2025 Results
This year 60 beers participated in the judges competition, more than ever before. 8 judges were at work to judge the beers, and we also had a people’s favorite. New this year was the award for newcomer of the year, which went to the brewers who got the most votes in the people’s favorite among those participating for the first time.
Overview of results all years .
Some of the 8 judges. From left: Kasper Andersen, Torkjel Austad, Dag Jørgensen, Bård Romar Hoveid, Kjetil Dale. Also judges were Per Øyvind Arnesen, Geir Skansen Kleppe and Per Magne Bjørdal.
Newcomer of the year
The prize went to Andreas Solvik and Arvid Dybevoll, who participated with a kornøl a la Hornindal fermented with #23 Otterdal. They are from Markane , an area about 10 kilometers from Grodås. Markane has many brewers, but this is the first time anyone from there has participated in the festival.
3rd place, judges competition
It went to Nils Olaf Kyllo, an experienced traditional brewer from Stjørdal, who participated in the festival for the first time, with a stjørdalsøl made from his own malt with Idun Blå.
2nd place, judges competition
In second place came Idar Nygård from Hornindal, with a traditional kornøl fermented with his own kveik. Idar has been brewing since 1995 and has been to the festival several times, but this is the first time he’s won. Idar is otherwise known for organizing pre-festival gatherings in the old brewhouse he calls Gamlestova.
1st place judges competition
At the top came Neset Brewery, consisting of Kristoffer Lia and a brewer we unfortunately didn’t get the name of (tips welcome!). The beer was a maltøl brewed on Morgedalsvis, in Skafså in Telemark. The brewers took as their starting point the recipe from Terje and Halvor Bjåland from one of Lars Marius’s books, but also took the opportunity to (by their own account) “pump” Halvor and Terje the year they were demo brewers at the festival. It obviously paid off!
People’s favorite
Clear winner among the audience was Gunnar Skare from Ørsta, with a traditional kornøl a la Ørsta. He is the only kornøl brewer we know of who makes his own malt. He also has his own kveik. Gunnar hasn’t been every year, but still has a second place from 2017 under his belt. This year Gunnar took home the coveted rifle stock from GRS. When asked how he felt about it, he answered bluntly “ej he!”
More complete results list for people’s favorite:
Beer noBrewerBeer Votes14Gunnar SkareGodøl2416Idar NygårdKornnjøl1517Ivar HusdalOrganic gamalostøl151Andreas Solvik & Arvid DybevollFænnjøl1410Vidar Gausemel & Tor-Ådne SeljesetKornnjøl1367Under Eika (Gunnar Fredriksen)Brúnsteinn1266Tore Raftevold & Eirik LødemelOtterdal tradition10
Sponsors
We thank our sponsors, who contributed beautiful prizes:
More details
The judges forms with detailed comments for all beers are here:
The numerical codes on the judges forms are the same as in the program, which is here: