Thank you for your interest in the West Coast Best Coast 2025 organized by Twickenham Beer Boars.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Entry Registration is Open

79 entries have been added to the system as of 09:46, BST, Tuesday 29 April, 2025. There is a limit of 80 entries for this competition.

71 paid entries are in the system as of 09:46, BST, Tuesday 29 April, 2025. There is a limit of 80 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Judge and Steward Registration is Open

If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

Rules

This competition is open to any amateur homebrewer age 18 or older. NB This competition is only for amateur brewers, if you own or run a commercial brewery then please do not enter as you will be disqualified. If you are a brewer at a commercial brewery owned by someone else then you are free to enter any beer you have personally brewed at home, however, may be excluded from winning some prizes at the discretion of the company offering the prize, e.g. a brew day at a commercial brewery. 

For brewery owners and commerical releases please see details of our Pro-Brewer and Commercial cateogory details lower down this page. 

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

Unpaid entries may be removed after May 1st 2025. Please ensure to have paid by then. Entries may be edited up until the shipping window opens. Reminders will be sent closer to the time, but please ensure to add hello@beerboars.co.uk to your safe enderr list to avod emails being sent to you spam / junk folders.

All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).

The competition organisers are not responsible for mis-categorised entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

The competition organisers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Entries will be assessed against the BJCP Style Guidelines 2021 available via this link PDF.

However, the emphasis is on West Coast styles and the judges will be scoring in favour of beers that have a signature “west coast” expression  - so please take note when selecting your hops. 

What defines a West Coast style compared with other IPA or APA styles? There isn’t an exact  BJCP definition but will be looking for clear, bitter and hoppy. Flavour and aroma wise we typically expect one or more of pine, resin, citrus and tropical fruit.  

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

For styles that are not currently included in the BJCP guidelines, including but not limited to West Coast Pils, TIPA & QIPA please enter in the 'Other West Coast Styles' category. Unlike other categories, you may enter more than one beer in this sub-category up to your entry limit. However, they should be distinct styles from one another. For example a TIPA & Black TIPA, or a TIPA & West Coast Pils. 

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on the number of entries. All possible efforts will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry fees are not refundable. 

Pro-Brewers / Commerical Brewery Competition

Pro-Brewers / Commerical Breweries may enter our separate Pro-Brewer West Coast Competition. These may include commerical releases, experimental or pilot kit batches not yet released. This will be run separate to the homebrew competition with all entries being judges in one category. Pro-Brewer entries are not eligable for prizes or best in show places, but will receive medals and or certificates for winning entries. 

The Pro-Brewer category is free for breweries to enter, but we would require 6-12 cans / bottles of the beer being entered. 2-3 cans / bottles will be used for judging. The remainder would be used for prizes for winning homebrew entries. 

Pro-brewers may enter an unlimited number of beers, however we would still require 6-12 cans / bottles per beer entered.


If you wish to enter this category please do not sign up using the main entry form, please email hello@beerboars.co.uk for more information.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3

Each entry will consist of 3 x 330 to 500 ml bottles or cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Bottles should be capped, corked or swing-top closed. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely. Cans, Brown glass or PET bottles are preferred; clear or green bottles of any kind will be disqualified.

Bottles/cans will not be returned to contest entrants.

All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles/cans with clear packing tape.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Entries from outisde the UK are permitted, however physical prizes may not be shipped outside of the UK. 

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

• Stew Horne — Head Judge
• Simon Thompson — Head Steward
• Fraser Withers — Sponsorship & Prize Co-Ordinator
• Rick Woolliss — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

Twickenham Beer Boars is proud to have the following sponsors for the West Coast Best Coast 2025.

Jawbone Brewing

Strawberry Hill

Tucked away in a sleepy, riverside spot in south-west London, Jawbone Brewing is the new craft brewery making a big noise. It’s here you’ll find founder Ben Hughes experimenting with bold, innovative ideas, providing the spark that brings people together. Born in a boatyard, enjoyed everywhere.

The Malt Miller

Swindon

Established in 2010 by Rob Neale, driven by his discovery of the joy of homebrewing beer. Rob’s passion for brewing the best beer at home and sourcing the finest ingredients directly from suppliers led to the founding of the business. This passion for freshness and high-quality ingredients, along with a commitment to serving the creative and enthusiastic homebrewing community, are the cornerstones of the business today.

WHC Lab

Wicklow, Ireland

WHC Lab is a biotechnology business focused on fermentation within the beverage industry. Their R&D facility boasts best in class laboratory equipment, experts in the industry and uses next-generation methods to grow yeast, bacteria and to perform analysis.

Middle Child Brewing

Molesey, Surrey

A nano brewery based in Molesey, Surrey, just the other side of the river to Hampton Court Palace, which was started in 2021 by ex-world champion home-brewer Fraser Withers. He has taken his passion and talent and created a range of beers that have been amazing critics and judges ever since.

Twickenham Beer Boars

Twickenham

Beer Boars are a collective of home brewers & beer ethusiasts. We’re a friendly, laid back club. More devoted to enjoying making beer, discussing beer in a friendly, constructive and non-judgemental way. We have chapters in East & West London as well as Twickenham.