Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2024

Awards

Judges

Craig Anderson, Theo Barnes, Logan Bartlett, Callum Bracher, Richard Brown, Malcolm Cruickshank, Ady Floyd, Mario Garzilli, Stuart Leung, John Livingstone, Chun Kit,Oscar Lo, Donald Mactaggart, Devon McDougall, Andrew Newall, Gordon Nicol, Eva Rainey, Amy Rankine, Alistair Soutter, Nga Man Kristie Tang, Joseph Wong

By the Numbers

242 Entries 137 Entrants

20 Judges

65 Placing Entries

Table 1: Wheat Beer

8 entries

Judges: Chun Kit,Oscar Lo, Donald Mactaggart

1st

Keith Bailey

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Two Wit (24A: Witbier)

2nd

Jens Kerkling

Craft Beer Engineers E.V.

Doppelweizenbock (10C: Weizenbock)

3rd

Fern Leaf

Fern Leaf Homebrew Club

Grapefruit Hit Wheat (24A: Witbier)

Richard Humphrey

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Day The Music Died (1D: American Wheat Beer)

Table 2: Czech Lager and Helles

18 entries

Judges: Callum Bracher, Devon McDougall

1st

John Stanley

Worcestershire Homebrew Club

10º Světlý Ležák (3A: Czech Pale Lager)

2nd

Mikko Töykkälä

Panomaju

Best Vier (4B: Festbier)

3rd

Brett Harman

Brighton Brew Club

McLovin Lager (3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager)

Table 3: Pale and Amber Lager and Kolsch

17 entries

Judges: John Livingstone, Nga Man Kristie Tang

1st

Chris Burrows

Reading Amateur Brewers

Brewing For Orphans (27A1: Kellerbier)

2nd

Olli-Pekka Niinimäki

Panomaju

Lar(G)Er Than Life! (1B: American Lager)

3rd

Richard Ogden

Kolsch (5B: Kölsch)

4th

Vegas Mkks

Fern Leaf Homebrew Club

American Lager (1B: American Lager)

Andrew Aitchison

Scottish Craft Brewers

Dortmund No More (5C: German Helles Exportbier)

Table 4: Dark and Strong Lager

15 entries

Judges: Malcolm Cruickshank, Donald Mactaggart

1st

Laura Braid

Spaceballs (8B: Schwarzbier)

2nd

Chris Cameron

Maybug (9A: Doppelbock)

3rd

Andy Hannon

Scottish Craft Brewers

Not A Flour Mill In Sight (9C: Baltic Porter)

David Wilson

Scottish Craft Brewers

Yer Maw's Dunkel (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 5: British Bitter

10 entries

Judges: Stuart Leung, John Livingstone

1st

Alex Davies

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Big Bob (11C: Strong Bitter)

2nd

Kieren Huddy

First Gold Bitter (11C: Strong Bitter)

3rd

Steve Davidson

Bay Area Mashers

Stateside Bitter (11A: Ordinary Bitter)

Table 6: Pale British Beer

11 entries

Judges: Ady Floyd, Chun Kit,Oscar Lo, Alistair Soutter

1st

Ian Cosier

London Amateur Brewers

Green Run (12C: English IPA)

2nd

Keith Bailey

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Prizefighter (12A: British Golden Ale)

3rd

Alex Hall

Scottish Craft Brewers

Pale (12A: British Golden Ale)

Table 7: Brown British Beer

12 entries

Judges: Stuart Leung, Andrew Newall

1st

Guy Gallington

Anglian Craft Brewers

Starboard Porter (13C: English Porter)

2nd

Les Manley

London Amateur Brewers

49'er (13C: English Porter)

3rd

James Pettifor

Anglian Craft Brewers

Dobbin (13A: Dark Mild)

Steve Davidson

Bay Area Mashers

Stateside Mild (13A: Dark Mild)

Table 8: Scottish and Irish Ale

9 entries

Judges: Mario Garzilli, John Livingstone

1st

Andrew Aitchison

Scottish Craft Brewers

Aitchie's Export (14C: Scottish Export)

2nd

Arthur Olcot

London Amateur Brewers

Hills And Hangovers (14A: Scottish Light)

3rd

Luke Russell

London Amateur Brewers

Red Cortina (15A: Irish Red Ale)

Table 9: British and Irish Stout

11 entries

Judges: Callum Bracher, Chun Kit,Oscar Lo

1st

Chris Aplin

Nutty Slack (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)

2nd

Read Robert

London Amateur Brewers

Screen Burn (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)

3rd

Steven Scott

Scottish Craft Brewers

My Name Is Cutchy (16A: Sweet Stout)

Table 10: British and American Strong Ale

15 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Ady Floyd

1st

Paul Gaunt

Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Jack The DIPA (22A: Double IPA)

2nd

Markku Leminen

Panomaju

Barleywine Is Life (17D: English Barley Wine)

3rd

Sam Blumers

DIPA (22A: Double IPA)

Les Howarth

Scottish Craft Brewers

BT (17B: Old Ale)

Table 11: Pale, Amber and Brown American Beer

18 entries

Judges: Malcolm Cruickshank, Mario Garzilli

1st

Olli-Pekka Niinimäki

Panomaju

Brow Ale #3 (19C: American Brown Ale)

