Scottish National Homebrew Competition 2021

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Furniss	Private Old Ale	17B: Old Ale
2nd	Fraser Withers Co-Brewer: Charlie Cat	To Strong For Kong	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Gordon Nicol	Fake Lager	5B: Kolsch	Scottish Craft Brewers

Best Scottish Beer

Best Beer Brewed to a BJCP Scottish Style (14A, 14B, 14C, 17C and Speciality Varieties)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Fleck	Scottish Heavy	14B: Scottish Heavy	Perth Homebrew Club

Best Overall Brewer (43 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1st	Innes Crawford	1	1	0	5.02	Aberdeen Homebrew Club
	Colin Taylor	1	1	0	5.02	Portsmouth Homebrew Club
3rd	James Wilson	1	0	1	4.02	London Amateur Brewers

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Best Club (16 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	HM	Score
1st	London Amateur Brewers	2	2	2	1	12.06
2nd	Scottish Craft Brewers	2	1	2	1	10.05
3rd	Portsmouth Homebrew Club	1	1	0	0	5.02
	Aberdeen Homebrew Club	1	1	0	1	5.02

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Table 1: Lagers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Innes Crawford	McMalty	8A: Munich Dunkel	Aberdeen Homebrew Club
2nd	Colin Taylor	Shrodinger's Dog	8B: Schwarzbier	Portsmouth Homebrew Club
3rd	Radim Zvanovec	Radimsky Lager	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager

Table 2: Pale & Wheat Beers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gordon Nicol	Fake Lager	5B: Kolsch	Scottish Craft Brewers
2nd	Mat Bedford	Wheat the Heck	10A: Weissbier
3rd	Stephen Hoodless	I'm A King Bee	1D: American Wheat Beer
HM	Malcolm Cruickshank	Kolsch	5B: Kolsch	Scottish Craft Brewers

Table 3: Scotland & England (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Wilson	Epsom Strong Bitter	11C: Strong Bitter	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Ben Lester	Beer #1	11B: Best Bitter	Worcestershire Homebrew Club
3rd	Lee Immins	Mandrill Mild	13A: Dark Mild	London Amateur Brewers

Table 4: Stouts & Porters (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Colin Taylor	Nine Below Zero	9C: Baltic Porter	Portsmouth Homebrew Club
2nd	Michal Plodowski Co-Brewer: Lukasz Wiaderny	Ant's Porter	9C: Baltic Porter
3rd	James Wilson	Hard Top	20B: American Stout	London Amateur Brewers

Table 5: American, IPA and Hop Forward (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Oli Edmonds	Oops, Richard!	21A: American IPA	Beer Boars East
2nd	Bojan Grdinic	Rock Hard Medusa	21B7: New England IPA
3rd	John Stewart	Steaming Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale

Table 6: Beers from Belgium & Bretted (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Devon MacDougall	Will Ye Go Tae Flanders	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Scottish Craft Brewers
2nd	Stew Horne	Jorkvik	28A: Brett Beer	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Nick Davis	La Femme Au Coeur Sauvage	24C: Biere de Garde	Anglian Craft Brewers
HM	Stew Horne	Silly Saison	31A: Alternative Grain Beer	London Amateur Brewers

Table 7: Strong Ales & Stouts (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tom Furniss	Private Old Ale	17B: Old Ale
2nd	Innes Crawford	Winters Nectar	17C: Wee Heavy	Aberdeen Homebrew Club
3rd	Harry Kirkham	Lights Out For Darker Skies	20C: Imperial Stout	Scottish Craft Brewers
HM	Paul Gaunt	The Booze Hammer	17D: English Barleywine	Aberdeen Homebrew Club

Table 8: Fruit, Spice & Vegetable Beers (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Garreth Smith	Sanity Deprived	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Harry Kirkham	Porcupine Or Pineapple?	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer	Scottish Craft Brewers
3rd	Andrew Newall	Entry 1	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Scottish Craft Brewers
HM	Barry Walsh Co-Brewer: The Hyperbolic Boys	The Lombardo Method	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 9: Smoked, Wood Aged and Speciality Beers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Fraser Withers Co-Brewer: Charlie Cat	To Strong For Kong	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Lee Immins	Wee Heavy Monkey	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Logan Bartlett	Mother Shucker	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer