8th Annual Garden State Homebrew Competition

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Alex Sant Anna, Steven Ashton, Jared Berger, Eric Blaine, Keith Blanchard, Chris Carfaro, Richard Cohen, Jeff Donlon, Steven Doremus, Christopher Ferrante, Mark Friesen, Ned Gardner, David Grosch, Chris Johnson, Paul Jones, Preston Klingseis, Paul McDonald, Curtis Metrokotsas, Bobby Mierzejwski, Ed O'Neill, Paul Odell, Jason Pappas, Daniel Perrigan, Rob Purcell, Brian Pylant, Gian Sari, Jon Sobel, Micha Stark, Mike Walonen, Bob Wargo, Paul West

Judges - Best of Show

Steven Ashton, Paul McDonald, Bobby Mierzejwski, Daniel Perrigan, Paul West

Stewards

Juan Alvarez, Larry Bentley, Aaron Bush, Peter Cooke, Rose Cubbon, Brian Galusha, Terry Gartland, Joe Griffin, Greg Manderski, Scott Monty, Chris Pericone, Dan Quinn, Jack Wheeler, Charles Winkle, Robert Wright

Staff

Bobby Mierzejwski

Organizer

Fred Mattrey

By the Numbers

278 Entries 88 Entrants

31 Judges 15 Stewards 1 Staff

89 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

5 entries

Judges: Preston Klingseis (Head Judge), Curtis Metrokotsas

Table 2: International and Czech Lager

13 entries

Judges: Keith Blanchard, David Grosch (Head Judge)

Table 3: Pale European Beer

14 entries

Judges: Chris Johnson (Head Judge), Paul Jones, Gian Sari

Table 4: European Wheat Beers

7 entries

Judges: Bob Wargo, Paul West (Head Judge)

Table 5: Pale Bitter European Beer

11 entries

Judges: Jason Pappas (Head Judge), Jon Sobel

Table 6: Amber Malty European Beer

12 entries

Judges: Micha Stark (Head Judge), Bob Wargo

Table 7: Amber and Dark European Beer

11 entries

Judges: Steven Doremus, Preston Klingseis (Head Judge), Curtis Metrokotsas, Bob Wargo

Table 8: British Bitter

11 entries

Judges: Ed O'Neill, Paul Odell (Head Judge)

Table 9: Brown British, Scottish, and Irish Beer

10 entries

Judges: David Grosch (Head Judge), Bobby Mierzejwski

Table 10: Dark British and Irish Beer

12 entries

Judges: Keith Blanchard (Head Judge), Ed O'Neill

Table 11: Irish Pub Styles

10 entries

Judges: Fred Mattrey (Head Judge), Mike Walonen

Table 12: Pale American Ale

10 entries

Judges: Steven Ashton (Head Judge), David Grosch

Table 13: Amber and Brown American Beer

7 entries

Judges: Keith Blanchard, Jason Pappas (Head Judge), Rob Purcell

Table 14: Standard American Porters and Stouts

14 entries

Judges: Christopher Ferrante, David Grosch (Head Judge), Bobby Mierzejwski, Bob Wargo

Table 15: Standard IPA

10 entries

Judges: Alex Sant Anna, Eric Blaine, David Grosch (Head Judge), Ed O'Neill

Table 16: Strong American Ales

9 entries

Judges: Richard Cohen (Head Judge), Gian Sari

Table 17: European Sour and American Wild Ale

3 entries

Judges: Jeff Donlon, Fred Mattrey (Head Judge)

Table 18: Belgian Ale

17 entries

Judges: Paul Jones, Paul McDonald (Head Judge), Bobby Mierzejwski, Jon Sobel

Table 19: Specialty and Hazy IPA

13 entries

Judges: Bobby Mierzejwski (Head Judge), Ed O'Neill

Table 20: Monastic Ale

9 entries

Judges: Paul McDonald (Head Judge), Mike Walonen

Table 21: Other Historical and Alternative Fermentable Beers

9 entries

Judges: Jared Berger (Head Judge), Jon Sobel

Table 22: Fruit Beer

9 entries

Judges: Alex Sant Anna (Head Judge), Ed O'Neill

Table 23: Spiced Beer

14 entries

Judges: Mark Friesen, Fred Mattrey (Head Judge), Paul McDonald (Head Judge), Bob Wargo

Table 24: Smoked and Wood Beer

5 entries

Judges: Richard Cohen, Bobby Mierzejwski (Head Judge)

Table 25: Cider

7 entries

Judges: Eric Blaine (Head Judge), Ned Gardner

Table 26: Specialty, Spiced, and Fruit Cider

10 entries

Judges: Keith Blanchard (Head Judge), Jason Pappas

Table 27: Traditional and Fruit Mead

8 entries

Judges: Ned Gardner, Chris Johnson (Head Judge)

Table 28: Spiced and Specialty Mead

8 entries

Judges: Paul West

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Steven Ashton, Paul McDonald, Bobby Mierzejwski, Daniel Perrigan, Paul West

Best of Show

Mead/Cider

Judges: Steven Ashton, Paul McDonald, Bobby Mierzejwski, Daniel Perrigan, Paul West

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners