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Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship

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

There were 492 entries judged and 191 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

View past winners:

Best of Show Winners

Champion Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cam McMillan	Pils	210: Munich Helles [BJCP 4A]	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)

Winning Entries

Category 1: Low Alcohol (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dan Svantesson	Mudgeeraba Pilsner	1.6: Czech Pale Lager [BJCP 3A]
2nd	Tyler Brown Co-Brewer: Mitchell Brown	Aussie Lager	1.1: Light Australian Lager [AABC]
3rd	John Bennett	Top of the Range	1.7: Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A]	Toowoomba Society Of Beer Appreciation (TooSOBA)

Category 2: Pale Lager (40 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Cam McMillan	Pils	2.10: Munich Helles [BJCP 4A]	Central Queensland Craft Brewers (CQCB)
2nd	Simon Kelly	Bavarian Pilsner	2.7: German Pils [BJCP 5D]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Samwell Middler	This Lager Is Too Spicy For Ziggo	2.5: German Dortmunder [BJCP 5C]	GoldCLUB

Category 3: Amber and Dark Lager (32 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Coles	Schwarz Is the New Black	3.7: Schwarzbier [BJCP 8B]	Pine Rivers Underground Brewing Society (PUBS)
2nd	Joshua Place	Wiener Lager	3.4: Vienna Lager [BJCP 7A]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Josh Batten	Batten’s Black	3.6: Czech Dark Lager [BJCP 3D]	Noosa Home Brew Club

Category 4: Pale Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Yanto Browning	Kolschisel	4.3: Kolsch [BJCP 5B]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
2nd	Bryce Tippett	New World Kolsch	4.3: Kolsch [BJCP 5B]	Sunshine Coast Amateur Brewers (SCABs)
3rd	Scott Eckford	Lawnmower Kolsch	4.3: Kolsch [BJCP 5B]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)

Category 5: American Pale Ale (33 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ryan Lewis	Dave Oram	5.1: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	Tuns of Anarchy
2nd	Nick Holt	Leftovers Apa	5.1: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
3rd	Ryan Keightley	I Ran Out of Ideas, So Brewed A Pale Ale.	5.1: American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)

Category 6: Bitter Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Kenyon Co-Brewer: Paul Kenyon	#ff0000 V3	6.4: American Amber Ale [BJCP 19A]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	Andy Coles	Of All the Bitters, I'm the Best	6.3: Best Bitter [BJCP 11B]	Pine Rivers Underground Brewing Society (PUBS)
3rd	Dylan Robinson	Ctz Xpa	6.2: British Golden Ale [BJCP 12A]	GoldCLUB

Category 7: Brown Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Dixon	British Brown	7.5: British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)
2nd	Mark Magennis	Mark Magennis	7.3: Irish Red Ale [BJCP 15A]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Mark Cupples	Scotch Ale El Jeffo	7.2: Scottish Export [BJCP 14C]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)

Category 8: Porter (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kieran Keyes	Baltic Porter	8.3: Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)
2nd	Dan Svantesson	Trans-Porter	8.3: Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C]
3rd	Roger Harrison	English Porter	8.1: English Porter [BJCP 13C]

Category 9: Stout (30 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ian Ingram	Oat Stout	9.3: Oatmeal Stout [BJCP 16B]	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Brad Bellert	The Dark Knight	9.1: Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A]
3rd	Kieran Keyes	Marshmallow Stout	9.1: Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)

Category 10: Strong Stout (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Liam Anderson	Arguably Better Than Sam Middler's	10.4: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
2nd	Jimi Wall	Under the Influence	10.4: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]	Tuns of Anarchy
3rd	Luke Fox	Centennial Dry Hopped Stout	10.3: American Stout [BJCP 20B]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)

Category 11: India Pale Ale (24 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Craig Mander	Dankness	11.2: American IPA [BJCP 21A]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
2nd	Michael Redemski	IPA	11.2: American IPA [BJCP 21A]	None
3rd	Luke Fox	West Coast IPA	11.2: American IPA [BJCP 21A]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)

Category 12: Specialty IPA (37 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Todd Harford	Death Mills A Pale Malt	12.7: Black IPA [BJCP 21B]	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Jake Harrip	Iipa	12.8: Double IPA [BJCP 22A]
3rd	Jake Harrip	NEIPA	12.1: New England IPA [BJCP 21B]

Category 13: Wheat and Rye Ale (26 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy MacGregor	Hoppy Days Hef	13.1: Weissbier [BJCP 10A]	Tuns of Anarchy
2nd	Craig Dickson	Roggenbier	13.4: Roggenbier [BJCP 27]	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
3rd	Ben Lyne	Man the Canon's	13.1: Weissbier [BJCP 10A]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)

Category 14: Sour Ale (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jeremy MacGregor	Amalgamate	14.8: Brett Beer [BJCP 28A]	Tuns of Anarchy
2nd	Ryan Keightley	B'nice2theweisse	14.1: Berliner Weisse [BJCP 23A]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
3rd	Duncan Lindley	Slamlam	14.4: Lambic [BJCP 23D]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)

Category 15: Belgian Ale (31 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Perry Burt	La Grisette D'Hogshead	15.1: Saison [BJCP 25B]	Tuns of Anarchy
2nd	Jeremy MacGregor	A Cure For Chungus	15.7: Belgian Golden Strong Ale [BJCP 25C]	Tuns of Anarchy
3rd	Benn Martens	Third Time Lucky	15.6: Belgian Tripel [BJCP 26C]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)

Category 16: Strong Ales and Lagers (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nick Holt	Number Ones	16.1: Wee Heavy [BJCP 17C]	Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABBs)
2nd	Thomas Walrut	Averator Doppelbock	16.2: Doppelbock [BJCP 9A]
3rd	Andy Coles	Sipsters Only!	16.7: English Barleywine [BJCP 17D]	Pine Rivers Underground Brewing Society (PUBS)

Category 17: Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (28 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Watt Co-Brewer: Adam Priest	Lady Boy Sour	17.2: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A]	GoldCLUB
2nd	Luke Ross	Too Spicy For Ziggo	17.2: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
3rd	Ash Gillman	Basil Flower Tripel	17.2: Spice Herb Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)

Category 18: Specialty Beer (34 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Brighenti	Uber Black Bourbon Barrel Stout	18.5: Specialty Wood?Aged Beer [BJCP 33B]	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
2nd	Jake Attwell	Bucky Brett	18.7: Alternative Grain Beer [BJCP 31A]	Righteous Brewers of Townsville (RBT)
3rd	Dan Pedler	Chasing Fairies	18.9: Experimental Beer [BJCP 34C]	Tuns Of Anarchy

Category 19: Mead (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Moloney	Semi Sweet	19.2: Semi Sweet Mead [BJCP M1B]
2nd	John Moloney	Dry Out West	19.1: Dry Mead [BJCP M1A]
3rd	Murray Brabrook	Blueberry Bomb	19.4: Fruit Mead [BJCP M2]

Category 20: Cider (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Duncan Lindley	Sider	20.1: New World Cider [BJCP C1A]	Brisbane Brewers Club (BBC)
2nd	John Brighenti	Grand Cru 2021	20.2: English Cider [BJCP C1B]	Ipswich Brewers Union (IBU)
3rd	Mick Collins	Elc	20.5: Other Cider/Perry [BJCP C2]