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2022 Noncommercial Results

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BEST IN CLASS

Modern Cider – 47 Entries
1st: Jeff Carlson – Westside Zero
2nd: Jeff Carlson – Westside Modern
3rd: Glen Nicholes Jr – Apple a Day 2019

Heritage Cider – 44 Entries
1st: Chad Hood – Ode to the Crab
2nd: Jeffrey, Lillian & Elizabeth Cottrell – Two Girls Estate Blend 2022
3rd: Jeff Carlson – Beck and a Bushel 2021

Traditional, Natural, or Rosé Cider – 34 Entries
1st: Louis Gauthier – Winter
2nd: James Werner – Whole Lotta Rosé
3rd: Erica Jeter – 2020 Dabinett

Perry – 16 Entries
1st: Hirendu Vaishnav – Precious Perry
2nd: Keith Kintigh & Bob Mosher – Gifts of the Grotto
3rd: Bill Boyer – Funny Looking Apple

Fruit Cider – 33 Entries
1st: Dennis Sage – Cherry Turnover
2nd: Bill Boyer – Revenge of the Pink Panther
3rd: Robert Hall – Churrant 21

Specialty Cider – 72 Entries
1st: Patrick McCauley – Crabinett
2nd: Jeff Carlson – Westside Hill Hopped
3rd: Paul Curran – 2021 Sweet Fire Perry

Amateur Cidermaker of the Year
Jeff Carlson – Grand Rapids, Michigan

MEDAL RESULTS

Modern Cider – Dry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Zero
Glen Nicholes Jr – Apple a Day 2019

🥇 GOLD
Tom Bell – 2019 Black Rocks Gold

🥈 SILVER
Jared Aumen – Appletoast
Jordan Brady – HustMust
Jeff Carlson – KLOB Zero
Paul Curran – 2020 Modern Dry
Kyle Degener – Cidre de Saison
Weston Eaton & Christina McDonald – Nature’s Way (Lea’s Half)
Keith Kintigh – Orchids of the Deadstream
Blair Miller – Firstborn Son
Tristan Nahorny – Ice Spy
Mike Otto – Orchard Mix
Dennis Sage – Straight No Chaser
Paula Sanford – Batchy
Mark Westbrock – H&E Crisp 26
Mark Westbrock – Off-Dry 15
Mark Westbrock – Semi-Dry Blend 2824A
Brad Winans – McIntosh
Brad Winans – QA23

🥉 BRONZE
Jeffrey, Lillian & Elizabeth Cottrell – The Unknown Cider
Kyle Degener – 618
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Poney Potelé
Jon Fox & Liam Stark – Monmouth Yellow
Christopher Hondru – August cider 2020
George ODonnel – Northern Spy
Paula Sanford – Bravo
Paula Sanford – The Entertainer
Greg Weichhand – 2022 Waitforit
James Werner – Worlds Collide
Jeff Westerman – Eastman’s Wild Cuvee

Modern Cider – Sweet

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Modern

🥈 SILVER
Jeff Carlson – H&E Westy
Jeff Carlson – Westy RR
Dwayne Henley – All Saints Hard Cider

🥉 BRONZE
Bill Boyer – Being There – Lutra Variant
Brian Stephens – Cider

Heritage Cider – Dry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Jeffrey, Lillian & Elizabeth Cottrell – Two Girls Estate Blend 2022
Jeff Carlson – Beck and a Bushel 2021

🥇 GOLD
Caleb Lentz – Evelyn

🥈 SILVER
Tom Bell – 2019 Black Rocks Brut
Elyas Beria & Alex Meizlish – E&A American Cider
Paul Brookshire – Dabinash
Brandon Buza – Stan’s Pride
Jeff Carlson – Beck and Bushel 2020
Jeff Carlson – Kazoo Golden
Jeff Carlson – Westside Heritage 2019
Jeffrey, Lillian & Elizabeth Cottrell – My Sad Captains
Paul Curran – 2020 Heirloom
James Davis – With God on Our Cider
Sam DeCamp – Sloan Creek Dry
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Scrump
Chad Hood – Pon Yam House
Erica Jeter – 2020 Mutual Crush: Dabinett and Virginia Hewe’s Crab
Erica Jeter – 2020 Virginia Hewe’s Crab
John & Miranda Kaye – UJ blend
Keith Kintigh – Kelderhouse Wild Cider
Mike Otto – Roxbury Russet
Todd Springer – Foxy Gray’s Warren

