National Brewing Championships 2013
Thanks To All Who Participated in the National Brewing Championships 2013
There were 329 entries and 155 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
Best of Show Winners 

BOS - Beer
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Chris Todd Co-Brewer: Moira Lewis |
Ormeau Dark | 13C: Oatmeal Stout | Belfast |
BOS - Cider
No entries are eligible.
BOS - Mead
No entries are eligible.
Winning Entries 

Table 1: Cameron Wallace & James Murphy, Bernard Sloan & Brendan O 'Reilly (44 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2nd |
Ultan McPadden | 8086 | 14C: Imperial IPA | |
3rd |
Roger Burslem-Rotheroe | Pacific IPA | 14C: Imperial IPA |
Table 2: Cathal McHugh & Tim Barber, Phil Tavey & Keiran Curtin (34 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Richard Hamilton | The Blood Of Revolution | 10B: American Amber Ale | North County Brewers |
Table 3: Ali Kocho-Williams & Padraic O'Conghaile, Liam Hanlon & Anil Godinho (57 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Chris Todd Co-Brewer: Moira Lewis |
Ormeau Dark | 13C: Oatmeal Stout | Belfast |
2nd |
Reuben Gray | Dark Stranger Stout 3 | 13E: American Stout | Liffey Brewers |
3rd |
Kevin McKinney + Niall FitzGerald | Blacktose | 13B: Sweet Stout |
Table 4: Robert Barrett & Greg Hulsman, Eoin Ennis & Will Davis (40 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Roger Burslem-Rotheroe | Red | 9D: Irish Red Ale | |
2nd |
Tom Evans | Amber Goblin | 11C: Northern English Brown Ale | Maiden City (soon!) |
3rd |
Kevin O Hara | Red Ale | 9D: Irish Red Ale | Galway HomeBrew club |
Table 5: Jakub Scheibe & Ruth Deveney, Colin Hession & Paul Fogarty (42 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Richard Lubell | Weizenheimer | 15B: Dunkelweizen | |
1st |
Jason Carroll | Common As Muck | 7B: California Common Beer | |
2nd |
Will Davis | Advent-Ur-Uss | 15C: Weizenbock | North County Brewers |
2nd |
Roger Burslem-Rotheroe | Munich Madness | 3B: Oktoberfest/Marzen | |
3rd |
Adrian Rowe Co-Brewer: Adrian Rowe |
Wex Pils | 2B: Bohemian Pilsener | |
3rd |
James Keane | TwiceasWeiss | 15A: Weizen/Weissbier | |
HM |
Iain Todd Co-Brewer: Darren Thompson |
Will Wheaton | 6D: American Wheat or Rye Beer |
Table 6: Dean McGuinness & Christopher Treanor, Brian short & Dean Clarke (43 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Alain Dekoster | Couac | 18B: Belgian Dubbel | |
2nd |
Cillian O’Morain Co-Brewer: Bart Adons |
Dark Tripel No. 52 | 18E: Belgian Dark Strong Ale | |
3rd |
Andrew Lockhart | Saison | 16C: Saison | |
HM |
Roger Burslem-Rotheroe | Old Browny | 17C: Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin | |
HM |
Ciaran McGrath | Tripple | 18C: Belgian Tripel | Liffey Brewers |
Table 7: Grainne Walsh & Patrick Gallagher, Ciaran Kelly & John Devlin (46 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Andrew Lockhart | Black IPA | 23A: Specialty Beer | |
2nd |
Andrew Lockhart | Robust Raspberry Porter | 20A: Fruit Beer | |
3rd |
Conor Maguire | Big Dawg Imperial Amber | 23A: Specialty Beer | Capital Brewers |
HM |
Derek Foley | Black IPA | 23A: Specialty Beer |
Table 8: David Llewellyn & Davy Uprichard (23 entries)
| Place | Brewer(s) | Entry Name | Style | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
Will Davis | Ernie’s Favourite | 27B: English Cider | North County Brewers |
2nd |
John O’ Connell | Madigans Bubble Semi Sweet | 27A: Common Cider | |
3rd |
Will Davis | Sambucus’ Sider | 28B: Fruit Cider | North County Brewers |
HM |
Iain Todd Co-Brewer: Darren Thompson, Keith Davison |
Scroggy Cider | 27B: English Cider |
Sponsors
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