Category: Competition Report

By Malcolm Scholes, Competition Secretary

We had a good showing for competition 1, 2013 with 61 beers entered.  Of these, we had 8 Gold Medals, 11 Silver Medals and 24 Bronze medals awarded.

Style Name Sub Style Name Brewer Result
Brown Ale American Brown Ale Stephen Lawford 136
Brown Ale Scottish Ale Mark Bilbrough 135
Farmhouse Ale & Wild Beer Flanders Red Ale Bruce Arnold 134.5
Brown Ale Irish Red Ale Stuart Whytcross 126
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) English Bitter Stuart Whytcross 126
Stout Sweet Stout Joel Baines 125
Stout Sweet Stout Steve Hogarth 121.5
Farmhouse Ale & Wild Beer Saison Kevin Hingston 121
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) Mild Ale darren blackhurst 116
Brown Ale American Brown Ale Matt Garven 113
Pale Ale Cream Ale Steve Hogarth 113
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) English Bitter Michael Glasswell 112
Stout Oatmeal Stout Malcolm Scholes 112
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale Sean Lillywhite 111
Brown Ale American Brown Ale Pete Daffern 110
Brown Ale Irish Red Ale Matt Hogan 108.5
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) English Bitter darren blackhurst 107.5
Brown Ale Irish Red Ale Malcolm Scholes 106
Pale Ale Cream Ale Matt Garven 106
Pale Ale Kölsch Stephen Lawford 104.5
Brown Ale Irish Red Ale Kevin Hingston 103
Farmhouse Ale & Wild Beer Berliner Weiße Mark Overton 103
Stout Oatmeal Stout Danial Pymont 103
Pale Ale Kölsch Ben Solly 101.5
Stout Oatmeal Stout Pete Daffern 100.5
Farmhouse Ale & Wild Beer Saison Chris De La Rue 99.5
Pale Ale Cream Ale Chris De La Rue 99.5
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale Pete Daffern 98
Pale Ale Australian Pale Ale Chris De La Rue 97
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale Matt Garven 96
Pale Ale Kölsch Steven Roberts 96
Pale Ale English Pale Ale Michael Lawrence
 95.5
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale Rohan Lilley 94
Pale Ale Australian Pale Ale Joel Baines 94
Farmhouse Ale & Wild Beer Witbier (White) Patrick Baggoley 93
Pale Ale Cream Ale Malcolm Scholes 92.5
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) English Bitter Tom Dixon 92
Brown Ale Irish Red Ale Steven Roberts 91
Brown Ale American Brown Ale Peter Collins 91
Stout Dry Stout Darren Blackhurst 91
Pale Ale Blonde Ale Paul Haesler 90.5
American Pale Ale American Pale Ale Stephen Chapman 90
Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) English Bitter Matt Hogan 90

Full results are available on the forum.

A special thanks goes out to all of the Judges and Stewards for making the day go smoothly:
Judges:
Richard Watkins
David Gilks
Steve Hogarth
Chris Duffy
Ben Harmer
Joel Baines
Mark Billbrough
Paul Haesler
Tom Dixon
Kevin Hingston
Charles Newton
Keenan Fahey
Craig Webber
Adam Langan
Martin Budden
Rohan Lilley

Stewards:
Michael Lawrence
Rodger Braid
Sean Lillywhite
Steve Lawford

For the information of members, the medal classification was changed for 2013 with an increased emphasis on Bronze Medals being better than just average beers.  The range is now 90 to 104, previously 75 to 104.

Medal Classifications for Members Competitions (2013)
Gold: 120 to 150 points
Silver: 105-119.99 points
Bronze: 90-104.99 points

By Chris De La Rue, Competition Secretary

It is my great pleasure to table the 2012 ACT Amateur Brewing Championship Report.

The ACTABC was a sanctioned BCJP competition and the beers were judged against the AABC style guidelines. Forty members submitted 219 entries, covering all 18 AABC categories, through 67 sub-styles. This was an amazing effort by our members, but it also indicates that the club is very stable as the numbers are very similar to last year.

It was pleasing to note that many of our newer members also submitted entries. One in particular is a “brew in a bag” brewer… more about him later.

While the ACTABC is our local championship, it also determines which beers/members will represent the ACT (Canberra Brewers) at the National’s. Having your beer judged to be the best in the territory and worthy of representation is a very high accolade, and this is why so much effort goes into organising this event behind the scene, and while I shouldn’t single out one person, I will because I must highlight the support of Richard Watkins and the Wig & Pen during the past week. Richard’s  knowledge and help to my role as Comp Sec in preparing the championship was invaluable… thank you Richard!

This year the decision was made to start judging a tad earlier (0830). The main reason for this was to take the pressure off the judges to critique a large number of beers in a set time. It also allowed the table captain to manage the pace of judging and when breaks would be taken i.e. morning tea and lunch break. From all reports this process worked quite well.

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By Chris De La Rue, Competition Secretary

First
I must apologise for the comp report and the emailing out of scoresheets.

Having just moved to Tumut and trying to get everything in order has bee quite
difficult. That said, I also have to send a very BIG thank you to Billy who
very kindly ran competition three for me and also offer his house up as the venue…. Thanks mate, your support is very much appreciated.

 Moving
forward, club completion three was judged on Sunday 26 August 2012.

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By Chris De La Rue, Competition Secretary

Club completion #2 was judged on Sunday 17 June 2012 at Billy’s house in Hughes, and 36 entries were received by the closing date/time (split over three flights)  Intro

  • Flight #1 Low Alcohol, Strong Lager >6% and Stouts
    Judges: Billy, Pome (Jamie) and Brewtus (Craig)
  • Flight #2 Pilsener, Amber & Dark Lager and Belgian Strong Ale >6%
    Judges: Mozzie (Paul H), Dicko (Tom D) and Martin Budden
  • Flight #3 Pale Ale, American Pale Ale and Strong Ale >6%
    Judges: Richard Watkins, David Gilks and Michael O’Rouke

Like all club completions expectations were high for quality of the beers hit the judge’s palates, and while there were a couple of categories that did not have entries, we however have a very good mix of beers to judge, and I am very pleased to announce that seven gold, eleven silver and nine bronze medals were awarded on the day.

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