Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2026

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Ingo Barkow, Theo Barnes, Samuel Bemis, Callum Bracher, Richard Brown, Ian Carswell, Ross Chisholm, Joe Cruickshank, Malcolm Cruickshank, Marton Csizmadia, Carlos De La Barra, Ady Floyd, Alex Hall, Andrew Hannon, Les Howarth, Noah Jenzer, Connor Lilliott, John Livingstone, Oscar Lo, Devon MacDougall, Donald Mactaggart, Renato Marinelli, Andrew Newall, Stephen O'Kane, Vaclav Papez, Eva Rainey, Adam Reid, Sandro Rey, Markus Rüf, Nathan Solèr, Alistair Soutter

By the Numbers

261 Entries 150 Entrants

31 Judges

78 Placing Entries

Table 1: International Pale Lagers

10 entries

Judges: Samuel Bemis, Carlos De La Barra (Head Judge), Noah Jenzer

Table 2: Malty Pale Lagers

9 entries

Judges: Ingo Barkow (Head Judge), Adam Reid

Table 3: Bitter Pale Lagers

15 entries

Judges: Ian Carswell (Head Judge), Malcolm Cruickshank, Connor Lilliott, Markus Rüf

Table 4: Amber Lagers

8 entries

Judges: John Livingstone, Stephen O'Kane (Head Judge)

Table 5: Dark and Strong Lagers

14 entries

Judges: Joe Cruickshank, Andrew Newall (Head Judge), Sandro Rey, Nathan Solèr

Table 6: Wheat and Alternative Fermentable Beers

8 entries

Judges: Callum Bracher (Head Judge), Marton Csizmadia

Table 7: British Bitters

14 entries

Judges: Alex Hall, Donald Mactaggart, Eva Rainey, Alistair Soutter (Head Judge)

Table 8: Pale British Ales

6 entries

Judges: Oscar Lo, Nathan Solèr (Head Judge)

Table 9: Brown British Ales

11 entries

Judges: Noah Jenzer, Andrew Newall (Head Judge)

Table 10: Scottish and Irish Ales

9 entries

Judges: John Livingstone (Head Judge), Sandro Rey

Table 11: British and Irish Stouts

10 entries

Judges: Ady Floyd (Head Judge), Vaclav Papez

Table 12: Strong British Ales

14 entries

Judges: Ingo Barkow, Malcolm Cruickshank (Head Judge), Donald Mactaggart, Eva Rainey

Table 13: American Pale Ales

11 entries

Judges: Ross Chisholm, Noah Jenzer, John Livingstone (Head Judge), Alistair Soutter

Table 14: American Brown Ales and Stouts

12 entries

Judges: Theo Barnes, Samuel Bemis (Head Judge), Carlos De La Barra, Andrew Hannon

Table 15: American and Speciality IPAs

18 entries

Judges: Callum Bracher, Ian Carswell, Ross Chisholm, Alex Hall (Head Judge)

Table 16: Hazy IPAs

15 entries

Judges: Theo Barnes, Marton Csizmadia (Head Judge), Ady Floyd, Nathan Solèr

Table 17: Strong American Ales

9 entries

Judges: Donald Mactaggart (Head Judge), Eva Rainey

Table 18: Sour and Wild Ales

17 entries

Judges: Callum Bracher, Ian Carswell (Head Judge), Alex Hall, Devon MacDougall

Table 19: Belgian Ales

6 entries

Judges: Richard Brown, Sandro Rey (Head Judge)

Table 20: Monastic Ales

12 entries

Judges: Samuel Bemis, Les Howarth, Andrew Newall, Stephen O'Kane (Head Judge)

Table 21: Fruit and Spice Beers

14 entries

Judges: Ingo Barkow, Malcolm Cruickshank (Head Judge), Connor Lilliott, Vaclav Papez

Table 22: Smoked and Wood Aged Beers

9 entries

Judges: Andrew Hannon (Head Judge), Oscar Lo

Table 23: Mixed and Experimental Beers

10 entries

Judges: Markus Rüf (Head Judge), Alistair Soutter

Best of Show

Beer

Champion Brewer

150 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Champion Club

39 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners