Results - NZ Brewers Cup

Winners - NZ Brewers Cup 2023

Best of Show - Beer

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Nick Reeves

Barrel Aged Solera Pull#9

Gueuze

 

Champion Brewer (50 Participating Brewers)

Place

Brewer

1st

2nd

3rd

Score

Club

1st

Colin Garland

1

2

1

16.05

 

 

Winning Entries

Table 1: Pale Lager (6 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Robert Aylward

Dorty Pils

German Helles Exportbier

 

2nd

Richard Armstrong

Helles Lager

Munich Helles

 

3rd

Colin Garland

Son Of Coco

International Pale Lager

 

Table 2: Pilsner (4 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Craig Herron

Boho Promise

German Pils

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

2nd

Colin Garland

Brains, Muscles & Good Luck

Czech Premium Pale Lager

 

3rd

Louis Nortje

Pura Clean

German Pils

 

Table 3: Amber Lager (6 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Nicholas Anderson

Fruedian Sip

Vienna Lager

Dunedin Home Brewers Association

2nd

Colin Garland

Walked In Cold Air

Vienna Lager

 

3rd

Daniel Armstrong

Marzen

Märzen

 

Table 4: Dark Lager (2 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Colin Garland

Serenity Revisited

Schwarzbier

 

2nd

Matthew Binnie

Dark Side Of The Room

Schwarzbier

 

Table 5: Bock (2 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Ian Kitto

Dunkle Bock

Dunkels Bock

 

2nd

William Reid

The Doppler Effect

Doppelbock

Auckland Guild Of Winemakers

Table 6: Pale Ale (19 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Ben Stewart

Wife Beater

New Zealand Pilsner

 

2nd

Allan Ainger

Al's Cream Ale

Cream Ale

 

3rd

Fagin Butters

Beachin' Saison

Saison

 

Table 7: IPA (24 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Mark Meyburg

Tropical Haze

Hazy IPA

 

2nd

Greg Mckenzie

Smells Like Summer

Hazy IPA

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

3rd

Craig Herron

Njord's Haze

Hazy IPA

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

Table 8: Amber Ale (6 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Tim Wood

Belgian Brown

Belgian Dubbel

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

2nd

Gary Major

ALTernate Day

Altbier

The Brü Club

3rd

Tim Wood

Shepherds Delight

American Amber Ale

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

Table 9: Brown Ale (4 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Matthew Van Kerkhoff

Wooooo I'm Famous

Dark Mild

M.A.S.H

2nd

Bruce Milne

Shaun The Sheep

British Brown Ale

Dunedin Home Brewers Association

3rd

MacLean Fraser

Normandale Ale

American Brown Ale

 

Table 10: Porter (2 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Kerry Nitz

Nitz #35

Baltic Porter

 

2nd

William Reid

The Dark Portal

English Porter

Auckland Guild Of Winemakers

Table 11: Stout (8 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Sean Heffernan

Dark Heart Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

Auckland Guild Of Winemakers

2nd

Cory Kilcullen

Berry Ray Cyrus

Imperial Stout

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

3rd

Hayley Zizi

Hayley Zizi

Oatmeal Stout

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

Table 12: Strong Ale (3 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Tim Wood

Belgian Tripel

Belgian Tripel

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

2nd

Louis Nortje

Tennebris Dulce

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

 

3rd

William Reid

Big Is Best

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Auckland Guild Of Winemakers

Table 13: Wheat Beer (8 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Nick Reeves

Barrel Aged Solera Pull#9

Gueuze

 

2nd

Lee Castle

Lee Castle

Witbier

 

3rd

James Watson

Hefe

Weissbier

 

Table 15: Specialty Beer (12 entries)

Place

Brewer

Entry Name

Style

Club

1st

Rob Hough

Original Sin

Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer

Christchurch Homebrewers Association

2nd

Andy Hope

High Hopes Raspberry Sour

Fruit Beer

New River Valley Brewers Guild

3rd

William Reid

Red Rasberrys

Fruit Beer

Auckland Guild Of Winemakers