🥉 BRONZE
Gloria Bell – Estate Blend 2021
Eliseo Bell-Uribe – Salvaged
Paul Brookshire – A Farewell to Kings
Sam DeCamp – Sloan Creek Crab
Frank Engle – Porcupine Estates 2020
Christopher Hondru – Cider w/ ornamental crab apples
Patrick McCauley – Northwest Greening
Rob Rhodes – Spontaneous Spitzenburg
Jeff Rogers – Roxbury Russet Baldwin Wild Crab
Todd Springer – Foxy Gray 2020
Todd Springer – Foxy Gray’s Warren (wild yeast)
James Werner – Ark Black Widow

Heritage Cider – Sweet

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Chad Hood – Ode to the Crab

🥈 SILVER
Patrick McCauley – Roxbury Russet Single Varietal
Patrick McCauley – Yellow Jacket Crabapple Cider

Traditional Cider – Dry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Erica Jeter – 2020 Dabinett

🥇 GOLD
Robert Hall – No no Nanette
Hirendu Vaishnav – Colonial ExPat

🥈 SILVER
Gloria Bell – Estate 2020 Bittersweet Blend
Doug Bulthuis – You Are Not Wearing That
Brandon Buza & Thomas Russo – Road Apples
Jeff Carlson – Westside Traditional
James Davis – Bohemian Rhap-cider
Louis Gauthier – Fall
Louis Gauthier – Summer
Hirendu Vaishnav – Bah Humbug

🥉 BRONZE
Patrick Brown – Cotes Du Kansas
Patrick Brown – Cotes Du Missouri
Jeff Carlson – Westside Traditional 2021
James Davis – Time is On My Cider
Mike Otto – Kingston Black
George Turner – Scrummy Cider

Traditional Cider – Sweet

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Louis Gauthier – Winter

🥇 GOLD
James Werner – Cidre Doux

🥈 SILVER
Louis Gauthier – Wilding
Louis Gauthier – Wilding – dry
Hirendu Vaishnav – Ride to Sierra

🥉 BRONZE
Jacques Hinkle – Dirty Mutt

Natural Cider

🥈 SILVER
Patrick Brown – Cotes Du Jovaru

🥉 BRONZE
Paul Curran – 2019 Natural Cider
Paul Curran – 2021 Natural Perry

Rosé Cider

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
James Werner – Whole Lotta Rosé

🥇 GOLD
Tom Bell – 2019 Black Rocks Rouge

🥈 SILVER
Gloria Bell – Grenadine SV 2020
Gloria Bell – Truce Apple SV 2020
Gloria Bell – Truce Apple SV 2021

Modern Perry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Bill Boyer – Funny Looking Apple

🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – PrimeTime Perry 2020
Kyle Degener – Wild Pear

🥈 SILVER
Ed Buc – Cedar Street Perry
Jeff Carlson – Perry Como
Jarrett Long & John Bates – Capt’n Fuzzy’s Perry

🥉 BRONZE
Paul Curran – 2021 Perry #1
James Werner – Perry Who?

Traditional Perry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Hirendu Vaishnav – Precious Perry
Keith Kintigh & Bob Mosher – Gifts of the Grotto

🥈 SILVER
Erica Jeter – 2019 Roadside Perry
Brian Stephens – Perry

🥉 BRONZE
Ron Henning – NEIL PEARt
Jason Kniss – Perry
George ODonnel – Strawberry Keifer Pear

Fruit Cider

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Dennis Sage – Cherry Turnover
Bill Boyer – Revenge of the Pink Panther
Robert Hall – Churrant 21

🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Pineapple
James Werner – Cry Me the Blues
Bruce Wilson – Cherry Camino
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Pucker Up Lemon Shandy Cider