2nd

Richard Williams

Bedford Homebrewers

Go West (18B: American Pale Ale)

3rd

Steven Scott

Scottish Craft Brewers

V For Vendy (19A: American Amber Ale)

Table 12: American Porter, Stout and Black IPA

18 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Joseph Wong

1st

Matt Beilby

State Of Füg (20C: Imperial Stout)

2nd

Sean O'Toole

Midlands Craft Brewers

It's Not Very Good But Lets Get The Feedback (20C: Imperial Stout)

3rd

Stew Horne

Twickenham Boars

Weltschmerz (20B: American Stout)

Table 13: American IPA , Brown IPA and Rye IPA

18 entries

Judges: Andrew Newall, Eva Rainey

1st

Luke Ebersold

It's Worth Celebrating! (21A: American IPA)

2nd

Mattias Kahlin & Jonathan Kang Ally Wallace

Aardvark IPA (21A: American IPA)

3rd

Ross Chisholm

Wee County Brewers [Ireland]

Cry Me A Rye-Ver (21B5: Rye IPA)

Table 14: American Hazy IPA

13 entries

Judges: Theo Barnes, Gordon Nicol, Nga Man Kristie Tang

1st

Ian Cosier

London Amateur Brewers

White Out (21C: Hazy IPA)

2nd

Christian Ibbotson

Tropical Hopical (21B: Specialty IPA)

3rd

Sam Thakker-Jones

Ghosts Don't Swim (21C: Hazy IPA)

Table 15: Monastic Ale

9 entries

Judges: Donald Mactaggart, Andrew Newall

1st

James Pettifor

Anglian Craft Brewers

Doovl (26C: Belgian Tripel)

2nd

Fern Leaf

Fern Leaf Homebrew Club

Dubbel (26B: Belgian Dubbel)

3rd

Steven Thompson

The Coalfield Temple Project

Belgian Bullet (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)

Table 16: Belgian Ale

11 entries

Judges: Craig Anderson, Mario Garzilli

1st

Dave Matthews

Hereford Amateur Brewers

Double Devil (25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale)

2nd

Chris Cameron

Ullabrew (25B: Saison)

3rd

Karl Coulter

Abi Blonde (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)

Table 17: Wild and Sour Beer

16 entries

Judges: Craig Anderson, Nga Man Kristie Tang

1st

Daren Fearon

Reading Amateur Brewers

Coast To Coast (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

2nd

Marc Hannewald

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Incarnadine (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

3rd

Mikko Salo

Panomaju

Wicked Spruce Tips (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)

Jack Davison

Norwich Amateur Brewers

Serial Vapist Millennial (23B: Flanders Red Ale)

Table 18: Fruit and Spice Beer

15 entries

Judges: Malcolm Cruickshank, Amy Rankine

1st

Barry Long

Wee County Brewers [Ireland]

Rory's Irish Red (29A: Fruit Beer)

2nd

Gordon Nicol

Scottish Craft Brewers

Spice To Be Nice (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)

3rd

Kane Templer & Bonnie Templer

Scottish Craft Brewers

Bonnie's Breakfast (29A: Fruit Beer)

Table 19: Seasonal, Smoked and Wood Beer

12 entries

Judges: Logan Bartlett, Richard Brown

1st

Cheyne Harvey

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Silenus, Meet Ogun (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Arthur Olcot

London Amateur Brewers

Smoke Without Fire (32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer)

3rd

Chris Crump & Molly Crump

Sweet Chin Music (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

Mikko Salo

Panomaju

Birch Slap (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)

Best of Show

Beer

1st

Cheyne Harvey

Arizona Society of Homebrewers

Silenus, Meet Ogun (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)

2nd

Laura Braid

Spaceballs (8B: Schwarzbier)

3rd

Ian Cosier

London Amateur Brewers

White Out (21C: Hazy IPA)

Champion Brewer

137 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	Score	Club
1st	Ian Cosier	2	0	8.0000000	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Olli-Pekka Niinimäki	1	1	7.0000000	Panomaju
	Keith Bailey	1	1	7.0000000	Norwich Amateur Brewers

Champion Club

32 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	London Amateur Brewers	2	4	1	0	22.0000000
2nd	Scottish Craft Brewers	1	1	5	3	20.0000000
3rd	Panomaju	1	3	1	1	16.0000000
	Norwich Amateur Brewers	2	2	0	2	16.0000000

Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2024

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

By the Numbers

Table 1: Wheat Beer

Table 2: Czech Lager and Helles

Table 3: Pale and Amber Lager and Kolsch

Table 4: Dark and Strong Lager

Table 5: British Bitter

Table 6: Pale British Beer

Table 7: Brown British Beer

Table 8: Scottish and Irish Ale

Table 9: British and Irish Stout

Table 10: British and American Strong Ale

Table 11: Pale, Amber and Brown American Beer

Table 12: American Porter, Stout and Black IPA

Table 13: American IPA , Brown IPA and Rye IPA

Table 14: American Hazy IPA

Table 15: Monastic Ale

Table 16: Belgian Ale

Table 17: Wild and Sour Beer

Table 18: Fruit and Spice Beer

Table 19: Seasonal, Smoked and Wood Beer

Best of Show

Beer

Champion Brewer

Champion Club

Scoring Methodology

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners