Thank you so much to everyone who entered our SMASH competition. It was truly an honour to be given the chance to taste your beer. We had a lot of fun doing it! Congratulations to the following winners:
Winners as determined by our BJCP judges, Scott Butchart and Damon Elgie. 
Scott and Damon really went above and beyond for us in judging this competition. They each tasted 22 beers in a single sitting. They take beer-judging very seriously and do apologize for the brief and rushed notes. Normally BJCP judges are expected to judge beer against criteria for a specific category. With the incredible variation that the entries displayed, it was understandably challenging to choose the Best in Show.
1st place
Wes Goldschmidt – Maris Otter/Motueka/Imperial A 24 Dry Hop.
- 40/50 on BJCP Scoresheet.
- Wes takes home the grand prize: A sack of Maris Otter and a pound of Motueka (Or a sack of grain and a pound of hops of his choice up to $100 value)
2nd place
Kristy Isaak – Bohemian Pilsner/Perle/WLP 830 German Lager
- 40/50 on BJCP Scoresheet.
- Kristy will get a $20 Barley’s Gift Card for being the runner-up
3rd place
Doug Card – Vienna/Cascade/Safale US-05
- 39/50 on BJCP Scoresheet.
Another Beer Co – Award for excellence in SMASHary.
Thanks so much to Alex Jopson for joining us in tasting the beers. Alex is the Co-Owner of Another Beer Co, a new brewery coming soon to Sapperton. His favourite out of the litter:
Doug Card – Vienna/Cascade/Safale US-05
- Once Another Beer Co is up and running, Doug will be invited to collaborate on a beer with the team at ABC. We’ll put you in touch, Doug!
Barley’s Faves
Myself (Curtis Van Marck, Owner of Barley’ s) and the wonderful staff here tasted each and every one of the 44 entries and narrowed our favourites down to four. These four will each receive a $20 gift card to Barley’s Homebrewing Supplies:
- Matt Killick – Maris Otter/Galaxy/Imperial A01 House
- Kristy Isaak – Bohemian Pilsner/Perle/WLP830 German Lager
- Aaron Deane – Maris Otter/Galaxy/Voss Kveik
- Damian Watkins – Bohemian Pilsner/Mandarina Bavaria/Imperial L17 Harvest
Click the link for full results: SMASH Results 2019