GLINT CAP 2011 Results Analysis

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

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!