Western Australian State Amateur Brewing Competition 2025

Thanks to all who participated in the Western Australian State Amateur Brewing Competition 2025.

There were 179 entries judged and 104 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shae Callan	Sunsets Over Beaches	403: Kölsch [BJCP 5B]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]

Winning Entries

Table 1: Table 1 - Low Alcohol (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	George Copley	Sandgroper Weak As Piss	104: American Light Lager [BJCP 1A]
2nd	Shaun Baldini	Once You Go Mild	106: Dark Mild [BJCP 13A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Brad Halse	Virtue Lager	108: Czech Pale Lager [BJCP 3A]
HM	Garth Wilkosz	The Little Alter	107: German Leichtbier [BJCP 5A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 2: Table 2 - Pale Lager (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garth Wilkosz	Choice Bro	2001: New Zealand Pilsner [BJCP X5]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Rob Stott	Das Bosh!!!	203: Munich Helles [BJCP 4A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Mick Considine	Nobody Likes A Bogan	208: Festbier [BJCP 4B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 3: Table 3 - Amber & Dark Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Van Bockxmeer	Hand Me My Nosering	304: Munich Dunkel [BJCP 8A]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
2nd	Rob Stott	That Boy Ain't Right	309: Rauchbier [BJCP 6B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Mick Considine	Love It When A Plan Comes Together	305: Vienna Lager [BJCP 7A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 4: Table 4 - Pale Ale (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shae Callan	Sunsets Over Beaches	403: Kölsch [BJCP 5B]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
2nd	Shaun Baldini	You Gonna Eat That Corn Bread	401: Cream Ale [BJCP 1C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Andrew Abercromby	Gotta Be Happy With That	403: Kölsch [BJCP 5B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 5: Table 5 - American Pale Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Simon Innes	It's A Dog's Life	501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
2nd	Russ Meredith	Please Sir More Mosaic	501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
3rd	Shaun Baldini	Caesar's PALEus	501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
HM	Rob King	Make Ales Actually Awesomely Good Again (MAAAAAAAAGA)	501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]

Table 6: Table 6 - IPA (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rob Stott	Dang It Bobby	602: American IPA [BJCP 21A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Garth Wilkosz	The Deception	603: Double IPA [BJCP 22A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Rob King	Lightly Hoptimistic	602: American IPA [BJCP 21A]

Table 7: Table 7 - Specialty IPA (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rob Stott	Debbie Does Talus: The Red-Surrection	706: Red IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Garth Wilkosz	The Haze	701: Hazy IPA [BJCP 21C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Shaun Baldini	Shaun Of The Red Reborn	706: Red IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 8: Table 8 - Amber Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Bob Paniak	Burgundy Rose	803: Altbier [BJCP 7B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Americ Napier	Bitter Old Pom	801: Best Bitter [BJCP 11B]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
3rd	Anthony Radice	Anthony Radice	805: Strong Bitter [BJCP 11C]

Table 9: Table 9 - Brown Ale (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shae Callan	Godfather Of Soul	905: American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
2nd	Peter Townsend	Nice One Bruva	904: British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Peter Van Bockxmeer	Down Town Brown Frown	905: American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
HM	Shaun Baldini	Who's Your Paddy	901: Irish Red Ale [BJCP 15A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 10: Table 10 - Porter (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garth Wilkosz	The Solstice	1004: Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Simon Innes	28th St Porter	1001: English Porter [BJCP 13C]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
3rd	Mick Considine	This Is Not For You	1003: American Porter [BJCP 20A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 11: Table 11 - Stout (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aidan Ryan	Tobias' Dollary-Doo Stout	1103: Oatmeal Stout [BJCP 16B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Garth Wilkosz	The Trio	1104: Irish Extra Stout [BJCP 15C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Richard Edmands	Dark Elixir	1101: Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 12: Table 12 - Strong Stout (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brett Kinnane	2 Wired We Stout	1204: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]
2nd	Peter Van Bockxmeer	Passed Out On The Porch	1202: Foreign Extra Stout [BJCP 16D]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
3rd	Richard Edmands	Sands Of Time	1204: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
HM	Paul Griffiths	Putin On The Ritz	1204: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]

Table 13: Table 13 - Wheat & Rye Beer (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Van Bockxmeer	Frankfurt Perth-Dunkleweizen Coming On	1305: Dunkles Weissbier [BJCP 10B]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
2nd	Garth Wilkosz	The Little Larrikin	1303: American Wheat Beer [BJCP 1D]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Richard Edmands	Crysomallos	1307: Weizenbock [BJCP 10C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 14: Table 14 - Belgian Ale (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Aleksandrow	En Garde	1402: Bière de Garde [BJCP 24C]
2nd	Rob Stott	What A Load Of Waffle	1407: Belgian Dark Strong Ale [BJCP 26D]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Rob King	Saisoned To Perfection	1401: Saison [BJCP 25B]

Table 15: Table 15 - Strong Ale & Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garth Wilkosz	The Patriot	1510: American Barleywine [BJCP 22C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Shaun Baldini	Trumps Double Jump	1510: American Barleywine [BJCP 22C]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Peter Van Bockxmeer	Dunkle Bockxmeer	1502: Dunkles Bock [BJCP 6C]	Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia]
HM	Richard Edmands	Double Woolly	1503: Doppelbock [BJCP 9A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 16: Table 16 - Sour & Wild Ale (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garth Wilkosz	Old Brett Has No Port Left In The Barrel	1608: Brett Beer [BJCP 28A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Rob Stott	Gose Hunter	1601: Gose [BJCP 23G]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Kramen Wiltshire	Drak's Lost His Tooth	1610: Wild Specialty Beer [BJCP 28C]

Table 17: Table 17 - Fruit & Spice Beer (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Americ Napier	Passion Paradise	1703: Specialty Fruit Beer [BJCP 29C]	Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia]
2nd	Paul Lofts	Prickly Pineapple	1701: Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Mick Considine	Let Me Dirty Up Your Mind	1708: Specialty Spice Beer [BJCP 30D]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 18: Table 18 - Specialty Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Allsworth	Rum Barrel Imp Porter	1803: Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33A]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
2nd	Garth Wilkosz	Dalbys' Delight	1804: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	Craig Dillon	Non-Alcoholic Pale Ale	1807: Experimental Beer [BJCP 34C]
HM	Aidan Ryan	Jaffa Stick, Man?	1809: Mixed-Style Beer [BJCP 34B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]

Table 19: Table 19 - Mead (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	George Copley	Sandgroper Spice Mead	1910: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead [BJCP M3B]
2nd	Mick Considine	Don't Poke The Bear	1910: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead [BJCP M3B]	West Coast Brewers [Australia]
3rd	George Copley	Sandgroper Sweet Mead	1903: Sweet Mead [BJCP M1C]

Table 20: Table 20 - Cider & Perry (48 entries)

There are no winning entries at this table.

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 19/07/2025 12:00 AM, AWST through 29/08/2025 9:00 AM, AWST.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 19/07/2025 12:00 AM, AWST through 31/08/2025 11:59 PM, AWST.