🥈 SILVER
Brandon Buza – Honey Queen
Paul Curran – Blueberry Cider
Paul Curran – Peach Cider
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Plump
Christopher Hondru – Strawberry/Wineberry Cider
Daniel Jordan – Midland Muscadine
Daniel Jordan – Sanguine Citrus
Keith Kintigh – Pips and Gribbles
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Cran-Apple
Steve Morren – ImPEACHment
Dennis Sage – Pom Pomme

🥉 BRONZE
Ryan Camp – Strawberry Cider
Ryan Camp – Water Cider
Paul Curran – Cherry Cider
James Doyle – Green Frog – West Coast Blue
Erica Jeter – 2020 Derek and Susan: Dabinett and Seckel Pear
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Peach Kissed Cider
Rob Rhodes – Pyre of the Gods
Rob Rhodes – You’re a Bluebird
Mark Westbrock – Aronia 13
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Banana Strawberry Cider
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – CranApple Cider
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Who Let the Dogs Out – Pawpaw Cider

Hopped Cider

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Hill Hopped

🥇 GOLD
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Citra-Cider

🥈 SILVER
Jeff Carlson – Westside Azacca
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Chop
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Jump
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Don’t Hollar Hopped cider
Julie Kuieck – “Sure, why not?”
Mark Westbrock – Glacier 23
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Hops Love Cider

🥉 BRONZE
Steve Morren – Magnificent

Botanical Cider

🥈 SILVER
Bill Boyer – He Who Controls the Mulled Spice
Ryan Camp – VC Cider
Jeff Carlson – Spruce Willis
Jeff Carlson – Westside Sweet Heat
Paul Curran – Ginger Cider
Steve Morren – Essential

🥉 BRONZE
Paul Curran – Pumpkin Spice Cider
Jeff Pregenzer – Spicy Tart
Rob Rhodes – Aronia-Ginger
Rob Rhodes – Aronia-Lavender
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Coffee Cider

Wood Aged Cider

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Patrick McCauley – Crabinett

🥈 SILVER
Jeff Carlson – Westside BB
Jeff Carlson – Westside Old Woody

🥉 BRONZE
Weston Eaton & Christina McDonald – Lea’s Full – Oaked
Mike Otto – Barrel Aged
Andrew Roth – Wild Oaked
Greg Weichhand – 2022 Oaked Waitforit

Wood Aged Specialty Cider

🥇 GOLD
Mark Westbrock – Oaked Cyser Blend 2419B

🥈 SILVER
Patrick McCauley – Boiled Cider Crabinett

🥉 BRONZE
Richard Reeves – 20-21 Orchard Blend

Specialty Cider and Perry

🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Paul Curran – 2021 Sweet Fire Perry

🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – I’m Your Fire, At Your Desire
Paul Curran – 2021 Dry Fire Perry
Paul Curran – 2021 Sweet Fire Cider

🥈 SILVER
Bill Boyer – A Series of Pearilous Events
Bill Boyer – Wao Kele Puna Punch Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside Poire’ de feu
Jon Fox & Liam Stark – Return of Matawan Creek
Chad Hood – Cherry Bitter
Rob Rhodes – By golly you’re prickly
Eric & Shannon Roggenbuck – Korbel Pear
Eric & Shannon Roggenbuck – Peterson Pear
Andrew Roth – La Crescent Cider
Timothy Wicklund – Aunt Talitha’s Brew
Bruce Wilson – Chocolat

🥉 BRONZE
Eliseo Bell-Uribe – Ciderkin
Ryan Camp – Cinna-Brown Cider
Ryan Camp – Hot Stuff Cider
Ryan Camp – Vanilla Berry Cider
Paul Curran – 2021 Dry Fire Cider
Paul Curran – 2021 Hopped Perry
Paul Curran – Cascade Hopped Perry
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Pony Express
James Doyle – Green Frog – Cyser
Christopher Hondru – Chardonnay Skins Co-ferment Cider
Christopher Hondru – Cider on Cab Franc Grape Skins
Daniel Jordan – Erskine’s Apple Pie
Matthew Mead – Like Warm Apple Pie
Matthew Mead – Ricksy Business
Todd Springer – Foxy Gray Cyser
Bruce Wilson – French Lieutenant’s Whore, Sur Lie Aged

Ice Cider

🥈 SILVER
Steven Vroegop – Nice Cyder

🥉 BRONZE
James Werner – Word to Your Mother