Welsh National Homebrew Competition

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

There were 238 entries judged and 155 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ian Cheeseright	Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Leeds Homebrew Collective
2nd	Fraser Withers	You Sexy Thing	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	LAB
3rd	Nick Davis	Battle Of The Alamo	2A: International Pale Lager	Anglian Craft Brewers

Best Welsh Beer

The highest scoring beer from a brewer with a Welsh address. In the event of a tie we compare the score of the same brewers next highest scoring beer.

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rhys Davies	Dippy Kitty	22A: Double IPA	REBEL Homebrew Club
2nd	Bernie Ramsay	Special Saison	25B: Saison	REBEL Homebrew Club

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Davis	Battle Of The Alamo	2A: International Pale Lager	Anglian Craft Brewers
2nd	Colin Taylor	Nektonic	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Portsmouth Homebrew Club
3rd	Stew Horne	I Am Not Lee Immins	1B: American Lager	LAB

Table 2: German Lager & Hybrid (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim Passmore Co-Brewer: Robbie Gaston, Hugh Rowberry	Crispy Boi	5D: German Pils	Beer Boars
2nd	Matthew Hales	To Helles and Back	4A: Munich Helles	Midland Craft Brewers
3rd	Steven Scott	Whirl of the Waltz	7A: Vienna Lager

Table 3: Amber & Dark Lager (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alberto Pomares Mur	Dark Side Of Lager	8B: Schwarzbier
2nd	Nick Davis	Garage Reserve	2B: International Amber Lager	Anglian Craft Brewers

Table 4: Wheat (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alberto Pomares Mur	Blanca	24A: Witbier
2nd	Stuart Watkins	Cotton-Topped Tamarin	10A: Weissbier	REBEL Homebrew Club
3rd	Alberto Pomares Mur	Green Moon	24A: Witbier

Table 5: English Pale (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Burgin	Drinkability Brown's Bitter Beer	11A: Ordinary Bitter
2nd	Mark Sanderson	Cat's Cradle	12A: British Golden Ale	LAB
3rd	Jason Jones Co-Brewer: Charlie Abbott	Full English	12A: British Golden Ale	Anglian Craft Brewers

Table 6: Brown Ale & Porter (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lee Immins	Bring Yor Daughter To the Porter	13C: English Porter	LAB
2nd	Jason Jones Co-Brewer: Charlie Abbott	Heavy On the Chips	13C: English Porter	Anglian Craft Brewers
3rd	Ian Cosier	1741	20A: American Porter	LAB
HM	Geoff Nix Co-Brewer: Mike Anson & Doug Hayes	Black Eyed Porter	20A: American Porter

Table 7: British and Irish Ales (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Fleck	Auld Nick	17C: Wee Heavy
2nd	Jerry Pringle	English Barleywine	17D: English Barleywine	Brewcialism
3rd	Matthew Hales	Sunset Red Ale	15A: Irish Red Ale	Midland Craft Brewers

Table 8: Stout (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Wilson	Careless	16D: Foreign Extra Stout	LAB
2nd	Barry Walsh Co-Brewer: The Hyperbolic Boys	The Disappearing Man	20C: Imperial Stout
3rd	Jonathan Fleck	Dark Abyss	16B: Oatmeal Stout
HM	Richard Lock	Ris	20C: Imperial Stout	Brewcialism

Table 9: American Pale & Amber (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rhys Davies	Citra Smash	18B: American Pale Ale	REBEL Homebrew Club
2nd	Ian Cosier	Fall Line	19A: American Amber Ale	LAB
3rd	Mark Williams	Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale	REBEL Homebrew Club

Table 10: IPA (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rhys Davies	Dippy Kitty	22A: Double IPA	REBEL Homebrew Club
2nd	Dan Burgin	Sevenfold Shield	21A: American IPA
3rd	Matthew Hales	Sunshine IPA	21A: American IPA	Midland Craft Brewers

Table 11: Speciality IPA (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aleksandr Maznov	Deadmans Special	21B1: Belgian IPA	Brewcialism
2nd	Tim Passmore Co-Brewer: Robbie Gaston, Hugh Rowberry	East Coast Rules	21B: Specialty IPA	Beer Boars
3rd	Bryn Parkes	Brut-Ish	21B: Specialty IPA

Table 12: Sour and Brett (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matt Kent	Duchesse de Brewcon	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Other
2nd	Mark Sanderson	Prickle Puss	23A: Berliner Weisse	LAB
3rd	Jorge Pizarro	Craufurds Brett Stout	28A: Brett Beer	Asociación De Cerveceros Caseros Españoles
HM	Neil Page	Lazy Lamb	23F: Fruit Lambic

Table 13: Belgian (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Øystein Borud	The Trinity-Tripel.	26C: Belgian Tripel
2nd	Bernie Ramsay	Special Saison	25B: Saison	REBEL Homebrew Club
3rd	Alberto Pomares Mur	Mr B	24B: Belgian Pale Ale

Table 14: Fruit, Spice, Herb, Veg (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ian Cheeseright	Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Leeds Homebrew Collective
2nd	Bryn Parkes	A Sherry Wee Heavy	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer
3rd	Joon Chung	Bounty Bar	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Beer Boars

Table 15: Wood, Smoke & Other (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fraser Withers	You Sexy Thing	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	LAB
2nd	Piotr Mikucki	E	27A2: Piwo Grodziskie	Brewcialism
3rd	Piotr Mikucki	M	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer	Brewcialism

Welsh National Homebrew Competition: Past Winners – 2018

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Best Welsh Beer

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale Lager (9 entries)

Table 2: German Lager & Hybrid (13 entries)

Table 3: Amber & Dark Lager (7 entries)

Table 4: Wheat (7 entries)

Table 5: English Pale (12 entries)

Table 6: Brown Ale & Porter (14 entries)

Table 7: British and Irish Ales (6 entries)

Table 8: Stout (29 entries)

Table 9: American Pale & Amber (19 entries)

Table 10: IPA (19 entries)

Table 11: Speciality IPA (25 entries)

Table 12: Sour and Brett (16 entries)

Table 13: Belgian (30 entries)

Table 14: Fruit, Spice, Herb, Veg (20 entries)

Table 15: Wood, Smoke & Other (12 entries)

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Welsh National Homebrew Competition: Past Winners – 2018

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Best Welsh Beer

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale Lager (9 entries)

Table 2: German Lager & Hybrid (13 entries)

Table 3: Amber & Dark Lager (7 entries)

Table 4: Wheat (7 entries)

Table 5: English Pale (12 entries)

Table 6: Brown Ale & Porter (14 entries)

Table 7: British and Irish Ales (6 entries)

Table 8: Stout (29 entries)

Table 9: American Pale & Amber (19 entries)

Table 10: IPA (19 entries)

Table 11: Speciality IPA (25 entries)

Table 12: Sour and Brett (16 entries)

Table 13: Belgian (30 entries)

Table 14: Fruit, Spice, Herb, Veg (20 entries)

Table 15: Wood, Smoke & Other (12 entries)

Past Winners

Judging Sessions

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