2024 MontreAlers Ale and Lager Throwdown (M.A.L.T.)

Awards

Judges

Jani Autio, Natacha Baijot, Marius Barnsley, Normand Cyr, Josh Davis, Mathieu Fréchette, Jay Hersh, Joyce Hersh, Eric Hewitt, Kathy Yan Li, Keegan Link, Jesse Owens, Jeffrey Pinhey, Riccardo Santopietro, Frank Schneidawind

Judges - Best of Show

Jani Autio, Josh Davis, Kathy Yan Li

Stewards

Luc Bureau, Sam Leitkam, Eric Pare

Staff

Michael Brown, Luc Bureau, Normand Cyr, Sam Leitkam, Jesse Owens, Eric Pare

By the Numbers

146 Entries 60 Entrants

15 Judges 3 Stewards 6 Staff

56 Placing Entries

Table 1: American Lagers and Creams

7 entries

Judges: Jay Hersh, Riccardo Santopietro

1st

James Osborne

Switchyard Sipper (1B: American Lager)

2nd

Thomas McGloine

Saratoga Thoroughbrews

Red Cream Ale (1C: Cream Ale)

3rd

Adam Bass

Tappy Tap Tap (1C: Cream Ale)

Table 2: Euro Light and Malty Lagers

10 entries

Judges: Mathieu Fréchette, Frank Schneidawind

1st

Eric Gaudreault & Philippe Deschênes

MontreAlers

Los Dias De La Vida (2A: International Pale Lager)

2nd

Jim Cavill

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Three Ten Eighty-Eight (2A: International Pale Lager)

3rd

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

To Far To Dormunt (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 3: Belgian

9 entries

Judges: Jay Hersh, Keegan Link

1st

Cory Fletcher

GTA Brews

Fletcher's Fine Belgian Blond (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)

2nd

Yacine Boujija

MontreAlers

Dub (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

3rd

Tina Lineman

GTA Brews

Alive Out Of Habit (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)

Table 4: Wheat Wit Weiss

7 entries

Judges: Marius Barnsley, Josh Davis

1st

Yacine Boujija

MontreAlers

Fraische (23A: Berliner Weisse)

2nd

Reginald P. Picklefeather III

GTA Brews

Wit's End (24A: Witbier)

3rd

Brady MacDonald

Battle River Brewers

M3 Lee (1D: American Wheat Beer)

Table 5: Pils and Pale Lagers

8 entries

Judges: Natacha Baijot, Joyce Hersh

1st

Eric Pare

MontreAlers

Let's Go Back To Wacken! (5D: German Pils)

2nd

Jesse Owens

MontreAlers

New Zealand Pilsner (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

3rd

Miro Sep

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Letna Desitka (3A: Czech Pale Lager)

Table 6: Amber and Darker Lagers

9 entries

Judges: Joyce Hersh, Riccardo Santopietro

1st

David Ward & Scott Lechelt

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Marzen Of Puppets (6A: Märzen)

2nd

Josh Davis

GTA Brews

Tmave Moye (3D: Czech Dark Lager)

3rd

Shane Schlesinger

GTA Brews

MowMow (6A: Märzen)

Table 7: Pale American Ales

7 entries

Judges: Natacha Baijot, Josh Davis

1st

James Osborne

The Iron Road (18A: Blonde Ale)

2nd

Matthew Szojka

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

She's The Blonde One (18A: Blonde Ale)

3rd

Riccardo Santopietro

MontreAlers

OG Solid Gold (18A: Blonde Ale)

Table 8: Amber Ales

7 entries

Judges: Jay Hersh, Eric Hewitt

1st

Josh Davis

GTA Brews

Vest For Your Jimmy (19B: California Common)

2nd

Eric Pare

MontreAlers

Divine Zombie (19A: American Amber Ale)

3rd

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Deep Thoughts (7B: Altbier)

Table 9: British Ales

9 entries

Judges: Eric Hewitt, Jesse Owens

1st

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

Coco Viejo (14C: Scottish Export)

2nd

Israel Michaud

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Legacy Code V5 (11B: Best Bitter)

3rd

Matt Slocombe

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

It's Midnight Somewhere (13A: Dark Mild)

Matt Slocombe

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Dad's Favourite (11B: Best Bitter)

Table 10: Browns, Porters, Stouts

8 entries

Judges: Jani Autio, Keegan Link

1st

Riccardo Santopietro

MontreAlers

Mad World Stout (15C: Irish Extra Stout)

2nd

Eric Pare

MontreAlers

Autumn Brown Ale (19C: American Brown Ale)

3rd

Glen Appleby

MontreAlers

Peter Parker Porter (13C: English Porter)

Table 11: Old World Strong Beers

6 entries

Judges: Kathy Yan Li, Riccardo Santopietro

1st

Dan Copeland

GTA Brews

Old Dubious (17A: British Strong Ale)

2nd

Paul Heslop

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Nessie (17C: Wee Heavy)

