Welsh National Homebrew Competition

Thanks to all who participated in the Welsh National Homebrew Competition.

There were 124 entries judged and 220 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Pettifor	Doovl	26C: Belgian Tripel	Anglian Craft Brewers
2nd	Darren Sloan	Jet Black New Year	20C: Imperial Stout	Beer Boars
3rd	Mikko Salo	Cosmic	29A: Fruit Beer	Panomaju
HM	Adam Waterson	Mild How You Go	13A: Dark Mild	Barnsley Homebrew Club

Champion Brewer (68 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score	Club
1st	Mikko Salo	1	0	2	0	11.00	Panomaju
2nd	Adam Waterson	1	1	0	1	10.00	Barnsley Homebrew Club
3rd	Arthur Olcot	2	0	0	0	10.00	London Amateur Brewers

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Best Club (29 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	HM	Score
1st	Panomaju	1	2	2	1	0	21.00
2nd	Anglian Craft Brewers	2	1	1	0	0	17.00
3rd	Barnsley Homebrew Club	1	1	0	0	1	10.00

Winning Entries

Table 1: Fruit, SPice and wood (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mikko Salo	Cosmic	29A: Fruit Beer	Panomaju
2nd	Markku Leminen	Abyss	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Panomaju
3rd	Jan Meissner Co-Brewer: Friederike Kaymer-Meissner	Nocturnal Raspberry	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer	Hobbybrauer Aachen

Table 2: Sour and historical (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rich Caller	Katie On The Moon	LSX4: Catharina Sour	Manchester Homebrew
2nd	Bartosz Leniec	The Fingerprint	27A3: Lichtenhainer	Reading Amateur Brewers
3rd	Brett Harman	The Elder's	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club
4th	Timo Oja	Blood Of Berries	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Panomaju

Table 3: Belgians (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Pettifor	Doovl	26C: Belgian Tripel	Anglian Craft Brewers
2nd	Kev Warnes	EM2	26B: Belgian Dubbel	Anglian Craft Brewers
3rd	Nathan Edwards	Heffalumps And Woozels	10A: Weissbier	Rebel Homebrewers

Table 4: Strong Ales (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darren Sloan	Jet Black New Year	20C: Imperial Stout	Beer Boars
2nd	Tuomo Äkkinen	No Man's Land	17B: Old Ale	Panomaju
3rd	Ian Benfell	Old Geoffers	17B: Old Ale	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club

Table 5: American Pale and IPA (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Robert Green	Eddie Bongo	21A: American IPA	Manchester Hombrew
2nd	Martin Taylor Co-Brewer: Charlie Taylor	The Universe Winked At Me	21A: American IPA
3rd	Dave Caiels	Supersonic	18B: American Pale Ale	Anglian Craft Brewers
4th	Jon Archer	Brimstone	21A: American IPA	Midlands Craft Brewers

Table 6: Hazy and Speciality IPAs (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nathan Edwards	Riverside	21C: Hazy IPA	Rebel Homebrewers
2nd	Rob Iafrati Co-Brewer: Will Piercy	Jake Bullet	21B2: Black IPA	Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
3rd	Mikko Salo	Sphere	21C: Hazy IPA	Panomaju
HM	Dave Matthews	Nelson Sauvin BIPA	21B2: Black IPA	Hereford Amateur Brewers

Table 7: Stouts and Porter (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Martin Taylor Co-Brewer: Charlie Taylor	Oaty Goodness	16B: Oatmeal Stout
2nd	Adam Waterson	Black Bob	16A: Sweet Stout	Barnsley Homebrew Club
3rd	Keith Bailey	1909 Porter	13C: English Porter	Norwich Amateur Brewers

Table 8: Strong bitters and browns & Reds (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rob Iafrati	First Gold Green Hop	12C: English IPA	Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
2nd	Andrew Aitchison	Aitchie's Export	14C: Scottish Export	Scottish Craft Brewers
3rd	Simon Stubbings	Snagger	11C: Strong Bitter

Table 9: Lighter Bitters Browns and scotish (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Waterson	Mild How You Go	13A: Dark Mild	Barnsley Homebrew Club
2nd	Shane Van Der Westhuizen Co-Brewer: Jessica Cosier	Bitter Jessy	14A: Scottish Light
3rd	Mark Kettle	Roll The Bones	11B: Best Bitter

Table 10: British Golden ales (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Martin Cullwick	Ucking Great.	12A: British Golden Ale
2nd	Simon Stubbings	Jack Of All Trades	12A: British Golden Ale
3rd	David Birke	Golden Child	12A: British Golden Ale	No Frills Joe Homebrew

Table 11: Malty Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Arthur Olcot	Source Of Truth	8B: Schwarzbier	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Keith Bailey	Crispy Hannah	5B: Kölsch	Norwich Amateur Brewers
3rd	David Wilson	Kampfhubschrauber	6A: Märzen	Scottish Craft Brewers

Table 12: Light Lager (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Arthur Olcot	Midday Maibock	4C: Helles Bock	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Christian Ibbotson	Packer-Hschorr	4B: Festbier	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club
3rd	Chris Burrows	Babbling In German	4A: Munich Helles	Reading Amateur Brewers
HM	Gruffydd Jones	Cwrw Penarth Lager	2A: International Pale Lager