ESB 2023 Home Brew Competition - from strength to STRENGTH
Awards
Sponsors
Judges
Brendan Abbott, Barry Cranston, Simon Haynes, Rob Hill, Daniel Ivey, Ruixing Liu, Matthew Reed, David Tetley, Shane Warburton
Stewards
Al Brough, Rodney McAloon, Graham McDonald, Craig Miller, Rodd Snook
Staff
Matthew Reed
By the Numbers
46 Entries 19 Entrants
9 Judges 5 Stewards 1 Staff
13 Placing Entries
Table 1: Lightweight
12 entries
Judges: Barry Cranston, Rob Hill
1st
Craig Dunbar
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Cpl (108: Czech Pale Lager [BJCP 3A])
2nd
Craig Dunbar
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
60 (102: Scottish Light [BJCP 14A])
3rd
Michael Ward
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Bojo The Clown (109: Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A])
Table 2: Middleweight
17 entries
Judges: Ruixing Liu, David Tetley
1st
Barry Cranston
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Helles Belles (203: Munich Helles [BJCP 4A])
2nd
Ian Mooney
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Irish Red Ale (901: Irish Red Ale [BJCP 15A])
3rd
Simon Haynes
Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB)...
Beyond The Pale (ESB003: Australian Pale (Pacific) Ale )
HM
Peter Symons
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Hsd (ESB002: Extra Special Bitter per BJCP 2008 8C guidelines)
Table 3: Heavyweight
6 entries
Judges: Brendan Abbott, Shane Warburton
1st
Michael Ward
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Md Rip (ESB001: Janet's Brown Ale)
2nd
Daniel Thaine
Inner West Homebrewers Club...
West Coast IPA (602: American IPA [BJCP 21A])
3rd
Craig Dunbar
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
Bock (1502: Dunkles Bock [BJCP 6C])
Table 4: Wobbly Boot
11 entries
Judges: Simon Haynes, Daniel Ivey
1st
Jack McIntyre & Dugal McIntyre
Flat Rock Brew Club
Barleywine (1508: English Barleywine [BJCP 17D])
2nd
David Tetley
Extra Special Brewers (ESB)...
RIS (1204: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C])
3rd
Michael Cavanagh
Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB)...
St Charles (1204: Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C])
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners