2021 Judges
MATTHEW AUGUSTINE
Stem Ciders
MATTIE BEASON
Stem Ciders
DAVID BIUN
Lost Boy Cider
TEGAN BIUN
Lost Boy Cider
SETH BOEVE
Virtue Cider
ROGER BONGA
Cascade Winery & Sierra Rose Ciders
AJA BROTHERS
DAVID BURTON
Tandem Ciders
RICHARD BURTON
Tandem Ciders
THOM CANNELL
BJCP Certified Judge
SANDY COCKERHAM
BJCP Grand Master Judge
JEFF COFFEY
Thornapple Brewing Co.
GIDON COLL
Original Sin Cider
MEREDITH COLLINS
Along Came a Cider
TRACI CRUZ
Big Belly Ciderworks
TROY DENEEN
Blake’s Hard Cider
SCOTT DENNIS
BJCP National Judge
KELLEY DOYLE
Cascade Winery & Sierra Rose Ciders
WESTON EATON
GLINTCAP Gold Medalist
LISA EVANS
Meijer
ERIC FOUCH
Thornapple Brewing Co.
ERIC GASSER
ANXO Cider
JOSEPH GAYNOR
Angry Orchard
COLE HACKBARTH
Rhinegeist
DANIEL HAYKIN
Haykin Family Cider
MEGAN HILL
Beaumont Cider
MATT JANNETTE
Fenn Valley
ELIZABETH KANTZER
Bee Well Mead & Cider
JAKE KEEFER
BJCP Certified Judge
KEITH KINTIGH
GLINTCAP Gold Medalist
JOSEPH KRAJKIEWCZ
Michigan Wine Company
ELEANOR LEGER
Eden Specialty Ciders
COZETTE LEHMAN
The Northman Beer & Cider Garden
AMY LORIA
BERT MACNAUGHTON
Tandem Ciders
WESLEY MATEUSIAK
Left Foot Charley
CHRISTINA MCDONALD
CHARLES MCGONEGAL
AeppelTreow Winery & Distillery
GAIL MILBURN
BJCP Grand Master Judge
STEVE MILLEA
Farmhaus Cider
BROOK’L MILLER
Uncle John’s
DANIELLE MILLER
Tandem Ciders
SEAN NIEMISTO
Starcut Ciders
BRIGHID O’KEANE
Cider Institute of North America
BRAD PAGE
Colorado Cider Company
ALEX REED
NICK RUESTMAN
BRIAN RUTZEN
Uncle John’s
KAREN NORD SCHAAR
BJCP Certified Judge
SCOT SCHAAR
BJCP Certified Judge
DANIEL SHACKELFORD
NATHAN SHACKELFORD
Certified Cider Professional
CHRIS SHIELDS
Rhinegeist
MARK SIMPSON
BJCP National Judge
LOUISA SPENCER
Farnum Hill Ciders
DION STEPANSKI
Presque Isle Farm Cider
BEN STOUB
Farmhaus Cider
JACKSON SWICK
Left Foot Charley
SHANE TEVERIS
Farnum Hill Ciders
BARB THOLIN
Edible Grande Traverse
JOSH TODD
Bee Well Mead & Cider
BRYAN ULBRICH
Left Foot Charley
JEREMY VANSICE
Bee Well Mead & Cider
BRIAN WALKER
Squiggly Tree Cider
BEN WATSON
Cider, Hard and Sweet
MATT WILES
Blake’s Hard Cider
KARI WILLIAMS
Snow Capped Cider
STEPHEN WOOD
Farnum Hill Ciders
TRISTAN WRIGHT
Lost Boy Cider
DAN YOUNG
Tandem Ciders
AUSTIN ZANELLA
Rhinegeist
2021 Staff
ERIC WEST
Competition Director
Cider Guide
AMBROSIA BOROWSKI
Judge Director
The Northman Beer & Cider Garden
MICHELLE FOIK
Steward Director
ERIS Brewery & Cider House
MIKE BECK
Event Logistics
Uncle John’s
BRIAN WEST
Cellarmaster