3rd

David Ward & Scott Lechelt

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Get Off My Lawn (17B: Old Ale)

Table 12: Sours, Tarts, and ne'er-do-wells (to my stomach pH)

10 entries

Judges: Mathieu Fréchette, Jeffrey Pinhey

1st

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Fresh Laundry (23G: Gose)

2nd

Albert teBraak

MontreAlers

Rusty Piton (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

3rd

Brian Marmoreo

King Paimon (23B: Flanders Red Ale)

Table 13: Fruit, Spice and everything nice

9 entries

Judges: Jani Autio, Josh Davis

1st

Normand Cyr

MontreAlers

Pinot Et Arnould A L'autel De Brel (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

2nd

Wuilmer Venegas

GTA Brews

Berlin (29A: Fruit Beer)

3rd

Steve Shaw

Winnipeg Brew Bombers

Guava Island (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 14: Imperial Stouts and Baltic Porters

6 entries

Judges: Jani Autio, Marius Barnsley

1st

Cory Fletcher

GTA Brews

Sip My Baltic Again (9C: Baltic Porter)

2nd

Patrick Lalonde

MontreAlers

Baltic Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)

3rd

Simon Coutu & Arnaud Champalbert

Stout Cafe (20C: Imperial Stout)

Table 15: The edge of flavor innovation

11 entries

Judges: Natacha Baijot, Marius Barnsley

1st

Chad Kling

VanBrewers

Host Of Ghosts (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)

2nd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

I Know You Touched My Drumset, And I Wanna Hear That Dirty Little... (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Kyle Kellam

GTA Brews

You Don't Have To Know If You Don't Wanna Know (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 16: Single Double IPA

9 entries

Judges: Eric Hewitt, Jesse Owens

1st

Dave Fournier

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Mind The Cyclist David (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Mike Pal

Battle River Brewers

Double (22A: Double IPA)

3rd

Brent Burgoyne

Island Brewers Union

Brown Dog IPA (21A: American IPA)

Brent Burgoyne

Island Brewers Union

Brown Dog Double IPA (22A: Double IPA)

Table 17: Haaazies

8 entries

Judges: Joyce Hersh, Jesse Owens

1st

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

The Death Of Slim Hazy (21C: Hazy IPA)

2nd

Pascal Levesque & Simon Archambault Dominic...

MontreAlers

Empirique NEIPA (21C: Hazy IPA)

3rd

Casey Szott

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

Str8jkt (21C: Hazy IPA)

Table 18: Specialty IPAs

6 entries

Judges: Normand Cyr, Jeffrey Pinhey

1st

Andrew Ford

Cottage Country Brewers/ GTA...

CMS (21B6: White IPA)

2nd

Jean-Sébastien Lacombe

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Don't Call It A Comeblack (21B2: Black IPA)

3rd

Jim Cavill

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Belschnickel (21B1: Belgian IPA)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Jani Autio, Josh Davis, Kathy Yan Li

1st

Normand Cyr

MontreAlers

Pinot Et Arnould A L'autel De Brel (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

2nd

Sean O’Donnell

Ottawa's Homebrew Society

Fresh Laundry (23G: Gose)

3rd

Wesley d'Haene

Cowtown Yeast Wranglers

The Death Of Slim Hazy (21C: Hazy IPA)

M.A.L.T. 2024 - Best Brewers

60 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Eric Pare	1	2	0	7.0100000	MontreAlers
2nd	James Osborne	2	0	0	6.0200000
	Cory Fletcher	2	0	0	6.0200000	GTA Brews
4th	Wuilmer Venegas	1	1	1	6.0100000	GTA Brews

M.A.L.T. 2024 - Best Club

13 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	MontreAlers	5	7	2	0	31.0500000
2nd	GTA Brews	5	3	4	0	25.0500000
3rd	Ottawa's Homebrew Society	2	3	4	1	16.0200000
4th	Cowtown Yeast Wranglers	2	3	2	0	14.0200000

2024 MontreAlers Ale and Lager Throwdown (M.A.L.T.)

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Judges - Best of Show

Stewards

Staff

By the Numbers

Table 1: American Lagers and Creams

Table 2: Euro Light and Malty Lagers

Table 3: Belgian

Table 4: Wheat Wit Weiss

Table 5: Pils and Pale Lagers

Table 6: Amber and Darker Lagers

Table 7: Pale American Ales

Table 8: Amber Ales

Table 9: British Ales

Table 10: Browns, Porters, Stouts

Table 11: Old World Strong Beers

Table 12: Sours, Tarts, and ne'er-do-wells (to my stomach pH)

Table 13: Fruit, Spice and everything nice

Table 14: Imperial Stouts and Baltic Porters

Table 15: The edge of flavor innovation

Table 16: Single Double IPA

Table 17: Haaazies

Table 18: Specialty IPAs

Best of Show

Beer

M.A.L.T. 2024 - Best Brewers

M.A.L.T. 2024 - Best Club

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners