Vicbrew 2025

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Daniel Abernethy, Simon Abernethy, Michael Bowron, Holly Brick, Ty Broderson, Andrew Bulman, Joshua Ceccato, Nick M Claus, Paul Colby, Scott Davies, Kris Domagala, Alex Garner, Sophie Goldsmith, Michael Guenzel, Martin Halden, Kevin Hawley, Mark Hibberd, Greg Hodson, Hugh Irwin, Mark Johnstone, Paul Kerwin, Karl Kusko, Ruixing Liu, Peter Lowndes, Richard Lynes, Jack Maccauley, Adam Macfarlane-Hill, Nykolai McHerron, Brian Murray, Damian Nippard, Tito Orellana, Kahlia Richardson, Angus Robertson, Grace Sarta, Bruno Schivinski, Sharif Slamet, Dean Smith, Jillian Tallboys, Scott Trainor, Jackal Tse, Brett Tyrrell, Jae Vanderwerf, Daniel Walker, Matt Zuerrer

Stewards

Richard Bailey, Geoff Donnellon, John Ellerbock, Brett Elliott, Walter Medenbach, Emily Morrison, Nathan Pearce-Boltec, John Sheehan, Jeremy Skuse, Jo Skuse, Fernando Gutierrez Trujillo

Staff

Michael Bowron, Craig Ditcham, Michael Guenzel, Mark Hibberd, Mark Johnstone, John Keske, Rohan Lowe, Dean Smith

Organizer

Cameron Eldridge

By the Numbers

315 Entries 77 Entrants

44 Judges 11 Stewards 8 Staff

60 Placing Entries

Table 1: LOW ALCOHOL (≤ 4% ABV)

14 entries

Judges: Andrew Bulman, Kris Domagala, Brian Murray, Jackal Tse

Table 2: PALE LAGER

34 entries

Judges: Joshua Ceccato, Martin Halden, Hugh Irwin, Ruixing Liu, Richard Lynes, Kahlia Richardson, Bruno Schivinski, Dean Smith, Scott Trainor

Table 3: AMBER & DARK LAGER

27 entries

Judges: Daniel Abernethy, Simon Abernethy, Scott Davies, Kris Domagala, Alex Garner, Greg Hodson, Paul Kerwin, Adam Macfarlane-Hill, Grace Sarta

Table 4: PALE ALE

13 entries

Judges: Ruixing Liu, Richard Lynes, Dean Smith, Scott Trainor, Jae Vanderwerf, Matt Zuerrer

Table 5: AMERICAN PALE ALE

6 entries

Table 6: IPA

10 entries

Judges: Daniel Abernethy, Simon Abernethy, Scott Davies, Kris Domagala, Alex Garner, Greg Hodson, Adam Macfarlane-Hill, Grace Sarta, Jillian Tallboys

Table 7: SPECIALTY IPA

15 entries

Table 8: AMBER ALE

8 entries

Judges: Sophie Goldsmith, Kevin Hawley, Mark Hibberd, Mark Johnstone, Peter Lowndes, Sharif Slamet

Table 9: BROWN ALE

8 entries

Table 10: PORTER & STOUT

17 entries

Judges: Nick M Claus, Kevin Hawley, Mark Johnstone, Karl Kusko, Kahlia Richardson, Angus Robertson, Bruno Schivinski, Brett Tyrrell, Daniel Walker

Table 11: STOUT

18 entries

Table 12: STRONG STOUT

8 entries

Judges: Ty Broderson, Andrew Bulman, Kris Domagala

Table 13: WHEAT & RYE BEER

21 entries

Judges: Ty Broderson, Andrew Bulman, Joshua Ceccato, Nick M Claus, Bruno Schivinski, Daniel Walker

Table 14: BELGIAN ALE

26 entries

Judges: Holly Brick, Kevin Hawley, Mark Johnstone, Karl Kusko, Kahlia Richardson, Angus Robertson

Table 15: STRONG ALE & LAGER

15 entries

Judges: Joshua Ceccato, Hugh Irwin, Ruixing Liu, Richard Lynes, Kahlia Richardson, Scott Trainor

Table 16: SOUR & WILD ALE

17 entries

Judges: Sophie Goldsmith, Mark Hibberd, Mark Johnstone, Peter Lowndes, Brian Murray, Sharif Slamet, Jackal Tse

Table 17: FRUIT & SPICE BEER

13 entries

Judges: Ruixing Liu, Richard Lynes, Dean Smith, Scott Trainor, Jae Vanderwerf, Matt Zuerrer

Table 18: SPECIALTY BEER

17 entries

Judges: Martin Halden, Kevin Hawley, Tito Orellana, Bruno Schivinski, Dean Smith, Jillian Tallboys

Table 19: MEAD

13 entries

Judges: Michael Guenzel, Mark Hibberd, Jack Maccauley

Table 20: CIDER & PERRY

0 entry

Judges: Michael Guenzel, Jack Maccauley, Jae Vanderwerf

Champion Brewer

77 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Champion Club

12 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners