2024 Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Dave Bance, Jason Berg, Jared Brewer, Corbyn Burley, Stephen Cook, James Cotner, Jeff Cotton, Aric Daul, Paul Dienhart, Thomas Dienhart, Eric Foster, Ben Gansemer, Mark Gudmastad, Geoff Haas, Jacob Hartmann, James Henjum, Dan Holbrook, Josh Holbrook, Katy Jones, Amanda Kutzke, Josh Mahoney, Marc Makarem, Cameron Marcott, Mark McDonald, Kevin Meintsma, Jay Perry, Steve Piatz, Jennifer Ray-Jones, Ricky Santos, Christopher Skottegard, Tay Stevenson, Elisabeth Tillemans, Nicholas Tillemans, Garrick Van Buren, Ken Wentworth

Judges - Best of Show

Jason Berg, Geoff Haas, Josh Holbrook, Amanda Kutzke, Marc Makarem, Steve Piatz, Garrick Van Buren

Stewards

Christa Ahrens, Art Arsenault, Jeremy Beer, Wayne Doucette

Staff

Al Boyce, Ben Gansemer, Matthew Johnson

Organizer

Dave Matson

By the Numbers

380 Entries 114 Entrants

35 Judges 4 Stewards 3 Staff

100 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer

16 entries

Judges: James Cotner, Dan Holbrook, Jay Perry, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)

Table 2: Strong American Ale

7 entries

Judges: Mark Gudmastad (Head Judge), Marc Makarem

Table 3: International Lager

8 entries

Judges: Jacob Hartmann, Nicholas Tillemans (Head Judge)

Table 4: Kolsch

8 entries

Judges: James Cotner, Mark Gudmastad (Head Judge)

Table 5: Amber and Dark European Beer

20 entries

Judges: Dan Holbrook, Steve Piatz (Head Judge), Ricky Santos, Garrick Van Buren

Table 6: Pale American Ale

21 entries

Judges: Paul Dienhart (Head Judge), Thomas Dienhart, James Henjum, Kevin Meintsma, Jay Perry, Ken Wentworth

Table 7: Imperial Stout

10 entries

Judges: Jacob Hartmann, Marc Makarem (Head Judge)

Table 8: Pale Malty European Lager

8 entries

Judges: Dave Bance (Head Judge), Aric Daul

Table 9: British Ale

16 entries

Judges: Eric Foster (Head Judge), Ben Gansemer, Cameron Marcott, Kevin Meintsma

Table 10: Saison

10 entries

Judges: Jason Berg, Geoff Haas (Head Judge)

Table 11: German Wheat Beer

8 entries

Judges: Jason Berg (Head Judge), Jared Brewer

Table 12: IPA

14 entries

Judges: Eric Foster, Geoff Haas (Head Judge), Mark McDonald, Ricky Santos

Table 13: American Amber and Brown

7 entries

Judges: Dan Holbrook, Kevin Meintsma (Head Judge)

Table 14: Porter and Stout

14 entries

Judges: Corbyn Burley, Aric Daul, Marc Makarem, Kevin Meintsma (Head Judge)

Table 15: IPA Variants and Specialty

9 entries

Judges: Jason Berg, Garrick Van Buren (Head Judge)

Table 16: Hazy IPA

15 entries

Judges: Stephen Cook, Paul Dienhart (Head Judge), Jacob Hartmann, Jay Perry

Table 17: Scottish Ale

6 entries

Judges: Dave Bance (Head Judge), Corbyn Burley

Table 18: Monastic Ale

19 entries

Judges: Thomas Dienhart, Geoff Haas (Head Judge), James Henjum, Josh Holbrook

Table 19: Belgian Ale

17 entries

Judges: Jason Berg (Head Judge), Mark McDonald, Ricky Santos, Christopher Skottegard, Nicholas Tillemans

Table 20: Historical Beer

7 entries

Judges: Jacob Hartmann, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)

Table 21: Sour Ale

15 entries

Judges: Aric Daul, Geoff Haas (Head Judge), James Henjum, Elisabeth Tillemans

Table 22: Fruit Beer

11 entries

Judges: Ben Gansemer, Mark McDonald, Ricky Santos, Elisabeth Tillemans (Head Judge)

Table 23: Smoked & Wood-Aged Beer

9 entries

Judges: Jay Perry, Garrick Van Buren (Head Judge)

Table 24: Specialty and Alternative Fermentables Beer

13 entries

Judges: Dave Bance (Head Judge), Jason Berg, Mark Gudmastad, Elisabeth Tillemans

Table 25: Spiced Beer

20 entries

Judges: Jeff Cotton, James Henjum, Josh Holbrook (Head Judge), Ricky Santos

Table 26: German Pils

7 entries

Judges: Ben Gansemer, Garrick Van Buren (Head Judge)

Table 27: Spice and Specialty Mead

12 entries

Judges: Josh Holbrook, Kevin Meintsma, Jay Perry, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)

Table 28: Standard Cider & Perry

8 entries

Judges: Ben Gansemer, Josh Mahoney (Head Judge)

Table 29: Specialty Cider & Perry

10 entries

Judges: James Cotner, Josh Mahoney (Head Judge)

Table 30: Traditional Mead

5 entries

Judges: Josh Holbrook (Head Judge), Tay Stevenson

Table 31: Fruit Mead

18 entries

Judges: Stephen Cook, Josh Holbrook, Josh Mahoney, Steve Piatz (Head Judge)

Table 32: Irish Red Ale

6 entries

Judges: Jeff Cotton, Dan Holbrook (Head Judge)

Table 33: Czech Lager

6 entries

Judges: Jason Berg, Garrick Van Buren (Head Judge)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Jason Berg, Geoff Haas, Josh Holbrook, Amanda Kutzke, Marc Makarem, Steve Piatz, Garrick Van Buren

Best of Show

Cider

Judges: Jason Berg, Geoff Haas, Josh Holbrook, Amanda Kutzke, Marc Makarem, Steve Piatz, Garrick Van Buren

Best of Show

Mead

Judges: Jason Berg, Geoff Haas, Josh Holbrook, Amanda Kutzke, Marc Makarem, Steve Piatz, Garrick Van Buren

2024 MINN-KASI Award Winner

114 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners