This Cup was the first international craft beer competition limited exclusively to independent commercial brewers. In addition to certified BJCP judges and Cicerones, we have made a concerted effort to ensure that a large majority of the judges are internationally renowned professional brewers from top independent breweries from around the world.
Among our judges this year, we are proud to announce the following renowned brewers and beer specialists from around the world:
Gustavo Arroyo
Costa Rica
Tomme Arthur
Co-Founder
The Lost Abbey
United States
Jano Bako
cervecero por el mundo / street brewer
Fuego Brewing Company
Costa Rica
Cristhian Benitez
Secretario
Acervapy
Paraguay
José Bini
Fundador
Bierhaus Brewing Co.
Argentina
José Carlos Blanco Estévez
Jefazo
Buenas Pintas
Panama
Luciana Boragnio
Dueña – Responsable de BrewPub
Brew House Mar del Plata
Argentina
Peter Bouckaert
Chief of Wisdom and Other Nonsense
Purpose Brewing and Cellars
United States
Fernando Campoy Osset
Gerente. Administrador. Headbrewer.
Cervezas Domus S.L.
Spain
Lucía Carrillo Gómez
Head Brewer
Cervecería Itañeñe
Mexico
Jose Castillo
Head Brewer
Cerveza Entremares
Guatemala
Jose Rafael Castro Andrade
Head Brewer
Cervecería Casa del Bosque
Honduras
Ignacio Castro Cortiñas
Director de Planificación
Treintaycinco – Fábrica de Cervezas
Costa Rica
Jim Crooks
Master Blender
Firestone Walker Barrelworks
United States
Ignacio José Curto Sillamoni
Head Brewer – owner
Cerveza Laurus
Argentina
Alexis Espinoza Wing
Head Brewer
Craic
Costa Rica
David Estrada Mejia
Head Brewer
Cervecería La Rana Dorada
Panama
Leonardo Ferrari
Founder
Cervecería Antares
Argentina
Francisco Gonzalez Romero
Brand Ambassador
Cerveza Caserío
México
Antonio González Ruiz
Head Brewer
Cervecería Feroz
Panama
Andrea Huerta
Control de calidad
Barranco Beer Company
Peru
Juan Jaramillo
Head Brewer
Django Cerveceria
Ecuador
Nathan Keffer
Founder and Head of Brewing Operations
Ecuador
Fabio Koerich Ramos
Co-Owner
Armada Cervejeira
Brazil
Mervin Bradley Kraus
Maestro Cervecero
Cerveceria La Rana Dorada
Panama
Aitor Labrador Ochoa
Coautor
Cerveza para Dummies
Spain
Sara Lefevre
Co-fundadora
Barranco Beer Company
Spain
Marco Malaga
Brewmaster
Okcidenta
United States
Adolfo Marín
Lead Brewer
Cervecería Primate
Costa Rica
Victor Marinho
sócio e cervejeiro
Cervejaria Dádiva
Brazil
Phil Markowski
Master Brewer
Two Roads Brewing Co.
United States
Mad Max
Dictador Sumiso. Head Brewer
BrewHouse Mar del Plata
Argentina
Alberto Mendoza
Ingeniero
Cervesabio
Panama
Andrés Quirós
Founder and Head Brewer
Experimento Cervecero
Costa Rica
Andres Redondo
Founder/Owner
La Cofradia Brewing Co
Costa Rica
Leiddy Milena Rincón infante
Brewpub
Cervecería brewpub co
Colombia
Daniel Rocamora
Owner/Headbrewer
Bestiario Brewing Co
Uruguay
Atenogenes Humberto Saldivar
Brewer
Cerveceria Caserio
Mexico
Juan Sanchez
CEO
Panama Brewers / Kraken Brewing
Panama
Noel Sánchez
Socio Fundador
Buenas Pintas / Nueva Orden
Panamá
Carlos Seitz
Beer Sommelier
Independiente
Chile
Bernardo Francisco Sequeira Delgado
Master brewer/Gerente de produccion
Cadejo Brewing Company
El Salvador
Diego Esteban Setti
BJCP Regional Representative
Mental BC
Argentina
Carlos Silva
Gerente General / Fundador
Cerveceria Central
Panama
Pete Slosberg
Founder
Pete’s Brewing Company, SCORE
United States
Raúl Tejerina-Anton
Profesor
Universidad de Alicante
España
Karen Tijerino
Propietaria
Nicaragua Cervecera
Nicaragua
Juan Carlos Torres
Maestro Cervecero & fundador
Master Beer
Colombia
Laura Ulrich
Small Batch Brewer for Stone Brewing & President Pink Boots Society
Stone Brewing/Pink Boots Society
Uninted States
Salvador Villacreces Arnedo
Head Brewer
Cervecería Clandestina
Panama
Federico Zamora Barahona
Fundador-Dueño-Cervecero
Calle Cimarrona
Costa Rica
Jaime Zuluaga
Co owner / Master Brewer
Costa Rica Beer Factory Inc
Costa Rica