It is with great pleasure that I announce the participating teams to the Christopher Needelman Memorial IronAler 2019. That’s right, we have decided to rename IronAler to honor the memory of our late President Christopher Needelman. We felt it fitting since he was passionate about this competition.
WHAT IS IRONALER?
This fun and creative competition format has become very popular in recent years. If you’re not familiar with it, each contestant or team is supplied with a box of the same ingredients and given a fixed amount of time to brew 20 litres of any style of beer they like – using those ingredients and those only!
It all culminates in an awards night, when the brewers present and promote their beer, and then everyone (official judges and the general public) votes on their favorite. The winners are awarded some great prizes from our generous sponsors!
Tickets
Buy your tickets HERE.
Teams
- Cavagnal
- Mont Royal Brewing
- 4 Brewers 1 Keg
- Ol’ Bag O’ Nuts
- Brasserie Bois m’en un Verre
- Team Hazy
- Dangela
- Southern Brewers
- La broue dans le toupette
- Les 4 éléments
- Super Mash Bros
- Brett & Friends
- Saint-Colomban
- AA
- St. Daze Grand Crufused
- The Mad Miller
- Underdogs Brewers
- Notre Dame de Brasse
- Falconer’s Pub du Fauconnier
- Brasseur des Hauteurs
- Last Brewhouse on the Left
- AB Brew
- Smash the hops
- B-Toon
- It’s Hop to You
Sponsors
Without great sponsors this competition would not exist. We would like to thank our sponsors for their generosity! This year we have the biggest mystery box yet!
Ingredients
| BASE MALTS | Qty |
| 6-Row (CMC) | 1.5 kg |
| Maris Otter (Crisp) | 4 kg |
| Pilsner (Rahr) | 4 kg |
| Traditional Pilsner (INNOMALT) | 4 kg |
| SPECIALTY MALT | Qty |
| Accidulated Malt (BESTMALZ) | 800 g |
| Carafa II dehusked (Weyerman) | 800 g |
| Honey Malt (Gambrinus) | 800 g |
| M2 (Innomalt) | 800 g |
| Medium Crystal (Simpsons) | 800 g |
| Melanoidin (Weyerman) | 1.5 kg |
| Red Wheat Malt (INNOMALT) | 1.5 kg |
| Special W (Weyerman) | 800 g |
| Vienna (BESTMALZ) | 800 g |
| HOPS | Qty |
| Cascade | 100 g |
| centennial | 100 g |
| Chinook | 100 g |
| crystal | 100 g |
| Ella | 4 oz |
| FR P10/9 experimental (5.8%) | 650 g |
| Loral | 4 oz |
| Mandarina Bavaria | 4 oz |
| Mosaic | 4 oz |
| Nugget | 100 g |
| Premiant (7.6%) | 650 g |
| Sasquatch (6.6%) | 100 g |
| YEASTS | |
| Safale US-05 | 1 |
| Safbrew BE-256 Abbaye | 1 |
| Nottignham | 1 |
| New England | 2 |
| SafLager 34/70 | 1 |
| OTHER | |
| Whirfloc Tablets | 10 |
| Hibiscus | 650 g |
| Roasted Hemp Seeds | 200 g |
Winners
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the Christopher Needelman Memorial IronAler 2019.
Judges Vote
1st Place: Team #18 Brett & Friends will brew their beer at Espace Public
2nd Place: Team #13 Les 4 éléments will brew their beer at Microbrasserie 4 Origines
3rd Place: Team #25 AA will brew their beer at Benelux Verdun
4th Place: Team #2 4 Brewers 1 Keg will brew their beer at Microbrasserie Labrosse
5th Place: Team #21 AB Brew will brew their beer at Brutopia
Public Vote
1st Place Popular vote: Team #13 Les 4 éléments will brew their beer at Microbrasserie 4 Origines
2nd Place Popular Vote: Team #3 Southern Brewers will brew their beer at Kahnawake Brewing Company
This year the judges also chose a beer that had a great concept but could use a little polishing to become a great beer. Team #1 Dangela will brew their beer at Les Insulaires Microbrasseurs.
Sylvain Chaumont has offered to help a team learn and be more successful next year by providing a brew day at Mout International. Team #19 Underdogs brewers will brew their beer with Sylvain. A big thank you to all the teams, judges, sponsors, and everyone from the public to make this one of the biggest and most successful editions to date in honor of our late president Chris.