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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1st | Rhys Davies | Dippy Kitty | 22A: Double IPA | REBEL Homebrew Club |
| 2nd | Bernie Ramsay | Special Saison | 25B: Saison | REBEL Homebrew Club |
Winning Entries
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 |
German Lager & Hybrid (13 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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| 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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Fruit, Spice, Herb, Veg (20 entries)
| Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
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| 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 |
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 |