DC Homebrewers Cherry Blossom Competition

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Omar Al-Nidawi, Tara Bowden, Kevin Bruning, David Calhoun, Stephen Clapham, Alexander Cook, Anil Dosaj, Michael Earle, Cathleen Emery, Stephen Fischer, Eric Giesberg, Christina Golden, Alex Hannagan, Bill Heverly, Ben Hirsch, Mac Joiner, Peter Jones, Dave Justice, Sean Keegan, Michael Losi, Udit Minocha, Paulette Palacios, Chris Palo, Matt Peppe, Kevin Pratt, Jake Riley, Jason Romano, Hillary Sadoff, Jim Sawitzke, Mark Schaad, Benjamin Schwalb, Gary Sharp, Andrew Shore, Alex Spencer, Jay ST Michel, Les White, Adam Wojciechowicz

Judges - Best of Show

Cathleen Emery, Bill Heverly, Kevin Pratt, Jim Sawitzke, Alex Spencer

Stewards

Dwight Barbour, Toby Clark, Andre Gobbo, Danielle Riley

By the Numbers

286 Entries 95 Entrants

37 Judges 4 Stewards

91 Placing Entries

Table 1: American Beers

8 entries

Judges: Hillary Sadoff, Les White (Head Judge)

Table 2: Czech Pales and Ambers

9 entries

Judges: Omar Al-Nidawi, Alex Hannagan

Table 3: Euro Malty and International Pale Beers

11 entries

Judges: Paulette Palacios, Kevin Pratt (Head Judge)

Table 4: Euro and International Darks

9 entries

Judges: Eric Giesberg, Jim Sawitzke (Head Judge)

Table 5: Pale Bitter Euro Beers

12 entries

Judges: Sean Keegan, Alex Spencer

Table 6: Amber Malty and Bitter Euro Beers

13 entries

Judges: Kevin Bruning, Matt Peppe, Jake Riley, Alex Spencer

Table 7: Weissbiers

9 entries

Judges: David Calhoun, Mark Schaad

Table 8: Strong Euros

7 entries

Judges: Alex Hannagan, Matt Peppe

Table 9: British Bitter Beers

7 entries

Judges: Hillary Sadoff, Alex Spencer

Table 10: Brown British Beers

14 entries

Judges: Michael Earle, Cathleen Emery, Christina Golden, Gary Sharp

Table 11: Scottish Ales

5 entries

Judges: Jason Romano, Hillary Sadoff

Table 12: Irish Beers

11 entries

Judges: Bill Heverly, Ben Hirsch, Sean Keegan, Jay ST Michel

Table 13: Dark British Beers

11 entries

Judges: David Calhoun, Ben Hirsch

Table 14: Amber and Brown American Beers

11 entries

Judges: Michael Earle, Hillary Sadoff

Table 15: American Porters and Stouts

9 entries

Judges: David Calhoun, Ben Hirsch

Table 16: Pale and Blonde American and British Ales

10 entries

Judges: Tara Bowden, Andrew Shore

Table 17: American and English IPAs

8 entries

Judges: Anil Dosaj, Michael Losi

Table 18: Specialty IPAs

12 entries

Judges: Tara Bowden, Peter Jones, Sean Keegan, Michael Losi

Table 19: Hazy IPAs

9 entries

Judges: Michael Earle, Ben Hirsch, Dave Justice

Table 20: Strong American and British Beers

9 entries

Judges: Alex Hannagan, Mac Joiner, Chris Palo, Adam Wojciechowicz

Table 21: Non-historical Sours

8 entries

Judges: Tara Bowden, Jake Riley

Table 22: Belgian Ales

9 entries

Judges: Stephen Clapham, Benjamin Schwalb

Table 23: Saisons

9 entries

Judges: Benjamin Schwalb, Alex Spencer

Table 24: Monastic and Strong Belgian Ales

15 entries

Judges: Omar Al-Nidawi, Alexander Cook, Stephen Fischer, Udit Minocha

Table 25: Historical Beers

8 entries

Judges: Stephen Clapham, Les White

Table 26: Fruit Beers

9 entries

Judges: Christina Golden, Sean Keegan, Kevin Pratt, Mark Schaad

Table 27: Spiced Beers

11 entries

Judges: Omar Al-Nidawi, David Calhoun, Cathleen Emery, Gary Sharp

Table 28: Alternative and Specialty Beers

15 entries

Judges: Eric Giesberg, Bill Heverly, Jim Sawitzke, Jay ST Michel

Table 29: Wood and Smoke Beers

8 entries

Judges: Kevin Bruning, Andrew Shore

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Cathleen Emery, Bill Heverly, Kevin Pratt, Jim Sawitzke, Alex Spencer

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners