2022 Judges
MATTHEW AUGUSTINE
Stem Ciders
JANELLE BALSILLIE
Heeman’s
DAVID BIUN
Lost Boy Cider
TEGAN BIUN
Lost Boy Cider
SETH BOEVE
Virtue Cider
MARINA BORSALINA
Certified Cider Professional
SARA BOYD
Loch Mór Cider Co
PETER BRESNAHAN
Eden Specialty Ciders
DAVID BURTON
Tandem Ciders
ALEXSIS CASSADY
Certified Cider Professional
SANDY COCKERHAM
BJCP Grand Master Judge
JEFF COFFEY
Thornapple Brewing Co.
ANTHONY COLOMBO
Bee Well Mead & Cider
TRACI CRUZ
Big Belly Ciderworks
CHRIS CUMMENS
Bauman’s Cider
TROY DENEEN
Blake’s Hard Cider
SCOTT DENNIS
BJCP National Judge
JENNIE DORSEY
American Cider Association
AGATHA FELTUS
BJCP Grand Master Judge
WILLIAM FISH
American Wine Society
ROB FISK
Minneapolis Cider Company
JONATHAN FONTAINE
Cidrerie Milton
ERIC FOUCH
Thornapple Brewing Co.
REBECCA GALVIN
Virtue Cider
ERIC GASSER
ANXO Cider
JOSEPH GAYNOR
Angry Orchard
TIM GODFREY
Certified Pommelier
NICK GUNN
BenchGraft Cider Consulting
ROBERT HALL
BJCP Grand Master Judge
ADAM HARPER
Kristof Farms
DARLENE HAYES
Certified Pommelier
DANIEL HAYKIN
Haykin Family Cider
MATT HOLLEY
Virtue Cider
MATT JANNETTE
Fenn Valley Vineyards
SCOTT KATSMA
Seattle Cider Company
TIM KITCHEN
SunnyCider
CAROLINE KRISTOF
Kristof Farms
MARC-ANTOINE LASNIER
Cidrerie Milton
NICOLE LEIBON
LeNose Knows Consulting
WILLIAM LOUGHLIN
Angry Orchard
JASON LÜMMEN
The Peoples Cider Co.
BERT MACNAUGHTON
Tandem Ciders
JULIA MADDEN
BJCP Certified Judge
CHARLES MCGONEGAL
ÆppelTreow Winery & Distillery
MICHELLE MCGRATH
American Cider Association
SARAH MCGRATH
MATTHEW MEAD
GAIL MILBURN
BJCP Grand Master Judge
STEVE MILLEA
Farmhaus Cider Co.
WILL MOORE
Certified Cicerone
BOBBY NAUGHTON
Bauman’s Cider
SEAN NIEMISTO
Townline Ciderworks
CHASE NOBIS
Cascade Winery / Sierra Rose Ciders
BRIGHID O’KEANE
Cider Institute of North America
JAMIE PRATT
Liberty Ciderworks
SAMU RAHN
Louis Glunz Beer
LEE REEVE
inCiderJapan
WAYNE REEVES
BJCP Certified Judge
JIM ROBINETTE
Robinette’s Winery
GREG RUTH
Wilson’s Orchard and Farm
BRIAN RUTZEN
Uncle John’s
ETHAN SANDERS
The Cider Professor
LAURA SCHEIBERT
MARK SIMPSON
BJCP National Judge
DION STEPANSKI
Presque Isle Farm Cider
DAVID TAKUSH
2 Towns Ciderhouse
JOSH TODD
Bee Well Mead & Cider
DEE TOKARSKI
Certified Cider Professional
STEVEN TUCKER
Bee Well Mead & Cider
CHRISTINE WALTER
Bauman’s Cider
NATE WEBER
Minneapolis Cider Company
NIKKI WEST
Ciders From Mars
MATT WILES
Blake’s Hard Cider
KARI WILLIAMS
Snow Capped Cider
TIM WRIGHT
Wise Bird Cider Co.
PETER YI
Brooklyn Cider House
MATTHEW ZACHARIAS
Dead Horse Cider Co.
2022 Staff
Competition Director
ERIC WEST
Cider Guide
Judge Director
AMBROSIA BOROWSKI
The Northman Beer & Cider Garden
Steward Directors
MICHELLE FOIK
ERIS Brewery & Cider House
MALAIKA TYSON
Cider Soms