ACT Amateur Brewing Championship – Results

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By Mark Bilbrough, Competition Secretary

ActabcWow, how huge was ACTABC 2011! The Canberra Brewers powered through judging 208 beers across 18 Categories and 81 styles…. in one day! 19 judges, eight stewards, and two pourers made probably what has been the biggest judging day in the Canberra Brewers history run so smoothly.

Canberra Brewers put forward their best beers to seek quality feedback, and to try and gain a top three placing in each category to qualify for the Nationals. I hope that all who had a role in the day enjoyed themselves – I was very proud of our club to see old and new members step up to be a part of making the day a great success. Special thanks to the Wig & Pen, and particularly the Wig’s Head Brewer Richard Watkins, for providing an awesome venue and fantastic support for the competition.

The judges had to work their way through between 20 and 40 beers during the day – although looking at some of the flights this looked to be a genuine pleasure (have a look at the Strong Lager category). Thank you to Richard Watkins, David Gilks, Ben Cas, Darryl Barbour, Jamie Harwood, Charles Newton, Craig Webber, Paul Haesler, Tom Dixon, Chris Duffy, Ross Mitchell, Peter De Vries, Michael O’Rourke, Tony Steeper, Stephen Nielsen, Dave Steel, Sam Highley, Matthew Stephenson, and Tim Hollis for their massive effort.

The Stewards poured and served nearly 700 glasses of beer and operated flawlessly during the day – Chris De La Rue and Steve Sargent poured the beers to give each their best chance on the judging table; and Adam Langan, Adrian Stiffle, Bruce McIntosh, Owen Andrews, Brian Molloy, Patrick Baggoley, Richard Fitzpatrick and Pete Collins helped out to deliver the same. I hope that all who were involved enjoyed the experience.

ACTABC 2011 was a sanctioned BCJP competition and the beers were judged against the AABC style guidelines. Gold medal beers score 120 or more, Silver 108 or more and Bronze 95 or more.

Enough from me, the following provides the award winners from ACTABC 2011 – the top 3 beers in each category will be eligible for the Nationals. The full list of scores will be posted on the forum.

Flight 1. Low Alcohol

  1. Stephen Neilsen – Scottish Light Ale – 118.5 –   Silver 
  2. Richard Fitzpatrick – Light Australian Lager – 115 –   Silver 
  3. Charles Newton – Mild Ale – 113.5 –   Silver 
  • Michael ORourke – Mild Ale – 109.5 –   Silver 

Flight 2. Pale Lager

  1. Richard Fitzpatrick – Pale Continental Lager – 120.5 –   Gold 
  2. Charles Newton – Munich Helles – 111 –   Silver 
  3. Paul Haesler – Munich Helles – 106 –   Bronze 
  • Brad Woolner – Australian Lager – 102.5 –   Bronze 
  • Brad Woolner – Munich Helles – 98 –   Bronze 
  • Matt Hogan – Munich Helles – 97.5 –   Bronze 

Flight 3. Pilsner

  1. Keenan Fahy – German Pilsner – 112.5 –   Silver 
  2. Patrick Baggoley – German Pilsner – 106 –   Bronze 
  3. Evan Roeterdink – Classic American Pilsner – 104 –   Bronze 
  • David Steel – German Pilsner – 103 –   Bronze 
  • Ben Solly – German Pilsner – 97 –   Bronze 

Flight 4. Amber & Dark Lager

  1. Ben Solly – Munich Dunkel – 134 –   Gold 
  2. Craig Stokes – North German Altbier – 125 –   Gold 
  3. Richard Fitzpatrick – Munich Dunkel – 120 –   Gold 
  • Matthew Stephenson – Schwarzbier – 118 –   Silver 
  • Patrick Baggoley – Schwarzbier – 113 –   Silver 
  • Craig Stokes – Schwarzbier – 112 –   Silver 
  • Patrick Baggoley – North German Altbier – 111 –   Silver 
  • Keenan Fahy – Vienna Lager – 108 –   Silver 
  • Evan Roeterdink – Schwarzbier – 105 –   Bronze 

Flight 5. Strong Lager

  1. Michael ORourke – Doppelbock – 127.5 –   Gold 
  2. Paul Haesler – Traditional Bock – 123 –   Gold 
  3. Stephen Neilsen – Traditional Bock – 122 –   Gold 
  • Chris De La Rue – Maibock/Hellesbock – 120 –   Gold 
  • Richard Fitzpatrick – Strong Pale Lager – 116.5 –   Silver 
  • Charles Newton – Traditional Bock – 116 –   Silver 
  • Luke Falconer – Doppelbock – 111.5 –   Silver 

Flight 6. Pale Ale

  1. Michael Day – English Pale Ale – 123.5 –   Gold 
  2. Evan Roeterdink – Blonde Ale – 119 –   Silver 
  3. Steve Sargent – Belgian Pale Ale – 118.5 –   Silver 
  • David Steel – Belgian Pale Ale – 114 –   Silver 
  • Keenan Fahy – Kolsch – 105 –   Bronze 
  • Brad Woolner – Australian Pale Ale – 104 –   Bronze 
  • Charles Newton – Blonde Ale – 101 –   Bronze 

Flight 7. American Pale Ale

  1. Adam Langan – American Pale Ale – 120.5 –   Gold 
  2. Martin Budden – American Pale Ale – 114.5 –   Silver 
  3. Patrick Baggoley – American Pale Ale – 112 –   Silver 
  • David Steel – American Pale Ale – 108.5 –   Silver 
  • Matthew Stephenson – American Pale Ale – 107 –   Bronze 
  • mark overton – American Pale Ale – 97.5 –   Bronze 

Flight 8. Bitter Ale

  1. Stuart Whytcross – Dusseldorfer Altbier – 124 –   Gold 
  2. Matt Hogan – English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) – 116.5 –   Silver 
  3. Patrick Baggoley – English Best Bitter – 115.5 –   Silver 
  • Michael Day – English Best Bitter – 114.5 –   Silver 
  • Stewart Wardrop – English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) – 109.5 –   Silver 
  • Patrick Baggoley – Dusseldorfer Altbier – 109 –   Silver 
  • Bruce Arnold – English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) – 105.5 –   Bronze 
  • Stephen Neilsen – English Best Bitter – 104 –   Bronze 
  • Michael Day – English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) – 104 –   Bronze 
  • Megan Watson – English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) – 101 –   Bronze 
  • Michael ORourke – English Best Bitter – 96.5 –   Bronze 

Flight 9. Brown Ale

  1. Keenan Fahy – American Brown Ale – 121.5 –   Gold 
  2. Luke Falconer – American Brown Ale – 117.5 –   Silver 
  3. Steve Sargent – Irish Red Ale – 112 –   Silver 
  • Bruce McIntosh – Irish Red Ale – 105 –   Bronze 
  • Patrick Baggoley – Scottish Ale – 103.5 –   Bronze 
  • Luke Falconer – Irish Red Ale – 98 –   Bronze 
  • Chris De La Rue – American Brown Ale – 97 –   Bronze 

Flight 10. Porter

  1. Michael Day – Robust Porter – 128 –   Gold 
  2. Patrick Baggoley – Brown Porter – 116 –   Silver 
  3. Pete Daffern – Robust Porter – 113 –   Silver 
  • Matthew Stephenson – Baltic Porter – 112 –   Silver 
  • Stephen Neilsen – Robust Porter – 102 –   Bronze 
  • Matt Hogan – Brown Porter – 100.5 –   Bronze 
  • Keenan Fahy – Robust Porter – 100 –   Bronze 
  • Matthew Stephenson – Robust Porter – 96.5 –   Bronze 

Flight 11. Stout

  1. Chris De La Rue – Sweet Stout – 123 –   Gold 
  2. Luke Falconer – Oatmeal Stout – 122 –   Gold 
  3. Owen Andrews – Sweet Stout – 120 –   Gold 
  • Stephen Neilsen – Dry Stout – 110 –   Silver 
  • Patrick Baggoley – Dry Stout – 101 –   Bronze 
  • Richard Fitzpatrick – Dry Stout – 101 –   Bronze 
  • Steve Norrie – Oatmeal Stout – 100 –   Bronze 
  • Brad Woolner – Sweet Stout – 100 –   Bronze 
  • Stewart Wardrop – Dry Stout – 99 –   Bronze 
  • Ben Solly – Oatmeal Stout – 98 –   Bronze 

