Many in the cider world are anxiously awaiting the results of this year’s Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition. I had a wonderful time judging at the event and I greatly enjoyed meeting other cider enthusiasts.
I was curious about last year’s event as I was not in attendance, so I set about analyzing last year’s results. This analysis is neatly summarized in a six-page PDF file:
GLINT CAP 2011 Results Analysis [272 KB]
What follows is a sampling of the analysis in the PDF file.
Gold Medals – Commercial
- 5: Uncle John’s
- 4: AeppelTreow
- 3: Black Star Farms, Hogan’s
- 2: Eden Ice Cider, Fox Barrel, Northville Winery
- 1: 12 different producers
Entries by Style – Commercial
- Common Cider – 35
- English Cider – 19
- Specialty Cider – 19
- Unrestricted (Macro) Cider or Perry – 16
- Fruit Cider – 16
- Ice Cider – 10
- Apple Wine – 10
- Pommeau – 9
Medals by State/Province/County – Commercial
- Michigan – 51
- Washington – 15
- Wisconsin – 10
- Vermont – 9
- Ontario – 9
- California – 6
- Herefordshire – 6
- Massachusetts – 5
- Suffolk – 5
Gold Medals – Noncommercial
- 5: Jeff Carlson
- 4: Gary Awdey
- 2: William Bozell, United Order of Fermenting Messinks
- 1: Karl Vernon, Rick Young, Rodney Kibzey, Alan Pearlstein, Ian Bresky
Entries by Style – Noncommercial
- Common Cider – 31
- Specialty Cider – 22
- Fruit Cider – 18
- Cyser – 10
- Open Mead – 8
- English Cider – 7
- Common Perry – 6
- Traditional Perry – 5
I’ll give the 2012 results the same treatment as soon as they’re published. Please leave a comment if there’s any other view of the results you’d like to see!