2023
🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Bill Boyer – The Revenge of the Pink Panther 2023
Jeff Carlson – Westside Strawberry
Bill Boyer – Veruca Salt 2023
🥇 GOLD
Bill Boyer – The Eldritch Berry Terrors 2023
🥈 SILVER
Javier Alderete – Pina Pina
Bill Boyer – The Passion of Brian 2022
Paul Curran – 2021 Blueberry
Paul Curran – 2021 Peach
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Bloomin’ Blueberry Cider
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Peach Kissed Cider
Daniel J. Leonard – Blueberry Cider
Daniel J. Leonard – Sangria Cider
Matthew Mead – All the Berries!
George ODonnel – Mix Berry
Matthew White – Raspberry Road
Timothy Wicklund – Cherry Cider
Bradley Winans – Peach
🥉 BRONZE
Paul Curran – The Blue One
Paul Curran – The Red One
Kyle Degener – Day Star
Scott Husted – Touch of Berries
Julie Kuieck – Passionfruit Perry
Edward O’Neill – Cherry Apple Delight
George ODonnel – Raspberry
George ODonnel – Raspberry/Strawberry Cider
George ODonnel – Strawberry Fall Blend cider
George ODonnel – Strawberry Pear
George ODonnel – White Grapefruit Cider
Lucas Ohio Pattie – The Grape Next Door
Rob Rhodes – Know Your ABCs – Apple Black Currant
2022
🏆 BEST IN CLASS GOLD
Dennis Sage – Cherry Turnover
Bill Boyer – Revenge of the Pink Panther
Robert Hall – Churrant 21
🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Pineapple
James Werner – Cry Me the Blues
Bruce Wilson – Cherry Camino
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Pucker Up Lemon Shandy Cider
🥈 SILVER
Brandon Buza – Honey Queen
Paul Curran – Blueberry Cider
Paul Curran – Peach Cider
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press Plump
Christopher Hondru – Strawberry/Wineberry Cider
Daniel Jordan – Midland Muscadine
Daniel Jordan – Sanguine Citrus
Keith Kintigh – Pips and Gribbles
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Cran-Apple
Steve Morren – ImPEACHment
Dennis Sage – Pom Pomme
🥉 BRONZE
Ryan Camp – Strawberry Cider
Ryan Camp – Water Cider
Paul Curran – Cherry Cider
James Doyle – Green Frog – West Coast Blue
Erica Jeter – 2020 Derek and Susan: Dabinett and Seckel Pear
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Peach Kissed Cider
Rob Rhodes – Pyre of the Gods
Rob Rhodes – You’re a Bluebird
Mark Westbrock – Aronia 13
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Banana Strawberry Cider
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – CranApple Cider
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Who Let the Dogs Out – Pawpaw Cider
2021
🥇 GOLD
Nathan Koeppel – Kegs Cran Apple
🥈 SILVER
Erik Almquist – Bluecoats Blueberry
Gloria Bell – Quincy Lemon Cider
Jeff Carlson – PrimeTime Cherry
Paul Curran – Cranberry Raisin Cider
Joseph Erste – Sour Cherry Cyser
Christopher Hondru – 2018 Wineberry Cider
Chad Hood – Boiseberry
Nathan Koeppel – Midwest Cherry Apple Cider
Daniel Leonard – Grapefruit Cider
Daniel Leonard – Lingonberry-Cranberry Cider
Daniel Leonard – Pear Cider
Brad & Marsha Lindner – Peachy Summer
Alex Mantakounis – I’m Blue
Blair Miller – One Half, Please
Dennis Sage – Cherry Turnover
Dennis Sage – Cranberry Dream
Robert Scott – Rochester Raspberry Cider
Joses Valenzuela – heaveN
Greg Weichhand – 2020 Cherry Waitforit
James Werner – Cherry Cider
🥉 BRONZE
Bill Boyer – Blood Orange of my Enemies
Dylan Cahn – Chester Cherry
Dylan Cahn – Crabby Melon
Dylan Cahn – Watermelon Childhood
Ryan Camp – Mixed Berry Cider
Ryan Camp – Strawberry Surprise ’18
Paul Curran – Peach Cider
Aimie Doyle & Jessica Vos – Green Road Press – Chump
Weston Eaton – Pennsylvania Modern Cider
Chris Gottschalk – Wild Cherry
Erica Jeter – 2019 Jeter Farm Wild Black Cherry
Erica Jeter – 2019 The Big Pawpaw
Erica Jeter – 2020 Ripe Strawberry Cider
Nathan Koeppel – Keg’s Blueberry Hard Cider
Daniel Leonard – Orange Cider
Daniel Leonard – Pineapple Cider
Alex Mantakounis – I’m Blue Two
Alex Mantakounis – Tropic Thunder
Tayler Pitkin – The Cove w/Blueberries
Tayler Pitkin – The Cove w/Raspberries
Matthew Williamson – McEnulty’s Bane
Darrin Wilson & Joe Klare – Sunday Brunch
2019
🥇 GOLD
Keith Kintigh — Bramblebound Raspberry Cider
🥈 SILVER
Judi Benade — Less Traveled Road
Ean Fakan — Tropic PineApple Thunder
Christopher Gottschalk — Wild Cherry
Keith Kintigh — Campfire Democracy Grape Cider
Alex Mantakounis — I’m Blue
Jason Schmink — Sweet & Sour Raspberry
Joby Wilson — Funky MAHI
🥉 BRONZE
John Beal — Blood Raven
Keith Bradtmiller — Cherry Apple Cider
Paul Brookshire — Sour Plum
Jeff Carlson — Westside Bloody Orange
Paul Curran — FC101
Dan Hass — InCider Cranberry
Scott Husted — Raspple
Ted Kastner — Der Bob
Ted Kastner — Grandma Ross
Keith Kintigh — Shadowmoon Dark Fruit Cider
Marsha & Brad Lindner — Fuzzy Logic
Donald Lockhart — Kracken Sunset
John Logan — Burbank
Joseph Margevicius — Aunt Pat’s Cherry
Blair Miller — South Capitol
Dennis Sage — Life’s a Bowl
James Visser — A Medium Rare Apple
Phillip Weiss — 318
Phillip Weiss — 2017 PCD
Phillip Weiss — 2017 WCP
2018
🥇 GOLD
Scott Berens & Ryan Rasch – Berry Blend #2
🥈 SILVER
Scott Berens & Ryan Rasch – Berry Blend
Jeff Carlson – Westside Kazoo Pear Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside RazMaTaz
Scott Husted – Husted’s Farm Raspberry Blush
Aaron Post – Apple Peach
Martin Thoburn – “Currant” Events
🥉 BRONZE
Jim Anderson – Jimbo’s Pretty Good Hard Apple with Blood Orange
Scott Berens & Ryan Rasch – Cherry Cider
Chris Bogosian – Sangre
Ryan Camp – P&B Cider
Paul Domich – Country Lemonade
Brendon George – Ridgeline Huckleberry
Josef G. Habscheid – Fernwood Viez
Josef G. Habscheid – Fernwood Viez Grape
Michael Hann – Ruby Too
Scott Husted – Husted’s Farm Black Raspberry Blast
Scott Husted – Husted’s Farm Raspberry Honeycrisp
Nathan Koeppel – Boozy Blueberry Cider
Joe Krajkiewcz – Holland Blueberry
Joe Krajkiewcz – Sparta Peach
Blair Miller – Monument
Blair Miller – South Capitol
Aaron Post – Ruby Red
2017
🥇 GOLD
Martin Nygard – Apple Grape Blush
🥈 SILVER
Ethan Hohnke – Appleholic Apple Cherry Delight II
Greg Weichhand – Cherry Waitforit
Morgan & Cathleen Hobbs – Moro Malus
Morgan & Cathleen Hobbs – Yes We Cran
William Grote – Raspberry Beret
🥉 BRONZE
Alex Mantakounis – Currant Events
Amanda Lathrop – Olallie Poly
Amanda Lathrop – Poly Pink
Blair Miller – Strawberry Cider w/ Some Rhubarb
Chris Bogosian – Eskimo
Eric Fouch – First Dates
George O’Donnel – Raspberry
George O’Donnel – Strawberry
Jack McKillip – Southern Illinois Cherry Cider
Michael Hann – 315 Ruby
Ryan Camp – Pineapple Express Cider
2016
🥇 GOLD
Michael Wilcox – Stop Asking For More Cherry!
Paul Brookshire – Old Spot Cider Mill Bottle Conditioned
🥈 SILVER
Alex Mantakounis – Blueberry Cider
Dan Daugherty – Malus Fragaria
Gregory Pulver – Hooch House Dry Apple/Raspberry Hard Cider
Hans Edwin Winzeler – Chokeberry Fermented with Stayman and Spitzenburg
Sarah Opdycke – Marry Berry
🥉 BRONZE
Aric Witt – Witt’s Stay Home Fruit Cider
Gregory Pulver – Hooch House Mixed Berry Hard Cider
Gregory Pulver – Hooch House Semi Sweet Apple/ Raspberry Hard Cider
Jack McKillip – Cherry Cider
Jeff Coffey – AP3
Joseph Margevicius – Aunt Sandy’s Cranberries
Michael Prohaska – Nod to Dziadzia
William Bozell & Matt Whittaker – Apricot Lane
2015
🥇 GOLD
Morgan and Cathleen Hobbs – Nook and Cranny
🥈 SILVER
Jay David Stauffer – Prototype 68
John Applegarth – apricot cider
William Bozell & Matt Whittaker – APRICAPPLE
🥉 BRONZE
Andrew Rademacher – Tin Man Hard Cider (cherry)
Colin Post – BC Dry
Jack McKillip – southern Illinois fruit cider
Josef G. Habscheid – FW Concord Viez
Scott Husted – Blackraspberry Blast
Stan Sisson & Brian Kenner – Elder Gold
William Bozell & Matt Whittaker – Apple Berry
William Bozell & Matt Whittaker – Apple Blue POM
2014
🥇 GOLD
William Bozell, Matt Whittaker & Dave Zelise – Apricot
🥈 SILVER
Gary Awdey – Steppe Cherry
Jay Bradish – Black Berry Apple Cider
Judith Hurt – Feeling The Cherry Cider
William Bozell & Matt Whittaker – Blueberry #87
🥉 BRONZE
Charlie Nichols – Char Squared Raspberry Hard Apple Cider
Charlie Nichols & Joanne Charron – Staghorn Moon Raspberry Hard Apple Cider
Stephen & Mike Brokenshire – Ladies Choice
William Bozell, Matt Whittaker & Dave Zelise – Cherry Bomb
2013
🥈 SILVER
Jay Bradish – Lucky Creek Black & Gold Blackberry Apple Cider
Jeff Coffey – Cherry Sparkler
Matt Rodrigues – Black Cherry Cider
William Bozell – Pinky
🥉 BRONZE
Robert Carlstrom – Hopewell
Robert Carlstrom – Wild WhitePine Thorn
Scott Husted – Husteds Blueberry Blossom
Scott Husted – Husteds Cherry Blast
Steven Selin – Dry Apple-Cherry
William Bozell – Blue Apple
William Bozell – Blue Fizz
2012
🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Cherry Cider
Rodney Kibzey – Cherry Cider
🥈 SILVER
Jeff Carlson – Westside Raspberry Cider
Jeff Coffey – Ras Perry
Mark Vernon – Cherry Me Home
Mark Vernon – Summertime II
Matt Whittaker – Pop Me Cherry
Robert Wanhatalo – Pineapple Sally II
🥉 BRONZE
Brian Rutzen – Pome Pomme
Brian Rutzen – Sour Patch Cider
Gary Awdey – Bittersweet with Elderberry
Mark Vernon – Summertime 1
Matt Curtis – Bluesberry Cider
Timothy Ward – Razzberry Zing
Todd Holly – Cranberry Delight
Todd Holly – Mancave Cherry
William Bozell – Pinky
2011
🥇 GOLD
Rodney Kibzey – Cherry Cider
William Bozell – #10
🥈 SILVER
Eric Fouch – Berry Bog Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside Black Raspberry Cider
Jeff Coffey – Wild Orchard
Rick Young – Cider Sangria
Robert Wanhatalo – Pineapple Sally
William Bozell – #10
William Bozell – #12
🥉 BRONZE
Scott Husted – BlackRaspberry Blast
Scott Husted – Red Raspberry
William Bozell – #10
William Bozell – #12
William Bozell – #12
2009
🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Cherry Cider
🥈 SILVER
Eric Fouch – North-South Cherry Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside Black Cherry Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside Black Raspberry Cider
Joe Margevicius – Aunt Pat’s Razz-Ma-Tazz
Rick Young – Hard Cider Sangria
Scott Husted – Black Raspberry Cider
🥉 BRONZE
Gary Awdey – Sour Cherry Cider
Joe Margevicius – Henry’s Blackberry Fizz
Joe Margevicius – Joey’s Cherry Pop
Scott Husted – Peachy Perry
2008
🥈 SILVER
Eric Fouch – Mulberries RFD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Razz
Joe Margevicius – Aunt Sandy’s Cranberry Cider
🥉 BRONZE
Gary Awdey – Cider with Blackcurrant
Jeff Carlson – Westside Cherry
Joe Margevicius – Aunt Pat’s Razz-Ma-Tazz Cider
Kurt Sonen – Raspberry Cyser
Scott Husted – Husted’s Cherry Sparkle
2007
🥇 GOLD
Eric Fouch – Mulberry RFD
🥈 SILVER
Joe Margevicius – Aunt Sandy’s Cranberry Cider
John Jurgensen – Session Red Raspberry Cider
🥉 BRONZE
Gary Awdey – Russet with Blackcurrant
HONORABLE MENTION
Gary Awdey – Bittersweet with Tart Cherry
Jeff Carlson – Westside Cherry Cider
Weston Eaton – Muscat Cider
2006
🥇 GOLD
John Jurgensen – Session Red Raspberry Cider
🥈 SILVER
Anthony Carlson – Cherry Cider
Jeff Carlson – Westside Razbury Cider
🥉 BRONZE
Scott Husted – Unnamed
2005
🥇 GOLD
Jeff Carlson – Westside Raz/Cider
🥈 SILVER
Gary Awdey – Unnamed
🥉 BRONZE
Dave Villaire – Unnamed