Flight 12. Strong Stout

  1. Matt Hogan – Australian Stout/Foreign Extra Stout – 119.25 –   Silver 
  2. Luke Falconer – Russian Imperial Stout – 117 –   Silver 
  3. David Steel – Russian Imperial Stout – 116.25 –   Silver 
  • Mike McDonald – Russian Imperial Stout – 111 –   Silver 
  • Brendan Linton-Smith – Australian Stout/Foreign Extra Stout – 109.5 –   Silver 
  • Matthew Stephenson – Russian Imperial Stout – 109.5 –   Silver 
  • Michael Day – Russian Imperial Stout – 109.5 –   Silver 
  • Charles Newton – Australian Stout/Foreign Extra Stout – 106.875 –   Bronze 

Flight 13. India Pale Ale

  1. Mark Overton – American IPA – 125 –   Gold 
  2. Mike McDonald – Imperial IPA – 113 –   Silver 
  3. Matthew Stephenson – American IPA – 109.5 –   Silver 
  • Owen Andrews – American IPA – 105.5 –   Bronze 
  • Matt Hogan – American IPA – 99 –   Bronze 
  • Patrick Baggoley – American IPA – 98.5 –   Bronze 
  • Brendan Linton-Smith – English IPA – 97 –   Bronze 

Flight 14. Strong Ale

  1. Tony Steeper – Old Ale (English Strong Ale) – 127 –   Gold 
  2. Stuart Whytcross – Strong Scotch Ale – 125 –   Gold 
  3. Matthew Stephenson – American Barley wine – 117 –   Silver 
  • Michael Day – Old Ale (English Strong Ale) – 112.5 –   Silver 
  • Luke Falconer – English Barley Wine – 110.5 –   Silver 
  • Mark Bilbrough – English Barley Wine – 100.5 –   Bronze 
  • Ben Cas – English Barley Wine – 98 –   Bronze 
  • Dirk Hodgson and Brian Molloy – Strong Scotch Ale – 96 –   Bronze 

Flight 15. Belgian Strong

  1. Mike McDonald – Tripel – 121 –   Gold 
  2. David Steel – Belgian Dark Strong Ale – 112 –   Silver 
  3. Stuart Whytcross – Belgian Blond Ale – 111 –   Silver 
  • Ben Harmer – Dubbel – 110.5 –   Silver 
  • Stuart Whytcross – Belgian Golden Strong Ale – 108.5 –   Silver 
  • David Gilks – Belgian Dark Strong Ale – 107.5 –   Bronze 
  • Chris Duffy – Belgian Golden Strong Ale – 106.5 –   Bronze 
  • David Vandervlist – Dubbel – 106 –   Bronze 
  • Ross Mitchell – Dubbel – 102 –   Bronze 
  • Matt Hogan – Dubbel – 99 –   Bronze 
  • Grant Barton – Belgian Golden Strong Ale – 98.5 –   Bronze 
  • Brad Woolner – Dubbel – 98.5 –   Bronze 

Flight 16. German Wheat

  1. Mike McDonald – Dunkel Weizen – 126 –   Gold 
  2. Paul Haesler – Weizen/Weissbier – 102.5 –   Bronze 
  3. Charles Newton – Weizen/Weissbier – 98 –   Bronze 

Flight 17. Farmhouse & Wild Beer

  1. Keenan Fahy – Saison – 121 –   Gold 
  2. David Steel – Flanders Brown Ale/Ouid Bruin – 119 –   Silver 
  3. Owen Andrews – Saison – 100 –   Bronze 

Flight 18. Specialty Beer

  1. Paul Haesler – Classic Rauchbier (Smoked Marzen) – 128.5 –   Gold 
  2. Keenan Fahy – Other Speciality – 127.5 –   Gold 
  3. Megan Watson – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer – 121 –   Gold 
  • Stuart Whytcross – Other Speciality – 114.5 –   Silver 
  • Matt Hogan – Fruit Beer – 110.5 –   Silver 
  • Matt Hogan – Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer – 110 –   Silver 
  • Matthew Stephenson – Other Speciality – 108.5 –   Silver 
  • Evan Roeterdink – Classic Rauchbier (Smoked Marzen) – 102 –   Bronze 

Cheers and beers,
Billy
Canberra Brewers Competition Secretary

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