UK National Homebrew Competition
Awards
Judges
Craig Agnor, Chris Aplin, Jon Archer, Richard Baldwin, Ingo Barkow, Richard Caller, Ian Carswell, Shackey Kei Yu Chan, Joe Chau, Ross Chisholm, Peter Clapham, Peter Coombs, Stephen Edmonds, Nathan Edwards, Des Feeney, Rowan Gilmore, Tomislav Gmajnic, Mick Harrison, Antony Hawkerr, Robert Iafrati, Rich Jones, Federico Lantschner, Pui Lee, James Littlewood, Paul Malcolm, Pablo Manrique, Aaron Murphy, Robert Neale, Malin Norman, Caoimhe O'Brien, Stephen O'Kane, Ian Parker, Greg Parnell, Simon Poffley, Diego Pompele, Jan Schatz, Mattias Sjoberg, Lucas Stolarczyk, Colin Swan, Brian Tomlinson, Stuart Watkins
Stewards
Allen Bowden, Tom Canty, Gerardo Couto, Matt Evans, Matthew Green, Mark Hopkins, Martine Hopkins, Richard Martin, Chris Monk, Sean O'Toole, Will Piercy, Mark Sherlock, Scott Van Niekerk, Paul Willis, Rick Woolliss
By the Numbers
331 Entries
194 Entrants
41 Judges
15 Stewards
59 Placing Entries
Table 1: Pale Lager
26 entries
Judges: Ingo Barkow, Des Feeney, Federico Lantschner, Pablo Manrique
1st
Andrew Aitchison
Scottish Craft Brewers
Parklife (5D: German Pils)
2nd
Adam Waterson
Barnsley Homebrew Club
Fest Your Best (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Jerry Pringle
Reading Amateur Brewers
Diurne (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)
Table 2: Amber & Dark Lager
19 entries
Judges: Chris Aplin, Jon Archer, Ross Chisholm, Nathan Edwards
1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Captain Hammär (6A: Märzen)
2nd
Ian Benfell & Lucie Burton
Barnsley Homebrew Club
The Man From D.U.N.K.E.L (8A: Munich Dunkel)
3rd
Jerry Pringle
Reading Amateur Brewers
Nocturne (3D: Czech Dark Lager)
HM
Joshua Rowe
Bury St Edmunds Homebrew Club
Dunkel Donuts (8A: Munich Dunkel)
Table 3: British Isles Amber
21 entries
Judges: Joe Chau, James Littlewood, Malin Norman, Greg Parnell
1st
Kev Warnes & Kerstin
Anglian Craft Brewers
K2B2 (11B: Best Bitter)
2nd
Laura Braid
Deer Beer (14C: Scottish Export)
3rd
Colin Churchward
Horsham Homebrew Clib
ESB3 (11C: Strong Bitter)
Table 4: British Isles Brown
18 entries
Judges: Craig Agnor, Richard Baldwin, Rowan Gilmore, Pui Lee
1st
Arthur Olcot
London Amateur Brewers
Claustrophobic Astronaut (13C: English Porter)
2nd
Ian Parker
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Pitching On The Yeast Cake For The Win (13C: English Porter)
3rd
Michael Beswick
Bez's Dark Mild (13A: Dark Mild)
Table 5: European Ales
23 entries
Judges: Ian Carswell, Mick Harrison, Aaron Murphy, Robert Neale
1st
Edward Collard-Walker
House Cat Saison (25B: Saison)
2nd
Stephen Green
T'wit T'woo (24A: Witbier)
3rd
Mathieu Guillaume
Saison (25B: Saison)
Table 6: Commonwealth Hoppy
16 entries
Judges: Shackey Kei Yu Chan, Stephen Edmonds, Ian Parker, Lucas Stolarczyk
1st
Ramez Rahal
Manchester Homebrew
Richard (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
2nd
Neil Werdmuller
Idaho Gold (12A: British Golden Ale)
3rd
Ian Cosier & Marie Coppet & Fede...
London Amateur Brewers
Green Run (12C: English IPA)
HM
Marissa Truglio
Reading Amateur Brewers
Betrothed Robyn (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
Table 7: American Pale Ales
21 entries
Judges: Caoimhe O'Brien, Stephen O'Kane, Mattias Sjoberg, Colin Swan
1st
Chris Burrows
Reading Amateur Brewers
Mosaic Triangle (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Jake McQueen
Lauter Day Brewers
Pleasant Fiction (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Kieren Key & Stewart Key
His Best Friend Is A Robot (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 8: American Amber & Dark
14 entries
Judges: Peter Coombs, Tomislav Gmajnic, Rich Jones, Simon Poffley
1st
Simon M White
Bristol Craft Brewers
SBC - American Porter #1 (20A: American Porter)
2nd
Laura Braid
Green River (27A2: Kentucky Common)
3rd
Robert Iafrati
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
How Do You Pronounce Ahtanum? (20A: American Porter)
Table 9: American IPA
20 entries
Judges: Craig Agnor, Mick Harrison, Federico Lantschner, Caoimhe O'Brien
1st
Nathan Edwards
REBEL Homebrew Club
Weasel War Dance (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Owen Puckett
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Funky Pineapple (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Sam Thakker-Jones
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Hunter's Tor (21A: American IPA)
HM
Stuart Hubbard
Stratification (21A: American IPA)
Table 10: Hazy IPA
20 entries
Judges: Ingo Barkow, Nathan Edwards, Rowan Gilmore, Aaron Murphy
1st
Olli-Pekka Niinimäki
Panomaju
Fruit Ninja (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
David Goddard
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Ghost In The Fog (21C: Hazy IPA)
3rd
Matthew Collinson
Unspoken Language Of Bears (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 11: Other IPA
15 entries
Judges: Chris Aplin, Rich Jones, Stephen O'Kane, Greg Parnell
1st
Malcolm Newton
Midlands Craft Brewers
Fetch The Cushions (21B1: Belgian IPA)
2nd
Sean O'Toole
Midlands Craft Brewers
Old Red Eyes Is Back (21B4: Red IPA)
3rd
Darren Allen
Resinite (21B5: Rye IPA)
HM
Brian Tomlinson
Midlands Craft Brewers
Hopfen Weiss Hopfen Weiss Every Morning You Greet Me (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)
Table 12: Pale & Brown Strong
16 entries
Judges: Jon Archer, Peter Coombs, Tomislav Gmajnic, Brian Tomlinson
1st
James Carver
Bristol Craft Brewers
Flux Capacitor (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)
2nd
James Cross
London Amateur Brewers
Old But Gold (17B: Old Ale)
3rd
Kevin Surridge-Dines
Anglian Craft Brewers
Dirty Ol' Thang... (17D: English Barley Wine)
HM
Barry Long
Wee County Brewers [Ireland]
Scamallach (17C: Wee Heavy)
Table 13: Dark Strong
19 entries
Judges: Ross Chisholm, Robert Neale, Simon Poffley, Mattias Sjoberg
1st
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Beer 1 (9C: Baltic Porter)
2nd
Jonathan Rolison
Anglian Craft Brewers
The Three Cups (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Chris Cameron
Wells Tankard Division
Acting The Goat (9A: Doppelbock)
HM
Dan Walters
Worcestershire HomeBrew Club
It's Yer Money I'm After Baby (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 14: Stouts
15 entries
Judges: Richard Baldwin, Ian Carswell, Stephen Edmonds, Des Feeney
1st
Fern Leaf
Fern Leaf Homebrew Club
Stout Lad (15B: Irish Stout)
2nd
Darren Blythe
Hereford Amateur Brewers
Rumpelstoutskin (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
3rd
Richard Seymour & David Rookley
Black Betty (15B: Irish Stout)
Table 15: Monastic
18 entries
Judges: Peter Clapham, Pui Lee, Pablo Manrique, Lucas Stolarczyk
1st
Paul Willis
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Nothing To Vier But Vier Itself (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
2nd
Andy Heddell
Belgian Quadrupel (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
3rd
Markku Leminen
Panomaju
Hidden Sins Vol.2 (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
Table 16: Smoke & Wood
7 entries
Judges: Brian Tomlinson, Stuart Watkins
1st
Matti Isosomppi
Panomaju
Stout #8 (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Nick Davis
Anglian Craft Brewers
Tanngnjostr And Tanngrisnir (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)
Table 17: Fruit, Spice, Herb and Veg
24 entries
Judges: Joe Chau, Antony Hawkerr, Ian Parker, Colin Swan
1st
Bojan Grdinic & Monika Merlin Grdinic
Pivari Grada Zagreba
Bounty But If It Was Actually Good (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Sam Thakker-Jones
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Church Of Phantom (30D: Specialty Spice Beer)
3rd
Stuart Hubbard
Cafe Racer (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 18: Sour & Wild
19 entries
Judges: James Littlewood, Paul Malcolm, Malin Norman, Stuart Watkins
1st
Craig Arnold
Wocestershire HomeBrew Club
With A Passion (23F: Fruit Lambic)
2nd
Marc Hannewald
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Fellowship (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
3rd
Josh Charig
Despite All My Rage I'm Still Just A Bacteriophage (23D: Lambic)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Captain Hammär (6A: Märzen)
2nd
Edward Collard-Walker
House Cat Saison (25B: Saison)
3rd
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Beer 1 (9C: Baltic Porter)
Champion Brewer
194 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Laura Braid | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.0000000 | |
| 2nd | Sam Thakker-Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0000000 | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| 3rd | Paul Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| Darren Sloan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Beer Boars |
| Bojan Grdinic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Pivari Grada Zagreba |
| Nathan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | REBEL Homebrew Club |
| Ramez Rahal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Manchester Homebrew |
| Arthur Olcot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | London Amateur Brewers |
| Andrew Aitchison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Scottish Craft Brewers |
| Matti Isosomppi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Panomaju |
| James Carver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Bristol Craft Brewers |
| Keith Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| Chris Burrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Reading Amateur Brewers |
| Olli-Pekka Niinimäki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Panomaju |
| Simon M White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Bristol Craft Brewers |
| Kev Warnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Anglian Craft Brewers |
| Craig Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Wocestershire HomeBrew... |
| Edward Collard-Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | |
| Fern Leaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Fern Leaf Homebrew Club |
| Malcolm Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 | Midlands Craft Brewers |
Best Club
56 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
|---|
| 1st | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14.0100000 |
| 2nd | Anglian Craft Brewers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12.0100000 |
| 3rd | Panomaju | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.0200000 |
| 4th | London Amateur Brewers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0100000 |
| Reading Amateur Brewers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.0100000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 4
- 2nd Place: 3
- 3rd Place: 2
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
- The highest average score.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
