2025 MontreAlers Ale and Lager Throwdown (M.A.L.T.)
Awards
Judges
Jani Autio, Jan-Philippe Barbeau, Graham Barber, Yacine Boujija, Ricardo Briones, Normand Cyr, Josh Davis, Cole Davisson, Eric Gaudreault, Thibaut Huchet, Sam Leitkams, Keegan Link, Yan Lortie, Aaron Marchand, Jesse Owens, Louis-Philippe Poulin, Louis-Augustin Roy, Riccardo Santopietro, Albert teBraak
Judges - Best of Show
Jani Autio, Graham Barber, Cole Davisson
Stewards
Luc Bureau, Terry Fey, Eric Pare
Staff
Normand Cyr, Eric Gaudreault, Sam Leitkams, Jesse Owens, Eric Pare
By the Numbers
150 Entries
62 Entrants
19 Judges
3 Stewards
5 Staff
48 Placing Entries
Table 1: International Pale Lagers
12 entries
Judges: Yacine Boujija, Josh Davis (Head Judge)
1st
Chad Kling
VanBrewers
Host Of Ghosts (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
2nd
Daniel Molinski
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Over The Hill (1A: American Light Lager)
3rd
Kevin O'Reilly
North Bay Homebrewers Club
Superdelic Lager (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
Table 2: European Lagers
10 entries
Judges: Jani Autio (Head Judge), Eric Gaudreault
1st
Francisco Avila Menegaz
GTA Brews
One More Round (5A: German Leichtbier)
2nd
Darren Burnett & Tiffany Burnett
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
All Summer Bin Marzen (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Bruno Trudel & Rémi Trudel
MontreAlers
La Grande Soif (27A1: Kellerbier)
Table 3: Belgian Ales
13 entries
Judges: Jan-Philippe Barbeau, Cole Davisson (Head Judge), Jesse Owens, Louis-Philippe Poulin
1st
Kym Watts
GTA Brews
Alt Saison (25B: Saison)
2nd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
Rubber Chicken BOOM! (25B: Saison)
3rd
Terry Fey
MontreAlers
Grisette (25B: Saison)
Table 4: Wheat Beers
12 entries
Judges: Graham Barber (Head Judge), Yan Lortie
1st
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
La Margara (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Matt McNair
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
The Decline (10C: Weizenbock)
3rd
Carsten Weitemeyer
GTA Brews
DARK: Keep Raising, I'm Pouring (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)
HM
Josh Davis
GTA Brews
DW From Arthur Was A Tyrant (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)
Table 5: Amber and Dark Lagers
10 entries
Judges: Thibaut Huchet, Riccardo Santopietro (Head Judge)
1st
Miro Sep
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Zoigl Schwartzbier (8B: Schwarzbier)
2nd
Yacine Boujija & Dominic G.; Pierre-André...
MontreAlers
Bock Rain Or Shine (31B: Alternative Sugar Beer)
3rd
Jesse Owens
MontreAlers
Bootsy's Bock (8A: Munich Dunkel)
HM
Keigan Ewing
True Grist
Use The Schwarz (8B: Schwarzbier)
Table 6: Pale Ales
8 entries
Judges: Ricardo Briones (Head Judge), Jesse Owens
1st
Adrien Giddings
GTA Brews
Canadrien (1C: Cream Ale)
2nd
Luke Thiessen
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Quackers (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Louis-Philippe Poulin
MontreAlers
American Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 7: Amber Beers
7 entries
Judges: Jani Autio (Head Judge), Normand Cyr
1st
Riccardo Santopietro
MontreAlers
Ein Altbier Bitte (7B: Altbier)
2nd
David Fournier
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Ballydean (19A: American Amber Ale)
3rd
Adam McLeod
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Barking Seal (19B: California Common)
Table 8: UK Ales
11 entries
Judges: Jani Autio, Yacine Boujija, Normand Cyr (Head Judge), Normand Cyr (Head Judge), Sam Leitkams, Louis-Philippe Poulin
1st
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
Coco Viejo (14C: Scottish Export)
2nd
Eric Pare & Daniel Sadovsky
MontreAlers
Mr. Bitter (11B: Best Bitter)
3rd
Steve Shaw
Winnipeg Brew Bombers
Mild Thing (13A: Dark Mild)
Table 9: Brown Ales, Porters and Stouts
9 entries
Judges: Keegan Link, Albert teBraak (Head Judge)
1st
Sean O’Donnell
Ottawa's Homebrew Society
Serenity Noir (16C: Tropical Stout)
2nd
Andrew Ford
GTA Brews
LIVE EXTRA (27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
