NSW STATE HOMEBREWING COMPETITION 2017
Enter your beer, mead or cider for feedback from qualified judges and the chance to win great prizes.
1st, 2nd and 3rd qualify for the National Homebrewing Competition.
Entry deadline
Brewshops - 26th August
Direct (Wayward) - 3rd September
See Entry Information page for more details.
9th and 10th September 2017
74-76 Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Annandale (next to Wayward Brewing)
CONTACT US
For other questions and comments email stusterbrewer@gmail.com
MAJOR SPONSORS
ENTER YOUR HOMEBREWED CRAFT BEER
JUDGING
9-10 September 2017
74-76 Pyrmont Bridge Road
Annandale
Sydney
(Next to Wayward Brewing)
SPONSORS
Categories and Style
Categories and styles are as per AABC 2017 available at the AABC website (www.aabc.org.au).
Note: There is a limit of 2 entries per category (so 40 is the most you can enter!)
1. LOW ALCOHOL (<4% ABV)
Sponsored by Newera Brewing
1.1 Light Australian Lager
1.2 Scottish Light
1.3 London Brown Ale
1.4 Dark Mild
1.5 German Leichtbier
1.6 Czech Pale Lager
1.7 Ordinary Bitter
2. PALE LAGER
Sponsored by Brewman
2.1 Australian Lager
2.2 Australian Premium Lager
2.3 International Pale Lager
2.4 Munich Helles
2.5 German Helles Exportbier (Dortmunder)
2.6 Pre-prohibition Lager (Classic American Pils)
2.7 German Pils
2.8 Czech Premium Pale Lager (Bohemian Pils)
2.9 Festbier
2.10 Helles Bock
3. AMBER & DARK LAGER
Sponsored by The Brew Shop
3.1 International Amber Lager
3.2 Czech Amber Lager
3.3 Munich Dunkel
3.4 Vienna Lager
3.5 Marzen
3.6 Czech Dark Lager
3.7 Schwarzbier
3.8 California Common
3.9 Dunkles Bock
4. PALE ALE
Sponsored by All Things Homebrew
(Prizes combined with 6. Bitter Ale)
4.1 Cream Ale
4.2 Blonde Ale
4.3 Kölsch
4.4 Belgian Pale Ale
4.5 Australian Sparkling Ale
5. AMERICAN PALE ALE
Sponsored by Beer Co.
5.1 American Pale Ale
6. BITTER ALE
Sponsored by The Brew Shop
(Prizes combined with 4. Pale Ale)
6.1 Australian Bitter Ale
6.2 British Golden Ale
6.3 Best Bitter
6.4 American Amber Ale
6.5 Altbier
6.6 Strong Bitter
7. BROWN ALE
Sponsored by All Things Homebrew
(Prizes combined with 8. Porter)
7.1 Scottish Heavy
7.2 Scottish Export
7.3 Irish Red Ale
7.4 Australian Dark/Old Ale
7.5 British Brown Ale
7.6 American Brown Ale
8. PORTER
Sponsored by All Things Homebrew
(Prizes combined with 7. Brown Ale)
8.1 English Porter
8.2 American Porter
8.3 Baltic Porter
9. STOUT
Sponsored by Dave’s Home Brew
(Prizes combined with 10. Strong Stout)
9.1 Sweet Stout
9.2 Irish Stout
9.3 Oatmeal Stout
9.4 Irish Extra Stout
10. STRONG STOUT
Sponsored by Dave’s Home Brew
(Prizes combined with 9. Stout)
10.1 Tropical Stout
10.2 Foreign Extra Stout
10.3 American Stout
10.4 Imperial Stout
11. IPA
Sponsored by Hop + Grain
(Prizes combined with 12. Specialty Stout)
11.1 English IPA
11.2 American IPA
12. Specialty IPA
Sponsored by Hop + Grain
(Prizes combined with 11. IPA)
12.1 White IPA
12.2 Red IPA
12.3 Brown IPA
12.4 Rye IPA
12.5 Belgian IPA
12.6 Black IPA
12.7 Double IPA
13. WHEAT & RYE BEER
Sponsored by Inner Sydney Brewers
(Prizes combined with 14. Sour Ale)
13.1 Weissbier
13.2 Witbier
13.3 Dunkles Weissbier
13.4 Roggenbier
13.5 American Wheat Beer
13.6 Weizenbock
13.7 Wheatwine
14. SOUR ALE
Sponsored by Inner Sydney Brewers
(Prizes combined with 13. Wheat & Rye)
14.1 Berliner Weisse
14.2 Gose
14.3 Flanders Red Ale
14.4 Lambic
14.5 Gueuze
14.6 Fruit Lambic
14.7 Oud Bruin
14.8 Brett Beer
14.9 Mixed-Ferment Sour Beer
15. BELGIAN ALE
Sponsored by The Brew Shop
15.1 Saison
15.2 Biere de Garde
15.3 Trappist Single
15.4 Belgian Blond Ale
15.5 Belgian Dubbel
15.6 Belgian Tripel
15.7 Belgian Golden Strong Ale
15.8 Belgian Dark Strong Ale
16. STRONG ALES & LAGERS
Sponsored by Newera Brewing
16.1 Wee Heavy
16.2 Doppelbock
16.3 Eisbock
16.4 British Strong Ale
16.5 Old Ale
16.6 American Strong Ale
16.7 English Barleywine
16.8 American Barleywine
17. Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Sponsored by Newera Brewing & 4 Pines
(Prizes combined with 18. Specialty Beer)
17.1 Fruit Beer
17.2 Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
17.3 Autumn Seasonal Beer
17.4 Winter Seasonal Beer
18. SPECIALTY BEER
Sponsored by Newera Brewing & 4 Pines
(Prizes combined with 17. Fruit/Spice...)
18.1 Rauchbier
18.2 Classic Style Smoked Beer
18.3 Specialty Smoked Beer
18.4 Wood-Aged Beer
18.5 Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
18.6 Belgian Specialty Ale
18.7 Alternative Grain Beer
18.8 Alternative Sugar Beer
18.9 Experimental Beer
19. MEAD
Sponsored by Stone Dog Meadery
(Prizes combined with 20. Cider)
19.1 Dry Mead
19.2 Semi-sweet Mead
19.3 Sweet Mead
19.4 Fruit Mead (Melomel)
19.5 Fruit & Spice Mead
19.6 Braggot
19.7 Other Mead
20. CIDER
Sponsored by Stone Dog Meadery
(Prizes combined with 19. Mead)
20.1 New World (Common) Cider
20.2 English Cider
20.3 French Cider
20.4 Perry (New World, Trad.)
20.5 Other Cider/Perry
Champion Brewer
The Mel Robson Trophy for Most Successful Brewer is sponsored by ESB.
A perpetual trophy for the Mel Robson Trophy (to be kept at The Brew Shop) with each year’s winner's name added to it.
A stainless steel beer mug with inscription and presentation box will be sent to each year's winner.
The winner will also receive $250 sponsored by The Brew Shop.
Best of Show beer
The winner will receive $150 sponsored by The Brew Shop.
Category winners
Categories are sponsored by each sponsor, with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each major category.
