Thanks to all who participated in the 2022 South Australian State Amateur Brewing Competition.
There were 377 entries judged and 117 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners
Best of Show – Beer
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Alan Rowland | NEIPA | 1201: New England IPA [BJCP 21B] | |
Best of Show – Mead
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
2nd | Rafael Aragon | Leatherwood Batch 2 | 1903: Sweet Mead [BJCP M1C] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Winning Entries
Table 1: Low Alcohol (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Nicholas Hauschild | American Light Lager | 101: Light Australian Lager [AABC] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Daniel Davenport | All Night Long Lager | 105: German Leichtbier [BJCP 5A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Andrew Howlett | Brown Ale | 107: Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 2: Pale Lager (28 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Alistair Murray | Al's Summer Lager | 204: International Pale Lager [BJCP 2A] | |
2nd | Chris Podger | Lager 1 | 201: Australian Lager [AABC] | |
3rd | Alan Rowland | Czech Pilsener | 208: Czech Premium Pale Lager [BJCP 3B] | |
Table 3: Amber and Dark Lager (15 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | James Ansell | Jimmy Ansell | 303: Munich Dunkel [BJCP 8A] | |
2nd | Troy Dennis | Schwarzbier | 307: Schwarzbier [BJCP 8B] | |
3rd | Matt Laube | Schwarzbier | 307: Schwarzbier [BJCP 8B] | |
Table 4: Pale Ale (13 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Alex Hayward | Pork Knuckle Kolsch | 403: Kolsch [BJCP 5B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Paul Brannan | Kolsch | 403: Kolsch [BJCP 5B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Greg Wieder | Sparkling | 405: Australian Sparkling Ale [BJCP 12B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 5: American Pale Ale (23 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | James Killey | Laverack Pale | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | |
2nd | Michael Handran-Smith | American Pale Ale | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Craig Blesing | Craig Blesing | 501: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 6: Bitter Ale (16 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Nicholas Hauschild | Altbier | 605: Altbier [BJCP 7B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Peter Bradshaw | Bb | 603: Best Bitter [BJCP 11B] | |
3rd | Russell Saint | English Bitter | 603: Best Bitter [BJCP 11B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 7: Brown Ale (28 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Greg Wieder | English Brown | 705: British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | James Ansell | Jimmy Ansell | 706: American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C] | |
3rd | Martin Short Co-Brewer: Tim Heneker | American Brown Ale | 706: American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C] | |
Table 8: Porter (23 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Peter Bradshaw | Bp | 803: Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C] | |
2nd | Brendan Macey | Morning Brown 2.0 | 802: American Porter [BJCP 20A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | James Ansell | Jimmy Ansell | 801: English Porter [BJCP 13C] | |
Table 9: Stout (27 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Stewart Garden | Lochaber No More | 901: Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Blake Quinney | Baby Stout | 904: Irish Extra Stout [BJCP 15C] | |
3rd | Chris Keane | Nitro Leprechaun | 902: Irish Stout [BJCP 15B] | |
Table 10: Strong Stout (22 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Mark Woods | Russian Imperial Stout | 1004: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Brett Backhouse | Perlubie the Great | 1004: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C] | |
3rd | Jordan Stearnes | Stout | 1002: Foreign Extra Stout [BJCP 16D] | |
Table 11: India Pale Ale (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Brendan Macey | Ditch Hopper | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Craig Blesing | Craig Blesing | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Gerard Flynn | Sure Why Not Try | 1102: American IPA [BJCP 21A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 12: Specialty IPA (35 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Alan Rowland | NEIPA | 1201: New England IPA [BJCP 21B] | |
2nd | Damien Snigg Co-Brewer: Owen Ridgwell | Moist Lips Double IPA | 1208: Double IPA [BJCP 22A] | |
3rd | Brenton George | Black IPA | 1207: Black IPA [BJCP 21B] | |
Table 13: Wheat and Rye Ale (12 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Bruce Tonkin | #59 Witbier | 1302: Witbier [BJCP 24A] | |
2nd | Luke Scrivens | Thunderbrew Hefeweizen | 1301: Weissbier [BJCP 10A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Lachlan Johnson | Wit Sundayz | 1302: Witbier [BJCP 24A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 14: Sour Ale (14 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Christopher Kerr | White Peach Australian Wild Ale | 1409: Mixed Fermentation Sour [BJCP 28] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Alistair Murray | Patience | 1404: Lambic [BJCP 23D] | |
3rd | Thomas Pontt | Rubus Deliciosus | 1409: Mixed Fermentation Sour [BJCP 28] | |
Table 15: Belgian Ale (25 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Gerard Flynn | Always Wanting More | 1502: Biere de Garde [BJCP 24C] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Craig Blesing | Craig Blesing | 1508: Belgian Dark Strong Ale [BJCP 26D] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Daniel Davenport | Heart of Glass Belgian Blondie Ale | 1504: Belgian Blond Ale [BJCP 25A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 16: Strong Ales and Lagers (18 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Greg Wieder | Barley Wine | 1607: English Barleywine [BJCP 17D] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Craig Blesing | Craig Blesing | 1606: American Strong Ale [BJCP 22B] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Daniel Davenport | Lizzy the First Imperial Red | 1604: British Strong Ale [BJCP 17A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 17: Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (20 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Brendan Macey | Sour Puss | 1701: Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | James Edwards | Elder Flower Saison | 1702: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Chris Marciniak | Steady As She Gose | 1701: Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 18: Specialty Beer (24 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Luke Beard | Beautiful Scar | 1804: Wood Aged Beer [BJCP 33A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Mark Woods | Redgum Smoked Porter | 1802: Classic Style Smoked Beer [BJCP 32A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Rafael Aragon | I Found One Bottle of A Fruited Oak Aged Wild Ale From Last Year So I Decided To Enter It Instead of Drink It. | 1809: Experimental Beer [BJCP 34C] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
Table 19: Mead (7 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Rafael Aragon | Leatherwood Batch 2 | 1903: Sweet Mead [BJCP M1C] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Rafael Aragon | Cherry and Raspberry Batch 2 | 1904: Fruit Mead [BJCP M2] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
3rd | Dov Spinks | Mead As A Hatter | 1905: Fruit Spice Mead [BJCP M3A] | |
Table 20: Cider (2 entries)
Place | Brewer | Entry Name | Style | Club |
1st | Nick McAuley | Cider | 2001: New World Cider [BJCP C1A] | South Australian Brewing Club [Australia] |
2nd | Bruce Tonkin | #94 Cider | 2001: New World Cider [BJCP C1A] | |