Thanks to all who participated in the 2024 MontreAlers Ale and Lager Throwdown (M.A.L.T.).
There were 146 entries judged and 87 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Normand Cyr | Pinot Et Arnould A L'autel De Brel | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | MontreAlers |
2nd | Sean O’Donnell | Fresh Laundry | 23G: Gose | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
3rd | Wesley d'Haene | The Death Of Slim Hazy | 21C: Hazy IPA | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
Winning Entries
Table 1: American Lagers and Creams (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | James Osborne | Switchyard Sipper | 1B: American Lager | |
2nd | Thomas McGloine MHP | Red Cream Ale | 1C: Cream Ale | Saratoga Thoroughbrews |
3rd | Adam Bass | Tappy Tap Tap | 1C: Cream Ale | |
Table 2: Euro Light and Malty Lagers (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Eric Gaudreault Co-Brewer: Philippe Deschênes | Los Dias De La Vida | 2A: International Pale Lager | MontreAlers |
2nd | Jim Cavill | Three Ten Eighty-Eight | 2A: International Pale Lager | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
3rd | Wuilmer Venegas | To Far To Dormunt | 4A: Munich Helles | GTA Brews |
Table 3: Belgian (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Cory Fletcher | Fletcher's Fine Belgian Blond | 25A: Belgian Blond Ale | GTA Brews |
2nd | Yacine Boujija | Dub | 26B: Belgian Dubbel | MontreAlers |
3rd | Tina Lineman | Alive Out Of Habit | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | GTA Brews |
Table 4: Wheat Wit Weiss (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Yacine Boujija | Fraische | 23A: Berliner Weisse | MontreAlers |
2nd | Reginald P. Picklefeather III | Wit's End | 24A: Witbier | GTA Brews |
3rd | Brady MacDonald | M3 Lee | 1D: American Wheat Beer | Battle River Brewers |
Table 5: Pils and Pale Lagers (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Eric Pare | Let's Go Back To Wacken! | 5D: German Pils | MontreAlers |
2nd | Jesse Owens | New Zealand Pilsner | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | MontreAlers |
3rd | Miro Sep | Letna Desitka | 3A: Czech Pale Lager | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
Table 6: Amber and Darker Lagers (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | David Ward Co-Brewer: Scott Lechelt | Marzen Of Puppets | 6A: Märzen | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
2nd | Josh Davis MHP | Tmave Moye | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | GTA Brews |
3rd | Shane Schlesinger | MowMow | 6A: Märzen | GTA Brews |
Table 7: Pale American Ales (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | James Osborne | The Iron Road | 18A: Blonde Ale | |
2nd | Matthew Szojka | She's The Blonde One | 18A: Blonde Ale | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
3rd | Riccardo Santopietro | OG Solid Gold | 18A: Blonde Ale | MontreAlers |
Table 8: Amber Ales (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Josh Davis MHP | Vest For Your Jimmy | 19B: California Common | GTA Brews |
2nd | Eric Pare | Divine Zombie | 19A: American Amber Ale | MontreAlers |
3rd | Sean O’Donnell | Deep Thoughts | 7B: Altbier | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
Table 9: British Ales (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Wuilmer Venegas | Coco Viejo | 14C: Scottish Export | GTA Brews |
2nd | Israel Michaud | Legacy Code V5 | 11B: Best Bitter | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
3rd | Matt Slocombe | It's Midnight Somewhere | 13A: Dark Mild | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
HM | Matt Slocombe | Dad's Favourite | 11B: Best Bitter | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
Table 10: Browns, Porters, Stouts (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Riccardo Santopietro | Mad World Stout | 15C: Irish Extra Stout | MontreAlers |
2nd | Eric Pare | Autumn Brown Ale | 19C: American Brown Ale | MontreAlers |
3rd | Glen Appleby | Peter Parker Porter | 13C: English Porter | MontreAlers |
Table 11: Old World Strong Beers (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Dan Copeland | Old Dubious | 17A: British Strong Ale | GTA Brews |
2nd | Paul Heslop | Nessie | 17C: Wee Heavy | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
3rd | David Ward Co-Brewer: Scott Lechelt | Get Off My Lawn | 17B: Old Ale | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
Table 12: Sours, Tarts, and ne'er-do-wells (to my stomach pH) (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Sean O’Donnell | Fresh Laundry | 23G: Gose | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
2nd | Albert teBraak | Rusty Piton | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | MontreAlers |
3rd | Brian Marmoreo | King Paimon | 23B: Flanders Red Ale | |
Table 13: Fruit, Spice and everything nice (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Normand Cyr | Pinot Et Arnould A L'autel De Brel | 28C: Wild Specialty Beer | MontreAlers |
2nd | Wuilmer Venegas | Berlin | 29A: Fruit Beer | GTA Brews |
3rd | Steve Shaw | Guava Island | 29A: Fruit Beer | Winnipeg Brew Bombers |
Table 14: Imperial Stouts and Baltic Porters (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Cory Fletcher | Sip My Baltic Again | 9C: Baltic Porter | GTA Brews |
2nd | Patrick Lalonde | Baltic Porter | 9C: Baltic Porter | MontreAlers |
3rd | Simon Coutu Co-Brewer: Arnaud Champalbert | Stout Cafe | 20C: Imperial Stout | |
Table 15: The edge of flavor innovation (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Chad Kling | Host Of Ghosts | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | VanBrewers |
2nd | Wesley d'Haene | I Know You Touched My Drumset, And I Wanna Hear That Dirty Little Mouth Admit It! | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
3rd | Kyle Kellam | You Don't Have To Know If You Don't Wanna Know | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | GTA Brews |
Table 16: Single Double IPA (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Dave Fournier | Mind The Cyclist David | 21A: American IPA | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
2nd | Mike Pal | Double | 22A: Double IPA | Battle River Brewers |
3rd | Brent Burgoyne | Brown Dog IPA | 21A: American IPA | Island Brewers Union |
HM | Brent Burgoyne | Brown Dog Double IPA | 22A: Double IPA | Island Brewers Union |
Table 17: Haaazies (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Wesley d'Haene | The Death Of Slim Hazy | 21C: Hazy IPA | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
2nd | Pascal Levesque MHP Co-Brewer: Simon Archambault Dominic Gauthier | Empirique NEIPA | 21C: Hazy IPA | MontreAlers |
3rd | Casey Szott | Str8jkt | 21C: Hazy IPA | Cowtown Yeast Wranglers |
Table 18: Specialty IPAs (6 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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1st | Andrew Ford | CMS | 21B6: White IPA | Cottage Country Brewers/ GTA Brews |
2nd | Jean-Sébastien Lacombe | Don't Call It A Comeblack | 21B2: Black IPA | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |
3rd | Jim Cavill | Belschnickel | 21B1: Belgian IPA | Ottawa's Homebrew Society |