3rd
Francisco Avila Menegaz
GTA Brews
Dark Dawn (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
Table 10: Strong Ales
11 entries
Judges: Yacine Boujija, Aaron Marchand (Head Judge), Louis-Augustin Roy, Riccardo Santopietro
1st
Jesse Owens
MontreAlers
Black Is Beautiful (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Graham Barber
MontreAlers
9 Days Of Darkness (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Eric Gaudreault & Philippe Deschênes
MontreAlers
Ça Goûte Bacchus! (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Table 11: Sour and Funky Ales
4 entries
Judges: Cole Davisson (Head Judge), Riccardo Santopietro
1st
Leif Bogwald & Tash Baycroft
Island Brewers Union (IBU)
Berserker Brew House Funky Saison (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
2nd
Kym Watts
GTA Brews
Pb Saison (28A: Brett Beer)
3rd
Patrick Brown
GTA Brews
Strength Of The Spear (28A: Brett Beer)
Table 12: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
12 entries
Judges: Jani Autio, Josh Davis, Yan Lortie, Louis-Philippe Poulin
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
I Think I'm Kinda Over Drum Sets (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Eric Gaudreault & Philippe Deschênes
MontreAlers
Oppskake (27A: Historical Beer)
3rd
Kyle Kellam
GTA Brews
64° 55' N, 23° 15' W (Grundarfjörður) (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 13: IPA
12 entries
Judges: Normand Cyr, Cole Davisson (Head Judge), Thibaut Huchet, Sam Leitkams
1st
Bruno Trudel
MontreAlers
IPA à Mario (21A: American IPA)
2nd
James Osborne
Glad Hands (21B: Specialty IPA)
3rd
Louis-Philippe Poulin
MontreAlers
Black IPA (21B2: Black IPA)
Table 14: Hazy IPA
6 entries
Judges: Graham Barber (Head Judge), Eric Gaudreault
1st
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Quaternary Modulation (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Pascal Levesque & Simon Archambault
MontreAlers
Empirique Hazy Ipa (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Shane Schlesinger
GTA Brews
For Schvitz & Giggles (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 15: Fruity Beer
13 entries
Judges: Graham Barber, Ricardo Briones (Head Judge), Eric Gaudreault, Jesse Owens
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Keigan Ewing
True Grist
Pucker Factor 11 (LSX4: Catharina Sour)
3rd
Josh Wright
VanBrewers
Black Opz (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
HM
Charles-Olivier Giguere
Genesis: Rubus Ideaus Feram (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Jani Autio, Graham Barber, Cole Davisson
1st
Brian Marmoreo
Nosfuratu (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
2nd
Wesley d'Haene
Cowtown Yeast Wranglers
Quaternary Modulation (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Wuilmer Venegas
GTA Brews
La Margara (10A: Weissbier)
M.A.L.T. 2025 - Best Brewers
62 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Wuilmer Venegas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0200000 | GTA Brews |
| Wesley d'Haene | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0200000 | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
| 3rd | Kym Watts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0100000 | GTA Brews |
| 4th | Bruno Trudel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0100000 | MontreAlers |
| Francisco Avila Menegaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0100000 | GTA Brews |
| Jesse Owens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0100000 | MontreAlers |
M.A.L.T. 2025 - Best Club
12 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
|---|
| 1st | GTA Brews | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26.0500000 |
| 2nd | MontreAlers | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 25.0300000 |
| 3rd | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0200000 |
| 4th | Ottawa's Homebrew Society | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0200000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 3
- 2nd Place: 2
- 3rd Place: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
