Meet your 2014 Big Central Winners
North Central Barista Competition Finalists:
1st place Josh Wismans of Colectivo Coffee Roaster, Milwaukee, WI, 574 pts 2nd place Brenna Kail of Intelligentsia Coffee, Chicago, IL, 573.5 pts 3rd place Josh Taves of Dogwood Coffee Co., Minneapolis, MN, 571.5 pts 4th place Talya Strader of Bow Truss Coffee Roasters, Chicago, IL, 560.5 pts 5th place Sam Brown of Stone Creek Coffee, Milwaukee, WI, 556 pts 6th place Andrew Grassmick of MadCap Coffee, Grand Rapids, MI 547.5
Remaining competitor rankings can be downloaded here.
North Central Brewers Cup Finalists:
1st place George Burnett of Intelligentsia Coffee, Chicago, IL, 81 pts 2nd place Trevor Gruehn of Kickapoo Coffee, Madison, WI, 80 pts 3rd place Zach Althaus of Goshen Coffee, Edwardsville, IL, 79.35 pts 4th place John Mook of Passion House Coffee Roasters, Chicago, IL, 71.29 pts 5th place Derek Craig of Anthology Coffee, Detroit, MI, 65.71 pts 6th place Daniel Bosman, Mars Cafe, DesMoines, IA, 59.64 pts
Remaining competitor rankings can be downloaded here.
South Central Barista Competition Finalists:
1st place Tyler Rovenstine of Oddly Correct, Kansas City, MO, 601.5 2nd place David Fasman of Kaldis Coffee Roasting Co., St. Louis, MO, 578 pts 3rd place Patrick Burns of Palace Coffee, Canyon, TX, 558 pts 4th place Mike Marquard of Blueprint Coffee, St. Louis, MO, 552 pts 5th place David Buehner of Blacksmith Coffee, Houston, TX 537.5 pts 6th place Nora Brady of Bluerprint Coffee, St. Louis, MO 537 pts
Remaining competitor rankings can be downloaded here.
South Central Brewers Cup Finalists:
1st place Lorenzo Perkins of Cuvee Coffee Roasting Co., Austin, TX, 84.70 pts 2nd place Anthony Auger of Kaldis Coffee Roasting Co., St. Louis, MO, 84.52 pts 3rd place Kevin Reddy of Blueprint Coffee, St. Louis, MO, 83.15 pts 4th place Andrew McCaslin of PalaceCoffee, Canyon, TX, 81.55 pts 5th place Robert Reagan of Palace Coffee, Canyon, TX, 81.18 pts 6th place Dean Kallivrousis of Parisi Coffee, Kansas City, MO, 80.54 pts
Remaining competitor rankings can be downloaded here.