7/22/2025 2025 CIRCUIT APPROACH TO THE NEW CIDER GUIDELINES ----
The new BCJP cider guidelines were released this year, and with them, two new categories and some new subcategories. Because we started the year with the 2015 Guidelines, we will continue to use them through the rest of the year. As such, entries that are categorized with the 2025 guidelines will be translated back to the 2015 guidelines. Starting in 2026 we will move over to the 2025 Cider guidelines. |
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12/22/2024 After a hotly-contested race to the end, Dan Acheson pulled off a three-peat and is our 2024 winner! Repeating on last year's success, Dan won 28 medals in 25 distinct categories of beer, mead, and cider. Dan competed in all of the competitions on the circuit this year, finishing with over 110 raw points, one of the highest totals ever on the circuit. Congratulations, Dan! |
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12/19/2023 Repeating success from last year, Dan Acheson is our 2023 winner! Dan won an amazing 30 medals in 25 distinct categories of beer, mead, and cider. It's been almost 10 years since anybody won that many medals, and nobody has been able to do it in so many different categories. An amazing feat! Keep an eye out for Dan's profile which will be posted soon. |
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1/23/2023 Congratulations to Dan Acheson, our 2022 winner! Dan is from Chicago and started brewing about 20 years ago. This year, he entered nine competitions in our circuit, and managed to have an amazing win rate of almost 50%! Check out Dan's profile here. |
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1/2/2022 All competitions for 2021 have now been completed, and our winner is... Caleb Meinke. Caleb is from Cambridge, WI, and has been brewing for about five and a half years, and he cranks out about three to four batches a month. Out of 53 beers entered, he scored 28 medals! Way to go Caleb! His profile can be found here |
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