Judges
Craig Agnor, Danilo Barbieri, Omer Basha, Vinicius Baumhardt, Ken Bazley, Manmohan Birdi, Chris Burrows, Levent Cevik, Richard Farr, Robert Gallagher, Tomislav Gmajnic, Mick Harrison, Antony Hawkerr, Joe Hickey, Jacques Marais, Taras Morskyi, Igor Nahmenberg, Darren Oakley, Jack Packham, Simon Pipola, Jane Price, Eva Rainey, Peter Robinson, Steve Smith, Lucas Stolarczyk, Aaron Suppel, Jérémie Troisveaux, James Wilson
Stewards
Guy Asaert, Stuart Loynton, Florin Popovici, Ciaran Prendeville, Ben Quinton, Tim Woods, Rick Woolliss
By the Numbers
169 Entries
97 Entrants
28 Judges
7 Stewards
35 Placing Entries
Table 1: German Pale and Wheat Beer
17 entries
Judges: Craig Agnor, Vinicius Baumhardt, Tomislav Gmajnic, Peter Robinson
1st
Stephan Martin
Liquid Asset (4C: Helles Bock)
2nd
Aleksi Vanhala
Panomaju
Started From The Bottom Now We Here (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Darren Allen
Clouded Judgement (10A: Weissbier)
Table 2: Czech & International Pale and Wheat Beer
14 entries
Judges: Joe Hickey, Taras Morskyi, Jane Price, Lucas Stolarczyk
1st
Simon Bratton
Gratuitous (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
2nd
Neil Werdmuller Von Elgg
Kanpai! (2A: International Pale Lager)
3rd
Kevin Surridge-Dines
Anglian Craft Brewers
Grodziskie (27A5: Piwo Grodziskie)
Table 3: European Amber and Dark Beer
18 entries
Judges: Manmohan Birdi, Robert Gallagher, Jack Packham, Eva Rainey
1st
Paul Mills
Milton Keynes HBC
Klusterbrau Rauch (6B: Rauchbier)
2nd
Aleksi Vanhala
Panomaju
Marise Marise Marzen (6A: Märzen)
3rd
Luke Russell
London Amateur Brewers
Share The Darkness (8A: Munich Dunkel)
HM
Ken Johnson
100 Strawberry Lollies And The Princess Of Liechtenstein (7B: Altbier)
Table 4: British & Commonwealth Ale and Barleywine
20 entries
Judges: Danilo Barbieri, Chris Burrows, Levent Cevik, James Wilson
1st
Shane Van Der Westhuizen
Sporan Snatcher (14A: Scottish Light)
2nd
Markku Leminen
Panomaju
Barleywine 4 Life (17D: English Barley Wine)
3rd
Les Manley
London Amateur Brewers
The Full English (11B: Best Bitter)
HM
Guy Gallington
Anglian Craft Brewers
Old Gregg (17B: Old Ale)
Table 5: Mild, Porter and Stout
17 entries
Judges: Richard Farr, Mick Harrison, Taras Morskyi, Steve Smith
1st
James Pettifor
Anglian Craft Brewers
Lees' Mild (13A: Dark Mild)
2nd
Innes Crawford
Aberdeen Homebrew Club
Smooth Sipper (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Arthur Olcot
London Amateur Brewers
Claustrophobic Astronaut V2 (13C: English Porter)
HM
Jacques Marais
London Amateur Brewers
Willy Tonka (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 6: American Hoppy Ale and Dark IPA
14 entries
Judges: Antony Hawkerr, Igor Nahmenberg, Steve Smith
1st
Joe Hickey
London Amateur Brewers
Bob The Krusher (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Mark Hopkins
London Amateur Brewers
Mahogany Mule (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Shane Van Der Westhuizen
Triple A (19A: American Amber Ale)
Table 7: American and Speciality IPA
14 entries
Judges: Danilo Barbieri, Vinicius Baumhardt, Jack Packham, Jane Price
1st
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Meleze (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Paavo Gaidach & Andrei Kazakov
Panomaju
DIPATRON (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Lauri Vuoristo
Panomaju
Gulf Of Majava (21A: American IPA)
Table 8: Hazy Ale and New Zealand Pilsner
16 entries
Judges: Manmohan Birdi, Levent Cevik, Tomislav Gmajnic, Darren Oakley
1st
Rick Woolliss
Twickenham Boars
(S)Table Haze (34C: Experimental Beer)
2nd
Markku Leminen
Panomaju
Turkeys Delight (LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner)
3rd
Muhis Elwan & Roope Ruuhonen
Panomaju
Roots (21C: Hazy IPA)
Table 9: French and Belgian Ale
15 entries
Judges: Omer Basha, Robert Gallagher, Igor Nahmenberg, Aaron Suppel
1st
Craig Agnor
London Amateur Brewers
Frank (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Blue Too (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
3rd
Simon Thompson
Twickenham Boars
Tintin's Mussels (26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
HM
Lucas Stolarczyk
London Amateur Brewers
How About The Interior? (26A: Belgian Single)
Table 10: Sour, Wild, Mixed Ferm and Speciality Fruit Beer
24 entries
Judges: Craig Agnor, Joe Hickey, Simon Pipola, James Wilson
1st
Pedro Palacios
Primeval Funk (23D: Lambic)
2nd
Brett Harman
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
The Phantom Raspberry Blower Menace (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
3rd
Marc Hannewald
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Pallas (28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
HM
Holger Schulz
Revolver (28C: Wild Specialty Beer)
Best of Show
Beer
1st
Craig Agnor
London Amateur Brewers
Frank (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Meleze (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Shane Van Der Westhuizen
Sporan Snatcher (14A: Scottish Light)
HM
Pedro Palacios
Primeval Funk (23D: Lambic)
LAB Open Champion Brewer
97 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Brewer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score | Club |
|---|
| 1st | Shane Van Der Westhuizen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.0100020 | |
| 2nd | Markku Leminen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.0000020 | Panomaju |
| Aleksi Vanhala | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.0000020 | Panomaju |
LAB Open Champion Club
32 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | HM | Score |
|---|
| 1st | London Amateur Brewers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33.0300090 |
| 2nd | Panomaju | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26.0000070 |
| 3rd | Anglian Craft Brewers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0100030 |
| 4th | Twickenham Boars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.0100020 |
| 5th | Norwich Amateur Brewers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0000020 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 6
- 2nd Place: 4
- 3rd Place: 3
- 4th Place: 2
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
- The highest total number of first, second, and third places.
- The highest total number of first, second, third, fourth (if applicable), and honorable mention places.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
