |
| 1st |
Justin Lawrenson |
C2B: Cider with Other Fruit |
Apple Cherry Cider |
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
| 2nd |
Mike Pal |
C2B: Cider with Other Fruit |
Rhubarbaroo |
N/A |
| 3rd |
Nolan Reimer |
C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices
|
Hop Juice
|
Edmonton Homebrewers Guild |
Cider Maker of the Year
Justin Lawrenson – Edmonton Homebrewers Guild
Mead Maker of the Year
Stephen Snudden – Kingston Area Brewers of Beer KABOB
Brewer of the Year
Cory Day – Vanbrewers
Club of the Year
GTA Brews – Toronto, ON