Thanks to all who participated in the Western Australian State Amateur Brewing Competition 2022.
There were 376 entries judged and 150 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Wayne Crawford | Cherry Sour | 1806: Belgian Specialty Ale [AABC] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
2nd | Paul Lofts | Huns Gruber | 1401: Berliner Weisse [BJCP 23A] | |
3rd | George Copley | Sandgroper Purification | 1603: Eisbock [BJCP 9B] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
Category 19: Mead
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | George Copley | Sandgroper Spice Mead | 1905: Fruit Spice Mead [BJCP M3A] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
2nd | Allan Aitken | Fruit Mead | 1904: Fruit Mead [BJCP M2] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
3rd | Mick Considine | Don't Poke The Bear | 1901: Dry Mead [BJCP M1A] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Low Alcohol (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | George Copley | Sandgroper Exposition | 101: Light Australian Lager [AABC] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
2nd | Leon Stojmenov | Born To Be Mild | 104: Dark Mild [BJCP 13A] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | Rhys Fleay | The Geezer | 103: London Brown Ale [BJCP 27] | |
Table 2: Pale Lager 1/3 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Mathew Twomey | Samurai Hanamachi Lager | 204: International Pale Lager [BJCP 2A] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 3: Pale Lager 2/3 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Daniel Stockwell | Redemption | 207: German Pils [BJCP 5D] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 4: Pale Lager 3/3 (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
3rd | Mitchell Munro | Monkey Munro Front Row Helles | 210: Munich Helles [BJCP 4A] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
Table 5: Amber & Dark Lager 1/2 (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Chris De Chaneet | Herr Dunkel | 303: Munich Dunkel [BJCP 8A] | South West Brew & Co. |
3rd | Brad Halse | Golden Dog Vienna Lager | 304: Vienna Lager [BJCP 7A] | |
Table 6: Amber & Dark Lager 2/2 (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | David Graham | Dark Larger | 306: Czech Dark Lager [BJCP 3D] | |
Table 7: Pale Ale 1/2 (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Matthew Amadio | Sparkling Ale | 405: Australian Sparkling Ale [BJCP 12B] | SWB&CO |
3rd | Chris De Chaneet | Mangles Belgian | 404: Belgian Pale Ale [BJCP 24B] | South West Brew & Co. |
Table 8: American Pale Ale (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Rob King | Zamba Zamba Zamba | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | |
2nd | Russ Meredith | Pinnacles Pale Ale | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | Peter Van Bockxmeer | Beginnings Pale Ale | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | |
Table 9: Bitter Ale 1/2 (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Wayne Crawford | Best Bitter | 603: Best Bitter [BJCP 11B] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 10: Bitter Ale 2/2 (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Daniel Stockwell | Fire Lily | 604: American Amber Ale [BJCP 19A] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | David Giles | Bitter and Twisted | 606: Strong Bitter [BJCP 11C] | |
Table 11: Brown Ale 1/1 (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Daniel Stockwell | Ob1 | 705: British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
2nd | David Graham | Better Red Than Dead | 703: Irish Red Ale [BJCP 15A] | |
3rd | Tim Cumming | Hefty Lass | 701: Scottish Heavy [BJCP 14B] | |
Table 12: Porter 1/1 (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Daniel Stockwell | Alfred | 801: English Porter [BJCP 13C] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
2nd | Mitchell Munro | Mierzejewski Porter | 803: Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
3rd | Tim Cumming | Fox Stole My Chocolate | 801: English Porter [BJCP 13C] | |
Table 13: Stout 1/2 (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Daniel Stockwell | Choc Lobster | 901: Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 14: Stout 2/2 (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Wayne Crawford | Oatmeal Stout | 903: Oatmeal Stout [BJCP 16B] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | Terry Weaver | Black Watch | 903: Oatmeal Stout [BJCP 16B] | |
Table 15: Strong Stout 1/2 (11 entries)
There are no winning entries at this table.
Table 16: Strong Stout 2/2 (11 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Scott Wardale | Imperial Stout | 1004: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
2nd | Wayne Crawford | Russian Imperial | 1004: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | Daniel Stockwell | Tribute | 1004: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 17: IPA 1/1 (19 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mitchell Munro | Boys Don't Cryo | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
2nd | Anthony Scholfield | The Simian Experiment | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | |
3rd | Rob King | Electric Violins | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | |
Table 18: Specialty IPA 1/3 (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Wayne Crawford | Juice Bigalow | 1201: New England IPA [BJCP 21B] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 19: Specialty IPA 2/3 (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Carl Simonetti | Gnome Chaser | 1206: Belgian IPA [BJCP 21B] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
Table 20: Specialty IPA 3/3 (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
3rd | Mitchell Munro | West Coast Is The Best Coast - The Duece | 1208: Double IPA [BJCP 22A] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
Table 21: Wheat and Rye Ale 1/1 (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Ryan Dalby | Weizenbock | 1306: Weizenbock [BJCP10C] | |
2nd | George Copley | Sandgroper Translation | 1301: Weissbier [BJCP 10A] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
3rd | Kim Watling | Brucus Wheatus | 1301: Weissbier [BJCP 10A] | South West Brew And Co |
Table 22: Sour Ale 1/1 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Paul Lofts | Huns Gruber | 1401: Berliner Weisse [BJCP 23A] | |
2nd | Rob King | Scoby Doo | 1409: Mixed Fermentation Sour [BJCP 28] | |
3rd | Barrie Hatch | Britta | 1408: Brett Beer [BJCP 28A] | |
Table 23: Belgian Ale 1/2 (9 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Ryan Walker | Namaste | 1501: Saison [BJCP 25B] | |
3rd | Anthony Dethick | Belgian Bombshell | 1504: Belgian Blond Ale [BJCP 25A] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
Table 24: Belgian Ale 2/2 (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Mike Doswell | Dubbel Bubble | 1505: Belgian Dubbel [BJCP 26B] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
Table 25: Strong Ales and Lagers 1/1 (4 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | George Copley | Sandgroper Purification | 1603: Eisbock [BJCP 9B] | West Coast Brewers [Australia] |
2nd | Anthony Radice | Anthony Radice | 1602: Doppelbock [BJCP 9A] | |
3rd | Jay Hepden | 2020 Dps Wine | 1607: English Barleywine [BJCP 17D] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
Table 26: FSHV Beer 1/2 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Dave Tulloch Co-Brewer: Chris Poore | Imperial Blood Orange Berliner | 1701: Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A] | |
Table 27: FSHV Beer 2/2 (10 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Tim Cumming | Hibiscus Saison | 1702: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A] | |
3rd | William Orchard Co-Brewer: Caitlin Orchard | Cherry Ripe Porter | 1702: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A] | |
Table 28: Specialty Beer 1/2 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Wayne Crawford | Cherry Sour | 1806: Belgian Specialty Ale [AABC] | Northern Brewers Homebrew Club [Australia] |
3rd | Mitchell Munro | Ivan Drago | 1805: Specialty Wood?Aged Beer [BJCP 33B] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
Table 29: Specialty Beer 2/2 (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Rohit Jaggi | Maple + Rose Dessert Sout | 1809: Experimental Beer [BJCP 34C] | |
Table 30: Mead & Cider 1/1 (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Cameron Hardie Co-Brewer: Emma Patton | Appley Ever After | 2005: Other Cider/Perry [BJCP C2] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
2nd | James Webster | Pear Insider | 2005: Other Cider/Perry [BJCP C2] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |
3rd | Rob King | Man In Cider | 2005: Other Cider/Perry [BJCP C2] | |
Table 31: Pale Ale 2/2 (8 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mitchell Munro | Grau Katzchen Kolsch | 403: Kolsch [BJCP 5B] | Perth Home Brew Share (PHBS) [Australia] |