UK National Homebrew Competition
Thanks to all who participated in the UK National Homebrew Competition.
There were 331 entries judged and 330 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Darren Sloan | Captain Hammär | 6A: Märzen | Beer Boars |
| 2nd | Edward Collard-Walker | House Cat Saison | 25B: Saison | |
| 3rd | Keith Bailey | Beer 1 | 9C: Baltic Porter | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
Winning Entries
Pale Lager (26 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Andrew Aitchison | Parklife | 5D: German Pils | Scottish Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Adam Waterson | Fest Your Best | 4B: Festbier | Barnsley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jerry Pringle | Diurne | 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager | Reading Amateur Brewers |
Amber & Dark Lager (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Darren Sloan | Captain Hammär | 6A: Märzen | Beer Boars |
| 2nd | Ian Benfell
Co-Brewer: Lucie Burton | The Man From D.U.N.K.E.L | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Barnsley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Jerry Pringle | Nocturne | 3D: Czech Dark Lager | Reading Amateur Brewers |
| HM | Joshua Rowe | Dunkel Donuts | 8A: Munich Dunkel | Bury St Edmunds Homebrew Club |
British Isles Amber (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Kev Warnes
Co-Brewer: Kerstin | K2B2 | 11B: Best Bitter | Anglian Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Laura Braid | Deer Beer | 14C: Scottish Export | |
| 3rd | Colin Churchward | ESB3 | 11C: Strong Bitter | Horsham Homebrew Clib |
British Isles Brown (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Arthur Olcot | Claustrophobic Astronaut | 13C: English Porter | London Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Ian Parker | Pitching On The Yeast Cake For The Win | 13C: English Porter | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| 3rd | Michael Beswick | Bez's Dark Mild | 13A: Dark Mild | |
European Ales (23 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Edward Collard-Walker | House Cat Saison | 25B: Saison | |
| 2nd | Stephen Green | T'wit T'woo | 24A: Witbier | |
| 3rd | Mathieu Guillaume | Saison | 25B: Saison | |
Commonwealth Hoppy (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Ramez Rahal | Richard | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Manchester Homebrew |
| 2nd | Neil Werdmuller | Idaho Gold | 12A: British Golden Ale | |
| 3rd | Ian Cosier
Co-Brewer: Marie Coppet & Fede Garcia | Green Run | 12C: English IPA | London Amateur Brewers |
| HM | Marissa Truglio | Betrothed Robyn | LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner | Reading Amateur Brewers |
American Pale Ales (21 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Chris Burrows | Mosaic Triangle | 18B: American Pale Ale | Reading Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Jake McQueen MHP | Pleasant Fiction | 18B: American Pale Ale | Lauter Day Brewers |
| 3rd | Kieren Key
Co-Brewer: Stewart Key | His Best Friend Is A Robot | 18B: American Pale Ale | |
American Amber & Dark (14 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Simon M White | SBC - American Porter #1 | 20A: American Porter | Bristol Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Laura Braid | Green River | 27A2: Kentucky Common | |
| 3rd | Robert Iafrati | How Do You Pronounce Ahtanum? | 20A: American Porter | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
American IPA (20 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Nathan Edwards | Weasel War Dance | 21A: American IPA | REBEL Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Owen Puckett | Funky Pineapple | 21A: American IPA | The Hop Addition Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Sam Thakker-Jones | Hunter's Tor | 21A: American IPA | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| HM | Stuart Hubbard | Stratification | 21A: American IPA | |
Hazy IPA (20 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Olli-Pekka Niinimäki | Fruit Ninja | 21C: Hazy IPA | Panomaju |
| 2nd | David Goddard | Ghost In The Fog | 21C: Hazy IPA | The Hop Addition Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Matthew Collinson | Unspoken Language Of Bears | 21C: Hazy IPA | |
Other IPA (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Malcolm Newton | Fetch The Cushions | 21B1: Belgian IPA | Midlands Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | Sean O'Toole | Old Red Eyes Is Back | 21B4: Red IPA | Midlands Craft Brewers |
| 3rd | Darren Allen | Resinite | 21B5: Rye IPA | |
| HM | Brian Tomlinson | Hopfen Weiss Hopfen Weiss Every Morning You Greet Me | 34B: Mixed-Style Beer | Midlands Craft Brewers |
Pale & Brown Strong (16 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | James Carver | Flux Capacitor | 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale | Bristol Craft Brewers |
| 2nd | James Cross | Old But Gold | 17B: Old Ale | London Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Kevin Surridge-Dines | Dirty Ol' Thang... | 17D: English Barley Wine | Anglian Craft Brewers |
| HM | Barry Long | Scamallach | 17C: Wee Heavy | Wee County Brewers [Ireland] |
Dark Strong (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Keith Bailey | Beer 1 | 9C: Baltic Porter | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| 2nd | Jonathan Rolison | The Three Cups | 9C: Baltic Porter | Anglian Craft Brewers |
| 3rd | Chris Cameron | Acting The Goat | 9A: Doppelbock | Wells Tankard Division |
| HM | Dan Walters | It's Yer Money I'm After Baby | 20C: Imperial Stout | Worcestershire HomeBrew Club |
Stouts (15 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Fern Leaf | Stout Lad | 15B: Irish Stout | Fern Leaf Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Darren Blythe | Rumpelstoutskin | 16B: Oatmeal Stout | Hereford Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Richard Seymour
Co-Brewer: David Rookley | Black Betty | 15B: Irish Stout | |
Monastic (18 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Paul Willis | Nothing To Vier But Vier Itself | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| 2nd | Andy Heddell | Belgian Quadrupel | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |
| 3rd | Markku Leminen | Hidden Sins Vol.2 | 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Panomaju |
Smoke & Wood (7 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Matti Isosomppi | Stout #8 | 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | Panomaju |
| 2nd | Nick Davis | Tanngnjostr And Tanngrisnir | 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer | Anglian Craft Brewers |
Fruit, Spice, Herb and Veg (24 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Bojan Grdinic
Co-Brewer: Monika Merlin Grdinic | Bounty But If It Was Actually Good | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | Pivari Grada Zagreba |
| 2nd | Sam Thakker-Jones | Church Of Phantom | 30D: Specialty Spice Beer | Homebrew Collab (Bristol) |
| 3rd | Stuart Hubbard | Cafe Racer | 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | |
Sour & Wild (19 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Craig Arnold | With A Passion | 23F: Fruit Lambic | Wocestershire HomeBrew Club |
| 2nd | Marc Hannewald | Fellowship | 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | Norwich Amateur Brewers |
| 3rd | Josh Charig | Despite All My Rage I'm Still Just A Bacteriophage | 23D: Lambic | |