2025 Brew Battle sponsored by Sam Adams

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

John Black, Brent Brewer, Travis Bullock, Aaron Burt, Alan Bush, James Cain, Joel Cervantes, Travis Cherry, Don Cravey, Chris Daily, Randy Daily, Nial Eastman, Cody Evans, Brendan Fruge, Genaro Garza, Markus Haas, Charlcye Hamberg, Mateo Heckard, Brandt Higley, Don Huether, Shaun Huggins, Jake Jones, Wesley Kulcak, Scott LaForge, Sarah Lewis, Tim Long, Will Lovell, Justin Lowen, Paige Martin, Robert Miller, Thomas Musquiez, Jonathan Reasoner, Lars Reinhart, Ben Sencindiver, Aaron Shakocius, Chao-Yu Sie, Steven Stambaugh, Joseph Stopkey, Bryan Tschirhart, Guy Wilson, Mike Wing, Brian Winter

By the Numbers

385 Entries 93 Entrants

42 Judges

116 Placing Entries

Table 1: American Light Lager & American Lager (1A, 1B)

8 entries

Judges: John Black (Head Judge), Jake Jones, Chao-Yu Sie

Table 2: Light Hybrid Beer (1C, 1D, 5B, 18A, 31A2)

15 entries

Judges: John Black (Head Judge), Cody Evans, Brendan Fruge, Don Huether

Table 3: International Lager (2A, 2B, 2C)

9 entries

Judges: Brandt Higley, Robert Miller (Head Judge)

Table 4: Czech Lager (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D)

16 entries

Judges: Mateo Heckard, Will Lovell, Ben Sencindiver, Ben Sencindiver

Table 5: Pale Malty European Lager (4A, 4B, 4C)

14 entries

Judges: Sarah Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Paige Martin, Paige Martin

Table 6: German Lager (5A, 5D)

9 entries

Judges: Wesley Kulcak (Head Judge), Jonathan Reasoner

Table 7: Amber Malty European Lager (6A, 6C)

8 entries

Judges: Brandt Higley, Robert Miller (Head Judge)

Table 8: Amber Bitter European Beer (7A, 7B)

13 entries

Judges: Genaro Garza, Genaro Garza, Justin Lowen (Head Judge), Justin Lowen (Head Judge)

Table 9: Dark European Lager (8A, 8B)

12 entries

Judges: Thomas Musquiez (Head Judge), Ben Sencindiver, Guy Wilson

Table 10: Strong European Beer (9A, 9B, 9C)

8 entries

Judges: Aaron Burt, Mike Wing (Head Judge)

Table 11: German Wheat Beer (10A, 10B, 10C)

10 entries

Judges: Shaun Huggins

Table 12: British Bitter (11A, 11B, 11C)

8 entries

Judges: Bryan Tschirhart, Brian Winter (Head Judge)

Table 13: Pale Commonwealth Beer (12A, 12C, LSX5)

8 entries

Judges: Nial Eastman, Brian Winter (Head Judge)

Table 14: Brown British Beer (13A, 13B, 13C)

10 entries

Judges: Wesley Kulcak, Brian Winter

Table 15: Scottish Ale (14A, 14B, 17C)

6 entries

Judges: Shaun Huggins

Table 16: Irish Beer (15A, 15B, 15C)

12 entries

Judges: Alan Bush, Sarah Lewis, Thomas Musquiez (Head Judge), Ben Sencindiver

Table 17: Dark British Beer (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D)

15 entries

Judges: Don Cravey, Don Cravey, Brian Winter (Head Judge), Brian Winter (Head Judge)

Table 18: American Pale Ale (18B)

8 entries

Judges: Shaun Huggins

Table 19: Amber and Brown American Beer (19A, 19B, 19C)

10 entries

Judges: Genaro Garza, Thomas Musquiez

Table 20: American Porter and Stout (20A, 20B, 20C, 34C2)

12 entries

Judges: Joel Cervantes, Travis Cherry, Randy Daily, Randy Daily

Table 21: American IPA (21A)

7 entries

Judges: Genaro Garza, Steven Stambaugh

Table 22: Specialty IPA (21B, 21B1, 21B2, 21B3, 21B4, 21B5, 21B7)

14 entries

Judges: Don Cravey, Thomas Musquiez, Lars Reinhart (Head Judge), Lars Reinhart (Head Judge)

Table 23: Hazy IPA & Double IPA (21C, 22A)

13 entries

Judges: Genaro Garza, Genaro Garza, Shaun Huggins, Shaun Huggins

Table 24: Strong Ales & Barleywines (17D, 22B, 22C, 31A1)

11 entries

Judges: Travis Bullock, Travis Bullock, James Cain (Head Judge), James Cain (Head Judge)

Table 25: European Sour Ale & American Wild Ale (23A, 23C, 23D, 23G, 28A, 28C, 28D)

10 entries

Judges: Markus Haas, Aaron Shakocius (Head Judge)

Table 26: Belgian Ale (24A, 24B, 24C)

7 entries

Judges: Sarah Lewis, Brian Winter

Table 27: Strong Belgian Ale (25A, 25B, 25C)

12 entries

Judges: Shaun Huggins, Shaun Huggins

Table 28: Pale Monastic Ales (26A, 26C)

12 entries

Judges: Mateo Heckard, Sarah Lewis, Lars Reinhart, Ben Sencindiver (Head Judge)

Table 29: Dark Monastic Ales (26B, 26D)

13 entries

Judges: Brent Brewer, Scott LaForge, Tim Long (Head Judge), Brian Winter

Table 30: Historical Beer (27A1, 27A2, 27A5, 27A6, 27A7, 27A8)

10 entries

Judges: Sarah Lewis (Head Judge), Will Lovell, Bryan Tschirhart, Mike Wing

Table 31: Fruit Beer & Spiced Beer (29A, 29B, 29D, 30A, 34C1)

13 entries

Judges: Genaro Garza, Lars Reinhart (Head Judge)

Table 32: Smoked Beer & Wood Beer (6B, 32A, 33B)

7 entries

Judges: Nial Eastman, Aaron Shakocius (Head Judge)

Table 33: Traditional Mead (M1A, M1B, M1C)

13 entries

Judges: Tim Long (Head Judge), Thomas Musquiez

Table 34: Fruit Mead (M2A, M2B, M2C, M2D, M2E)

15 entries

Judges: Charlcye Hamberg, Charlcye Hamberg, Thomas Musquiez (Head Judge), Thomas Musquiez (Head Judge), Joseph Stopkey, Joseph Stopkey

Table 35: Spiced Mead (M3A, M3B)

8 entries

Judges: Tim Long (Head Judge), Thomas Musquiez

Table 36: Specialty Mead (M4A, M4B, M4C)

9 entries

Judges: Tim Long (Head Judge), Thomas Musquiez

Best of Show

Beer

Best of Show

Mead

Heavy Medal

93 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Best Club

36 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners