NSW Amateur Homebrew Championship 2026

Thanks to all who participated in the NSW Amateur Homebrew Championship 2026.

There were 159 entries judged and 59 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Results

Best of Show Winners

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Champion Brewer (37 Participating Brewers)

Place	Brewer	1st	2nd	3rd	Score	Club
1000 1st	Allan Wade	4	4	2	22.10	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2000 2nd	Adam Gaffey	2	2	2	12.06	Grainmother Brewing Supplies
3000 3rd	Julian Chan	1	3	0	9.04	Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB) [Australia]

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.

Champion Club (10 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1000 1st	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]	6	6	6	36.18
2000 2nd	Grainmother Brewing Supplies	2	2	2	12.06
3000 3rd	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]	2	1	2	10.05

Winning Entries

Category 1: (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Gaffey	six row	104:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies
2nd	Dylan Barden	Bitter end brewing - Ordinary bitter.	109:
3rd	Nick Vassilev	Dzień dobry	110:

Category 2: (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Davis	Too Hot to Helles	204:	Northern Rivers Brew Club
2nd	Michael Barwell	Amazing Haka	208:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	Andrew Clifton	Japanese Rice Lager	202:

Category 3: (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Arron Stephenson	Dagobah Dunkel	304:	Flat Rock Brew Club
2nd	Allan Wade	Czech Dark Lager	307:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	Dallas Cox	Czech Dark Lager	307:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]

Category 4: (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allan Wade	Belgian Blond Ale	408:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Adam Gaffey	Golden root Juice	401:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies
3rd	Michael Barwell	Pell Harvest Ale	401:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]

Category 5: (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jordan Saville	Pale Ale	501:
2nd	Andrew Clifton	American Pale Ale (Mosaic)	501:
3rd	Michael Barwell	Return of the Hops - Clone Wars	501:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]

Category 6: (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Peter Passaris	Honest Abe	602:
2nd	Julian Chan	Cryo Me a River	602:	Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB) [Australia]
3rd	Sebastian Pilz	Oatley Chinnock IPA	601:	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]

Category 7: (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Arron Stephenson	Dathomir	706:	Flat Rock Brew Club
2nd	Allan Wade	Red IPA	706:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	James Overton	All Haze	701:

Category 8: (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Adam Gaffey	They Can't all be wrong!	803:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies
2nd	Allan Wade	American Amber Ale	802:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	Dylan Barden	Bitter end brewing - Best bitter	801:

Category 9: (4 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Michael Barwell	Frankenchrist	905:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Andrew Clifton	British Brown Ale	904:
3rd	Barry Cranston	Texas T	905:	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]

Category 10: (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allan Wade	Baltic Porter	1004:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Luke Davis	Munro Porter	1001:
3rd	David Pontin	Not an IPA	1003:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]

Category 11: (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Justin McNamara	Hands down Guinness	1102:	Western Sydney Brewers
2nd	James Overton	Sweet Tooth Stout	1101:
3rd	Allan Wade	Irish Extra Stout	1104:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]

Category 12: (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Simon Rowe Co-Brewer: Paul Irving	Skinny Stout	1202:
2nd	Brendan Clarke Co-Brewer: Phil Coleman	NHC Imp Stout	1204:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	Mark Davis	Stout of Office	1203:	Northern Rivers Brew Club

Category 13: (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sebastian Pilz	Bayern sin Wir	1301:	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]
2nd	Dylan Barden	Bitter end brewing - American wheat.	1303:
3rd	Dylan Barden	Bitter end brewing - Weissbier	1301:

Category 14: (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Peter Passaris	Engel	1406:
2nd	Peter Passaris	S.Arnold III	1405:
3rd	Rick Torney	Belgian Golden Strong Ale	1406:

Category 15: (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allan Wade	English Barleywine	1508:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Barry Cranston	Henwoodie	1507:	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]
3rd	Simon Rowe	MO Barleywine	1508:

Category 16: (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Barry Cranston	Brett's Saison	1608:	Extra Special Brewers (ESB) [Australia]
2nd	Nathan Campbell	Chicago Funk	1610:	MIA Brewers Club
3rd	Adam Gaffey	La Taine Clair	1604:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies

Category 17: (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	James Overton	Cherry Ripe Stout	1701:
2nd	Allan Wade	BDSA Cherry	1701:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
3rd	Felicity Doyle	coffee porter	1705:

Category 18: (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Allan Wade	Barrel Aged Barleywine	1804:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Adam Gaffey	Butchers Prick	1804:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies
3rd	Adam Gaffey	real IPA	1803:	Grainmother Brewing Supplies

Category 19: (6 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brendan Clarke	Eashay Mullbrae	1913:	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]
2nd	Julian Chan	Krystal Mike	1901:	Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB) [Australia]
3rd	David Corcoran	Black Plum Mead	1907:

Category 20: Cider and Perry (3 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Julian Chan	Berrima Apple with William Pear	2010: Fruit Cider [BJCP C3A]	Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB) [Australia]
2nd	Julian Chan	Wildcide Berrima 2026	2012: Experimental Cider [BJCP C3C]	Inner Sydney Brewers (ISB) [Australia]
3rd	Allan Wade	New World Cider	2001: Common Cider [BJCP C1A]	Hunter United Brewers (HUB) [Australia]