Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2023

Awards

Judges

Logan Bartlett, James Collin, Joe Cruickshank, Ady Floyd, Andy Hannon, Les Howarth, Alan Juárez, Harry Kirkham, John Livingstone, Chun Kit Lo, Devon MacDougall, Gordon Nicol, Andrea Pierotti, Houston Porter, Amy Rankine, Jan Schatz, Terry Smith, Craig Tarft, Richie Walsh

By the Numbers

201 Entries 110 Entrants

19 Judges

62 Placing Entries

Table 1: 1. International Pale & Wheat Beers

8 entries

Judges: John Livingstone, Jan Schatz

1st

Jens Kerkling

Craft Beer Engineers E.V.

Bergkamens International Pale Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)

2nd

Jens Kerkling

Craft Beer Engineers E.V.

Pour Down Cream Ale (1C: Cream Ale)

3rd

Laura Braid

Give A Hoot (10C: Weizenbock)

Table 2: 2. Czech Lagers & Helles

10 entries

Judges: Ady Floyd, Harry Kirkham

1st

Paddy Fowler

Scottish Craft Brewers

Almostiner Lagerbier Hell (4A: Munich Helles)

2nd

James Collin

Scottish Craft Brewers

Pale & Interesting (4A: Munich Helles)

3rd

George Mcilroy

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Walking On The Autobahn (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 3: 3. Pale & Amber European Bitter Beers

11 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Andrea Pierotti

1st

Paul Willis & Ed Bevan

Homebrew Collab (Bristol)

Toffee Finger (7A: Vienna Lager)

2nd

Will Hiscocks

Red Sky At Night (7B: Altbier)

3rd

Rainer Goertz

Daily Pils (5D: German Pils)

Table 4: 4. Dark & Strong European Beer & Lagers

11 entries

Judges: Andy Hannon, Terry Smith

1st

Øystein Borud

The Musketeer Oath (9C: Baltic Porter)

2nd

Richie Walsh

Scottish Craft Brewers

Leann Dubh Baltach (9C: Baltic Porter)

3rd

Lee Immins

London Amateur Brewers

Immolator (9A: Doppelbock)

Innes Crawford

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Dunkelven (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 5: 5. British Bitters

11 entries

Judges: Les Howarth, Craig Tarft

1st

David Mutch

Roastytoasty (11B: Best Bitter)

2nd

Steve Plampton

Anglian Craft Brewers

Bs Clone (11C: Strong Bitter)

3rd

Paul Cushing

Master Of The House (11B: Best Bitter)

Table 6: 6. Pale Commonwealth Beer

11 entries

Judges: Andy Hannon, Andrea Pierotti

1st

David Mutch & Rhona Henderson

Beginners Luck (12A: British Golden Ale)

2nd

Steven Thompson

Radical Jack IPA (12C: English IPA)

3rd

John Stewart

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Steaming Harlequin (12C: English IPA)

Table 7: 7. Malt Forward British Beers

8 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Richie Walsh

1st

Paddy Fowler

Scottish Craft Brewers

Steel Is Heavier Than Feathers (14B: Scottish Heavy)

2nd

John Stewart

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Steaming Heavy (17A: British Strong Ale)

3rd

George Mcilroy

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Shilling For Your Thoughts (14B: Scottish Heavy)

Table 8: 8. British & Irish Porter & Stout

12 entries

Judges: James Collin, Andy Hannon

1st

David Bryson

Dark Pheonix (15B: Irish Stout)

2nd

Russell Sim

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Imitation Of Life (13C: English Porter)

3rd

Keith Bailey

Norwich Amateur Brewers

1909 Porter (13C: English Porter)

Table 9: 9. Old Ales & Barley Wines

11 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Devon MacDougall

1st

Bojan Grdinic & Tapiri

Ye Olde Tapir (17B: Old Ale)

2nd

Øystein Borud

Ancient Bëor (17B: Old Ale)

3rd

Richard Jones

Bristol Craft Brewers

Barley Mow (17D: English Barley Wine)

James Pettifor

Anglian Craft Brewers

Conestoga (22C: American Barleywine)

Table 10: 10. American Pale Ale

12 entries

Judges: John Livingstone, Devon MacDougall

1st

Emil Fuerstenberg Haegg & Catherine Boag

American Pale Ale (18B: American Pale Ale)

2nd

Paul Cushing

Piece By Piece (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Mark Hopkins

London Amateur Brewers

Crazy Horse (18B: American Pale Ale)

Table 11: 11. American Amber, Brown, Porter & Stout

14 entries

Judges: James Collin, Joe Cruickshank

1st

Kieren Huddy

Chinook Porter (20A: American Porter)

2nd

Brian Scally

Dundee Homebrew Club

Bs Impy (20C: Imperial Stout)

3rd

Miro Pivčević

Crvena Pustolovica (19B: California Common)

Thomas Corry

Brown October (19C: American Brown Ale)

Table 12: 12. American IPAs

10 entries

Judges: James Collin, Ady Floyd

1st

John Watson

The Hop Pig (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Les Manley

London Amateur Brewers

Butterfly Effect (22A: Double IPA)

3rd

Martin Taylor & Charlie Griffiths

Simcoe Simpatico (21A: American IPA)

Table 13: 13. American Hazy & Speciality IPAs

10 entries

Judges: Alan Juárez, John Livingstone

1st

Sam Thakker-Jones

Homebrew Collab (Bristol)

Virtual Aerobics (21C: Hazy IPA)

2nd

Oliver Dunn

Black Endeavour (21B2: Black IPA)

3rd

James Muir

7 Going On 70 (21C: Hazy IPA)

Table 14: 14. Strong Belgian & Monastic Ale

14 entries

Judges: Les Howarth, Amy Rankine, Richie Walsh

1st

Gordon Nicol

Scottish Craft Brewers

The Saison (25B: Saison)

2nd

Aled Murphy

Scottish Craft Brewers

Species 136 (25B: Saison)

3rd

John Livingstone

Scottish Craft Brewers

Belgian Single (26A: Belgian Single)

Table 15: 15. Sour & Wild Ales

7 entries

Judges: Harry Kirkham, Chun Kit Lo

1st

Sean O'Toole

Midlands Craft Brewers

Tart Tart (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

2nd

Mark Sanderson

London Amateur Brewers

Checkpoint Charlie (23A: Berliner Weisse)

3rd

Sam Jones

Kiwi Sour (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

Table 16: 16. Fruit Beer

8 entries

Judges: Houston Porter, Richie Walsh

1st

Kev Warnes

Anglian Craft Brewers

Pomander (29B: Fruit and Spice Beer)

2nd

Daren Fearon & Aaron Smith

Reading Amateur Brewers

That'll Do Pig (29C: Specialty Fruit Beer)

3rd

Keith Macaulay

Km2 (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 17: 17. Smoked & Spiced Ales

11 entries

Judges: Alan Juárez, Amy Rankine

1st

Rob Iafrati

Homebrew Collab (Bristol)

Breakfast Stout (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

2nd

James Pettifor

Anglian Craft Brewers

King Of The Road (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)

3rd

Nick Davis

Anglian Craft Brewers

Feu De Noel (30C: Winter Seasonal Beer)

Innes Crawford

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Smooth Ginger (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

Table 18: 18. Historic, Alternative & Wood Aged Beers

13 entries

Judges: Harry Kirkham, Gordon Nicol

1st

Lee Immins

London Amateur Brewers

Oaked Black Barley Wine (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Judson Tattersall

Tap Select Homebrew Club

Kellerbier (27A1: Kellerbier)

3rd

Joe Hickey

London Amateur Brewers

Bob Ryeder On The Storm (31A: Alternative Grain Beer)

Kevin Surridge-Dines

Anglian Craft Brewers

Ryeto Guvna (31A: Alternative Grain Beer)

Table 19: 19. Speciality, Mixed & Local Styles

9 entries

Judges: Chun Kit Lo, Terry Smith

1st

Marc Hannewald

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Vermilion (34C: Experimental Beer)

2nd

Chris Burrows & Marissa Truglio

Reading Amateur Brewers

Gold Leaf Robin (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)

3rd

Joon Chung

Beer Boars

The Cold Wave (34B: Mixed-Style Beer)

Best of Show

Beer

1st

Marc Hannewald

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Vermilion (34C: Experimental Beer)

2nd

Sean O'Toole

Midlands Craft Brewers

Tart Tart (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)

3rd

Jens Kerkling

Craft Beer Engineers E.V.

Bergkamens International Pale Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)

Gordon Nicol

Scottish Craft Brewers

The Saison (25B: Saison)

Best Overall Brewer

110 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	Score	Club
1st	David Mutch	2	0	6.020000
	Paddy Fowler	2	0	6.020000	Scottish Craft Brewers
3rd	Jens Kerkling	1	1	5.020000	Craft Beer Engineers...
	Øystein Borud	1	1	5.020000

Best Club

23 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Scottish Craft Brewers	3	3	1	16.070000
2nd	London Amateur Brewers	1	2	3	10.060000
3rd	Homebrew Collab (Bristol)	3	0	0	9.030000

Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2023

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

By the Numbers

Table 1: 1. International Pale & Wheat Beers

Table 2: 2. Czech Lagers & Helles

Table 3: 3. Pale & Amber European Bitter Beers

Table 4: 4. Dark & Strong European Beer & Lagers

Table 5: 5. British Bitters

Table 6: 6. Pale Commonwealth Beer

Table 7: 7. Malt Forward British Beers

Table 8: 8. British & Irish Porter & Stout

Table 9: 9. Old Ales & Barley Wines

Table 10: 10. American Pale Ale

Table 11: 11. American Amber, Brown, Porter & Stout

Table 12: 12. American IPAs

Table 13: 13. American Hazy & Speciality IPAs

Table 14: 14. Strong Belgian & Monastic Ale

Table 15: 15. Sour & Wild Ales

Table 16: 16. Fruit Beer

Table 17: 17. Smoked & Spiced Ales

Table 18: 18. Historic, Alternative & Wood Aged Beers

Table 19: 19. Speciality, Mixed & Local Styles

Best of Show

Beer

Best Overall Brewer

Best Club

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners