Welsh National Homebrew Competition
Awards
Judges
Lee Dunning, Nathan Edwards, Antony Hawkerr, Rob Iafrati, Richard Jones, Simon Martin, Martin Martinez, Gavin McPherson, Pawel Mekarski, Simon Poffley, Lee Ralph, Andrew Sully, Netelia Tamagnini, Malcolm Tbc, Stuart Watkins
Stewards
Jon Archer, Mark Hitchins, Mark Hopkins, Martine Hopkins, Alex Jones, Richard Martin, Tom Richards, Chris Seaward
Staff
Lee Dunning, Malcolm Tbc
By the Numbers
124 Entries
68 Entrants
15 Judges
8 Stewards
2 Staff
40 Placing Entries
Table 1: Fruit, SPice and wood
12 entries
Judges: Nathan Edwards, Stuart Watkins (Head Judge)
1st
Mikko Salo
Panomaju
Cosmic (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Markku Leminen
Panomaju
Abyss (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Jan Meissner & Friederike Kaymer-Meissner
Hobbybrauer Aachen
Nocturnal Raspberry (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)
Table 2: Sour and historical
7 entries
Judges: Nathan Edwards, Simon Poffley, Malcolm Tbc
1st
Rich Caller
Manchester Homebrew
Katie On The Moon (LSX4: Catharina Sour)
2nd
Bartosz Leniec
Reading Amateur Brewers
The Fingerprint (27A3: Lichtenhainer)
3rd
Brett Harman
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
The Elder's (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
4th
Timo Oja
Panomaju
Blood Of Berries (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Table 3: Belgians
9 entries
Judges: Richard Jones (Head Judge), Simon Martin
1st
James Pettifor
Anglian Craft Brewers
Doovl (26C: Belgian Tripel)
2nd
Kev Warnes
Anglian Craft Brewers
EM2 (26B: Belgian Dubbel)
3rd
Nathan Edwards
Rebel Homebrewers
Heffalumps And Woozels (10A: Weissbier)
Table 4: Strong Ales
12 entries
Judges: Antony Hawkerr, Netelia Tamagnini
1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Jet Black New Year (20C: Imperial Stout)
2nd
Tuomo Äkkinen
Panomaju
No Man's Land (17B: Old Ale)
3rd
Ian Benfell
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Old Geoffers (17B: Old Ale)
Table 5: American Pale and IPA
11 entries
Judges: Rob Iafrati, Pawel Mekarski
1st
Robert Green
Manchester Hombrew
Eddie Bongo (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Martin Taylor & Charlie Taylor
The Universe Winked At Me (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Dave Caiels
Anglian Craft Brewers
Supersonic (18B: American Pale Ale)
4th
Jon Archer
Midlands Craft Brewers
Brimstone (21A: American IPA)
Table 6: Hazy and Speciality IPAs
11 entries
Judges: Gavin McPherson, Lee Ralph
1st
Nathan Edwards
Rebel Homebrewers
Riverside (21C: Hazy IPA)
2nd
Rob Iafrati & Will Piercy
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Jake Bullet (21B2: Black IPA)
3rd
Mikko Salo
Panomaju
Sphere (21C: Hazy IPA)
HM
Dave Matthews
Hereford Amateur Brewers
Nelson Sauvin BIPA (21B2: Black IPA)
Table 7: Stouts and Porter
10 entries
Judges: Gavin McPherson, Stuart Watkins (Head Judge)
1st
Martin Taylor & Charlie Taylor
Oaty Goodness (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
2nd
Adam Waterson
Barnsley Homebrew Club
Black Bob (16A: Sweet Stout)
3rd
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
1909 Porter (13C: English Porter)
Table 8: Strong bitters and browns & Reds
12 entries
Judges: Simon Poffley, Andrew Sully, Malcolm Tbc
1st
Rob Iafrati
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
First Gold Green Hop (12C: English IPA)
2nd
Andrew Aitchison
Scottish Craft Brewers
Aitchie's Export (14C: Scottish Export)
3rd
Simon Stubbings
Snagger (11C: Strong Bitter)
Table 9: Lighter Bitters Browns and scotish
8 entries
Judges: Antony Hawkerr, Lee Ralph
1st
Adam Waterson
Barnsley Homebrew Club
Mild How You Go (13A: Dark Mild)
2nd
Shane Van Der Westhuizen & Jessica Cosier
Bitter Jessy (14A: Scottish Light)
3rd
Mark Kettle
Roll The Bones (11B: Best Bitter)
Table 10: British Golden ales
11 entries
Judges: Rob Iafrati, Netelia Tamagnini
1st
Martin Cullwick
Ucking Great. (12A: British Golden Ale)
2nd
Simon Stubbings
Jack Of All Trades (12A: British Golden Ale)
3rd
David Birke
No Frills Joe Homebrew
Golden Child (12A: British Golden Ale)
Table 11: Malty Lager
9 entries
Judges: Pawel Mekarski, Andrew Sully
1st
Arthur Olcot
London Amateur Brewers
Source Of Truth (8B: Schwarzbier)
2nd
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Crispy Hannah (5B: Kölsch)
3rd
David Wilson
Scottish Craft Brewers
Kampfhubschrauber (6A: Märzen)
Table 12: Light Lager
12 entries
Judges: Richard Jones, Simon Martin
1st
Arthur Olcot
London Amateur Brewers
Midday Maibock (4C: Helles Bock)
2nd
Christian Ibbotson
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Packer-Hschorr (4B: Festbier)
3rd
Chris Burrows
Reading Amateur Brewers
Babbling In German (4A: Munich Helles)
HM
Gruffydd Jones
Cwrw Penarth Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
James Pettifor
Anglian Craft Brewers
Doovl (26C: Belgian Tripel)
2nd
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Jet Black New Year (20C: Imperial Stout)
3rd
Mikko Salo
Panomaju
Cosmic (29A: Fruit Beer)
HM
Adam Waterson
Barnsley Homebrew Club
Mild How You Go (13A: Dark Mild)
Champion Brewer
68 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Mikko Salo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.0003010 | Panomaju |
| 2nd | Adam Waterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0003010 | Barnsley Homebrew Club |
| 3rd | Arthur Olcot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0002020 | London Amateur Brewers |
Best Club
29 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | HM | Score |
|---|
| 1st | Panomaju | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21.0006010 |
| 2nd | Anglian Craft Brewers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0004020 |
| 3rd | Barnsley Homebrew Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0003010 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 5
- 2nd Place: 4
- 3rd Place: 3
- 4th Place: 2
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The highest total number of first, second, third, fourth (if applicable), and honorable mention places.
- The highest number of first places.
- The highest maximum score.
- The highest minimum score.
- The lowest number of entries.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
