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Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship

Thanks to all who participated in the Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship.

There were 556 entries judged and 221 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

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Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Bennett	Job Done	29A: Fruit Beer	Toowoomba Society Of Beer Appreciation (TooSOBA)
2nd	Ryan Keightley	Tart'nfizzy	23A: Berliner Weisse	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
3rd	Carl Legros	Unkle Dunkle	8A: Munich Dunkel	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)

Winning Entries

Low Alcohol (<4% ABV) (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carl Legros	Darkside of the Lagoon	13A: Dark Mild	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)
2nd	Liam Anderson	'close Enough To Being A' - Dark Mild	13A: Dark Mild	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
3rd	David Watson	Bitter	11A: Ordinary Bitter	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)

Pale Lager (50 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Benn Martens	Just A Lager	2A: International Pale Lager	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	Benn Martens	Helles	4A: Munich Helles	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Martin Wallis	Martin Wallis	5D: German Pils	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)

Amber & Dark Lager (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carl Legros	Unkle Dunkle	8A: Munich Dunkel	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)
2nd	Leon Steffens	Big Black Beer	8B: Schwarzbier	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
3rd	Josh Hill	You Don't Know the Power...	8B: Schwarzbier

Pale Ale (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Anson Russ	Xxx House Ale	12B: Australian Sparkling Ale	Peninsula Brewers Union (PBU)
2nd	Stephen Taubert	Bpa	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Pine Rivers Underground Brewing Society (PUBS)
3rd	Mark Davies	Summer Ale	1C: Cream Ale	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)

American Pale Ale (37 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jake Harrip	Apa	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Scott Angel	Rapid Feedrate	18B: American Pale Ale	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Rob McDonald	Point 5 Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	GoldCLUB

Bitter Ale (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Kenyon Co-Brewer: Paul Kenyon	#ff0000 Red Ale	19A: American Amber Ale
2nd	Josh Gill	Sent It	12A: British Golden Ale
3rd	Rob Vanstone	Esb	11C: Strong Bitter

Brown Ale (22 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Aaron Heness	Irish Red Ale	15A: Irish Red Ale	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)
2nd	Fergus Seppanen	Brown Eye American Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
3rd	Adrian Lambeth	The Redheaded Stranger	15A: Irish Red Ale	Mackay And District (MAD) Brewers

Porter (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ben Kirby	Sex In A Cup	13C: English Porter	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)
2nd	David Nielsen	English Porter	13C: English Porter	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
3rd	Tom Stephens	Bp	9C: Baltic Porter	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)

Stout (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David West	The Drifter	15C: Irish Extra Stout	Toowoomba Society Of Beer Appreciation (TooSOBA)
2nd	Duncan Lindley	Nitro Leckie	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Scott Angel	Midnight Special	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)

Strong Stout (29 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Liam Anderson	'arguably Better Than Sam Middlers' - Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
2nd	Alex Frangoulis	Jamaican Stout	16C: Tropical Stout	Hoppy Days Brew Club
3rd	Sam Middler	друг	20C: Imperial Stout	GoldCLUB

IPA (35 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Holt	IPA	21A: American IPA	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
2nd	Sean Astill	English IPA	12C: English IPA	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Jimi Wall	Partytime, Excellent!	21A: American IPA	Hoppy Days Brew Club

Specialty IPA (50 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Eckford	Evil Uncle	21B4: Red IPA	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)
2nd	Sjon Wakeam	Hazy IPA	21B7: New England IPA	GoldCLUB
3rd	Cary MacDonald	White Coat Syndrome	21B6: White IPA	GoldCLUB

Wheat & Rye Ales (23 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Scott Mackenzie	6u Hefeweizen	10A: Weissbier	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	Cary MacDonald	Erdinger Pikantus	10C: Weizenbock	GoldCLUB
3rd	Jimi Wall	California Wheat	1D: American Wheat Beer	Hoppy Days Brew Club

Sour Ales (38 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Keightley	Tart'nfizzy	23A: Berliner Weisse	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)
2nd	Ashley Gillman	Aus Gose	27A1: Gose	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)
3rd	Matthew Holloway Co-Brewer: Lachlan Buchan	Mixed Fermentation Sour Ale	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)

Belgian Ales (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Perry Burt	Rooting Saison - Pacifica Edition	25B: Saison	Hoppy Days Brew Club
2nd	Rakai Diaz	Byggbobler	25B: Saison
3rd	Scott Mackenzie	6o Saison	25B: Saison	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)

Strong Ales & Lagers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Leckie	Barleywine Is For the Children	17D: English Barleywine	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	Alex Frangoulis	Make American Barleywine Great Again.	22C: American Barleywine	Hoppy Days Brew Club
3rd	Leon Steffens	Big Red	22B: American Strong Ale	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)

Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (36 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Bennett	Job Done	29A: Fruit Beer	Toowoomba Society Of Beer Appreciation (TooSOBA)
2nd	Sam Middler	I'll Just Have A Coffee. Beer It Is.	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	GoldCLUB
3rd	Ryan Keightley	Passion Pop	29A: Fruit Beer	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBS)

Specialty Beer (42 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Daniel O’Donnell	Whisky-Port Barrel Aged RIS	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	Jeremy MacGregor	Tropical Horse	40A: Belgian Specialty Ale	Hoppy Days Brew Club
3rd	Sam Middler	Caffe E Latte	34C: Experimental Beer	GoldCLUB

Mead (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Moloney	Dry Out West	M1A: Dry Mead
2nd	John Moloney	Plumb Out Off Luck	M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
3rd	John Moloney	Sweet One	M1C: Sweet Mead

Cider (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Brighenti	Grand Cru Cider	C1B: English Cider	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Ralph deVoil	Pc2	C1D: New World Perry
3rd	Michael Collins	Ef	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices